The red hot St. Louis Park Orioles celebrated Senior Night Thursday with an eight goal outburst against the Richfield Spartans and the Oriole boys lost with :12.7 left in the second overtime to the Spartans 3-2.
First up was the girls game and Samantha Baer, one of seven seniors who saw action got the hat trick to lead St. Louis Park to an 8-0 win over Richfield.
It was the eighth straight win for the Orioles who have turned the corner since they started the season 0-3.
Baer would open the scoring for St. Louis Park when she found an opening on the right side of the net and put the ball in. The identity was never revealed on who scored the second Oriole goal because it bounced off a Spartan player and into their own net. As for who would put St. Louis Park ahead by three, it would be Rafferty Kugler. The Orioles would conclude the first half scoring as Alex Balfour found Ava Bishop on the right side of Richfield goalkeeper Jackie Sanchez Vidal and it would be a 4-0 Oriole lead at halftime.
The second half started like the first when Baer got a cross pass from Kugler and she picked up her second goal. She would score the hat trick on a pass from Ellie Kent. The Orioles would add two more goals with the first from Rachel Young and the second :50 later from Annika Vignes.
In addition to Baer, six other St. Louis Park seniors were recognized at halftime. They were Mei Li Liss, Anna Roethler, Abby Bremner, Jayne Stevenson, Anya Lindell Paulson and Sofia Jacobsson.
The Orioles improved their record to 8-4 and will play a noon game on Saturday, October 1 at Hopkins. The Spartans ended their four game winning streak and fell to 6-6-1. They return to action on Tuesday, October 4 against the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights at 7 PM in St. Louis Park.
As long-time Phoenix Suns broadcaster Al McCoy would say after a close loss, it was "Heartbreak Hotel" for the St. Louis Park Orioles as Yinka Famodu scored the game winning goal with :12.7 remaining in the second overtime to lead Richfield to a 3-2 win.
St. Louis Park would get the early lead in the first half as Benjamin Klepfer scored on a rebound. The Orioles led 1-0 at the half.
The Spartans would take the lead in the second half on two consecutive goals from Luis Javier Magana Cisneros. The Orioles would even the scored as Miguel Campo would score on a penalty kick with 15:13 left in regulation time.
The game would go into overtime. It looked like both teams would head home with a tie. But hold everything. Famodu positioned himself on the right side of St. Louis Park goalkeeper Luis Sanchez and he headed the ball into the net with :12.7 left in the second overtime for the game winner.
Richfield improved their record to 7-4-2 and will host the New Life Academy Eagles on Saturday, October 1 at 10 AM. St. Louis Park fell to 3-7-1 and will also be in action on the first as they head to Hopkins for a 2 PM game with the Royals.
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