Reeck, a Louisville commit, was dominant as ever in Tuesday’s victory. She scored two goals as the Hornets (8-0, 6-0) opened an early 3-0 lead. She finished with six goals on the night. Those six give Reeck 42 goals for the season, a mark that makes for sixth best in the state. 

“She’s awesome,” Edina coach Kelly Crampton said. “She knows how to score and she knows how to score in a lot of different ways and find her teammates. She makes this team better, kind of brings the level of everyone up.” 

Minnetonka also knows how to score, and the Skippers (7-1, 4-1) proved that after falling behind early. A pair of Edina penalties, including one that sidelined Reeck, sparked a three-goal Skippers’ run. Senior attack Kayley Crawford scored the first, followed by goals from Jordyn Helling and Ava Rajala. Helling, Rajala and senior attack Hanna Baskin finished with two goals apiece.

But as soon as Reeck returned to the field off the penalty, she ran right down the field and found nylon once again. 

“I think I just wanted to set the tone… When we were even, they didn’t score,” Reeck said. “I think we needed to set the tone like, ‘Hey, we’re still in this game.’”

The Hornets were more than still in the game. Reeck’s goal was the first of six unanswered before halftime, giving Edina a 9-3 lead at the break. Just 14 seconds into the second half, sophomore midfielder Nicola Santoni made it seven unanswered with her third goal of the game. Baskin and junior midfielder Cordelia Flemming each recorded a hat trick. 

“We have a whole new team, so I think just working together this year and doing draws and dumps is huge for us. I think we really read each other pretty well and trust each other with the ball,” Reeck said. “I think that has been a key success scoring a lot of our goals.” 

The Skippers scored three in a row after Santoni’s goal, but they couldn’t slow down the Edina offense. Reeck added two more goals late and the Hornets were able to maintain separation despite the late Skippers’ push. 

Edina fell in the 2019 Section 6 championship game to Prior Lake, a team it beat in this season’s opener. While it’s two years removed from that game, the Hornets have higher aspirations this season: Reach the state tournament. 

“We’ve never been to state and we’ve also never been conference champion, so we just did that,” Reeck said. “I think beating these teams shows we can go to state, and we have to beat these teams to get there.”