Regis Jesuit senior Ben Bechter (23) celebrates his goal with teammates Chet Dunstan (4), Simon Quan (21) and Matt Soran (33) during the first period of the Raiders' 11-9 win over Monarch in a Class 5A boys lacrosse state quarterfinal game played on May 9, 2015, at Legacy Stadium. The defending 5A state champions and No. 2 seed in this season's playoffs advanced to a May 13 semifinal against No. 3 Mountain Vista. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
Regis Jesuit senior Ben Bechter (23) celebrates his goal with teammates Chet Dunstan (4), Simon Quan (21) and Matt Soran (33) during the first period of the Raiders’ 11-9 win over Monarch in a Class 5A boys lacrosse state quarterfinal game played on May 9, 2015, at Legacy Stadium. The defending 5A state champions and No. 2 seed in this season’s playoffs advanced to a May 13 semifinal against No. 3 Mountain Vista. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
Regis Jesuit senior Ben Bechter (23) celebrates his goal with teammates Chet Dunstan (4), Simon Quan (21) and Matt Soran (33) during the first period of the Raiders’ 11-9 win over Monarch in a Class 5A boys lacrosse state quarterfinal game played on May 9, 2015, at Legacy Stadium. The defending 5A state champions and No. 2 seed in this season’s playoffs advanced to a May 13 semifinal against No. 3 Mountain Vista. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)

AURORA | Regis Jesuit moved a step closer to playing for a second straight Class 5A boys lacrosse state championship, but had to pass a stiff test in Saturday’s quarterfinals at Legacy Stadium.

With a six-goal first period, it looked like coach Jim Soran’s second-seeded Raiders would cruise into a semifinal matchup with third-seeded Mountain Vista — which downed No. 11 Arapahoe 9-5 in the previous game — but seventh-seeded Monarch came to life the rest of the way.

Regis Jesuit's Truett Davis (11) leaps in the air as he closes in on Monarch goalie Connor Johnson during the first period of the Raiders' 11-9 win over the Coyotes in a Class 5A boys lacrosse state quarterfinal on May 9, 2015. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
Regis Jesuit’s Truett Davis (11) leaps in the air as he closes in on Monarch goalie Connor Johnson during the first period of the Raiders’ 11-9 win over the Coyotes in a Class 5A boys lacrosse state quarterfinal on May 9, 2015. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)
Regis Jesuit’s Truett Davis (11) leaps in the air as he closes in on Monarch goalie Connor Johnson during the first period of the Raiders’ 11-9 win over the Coyotes in a Class 5A boys lacrosse state quarterfinal on May 9, 2015. (Photo by Courtney Oakes/Aurora Sentinel)

The Coyotes held Regis Jesuit scoreless in the second period to pull within three goals and closed strong with a four-goal fourth period, but couldn’t quite catch up as the Raiders prevailed 11-9.

Matt Soran tallied four goals, Chet Dunstan added three and Ben Bechter two for Regis Jesuit, which moved within one win of making the 5A state championship game at 7:30 p.m. May 15 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

Top-seeded Cherry Creek and No. 4 Kent Denver meet in the other semifinal contest.

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor of the Aurora Sentinel. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or sports@aurorasentinel.com. Twitter: @aurorasports. FB: Aurora Prep Sentinel

(2) REGIS JESUIT 11, (7) MONARCH 9

Score by periods:

Monarch        1  2  2  4 —  9

Regis Jesuit  6  0  4  1 — 11

Monarch goals: Max Wiesner 4, Chad Kruezer 3, Landon Waddle 2. Regis Jesuit goals: Matt Soran 4, Chet Dunstan 3, Ben Bechter 2, Truett Davis, Joey Chott. Monarch assists: Jared Hodell, Sammer Zaidy, Andrew Zwiers. Regis Jesuit assists: Davis, Dunstan, Chase Konkel. Goalies (Min-Goals allowed-Saves) — Monarch: Connor Johnson (48-11-13); Regis Jesuit: Brett Quartuccio (48-9-13).

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor and photographer with Sentinel Colorado. A Denver East High School and University of Colorado alum. He came to the Sentinel in 2001 and since then has received a number...