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Comets Score 14 Goals to Win in Melrose

By Craig Olson, 09/14/21, 11:00PM CDT

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The Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Boys Soccer team defeated the Melrose Dutchmen in Melrose on Tuesday by the score of 14-1.

Just two minutes into the contest Gabe Swedenburg scored the Comets first goal off an assist from Abram Ness.  Two minutes later Abram Ness scored off a nice pass from Simon Kleven.  At the ten minute mark, Power Striker, Steffen Synnevaag scored off an assist from Simon Kleven.  Five minutes later, Endre Økland scored with a hard shot, off an assist from Abram Ness.  At 19 minutes, Simon Kleven collected a pass in the box and weaved his way around three Melrose defenders for a Comet goal.  Simon Kleven collected a rebound off the post at 22 minutes and put it into the back of the Melrose net for his second goal of the game.  Three minutes before the first half ended, Power Forward, Steffen Synnevaag, scored with a near post rocket blast off a throw in from Simon Kleven, ending the first half scoring with the Comets up seven goals.

 

Two minutes into the second half, Simon Kleven scored his hat trick goal off an assist from Gabe Swedenburg..  Two minutes later, Steffen Synnevaag scored his hat trick goal off a beautiful pass from Abram Ness.  At 47 minutes, Abram Ness scored on an assist from Power Striker, Steffen Synnevaag.  Just one minute later Abram Ness scored his hat trick goal, off an assist from Simon Kleven.  58 minutes into the contest, Matthew Knutson scored with a beautiful header off a corner kick from Nathan Aanes.  Three minutes later, Steffen Synnevaag scored his fourth goal of the contest off an assist from Abram Ness.  At 63 minutes, Melrose was able to get behind the Comet Defense and draw Comet keeper, Soren Floden out of the net.  The Melrose attacker beat Floden to the ball and scored the Dutchmen goal.  At 63 minutes, the Dutchmen missed on a PK, after Steffen Synnevaag, playing stopper, took down a player in the box.  The final goal of the contest came with just two minutes remaining.  Matthew Knutson scored off a beautiful pass from Drew Fischer ending the game with the Comets up 14-1.

The Comets had 24 shots on goal, compared to Melrose, who had five.

“It was a good game to see our finish percentage increase over past games,” reported Head Coach Rod Jensen of the Comets.  “Our creation was very good and it was great to see our younger players get a lot of play time.”

The Comets now 5-1, travel to Little Falls on Saturday.