Apple Valley Girls Lacrosse Game Called Because of Storm

Apple Valley and 10th-ranked Bloomington Jefferson competed in a key South Suburban Conference girls lacrosse contest Tuesday in Bloomington, but the only winner was the weather.

Jefferson led 8-5 when the game was called with 15:08 remaining in the second half because of an approaching thunderstorm. The entire game will be replayed at a later date.

With the weather turning threatening in the first half, game officials consulted the rule book at halftime and determined that 10 minutes needed to be played in the second half to make the game official. They stopped the contest immediately after Jefferson’s Brenna Murray scored at the 15:08 mark that made it 8-5 in favor of the Jaguars.

Jefferson led 5-3 at the break.

Bloomington Jefferson (6-1 in conference) led throughout the match, but couldn’t put Apple Valley (7-2) away. The Jaguars got off to a fast start, passing well, and led 2-0 with 21:43 to play in the first half. Apple Valley’s Liz Hermes scored to cut Jefferson’s lead to 2-1 and that set a pattern for the rest of the match.

Jefferson would score, and Apple Valley would answer, but never managed to close the margin to less than two goals.

Junior forward Lexie Case had two goals for the Eagles, with Hannah Segar, Katrina Vogelgesang and Hermes scoring one each.

Apple Valley is scheduled to host Prior Lake (1-7) Thursday in a game starting at 5:30 p.m.

Editor's note: An earlier version of the this story stated that only the remaining portion of the game would be played at a later date.