SLP Oriole Soccer Teams Swept in Nonconference Play

 It was a warm Tuesday night but things got chilly for the St. Louis Park soccer teams at home as the girls were beaten by the Minneapolis Southwest Lakers 3-1 and the boys lost a heartbreaker to the DeLaSalle Islanders 3-2.  

First up was the girls game that featured balance scoring from three different players to lead the Minneapolis Southwest Lakers to a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles.  

The first half looked like it was going to be scoreless but Wren VanDeWalker let a shot fly into the net to put the Lakers ahead.  They would go up by two at the half when the ball deflected off Elika Vahhaji's foot and rolled into the net.  

Minneapolis Southwest would increase their lead to three in the second half when Anne Layon laid her foot on the ball and drove it to the net.  There would be no shutout for the Lakers since the Orioles would erase the zero from their portion of the scoreboard on a penalty kick from Vesna Dennison.  Neither team would find the net and that's how the game ended.  

Southwest improved their record to 3-1.  The Lakers have won three straight games including two by identical 3-1 scores since losing their season opener to the Minnehaha Academy Redhawks on August 25.  They return to action on Thursday, September 8 as they travel to Minneapolis Washburn for a 5 PM game against the Millers.  

St. Louis Park fell to 1-3 and will also be in action on the 8th when they host the Chanhassen Storm at 7 PM.  

Now to the boys game and just when you thought the game was headed into overtime, there would be a game winning goal from Myles Dillon-Parks with 1:43 in regulation time to lead the DeLaSalle Islanders to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles.  

The Islanders would strike twice in the first half.  The first goal coming from Kenevan Carter and the second on a penalty kick from Dillon-Parks.  

There would be some good news for the Orioles in the second half as they came back to tie the game.  Tylor Puentes would score from the left side and Abdi Abdullahi would line a shot into the net to tie the game.  Would there be overtime on this warm Tuesday night>  The answer would be no when Dillon-Parks scored on a header with 1:43 to go.  

DeLaSalle won their third straight game and improved their record to 3-0.  They will head to Bloomington to face the Kennedy Eagles on Thursday, September 8 at 7 PM.  St. Louis Park fell to 1-2-1 and will also be in action on the 8th as they host the Chanhassen Storm at 5 PM.