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Centennial defeats Lakeville South 2-0 to reach 2A semifinals

By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune, 02/22/18, 12:45PM CST

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The Cougars got goals from Allison Pitlick and Anneke Linser.


Centennial's Anneke Linser and Gabbie Hughes celebrate Linser's third-period goal to seal the Cougars' victory over Lakeville South. Photo: Brian Peterson * brian.peterson@startribune.com

Centennial held a one-goal lead late in Thursday’s state tournament quarterfinal and appeared poised to win despite zero goals from either Gabbie Hughes or Anneke Linser, a one-time occurrence this season.

The Ms. Hockey finalists and scoring mavens kept seeing good chances denied by Lakeville South’s Lexi Baker, a finalist for senior goalie of the year.

Undaunted, the top-scoring duo in Class 2A co-authored a goal to seal a 2-0 victory. With Centennial on the power play, Hughes slid a pass for Linser to redirect past Baker. The goal clinched the program’s first state tournament quarterfinal victory in three tries. Centennial previously reached state in 2005 and 2008.

First report

Centennial defeated Lakeville South 2-0 in Thursday’s Class 2A girls’ hockey state tournament quarterfinal game played at Xcel Energy Center.

No. 2 seed Centennial (24-3-1) got goals from Allison Pitlick and Anneke Linser, the latter coming on the power play with 3:14 left in the game.

Lakeville South (19-10) received excellent goaltending from Lexi Baker, who stopped several great Centennial scoring chances.

Check back later for more on the game.

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