WILLMAR - Willmar's Sam Christoffer scored the game's only goal in the sixth minute and, despite the slim margin, the Cardinals were never nervous in a 1-0 win over St. Cloud Tech on Thursday at the Kennedy School field.
Christoffer scored on an assist from Julissa Celis-Victoria, and goalie Bryton Carlson turned back all 10 Tech shots on goal.
"There was never really a moment I felt like we would concede," said Willmar head coach David Vinje on a big win for his team. "We were in the driver's seat. We needed this."
Willmar 1,
SC Tech 0
ADVERTISEMENT
SC Tech (3-8-4)................... 0 0 - 0
Willmar (6-9)....................... 1 0 - 1
FIRST HALF - W: Sam Christoffer (Julissa Celis-Victoria) 6th minute
SECOND HALF - No goals scored
SHOTS ON GOAL - St. Cloud Tech: 10 ... Willmar: 8
GOALIE SAVES - St. Cloud Tech: Megan Maiers 7 ... Willmar: Bryton Carlson 10
DEFENSIVE SAVES - None
Boys Soccer
ADVERTISEMENT
SC Tech 4,
Willmar 2
St. Cloud Tech scored quickly in each half, especially the first, and Willmar was unable to mount a rally to tie late in the game on Thursday at St. Cloud State University.
Ethan Miller scored in the first minutes of both halves, and Abdirizak Ahmed and Aydurus Hassan also scored Tech goals.
Willmar's Carlos Robles broke the shutout in the 69th minute on an assist from Kelvin Gomez-Padilla, and Robles assisted on Maslah Sarah's goal in the 74th minute.
The Cardinals wrap up the regular season against Mound Westonka at 3 p.m. Saturday, the the Section 6A seeds will be decided at 6 p.m. Sunday.
The Mound Westonka match could impact seeding. M-W is ranked No. 10 in Class A and Willmar is ranked No. 23.
Willmar (9-5-1)................ 0 2 - 2
ADVERTISEMENT
SC Tech (11-2-2)..............2 2 - 4
FIRST HALF - SCT: Ethan Miller 1st minute ... SCT: Abdirizak Ahmed 8th minute
SECOND HALF - SCT: Ethan Miller 41st minute ... SCT: Aydurus Hassan 65th minute ... W: Carlos Robles (Kelvin Gomez-Padilla) 69th minute ... W: Maslah Sarah (Robles) 74th minute
SHOTS ON GOAL - Willmar: 10 ... St. Cloud Tech: 14
GOALIE SAVES - Willmar: Zach Courtney 10 ... St. Cloud Tech: Name not available 8
DEFENSIVE SAVES - None
Girls Tennis
Section 8AA
ADVERTISEMENT
Foley 7,
Willmar 0
Willmar's number two, three and four singles players were able to extend matches into the third set, but top-seeded Foley swept fourth-seeded Willmar in the Section 8AA quarterfinals.
The Cardinal girls now set their sights on the section individual tournament, which will take place Friday and Saturday. In singles, Lydia Morrell is the number four seed and will face Sartell's Sadie Baumann in the opening round. Freshman Allison Bruhn has Willmar's other singles spot and will take on Little Falls' Bri Marshik. In doubles, Alyssa Morrell and Mady Spencer will challenge Sartell's Grace McCabe and Maggie Kulus, and Chloe Hansen and Ashley Prahl and face off with Little Falls' Alexa Stoner and McKayla Geise.
Singles
(1) Peyton Kopel, F, def. Lydia Morrell 6-3 6-3 (2) Kylee Frisbie, F, def. Chloe Hansen 2-6 6-0 6-4 (3) Brooke Beier, F, def. Ashley Prahl 3-6 7-6 6-1 (4) Jayden Kloss, F, def. Alyssa Morrell 6-0 4-6 6-2
Doubles
(1) Maggie Kipka/Kate Corrigan, F, def. Mady Spencer/Abby Stauffenecker 6-0 6-0 (2) Bailey Gapinski/Jami Novak, F, def. Paige Hanson/Abby Hoffmann 6-0 6-3 (3) Aubrey Stellmach/Jordyn Rudolph, F, def. Allie Bruhn/Julia Iverson 6-2 6-1
ADVERTISEMENT
Willmar 5, Rocori 2
Willmar won all four singles matches and also notched a win at No. 1 doubles to down Rocori in the first round of the Section 8AA team playoffs on Thursday.
Singles
(1) Lydia Morrell, W, def. Grace Schneider 6-0 6-1 (2) Chloe Hansen, W, def. Andrea Eisenschenk 6-0 6-1 (3) Ashley Prahl, W, def. Kathryn Headlee 6-2 3-6 6-1 (4) Alyssa Morrell, W, def. Adeline Loesch 6-3 7-5
Doubles
(1) Mady Spencer/Abby Stauffenecker, W, def. Amanda Molitor/Megan Kalthoff 1-6 7-5 10-6 (2) Emily Kieke/Allie Schramel, R, def. Paige Hanson/Abby Hoffmann 6-0 6-3 (3) Maggie Molitor/Megan Schroden, R, def. Julia Iverson/Allie Bruhn 7-5 5-7 6-1
Section 5A
Litchfield 7, BBE 0
ADVERTISEMENT
Top-seeded Litchfield made short work of eighth-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa as the Dragons didn't lose a single game in a 7-0 sweep Thursday in the first round of the Section 5A playoffs.
Singles
(1) Shanna Kinny, L, def. Kenzie Thieschafer 6-0 6-0 (2) Elise Bierbaum, L, def. Paige Prentice 6-0 6-0 (3) Avery Stilwell, L, def. Annika Heieie 6-0 6-0 (4) Alyssa Ross, L, def. Veronica Jackson 6-0 6-0
Doubles
(1) Vaida Behnke/Laney Huhner, L, def. Chandler TeBrake/Kylie Terhaar 6-0 6-0 (2) Taylar Smith/Neriah Lara, L, def. Claire Eckstein/Madison Lee 6-0 6-0 (3) Britney Prahl/Ryanna Steinhaus, L, def. Madison Lee/Katie Weller 6-0 6-0
NLS 7,
LPGE/USA 0
The No. 2-seed New London-Spicer Wildcats played up to that billing in a victory over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Upsala-Swanville on Thursday in the first round of the Section 5A team tournament.
Singles
(1) Erin Loterbauer, N, def. Allison Ecker 6-3 6-1 (2) Ava Hanson, N, def. Abbigail Larson 6-1 6-0 (3) Izzy Schmiesing, N, def. Emily Press 6-0 6-0 (4) April Goff, N, def. Zoe Johnson 6-0 6-0
Doubles
(1) Ashley Templer/Annika Spors, N, def. Tanya Hesse/Bailey Petron 6-0 6-2 (2) Ruby Parsons/Morgan Rolighed, N, def. Carhleen Rieffer/Kaitlyn Cebulla 6-0 6-0 (3) Alex Suchy/Megan Warner, N, def. Alyssa Thelen/Maddie Becker 4-6 6-1 6-2
Cross Country
BOLD/BLHS Invitational
The Redwood Valley boys and the Murray County Central girls claimed victories at the BOLD/BLHS Invitational on Thursday.
Paynesville's Preston Carlson was the top area boys finisher with a fifth-place in the boys race.
Paynesville's Macy Carlson placed third in the first race.
Boys
Team scoring
(1) Redwood Valley 29 (2) Paynesville 57 (3) Murray County Central 75 (4) Springfield/Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 101 (5) Holy Family Catholic 114 (6) BOLD/BLHS 162 (7) MACCRAY/RCW 175
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Jayson Peyrel, RV, 16:56.91 (2) Mitchell Buerkle, Springfield, 17:00.72 (3) Justin Clarke, MCC, 17:13.09 (4) Mason Clark, RV, 17:19.84 (5) Preston Carlson, Pay, 17:37.72
BOLD/BLHS - Nathan Frank 18:04.09; Skylar Senkyr 19:37.25; Blaine Schmoll 21:09.59; Cole Visser 21:14.12; Caeden Gluesing 21:26.03; Sam Gardeen 21:33.81
MACCRAY/RCW - Justin Schrupp 19:30.25; Brandan Hoberg 19:56.47; Richard Vaughn 20:21.28; Bryan Larson 21:06.97; Tyler Froland 21:26.46
PAYNESVILLE - Carlson; James Pritchett 17:56.47; Ryan THomas 18:02.97; Andrew Zwiefel 18:11.06; Kadin Ludwig 18:12.21; Duncan McNab 18:46.25; Jason Hoeft 19:04.81; Eli Nelson 19:05.24
Girls
Team scoring
(1) Murray County Central 40 (2) Paynesville 61 (3) Springfield/Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 103 (4) Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 103 (5) Redwood Valley 111 (6) Holy Family Catholic 120 (7) BOLD/Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 141
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Morgan Gehl, MCC, 17:55.28 (2) Grace Feder, GFW, 20:07.97 (3) Macy Carlson, Pay, 20:55.75 (4) Ashley Overgaauw, MCC, 21:00.59 (5) Natalie Lieser, Pay, 21:01.01
BOLD/BLHS - Maleia Ryberg 22:28.18; Victoria Garcia 22:50.34; Molly Hildreth 24:12.00; London Prokosch 24:35.44; Hanna Larson 24:48.03
MACCRAY/RCW - Katelyn Tuve 25:19.06
PAYNESVILLE - Carlson; Lieser; Ellie Zimmermann 21:27.50; Erica Gaebe 22:49.47; Sophia Strand 23:24.56; Paige Frenchick 23:56.81; Abby Weis 25:27.12
Weekend Results
Cross Country
The Willmar girls cross country team bested defending Class AA state champion Wayzata to win the Willmar Invitational on Saturday at the Eagle Creek Golf Club.
The Cardinals girls finished with 55 points, 10 better than second-place Wayzata.
The Trojans were the top team at the 2017 state meet and have won four state titles since 2012. Willmar was fourth in Class AA last year.
Sartell's Ingrid Buiceag-Arama won the first race but Willmar placed three runners-Serena Monson (4th), Leah Hansen (5th) and Amel Dayib (7th)-in the top seven.
The Willmar boys team place fifth behind race winner Hopkins, Moorhead, Bismarck Century and Sartell.
Mason Wendt was the Cardinals' top runner, placing 14th. Hudeife Mire placed 22nd.
Willmar Invitational
Boys
Team scoring
(1) Hopkins 32 (2) Moorhead 71 (3) Bismarck Century 73 (4) Sartell 81 (5) Willmar 114 (6) Wayzata 166 (7) St. Cloud Tech 215 (8) Jordan 220 (9) Pipestone 276
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Eli Hoeft, Hop, 16:07.50 (2) Zach Johnson, Moor, 16:14.40 (3) Strom Dawson, Moor, 16:25.00 (4) Austin Wald, BC, 16:31.30 (5) Penn Sagedahl, Hop, 16:35.20
WILLMAR - (14) Mason Wendt 17:09.00 (22) Hudeife Mire 17:18.00 (24) Colin O'Farrell 17:19.90 (25) Fuad Bashir 17:20.50 (29) Harley Anez 17:31.30 (44) Cael Carlson 18:17.60 (49) Mateo Marin-Mera 18:20.70
Girls
Team scoring
(1) Willmar 55 (2) Wayzata 65 (3) Sartell 96 (4) Bismarck Century 98 (5) Hopkins 128 (6) Moorhead 145 (7) Fargo North 166 (8) Jordan 181 (9) St. Cloud Tech 278
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Ingrid Buiceag-Arama, Sar, 19:09.80 (2) Erin Palmer, BC, 19:12.80 (3) Anna Lien, FN, 19:23.20 (4) Serena Monson, Will, 19:26.30 (5) Leah Hansen, Will, 19:38.90
WILLMAR - (4) Monson (5) Hansen (7) Amel Dayib 19:52.40 (12) Addison Hogan 20:06.70 (28) Elise Duininck 20:41.30 (29) Lydia Koosman 20:44.90 (33) Hannah Quinn 20:58.70 (35) Isabel LaRue 21:03.40
Swimming & Diving
Bemidji Invite
Ava Brogren won the 200 individual medley and placed second by just 0.07 seconds in the 100 breaststroke, and Willmar's 200 freestyle relay team placed first at the Bemidji Invitational on Saturday in Bemidji.
The Cardinals' Edyn Saulsbury had a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle and Amanda Mathiasen placed second in the 50 freestyle. .
Winner and Willmar in top 10
200 MEDLEY RELAY - (1) Ogilvie 2:00.30 (5) Willmar (Natalie Arends, Ava Brogren, Grace Veirhuf, Avery Welsh) 2:04.13
200 FREESTYLE - (1) Savana Bitz, Mel, 2:00.93 (2) Edyn Saulsbury, Will, 2:11.20 (4) Josie Miller, Will, 2:14.20 (9) Allie Evink, Will, 2:19.61
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - (1) Ava Brogren, Will, 2:24.43
50 FREESTYLE - (1) Makenzie Herzog, Mel, 25.69 (2) Amanda Mathiasen, Will, 26.20 (7) Avery Welsh, Will, 27.93
DIVING - (1) Mady Schmidt, Bem, 320.10
100 BUTTERFLY - (1) Kendra Fanth, CIHS, 1:06.58 (9) Grace Vierhuf, Will, 1:15.27
100 FREESTYLE - (1) Savana Bitz, Mel, 55.64 (5) Amanda Mathiasen, Will, 57.83 (7) Josie Miller, Will, 1:00.09
500 FREESTYLE - (1) Laura Davis, Bem, 5:57.09 (4) Edyn Saulsbury, Will, 6:05.93 (9) Allie Evink, Will, 6:10.61
200 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Willmar (Amanda Mathiasen, Ava Brogren, Edyn Saulsbury, Avery Welsh) 1:45.12 (6) Willmar (Adia Laidlaw, Josie Miller, Allie Evink, Ana Hernandez) 1:53.92
100 BACKSTROKE - (1) Jenna Williams, Ogil, 1:04.58
100 BREASTSTROKE - (1) Kendra Fanth, CIHS, 1:12.61 (2) Ava Brogren, Will, 1:12.68 (7) Adia Laidlaw, Will, 1:20.31
400 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Melrose 3:51.21 (3) Willmar (Amanda Mathiasen, Josie Miller, Edyn Saulsbury, Allie Evink) 3:57.64 (9) Willmar (Avery Welsh, Natalie Arends, Ana Hernandez, Grace Vierhuf) 4:20.33
Prep Volleyball
STMA Invite
The Willmar volleyball team won three of five matches to place sixth in the 32-team St. Michael-Albertville Invitation over the weekend in St. Michael.
Willmar defeated St. Paul Academy and Elk River on Friday. On Saturday, the Cardinals defeated Buffalo and lost matches to Champlin Park at St. Michael-Albertville.
Willmar's Abby Stark was named to the all-tournament team. Stark finished the tournament with five ace serves, seven set assists, four kills and 60 digs.
Team scores
Willmar def. St. Paul Academy 25-15, 25-10
Willmar def. Elk River 26-28, 25-18, 15-9
Champlin Park def. Willmar 25-22 25-17
Willmar def. Buffalo 25-15 25-20
St. Michael-Albertville def. Willmar 25-15, 25-27, 15-11
How Area Teams Fared
WILLMAR
Serving (aces): Caitlin Ogdahl 8, Abby Teisinger 6, Abby Stark 5, Callie Slagter 3, Carly Wedel 3, Cambrie Parker 3 ... Set assists: Wedel 83, Stark 7, Lydia Larson 5 ... Hitting (kills): Ogdahl 26, Grace Marti 23, Sydney Olson 20, Wedel 15, Sophie Kobienia 7, Teisinger 7, Bailey Olson 5, Stark 4, Sydney Schnichels 2, Larson 1, Parker 1 ... Blocking (aces): Teisinger 9, Wedel 6, Marti 5, Olson 3, Schnichels 2, Ogdahl 2, Kobienia 1, Olson 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Stark 60, Ogdahl 28, Wedel 21, Parker 21, Slagter 19, Olson 8
