McCoy scores twice as Hornets advance past Tigers

Top-seeded Edina kept their state tournament winning streak alive with their fourth in a row after beating No. 8 seed Farmington 3-1 in the Class AA quarterfinals.

The Tigers stayed with the defending champions in an impressive showing for all three periods. They held the Hornets scoreless in the first period as both teams headed to the locker room deadlocked at 0-0. Edina outshot the Tigers 12-3, but goalie Addison Moudry was up to the task, turning away all 12.

Cate McCoy finally got one past Moudry when she buried a wrister form the top of the circle. Kayle Idrogo-Lam was able to get control of the puck on the half wall and turned and slid a pass to McCoy who was streaking in behind. McCoy cut towards the middle and fired a low wrist shot that beat Moudry for a 1-0 Hornet lead.

The teams played the next 11 minutes to another stalemate as the Hornets held onto a 1-0 lead heading into the third period despite a 25-6 shot advantage.

Leading scorer Lorelai Nelson then put the Hornets up 2-0 when she picked upo a rebound in front and made a nice move at the goal to slide it past Moudry.

But Farmington answered less than two minutes later when freshman Taylor Risch scored her 20^th goal of the season. Risch walked the goal line and flipped a shot over the shoulder of Nora Hannan on the short side.

The game stayed 2-1 until the final minute when McCoy netter her second of the game from long range and into an empty net.

The Hornets finished with a 39-8 shot advantage. Moudry was excellent for the Tigers, stopping 36 shots. Edina’s Hannan stopped seven shots to earn the win.

Edina will play the winner of Holy Family and Moorhead.

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