SLP Orioles Split With Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars

 A warm Tuesday night brought out the fans to the St. Louis Park stadium to see the boys and girls soccer teams in action with the boys shutting out the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars 4-0 and the girls coming up short against the Jaguars 2-1.  

First up was the boys game as four players scored one goal apiece to lead the St. Louis Park Orioles to a 4-0 win over the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars.  

Both of the Orioles first half goals came on penalty kicks due to a couple of Jaguar fouls.  Bennett Kouame would strike first followed by the first goal of the season for Alex Ruiz-Shimada that would put St. Louis Park ahead 2-0 at halftime.  

The Orioles would double their first half output in the second half.  Their first goal would come from Mason Boesche when he fired a shot to the left side of Jaguar goalkeeper Cormac Merrill and it entered the net.  Dan Lainsbury would wrap up the scoring for St. Louis Park as he line a shot on the right side of Merrill.  

St. Louis Park won their third straight game and improved their record to 4-1.  They will return to action on Thursday, September 17 at 5 PM in Chanhassen against the Storm.  Jefferson fell to 0-5 and will host the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights on Saturday, September 19 at 11 AM.  In their first five games, the Jaguars have been outscored 17-2.  

On to the girls game where Rachel Hall's second half header turned out to be the game winning goal that led the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars to a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles.  

It didn't take long for the Jaguars to find the net.  Ayah Makled's shot barely crossed the goal line :55 into the game.  But the Orioles bounced back, taking advantage of a Jefferson foul that awarded Alma Beaton a penalty kick.  She put it past Jaguar goalkeeper Cayla Jungwirth and the game would be all even at one at halftime.  

Jefferson would vault into the lead 3:37 into the second half.  Jolie Gunn's shot headed toward the crease in front of St. Louis Park goalkeeper Sophia Romero and Hall got into position to head the ball past Romero and into the net..  It was all the Jaguars needed to clinch the win as their strong defense prevented the Orioles from evening the game at two.  

Both teams return to action on Thursday, September 17 at 7:15 PM.  The Jaguars improved to a record of 2-2-1 and will host the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights at Bloomington Stadium. The Orioles fell to 1-3-1 and head down Highway 212 to face the Chanhassen Storm.