The Sabers are also proud of their budding sophomore attack, Linus Toward. His hat trick has him up to 46 goals and among the state leaders. Toward’s damage was done in the middle game as junior midfielder Tyrus Laden, who entered with five goals, scored the game’s first two in the first quarter. Junior attack Luke Whitbeck also scored twice. 

Shakopee, ranked No. 8 in the May 18 state coaches' poll, led 4-0 at halftime. Rain can be the great equalizer in games like this. No weather pattern was going to keep the Sabers from their eighth win in a row.

“I didn’t think it was a terrible game from us. I thought we worked hard,” said Rosemount senior defender Trevor Brumm. “Just the bounces didn’t go our way. They move the ball well on offense. They play good defense, they move. I thought some things didn’t go our way. We hit the goalie in the face a lot. A couple missed passes in the rain. It just wasn’t our game. We had two man-ups and I think they had a lot more.” 

Rosemount’s top scorer, junior Chase Tuccitto, gave the Irish life with a quick goal to open the second half. Senior midfielder Ethan Mostrom responded soon after with a goal for Shakopee to cut the Rosemount rally short.

“Environment’s rough but that’s a great team we played,” Mostrom, the team’s second leading scorer, said. “Like coach said, we’ve never beat them before. To do it in weather like this makes it all the more fun.”

Rosemount entered averaging 9.1 goals per game to and had at least five in each game. Sophomore Weston Brosam got the win in net. Shakopee gave its team MVP award of the game to freshman defender Tanner Bachelor for his efforts.

Shakopee entered tops in the South Suburban at 13.1 goals per game.

“We played great on-ball defense,” Pollock said. “Our D middies, I thought, did a great job of staying on hips tonight, which allowed us to just show and not have to double, especially 15 yards out from the cage. If we can do that and do it against good dodgers like these guys, the sky’s really the limit for us.”

Rosemount hasn’t lost two in a row all season. It joins Shakopee in ending the regular season with three non-conference games before section playoffs.

“We’ve played some really good teams and learned lessons from that and come back the next game and play a really good game,” said Rosemount head coach Lance Kuehn. “That’s been the pattern this year where every other game we’re playing a top-10 team in the state. We learn from it and the next game we come out and we’re better.”