The last time Stillwater lost a girls' lacrosse match to a team from Minnesota, the opponent was the same one the Ponies were staring at in Tuesday's quarterfinals: Prior Lake.

Prior Lake used that game as a catalyst for their first state tournament berth. Stillwater, in turn, used it as a reason for revenge. The Ponies scored six consecutive goals spanning the end of the first half and the beginning of the second, pulling away to defeat Prior Lake 12-10 and advancing to Thursday's semifinals against top-seeded Eden Prairie.

"It was nice to get the chance to beat a team that beat us," senior forward Carter Sanderson said.

For the early portions of the first half, the two teams traded goals, with Prior Lake nudging ahead 4-3. Things changed abruptly soon after, however, as Stillwater's speed and stickwork flummoxed the Lakers' offense. And when Prior Lake did find open shooting lanes, Ponies goalkeeper Katie Lottsfeldt was strong in goal.

Late in the first half, with Stillwater leading 8-4, lightning was sighted in the area, forcing a delay of more than 40 minutes. If ever there was a chance for Prior Lake to regroup, that was it.

"It seems like every time we're in the state tournament, we have a lightning delay," Sanderson said. "I don't like them."

Stillwater’s Remi Larson made her way through a trio of Prior Lake defenders on her way to scoring in the first half.

But momentum remained squarely on Stillwater's side as the Ponies scored twice after the delay. Prior Lake (14-3) finally managed to break its scoreless streak on a goal by Alexa Bloedow with 13 minutes left in the game. The Lakers went full-attack mode in the final seven minutes and closed to within two but got no closer.

Remi Larson, Carter Sanderson and Carly Fedorowski combined to score 10 goals and Lottsfeldt made 12 saves for Stillwater (15-2), whose only other loss this season was to suburban Chicago power New Trier in mid-May.

Eden Prairie 22, Wayzata 5: The Eagles broke open a close game with five goals in a span of little more than three minutes in the first half en route to routing Wayzata.

The Eagles had defeated the Trojans twice during the regular season, both times by 15 goals or more.

Eden Prairie's depth took over in this game and the Eagles got seven consecutive goals from five different players. Sammie Morton scored five goals and Sara Woodring four for Eden Prairie (16-1), which peppered Wayzata goalie Paige Sorenson with 30 shots on goal.

Lakeville South 15, Armstrong 2: In Lakeville South's first state tournament appearance last year, the Cougars lost to Stillwater by one goal in the first round. They went on to defeat Tuesday's opponent, Armstrong, in the consolation final, but that first-round loss still stung.

"It was definitely in the back of our minds," forward Logan Halvorson said. "And we were playing a team we've played last year. We wanted to show we're a much better team than last year."

Maddy Canney scored five goals for Lakeville South, and Halvorson four. "We're all there for each other," Canney said. "We don't have just one or two players."

Blake 17, Champlin Park 4: When the seedings came out for the girls' lacrosse state tournament, a familiar name was slotted No. 3.

Blake, the five-time defending champions, was sitting behind top-seeded Eden Prairie and No. 2 Lakeville South. The logic made sense because the Bears had lost to Eden Prairie during the regular season and Lakeville South was undefeated.

But something about being No. 3 just didn't feel right. The Bears were ornery.

So Blake (15-2) went out and made a statement, scoring 10 goals in the first nine minutes to cruise past Champlin Park.

"It was a little motivation," senior goalie Hannah Magarian said. "All season people have thought this was a rebuilding year for us."