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Trojans defeat Eagan, 5-0, Tuesday in the state semifinals at U.S. Bank Stadium to book their second straight trip to the state title game.
By Cassidy Hettesheimer
No. 1 seed Wayzata didn’t let any time go to waste.
The Trojans jumped ahead with two goals in the first 13 minutes and didn’t let up, scoring three more goals to put away No. 4 Eagan, 5-0, Tuesday in the Class 3A high school girls soccer state semifinals at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Wayzata (18-1-1) will face the winner of the East Ridge and Edina semifinal in the 3A state championship Friday at 10:15 a.m. Wayzata lost to Edina in last year’s title game, 2-1.
Sophomore midfielder Alex Villueux had a hat trick — a third of her now nine goals this season — and added an assist for the Trojans.
Tuesday’s semifinal win wasn’t too different from the Trojans’ semifinal last year, when the team scored three times in the opening 15 minutes to beat Maple Grove, 5-1.
Gophers commit and Wayzata forward Tenley Senden put the Trojans ahead in the second minute, carrying the ball 60 yards down the field after freshman outside back Carolyn Voss forced an Eagan turnover. Senden’s shot from outside the 18-yard box dipped over the outstretched arms of Wildcats goalkeeper Maddy Weisel, good for the 3A Ms. Soccer finalist’s 24th goal of the season.
Villueux poked in the rebound off a save on one corner, then headed home a second corner, to put the Trojans up 3-0 before halftime. Sophomore Lauren Craig recorded her 22nd assist of the season — the third-most in the state — on Villueux’s header.
Senior forward Sophie Hawkinson assisted Villueux’s last goal and recorded one of her own, finishing a ball slotted in from the right flank by Villueux in the second half.
The Wayzata backline dealt handily with an Eagan team that scored 51 goals this season and won Class 3A’s Section 3. Eagan (16-3-1) applied a few moments of second-half pressure but struggled to find threatening chances.
Seven-time state champion Wayzata last won a title in 2012 but has been to the big dance more than any other team in the state, including the last three years.
Cassidy Hettesheimer is preps sports reporter at The Star Tribune.
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