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Thursday, May 15, 2008 @ Carlson
Freshmen vs. Spring Lake Park

St. Louis Park sang their swan song Thursday, 10-running Spring Lake Park, 15-5, in five innings.

Christian Erickson pitched the first two innings, allowing no runs on one hit, and he struck out three.

Max IntVeld pitched the third and had some control problems, allowing five runs on three hits and three walks.

Jack Bordewick pitched a perfect fourth with one strikeout, and Eric Holmberg pitched a perfect fifth with a strikeout.

Offensively, there were many heroes. Bobby Otto went four for four, including a nicely placed bunt single, Bordewick had two hits (one that got a piece of the pitcher!) and two RBIs, John Gallice had two hits and two RBIs, Derrick Keller had a single and triple, Scott Foltz had a single, Ryne McNary, Eric Holmberg and Josh McElhaney all had pinch hit singles, and Jacob Johnson blasted a homer over the green monster with his grandfather in the stands!

Defensively, Otto had a nice running catch in center, Vosika made nice catch in foul territory while playing third, and Maxfield Rotert had some nice plays at second.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @ SLP H.S.
Girls Lacrosse vs. Edina

Due to Kuhlmann Stadium hosting a track meet, the second seeded Edina Hornets headed up Highway 100 to face the St. Louis Park Orioles in the Section 5 Girls Lacrosse semifinals Tuesday afternoon at the St. Louis Park High School Stadium as Grace Kluesner scored four goals and Natalie Swiler added a hat trick to end the Orioles’ season with a 13-6 Edina win.

Edina set the tempo early as Kluesner scored her first goal 28 seconds into the game. She assisted on the Hornets second goal scored by Ingrid Cologne and added another later in the first half.

Other first half scoring for Edina as by Swiler, Grace Eckert and Cara Gulbronson.

Carley Rosen broke a 3-0 Hornet run with a goal coming from around the crease. She had a role in the Orioles last two goals, scoring the second and assisting on Carey Hoppmann’s goal with seven seconds left.

St. Louis Park managed to slice the margin to two on Hannah Erickson’s goal but Edina scored five consecutive goals, starting with Swiler and a pure second half hat trick by Kluesner, increasing her total to four.

Hoppmann ended the Hornets run with her second goal but Swiler put Edina further ahead to a section final birth with two more goals. Rosen got the hat trick with 2:48 left to play, giving her eight goals in the tournament.

St. Louis Park’s final record was 11-3. Edina plays the Minnehaha Academy-Blake winner Thursday night at Mounds View for the Section 5 title.
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Monday, May 12, 2008 @ SLP H.S.
Girls Lacrosse vs. Holy Angels

Sophomore Carley Rosen scored five goals, including a pure hat trick as the third seeded St. Louis Park Orioles came back from an early deficit to beat the Holy Angels Stars 12-6 in the Section 5 Girls Lacrosse Quarterfinals Monday afternoon at the St. Louis Park High School stadium.

The sixth seeded Stars started the scoring 48 seconds into the game on a goal from Christina Johnson with an assist to Saidee Duffy. Isabella Stewart put the Stars up by two.

But the Orioles dug out of a two goal hole thanks to solid passing and Rosen finding the next not once or twice but three straight times to take the lead. Tasha Liberman assisted on Rosen’s second goal.

Holy Angels tied the game on Julie Fashant’s goal and Ingrid Line, brought up from the junior varsity team passed to Kelsey Bruun-Bryant and St. Louis Park regained the lead. Rosen got an assist on Sonia Hanson’s goal then scored her fourth goal with 26 seconds left in the half. Stewart rounded out the first half scoring on an assist from Johnson.

The Orioles increased their lead by scoring the first two goals of the second half, coming from Carey Hoppmann and Hannah Erickson. The Stars got another goal from Johnson, her second with Katie Carney assisting.

Hoppmann played a role in St Louis Park’s next three goals She scored her second, assisted on Rosen’s fifth and got the hat trick.

Jenny Ryan ended the scoring for the Stars and Colleen Bell rang the net to send the Orioles into Tuesday’s semifinals against the Cretin-Derham Hall-Edina winner. The game will be played at St. Louis Park, even if Edina wins because Kuhlmann Stadium, the Hornets home field is booked for a track meet. Game time is 5 PM.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @ Carlson
Freshmen vs. Southwest
Doubleheader-Game 1

Park beat Southwest by the 10-run rule, 11-1, in five innings in the front end of a twin bill Wednesday afternoon.

Bobby Otto went the distance for Park, gave up 1 run on 4 hits in 5 innings; he struck out 3 and walked one batter.

Otto helped himself at the plate with three singles, and he had plenty of supports from his team. Josh McElhaney added two hits, Christian Erickson had a hit and RBI, David Petit drove in 2 runs with a hit, Shane Boettcher singled and walked, and the blow of the day was a pinch hit 2-run homer over the green monster by Grant Welsh.

Defensively, Petit played a heck of a game in right field with two putouts and an assist.

Shane Boettcher relaxes in the dugout rafters between games Wednesday afternoon

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Doubleheader-Game 2

The second game was more of the same, this time with Ben Gibbs throwing a 7-inning complete game, with 11 strikeouts, as Park won 12-2. Gibbs allowed 5 hits and didn’t walked a batter.

Actually, surprising at it may seem, Park trailed at one point 2-0, but they scored 11 unanswered runs to put the game away.

Maxfield Rotert (single, double, 2 RBIs), Derrick Keller (double, triple, 2 RBIs), Dylan Vosika (single, double, RBI) and Jack Bordewick (2 singles, 1 RBI) each had multiple hits, while Gibbs (single) Eric Holmgren (single, RBI), Ryne McNary (single, RBI) and Jacob Johnson (double) also tallied hits.

McNary, catching his first game of the year, threw out a runner trying to steal third, and Vosika made a couple of fine plays at third base.
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