St. Mary’s beats Jays in qualifier

Bismarck St. Mary’s scored less than four minutes into the game and never looked back en route to a 4-0 win over Jamestown at the West Region Tournament on Friday in Mandan.

The Saints advanced to the state tournament with the win. Minot also advanced with an 8-0 win over Mandan. Bismarck and Century had already qualified.

Andrew Kopp scored the first goal of the game to put the Saints up 1-0 at the 3:29 mark.

Jamestown goalie Hunter Munson was under attack all night. The Saints outshot the Blue Jays 32-2 and 23 of the shots were on frame. Munson had 19 stops.

Kopp and Weisbeck each had two goals for the Saints.

West Region Tournament

At Mandan

Bismarck St. Mary’s 4, Jamestown 0

Jamestown 0 0 — 0

St. Mary’s 3 1 — 4

Scoring summary

First half

1, BSM, Andrew Kopp (Ben Weisbeck), 3:29; 2, BSM, Weisbeck (Ross Kopp), 8:42; 3, BSM, Weisbeck (unassisted), 14:23.

Second half

4, BSM, A.Kopp (Scott Nagel), 50:53.

Goalkeeper saves: Jamestown, Hunter Munson 19. BSM, Tom Gilchrist 2.

— Sun Staff

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