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Soccer roundup: Willmar Cardinals, Sartell Sabres tie to stay atop CLC race

tom elliott and michael lyne, west central tribune, willmar, minn.
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Sep. 12—WILLMAR — After giving up a goal within the first minute of play, the Willmar boys soccer team settled in and earned a tie with Sartell on Tuesday.

Sartell (6-0-2 overall) drew a 2-2 tie with Willmar (5-0-2). Both teams are undefeated in Central Lakes conference matches with records of 3-0-2.

"I like that we did not give up after giving up such an early goal," Cardinals head coach Jeff Winter said. "It would've been easy to roll over."

Willmar capitalized midway through the second half with a pair of goals coming in back-to-back minutes to push the Cardinals to 2-1 lead.

Oslin Pastrana Sobalvarro knotted the game at 1-1 in the 59th minute and Isaac Zelaya Velasquez gave Willmar the lead in the 60th minute. Miguel Altamirano Toruno assisted on both of the Cardinals' goals.

"Those two quick goals gave us momentum and then we unfortunately gave up that equalizer," Winter said of Sartell's goal that came in the 70th minute. "It was probably the game you'd expect between the top two teams in the conference."

Willmar travels to Sauk Rapids at 5 p.m. Thursday.

"Sauk has been improving and they beat us there last year," Winter said. "I think we'll still have energy to give after tonight, which was a battle."

Sartell (6-0-2)..................... 1 1 — 2

Willmar (5-0-2)................... 0 2 — 2

FIRST HALF — (1) S: Baylor Stebbins (not available), 1st minute

SECOND HALF — (2) W: Oslin Pestrana Sobalvarro (Miguel Altamirano Toruno), 59th minute ... (3) W: Isaac Zelaya Velasquez (Miguel Altamirano Toruno), 60th minute ... (4) S: Seth Davidson (not available), 70th minute

SHOTS ON GOAL — S: 12. W: 13

GOALIE SAVES — Sartell: Kyan Rieder, 11 saves ... Willmar: Carson Eichhorst, 10 saves

Connor Stockman scored four goals and Jack Stang had three to go along with an assist as St. Cloud Cathedral routed Central Minnesota Christian at Prinsburg.

The Crusaders also got two goals and two assists from Jacob Oliver and a goal from Jake Plante. Mason Layne and Cole Hwang each recorded assists.

Cathedral now has a 6-0 record.

CMCS hosts Minnewaska at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Prinsburg.

St. Cloud Cathedral (6-0)................. 6 4 — 10

CMCS (1-3)........................................ 0 0 — 0

Willmar played Sartell close until the Sabres pushed away with a four-goal effort in the second half en route to a Central Lakes Conference victory at Sartell.

Sartell is 5-0 in conference play. Willmar is 2-2-1.

Sartell got a pair of goals from Kaia Gack and one each from Kelsey Tangen and Madden Quinn. Quinn added two assists and Kennedi Gack had one.

Kianna Eichhorst made seven saves in goal for Willmar.

"Though it hurts now, we'll use this to fuel our fire going forward," Willmar head coach Madeline Wertish said. "That's all we can do at this point is learn from the moments where our game lapsed and push to play 80 full minutes of our game. We'll take this and use it."

The Cardinals host Sauk Rapids at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Willmar (2-3-1)..................... 0 0 — 0

Sartell (6-1).......................... 0 4 — 4

FIRST HALF — No scoring.

SECOND HALF — Not available.

SHOTS ON GOAL — W: 3. S: 11

GOALIE SAVES — Willmar: Kianna Eichhorst, 7 saves ... Sartell: Ava Radeke, 4 saves