ST. CLOUD — Ellie Ritters scored the lone goal for the No. 7 Little Falls Flyers in their 8-1 loss to the No. 2 St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders in the opening round of the Section 8-1A playoffs Thursday.
Ellie Engel put in four goals for the Crusaders, who outshot the Flyers 18-2.
Little Falls finishes 3-11-2
Little Falls 0 1 — 1
Cathedral 4 4 — 8
First half: SCC-Ellie Engel (Courtney Jones) 13:00, SCC-Engel (Mariah Sperl) 25:00, SCC-Cia Strong 32:00, SCC-Maddie Curtis 34:00
Second half: SCC-Engel 47:00 SCC- Engel 48:00, LF-Ellie Ritters 49:00, SCC-Caitlin McMorrow 56:00, SCC-Emily Walsh PK 76:00 Shots on goal: LF 1 1 — 2, SCC 13 5 — 18
Goalkeepers: LF-Scottie Jo Meyer (9 saves) Lauren Thielman 1 save); SCC-Mo Schroeder (1 saves)
Overall: Little Falls finishes 3-11-2.


