Holy Angels forward Sydney Burns (5) was challenged for the ball by Cloquet-Carlton defenders Mireye Moose (13) and Brooklyn Simmonds (17) in the first half. Photo: Aaron Lavinsky • aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com
Holy Angels built a three-goal first-half lead and survived to defeat Cloquet-Carlton 4-3 in a Class 1A quarterfinal Thursday at Chisago Lakes High School.
The Stars’ Sydney Burns, Claire Lang, Hailey VonSee and Mia Van der Heide scored to give the team a 4-1 halftime lead. Holy Angels was then on defense much of the second half, as Cloquet-Carlton scored twice and generated multiple scoring chances.
“They played us off the park in the second half,” Stars coach Dave Marshak said. “We’re a team that prides ourselves on defending, and we just fell apart.”
Burns scored in the game’s second minute on a crossing pass from Ciara McCrory. Lang scored in the 23rd minute, VonSee in the 25th, to give the Stars a 3-0 lead.
Van der Heide made a 44-yard free kick in the 31st minute after Cloquet/Carlton freshman Alexa Snesrud had cut the Holy Angels lead to 3-1.
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“Sixty yards and in, she can do it,” Marshak said. “It didn’t surprise us.”
Said Van der Heide: “I just usually try and get it in the box for someone to get their head on it, but it ended up going over the goalie’s head.”
Snesrud scored twice and Hannah Biebl also scored for the unseeded Lumberjacks (18-3). They made a couple last-minute pushes against the second-seeded Stars (17-2-1) but were not successful.
“I think they just relaxed and realized there was nothing left to lose here and that we could just play our game,” Cloquet/Carlton coach Dustin Randall said of the second half.
First report
Holy Angels scored four first half-goals and held on to defeat Cloquet-Carlton 4-3 in a Class 1A quarterfinal Thursday at Chisago Lakes High School.
The Stars' Sydney Burns scored on a crossing pass from Ciara McCrory in the second minute. Claire Lang, Hailey VonSee and Mia Van der Heide also scored for the third-seeded Stars (17-2-1), who yielded two second-half goals.
Cloquet-Carlton freshman Alexa Snesrud scored twice, including one on a chip shot over Holy Angels' goalie in the 73rd minute to make the score 4-3. The Lumberjacks' Hannah Biebl was also credited with a goal.
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