MyParkTeam

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.
_____

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.
_____

Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ SLP H.S.
Girls Varsity Lacrosse vs. Cooper

It was Senior Night at the St. Louis Park High School Stadium and one of the honored seniors Hannah Erickson scored four goals and sophomore Carley Rosen scored the same number to lead the Orioles to a 10-6 win over the Cooper Hawks Thursday night.

Section 5 quarterfinal action gets underway May 12 as the Orioles host Holy Angels in a 5 PM game.
_____

Wednesday, April 22, 2008
Girls Varsity Lacrosse vs. Benilde St. Margaret’s

The St. Louis Park Girls Lacrosse team remained unbeaten Tuesday night as Carley Rosen continued her hot scoring streak with four goals to lead the Orioles to an 11-7 win over the Benilde-St. Margaret’s Red Knights.

It was the fourth straight win for the Orioles, all at the stadium while the Red Knights evened their record at 2-2.

The Orioles didn’t take long to begin the scoring when Tasha Liberman picked up a ground ball, pivoted on the left side of the net and scored. Rosen’s first goal came as she cut through several Red Knight defenders.

Benilde-St. Margaret’s scored three straight goals. Caroline Rasley, Maddie Bergh and Kelly Kosiek put the Red Knights in the lead.

Both teams traded goals in a one minute, 25 second stretch with Rosen scoring for St. Louis Park and Rasley for Benilde-St. Margaret’s. But the Orioles regained the lead on three consecutive goals from Carey Hoppmann, the hat trick from Rosen and Liberman.

The Red Knights began the second half scoring on Bergh’s second goal Once again, the Orioles went on a three goal run as Rosen passed to Hoppmann from behind the net and she put it in. Hoppmann assisted on the second goal that was scored by Hannah Erickson.

Kosiek cut the St. Louis Park lead to three with her second goal and the Orioles widened the margin with Erickson’s second goal. Julia Schroeder, coming off the bench to replace Rosen, who had to sit out due to a yellow card scored the Orioles final goal. Kosiek got the hat trick with 48 seconds left to wrap up the Red Knight scoring.

For the first time this season, the Orioles will venture outside the stadium to face the Cooper Hawks in New Hope Thursday night at 6:30. They will also travel to Totino-Grace Saturday afternoon at 5:30 and close out the road swing next Tuesday night with a 7 PM game against Minneapolis at Southwest.