Using a play they practiced all season, Andover juniors Rebecka Musungu and Ali Jenkins teamed up for a goal that broke a scoreless tie en route to the Huskies’ 2-0 upset of top-seeded East Ridge in a defensive battle on Thursday.

Musungu found midfielder Jenkins with a pass that produced an open shot for a goal with 18 minutes, 55 seconds left in the Class 2A girls' quarterfinal game at Chisago Lakes High School.

“It just comes so naturally between us,” Jenkins said of Musungu. The duo have been playing together since they were 10 years old.

“I knew she was there,” Musungu said. “We had been talking about it the whole game. I knew if I had played it there, she would have been there.”

East Ridge (14-5-1), which had shut out its five previous opponents, had kept the unseeded Huskies (16-2-1) at bay with stingy coverage on ball handlers. Raptors sophomore goalkeeper Payton Gutenberg stopped five shots. The Raptors’ offense outshot Andover 10-7 but didn’t control the ball in the second half.

“I always considered us a second-half team, so I felt pretty good going into the second half,” Raptors senior midfielder Emily Bunnell said. “Unfortunately, the ball didn’t bounce our way.”

Musungu added an insurance goal for the Huskies on a header. She had plenty of motivation to get back to U.S. Bank Stadium, where the semifinals will be played, after seeing it for the first time on Oct. 23 when the U.S. women’s national team defeated Switzerland. 

“Now I get to play there, and it’s like so fun,” Musungu said.

Andover junior goalkeeper Aly Cole stopped all 10 shots she faced.

Ali Jenkins took advantage of a loose ball and gave Andover what proved to be the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory against tournament top seed East Ridge on Thursday in the Class 2A girls' soccer quarterfinals at Chisago Lakes High School.

After a ball bounced off a defender, the Huskies' junior midfielder drove in the open shot with 18:55 left in the game.

Until then East Ridge (14-5-1) had kept the Huskies at bay in a 0-0 deadlock before with stingy coverage on ball handlers.

Andover (16-2-1) added another second-half goal on a header by junior forward Rebecka Musungu.

The Huskies will play the winner of Lakeville North and Centennial in the semifinals at noon on Tuesday at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Check back later for more on the game.