Owatonna Boys upset No. 5 Minnetonka

The Owatonna boys’ soccer team was looking to rebound after failing to complete the comeback attempt on Thursday against Northfield.  There was no better match-up to do so against than No. 5 Minnetonka. 
On a cool Saturday evening at the Owatonna Soccer Complex, with a mix of great goaltending and smothering defense, the Huskies were able to pull off the upset with a 1-0 win over the Skippers. Head coach Bob Waypa said the message to his team prior to the contest was simple. 
“Just go out and have fun… and I think that took some pressure off of us,” he said. 
The game was exactly what the score would tell it being, a tightly contested battle that had great defense and moments of excitement by both offenses.  The Skippers would really dominate the time of possession and created a plethora of offensive chances. Minnetonka outshot the Huskies a combined 15-5. 
However, the Huskies defense bowed its back and managed to surrender just 4 shots on goal in the first half.  
The Huskies would strike first as Mitch Meyer would score on a strike with just over 13 minutes left in the first half.  Owatonna would take the lead into halftime. 
In the second half, there was a sense that Minnetonka was feeling the pressure of playing in a deficit. 
The Skippers attack was both rushed and relentless. Despite the immense amount of pressure by the Skippers’ forwards, the No. 5 team in the state just couldn’t finish their opportunities. A large part of that was because of the outstanding play in net by Huskies’ ‘keeper Aiden Buryska. 
“Aiden did an outstanding job for us tonight-made some really big saves,” Waypa said.  
Waypa preaches purpose on his team’s possessions, stating that it doesn’t matter how long we have the ball but what we do with it. On Saturday night, the Huskies were doing everything right. 
Once the Skippers’ would get the ball in zone, the Owatonna defense swarmed, attempting to create a counter opportunity. Late in the second half, the Huskies had two of those counter opportunities as Nate Smith broke into the open field but couldn’t finish. 
Minnetonka would have plenty of chances of thier own right. 
On three seperate occasions, the Skippers would blow a free kick attempt by either sailing it over the goal or becasue an Owatonna defender blocked and cleared the redirect. 
On the Skippers’ final free kick attempt of the evening, Buryska put the finishing touches on the Huskies upset win. 
The ‘keeper would leap into the air to catch a top corner redirect from one of Minnetonka’s forwards. 
Afterward, Waypa said that he couldn’t single out one player. 
“It was a total team effort tonight. I’m hoping this is that springboard thing that gets the