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Eastview Girls Fall in Class 2A Quarterfinals, 1-0
The Eastview boys open state tournament action on Thursday by playing Moorhead at St. Cloud State University.
The Eastview High girls soccer team’s season ended the same way that it started: with a loss to White Bear Lake Area.
White Bear Lake scored with about three minutes left in regulation to defeat the Lightning, 1-0, in the Class 2A state quarterfinals Wednesday night at Hopkins High School.
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White Bear Lake was the tournament’s fourth seed, while Eastview was the fifth seed.
The loss ends what could be described as a successful season for Eastview, which finished with a 13-4-1 record and the Section 3AA championship. Two of the losses were against White Bear Lake, which also beat the Lightning 2-0 on Aug. 25.
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Eastview was making its second consecutive appearance in the state tournament. Last year, Centennial defeated the Lightning in the first round.
White Bear Lake moves on to the state semifinals, where it will face Lakeville North Oct. 30 at the Metrodome. Lakeville North, the top seed in the tournament, blanked Eden Prairie, 2-0, in the other quarterfinal match at Hopkins on Wednesday.
In the other side of the Class 2A bracket, Wayzata will play Blaine in the semifinals. On Wednesday, number-two Wayzata shut out St. Michael-Albertville, 6-0, and Blaine upset third-seed Centennial, 2-0. Both matches were at St. Cloud State University.
EASTVIEW BOYS OPEN STATE PLAY THURSDAY
The Eastview boys soccer team opens its run in the Class 2A state tournament on Thursday.
The Eastview boys (12-2-4), the tournament’s third seed, will play unseeded Moorhead (14-2-1) at 5:30 p.m. at St. Cloud State. Eastview last play on Oct. 16, when it nipped Apple Valley, 1-0, in the Section 3AA championship game.
In other first-round games on Thursday:
• No. 1 Champlin Park (16-0-1) vs. Blaine (14-3-1), 5:30 p.m. at Park (Cottage Grove) High School.
• No. 4 Minneapolis South (16-1-2) vs. No. 5 Bloomington Jefferson (15-3-1), 7:30 p.m. at Park.
• No. 2 Stillwater vs. Owatonna (13-3-2), 7:30 p.m. at SCSU.
The first-round winners will advance to the semifinals on Oct. 29 at the Metrodome.
Eastview lost to Eden Prairie in last year’s tournament championship game.
