Maya Hansen and Mariah Nguyen scored first-half goals, MacKenzie Langdok scored soon after halftime and Minnesota Aurora FC stayed unbeaten in its inaugural season of women's soccer with a 3-2 victory over the host St. Louis Lions on Sunday.
Aurora stays undefeated with victory at St. Louis
The women's soccer team returns home to play Friday night in Eagan.
June 6, 2022 at 3:11AM
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The victory puts the Aurora at the top of the Heartland Division standings at 2-0-1. The team returns for its second home game vs. Chicago City SC on Friday at TCO Stadium in Eagan.
Chloe Netzel scored in each half for St. Louis.
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- Gophers wrestlers Michial Foy and Aaron Nagao won their brackets at the U23 world team trials in Geneva, Ohio, over the weekend to qualify for the world championships Oct. 17-23 in Pontevedra, Spain. Foy won the gold at 87 kilograms, while Nagao beat Gophers teammate Jake Gliva in the best-of-three finals at 61 kg.
- Stephen Fulton stayed undefeated with a 12-round unanimous decision victory over challenger Danny Roman in a super bantamweight title fight on Saturday night at the Minneapolis Armory. Fulton (21-0, eight KOs) appeared to be in control most of the night against Roman (28-4-1, 10 KOs), awith the judges scoring it 119-109, 120-108 and 120-108.
Minnesota started only two strikers against Seattle, leaving Sang Bin Jeong and Joseph Rosales to provide the width behind Teemu Pukki and Kelvin Yeboah.
