FLOWOOD — Until storm clouds rolled in midway through the second half, there was no shade to be found at Hartfield Academy’s soccer field.

No mercy, either.

Carson Turner scored just four minutes into the game, and Hartfield added two more goals early in the second half to blow it open as it beat St. Aloysius 4-1 Thursday in a rematch of last year’s MAIS Division III girls’ title game.

St. Al’s 15-game winning streak was snapped. The game was called with just more than 20 minutes remaining because of lightning.

“I know the girls were ready to roll. I was probably more pumped up than they were. This was a big day for us,” Hartfield coach Jake Benton said.

Turner’s goal sparked Hartfield (2-0) in its quest for revenge against the Lady Flashes (1-1), who won 2-1 in last year’s championship game. This one was never that close.

Bailey Raphelt scored in the 25th minute, and then Saige Sorey and Kayla Burrell both scored in the first eight minutes of the second half to give the Lady Hawks a 4-0 lead.

St. Al didn’t have a shot on goal until Mary Ranager’s 40-yard free kick took one bounce into the arms of keeper Kayleigh VanNorman for an easy save.

“They started chasing the ball instead of settling down and playing their positions. We did that several games last year, but we were able to recover,” St. Al coach Scott Mathis said. “We don’t have that much of a difference this year in the team, but we have soccer players and they know what to do. The problem is, they get away from it and they don’t communicate with each other. With that not happening, and them chasing the ball, we’re going to lose every single time. That’s a recipe for disaster, simply put.”

St. Al finally got on the board in the 51st minute, when Sydney Mathis knocked in a corner kick from Madelyn Polk. That started a stretch when the Lady Flashes seized some of the momentum and controlled possession, but they never got a chance to keep it going.

Seconds after the teams went to the sideline for a mandatory water break with 20:34 left in the game, lightning was spotted from a thunderstorm that had been creeping toward the eastern edge of the field. The field was cleared, and the delay lasted about 45 minutes until officials called the game.

The early finish left both coaches dissatisfied, even if the outcome seemed certain.

Benton said he didn’t want to earn a “cheap” win and would have liked to have played it out.

“Hopefully when we come back to their place we can get the real thing,” Benton said.

Mathis, after seeing his team get one goal and some offensive traction, wanted the chance to score at least one more. Goal differential is the first tiebreaker in the district standings, so a goal that was meaningless in the context of Thursday’s game could have paid dividends later on.

Mathis also was disappointed that his players missed a chance to get some game reps after struggling against one of the best teams in Division III.

“There’s two (missed) opportunities,” Mathis said. “One, I can’t get (keeper Claire Jamison) more touches. And two, the goal differential thing. It’s going to be a thing at the end of the season if we want to be number one. But let’s see how the other games go first.”