Warroad is now just two wins away from an unprecedented four consecutive Class A titles after its impressive 4-0 victory over sixth-seeded Marshall in Wednesday’s quarterfinals at Xcel Energy Center.
Warroad outshot the Tigers 34-9, surrendering no more than four shots on goal in any period. Still, Marshall (22-4-2) managed to hang around, thanks to the impressive work of Tigers goalie Lilly Stelter, who finished with 30 saves.
It was still a 2-0 game more than six minutes into the third period before Katy Comstock effectively put the game on ice with a score to make it 3-0 Warriors.
Emmie Hardwick, Linnea Harren and Jaylie French all also lit the lamp for third-seeded Warroad (25-3). Patyton Rolli recorded a nine-save shutout.
Warroad will meet second-seeded Orono in the Class A semifinals at 11 a.m. Friday back in St. Paul. Orono beat the Warriors 3-0 in Warroad on Nov. 22. Warroad beat Orono in the 2023 state title game.
Warroad has now 18 straight games. The Warriors haven’t lost since Christmas.
Orono 9, Fergus Falls 0
Seventh-seeded Fergus Falls went toe to toe with the tournament’s No. 2 seed for the first 15 minutes of Wednesday’s quarterfinal. Both teams were putting shots on goal in what was, at that point, a scoreless bout.
And then the floodgates opened.
The Spartans scored three goals over a span of less than three and a half minutes to highlight a 9-0 victory.
Maddy Kimbrel scored two of those initial three goals en route to a hat trick. Zoe Lopez and Macy Rasmussen each lit the lamp twice. Lopez also tallied three assists, while Rasmussen had two.
Veronica Anderson and Alex Christian each also had multi-assist games, while Vivienne Anderson stopped all nine shots she saw in net for Orono (20-5-3).
This year marked a third straight state tournament appearance for Fergus Falls (15-12-1).
Orono has now won 11 straight games after playing one of the more difficult early-season schedules a Class A program can face.
Dodge County 2, River Lakes 0
Even as the tournament’s top seed, Dodge County was done no favors with its first-round matchup Wednesday.
River Lakes was tough as nails. One month after pushing Warroad for three periods in a 2-0 loss, River Lakes did the same to Dodge County in the state quarterfinals.
But the Wildcats did ultimately advance, thanks to a pair of goals from Nora Carstensen, who scored in each of the first two periods.
Dodge County — a co-op between Kasson-Mantorville, Byron and Hayfield and the defending state runner-up — will meet either Holy Angels or Proctor/Hermantown in a semifinal at 1 p.m. Friday.
Kaydence Roeske had 33 saves for eighth-seeded River Lakes (14-13-1), while Ida Huber tallied a 21-save shutout for the Wildcats (22-3-2).
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