Like a freight train, Summit is slow to get going but hard to stop.

After crushing Ashland 10-0 on Tuesday, the host Storm rolled to a 6-2 win over Bend High Saturday afternoon in a Class 5A girls soccer state quarterfinal match.

The home win pushed Summit (13-2-2 overall) into the state semifinals and a road game against Crescent Valley of Corvallis (10-1-5), the No. 3 seed from the Mid-Willamette Conference.

Though the Storm dominated possession time in the first half of Saturday’s game, not until the 29th minute did Summit actually record its first goal. In an effort to secure a clean, well-placed shot on goal, Summit sometimes lets scoring opportunities slip away, explained Storm coach Jamie Brock.

“Sometimes,” Brock added, “you have to take a chance and test the goalkeeper.”

Which is exactly what Summit defender Claire Ranstrom did to tally the top-seeded team’s first goal.

Ranstrom ripped a shot from 35 yards out that sailed over the outstretched arms of Bend goalie McKenzie Bell.

That goal generated all the momentum Summit needed to take off.

Claire Naarra scored a minute later on a well-hit shot that bounced off the crossbar and into the goal to put Summit up 2-0. Four minutes after that, Kristen Parr beat her defenders and deftly placed the ball into the back-right corner of the net to give the Storm a 3-0 lead at the half.

“We don’t come out super strong,” offered midfielder Eve Hess, who leads the Summit offense with 19 goals this season. “We need to have more confidence in our abilities.”

But once the Storm get going, watch out.

Hess continued the assault in the 48th minute, scoring on a long through ball from Tasha Davis.

The Lava Bears managed a goal in the 52nd minute, capitalizing on direct kick with a quick heads-up play by Delaney Crook from just outside the 18-yard box.

The relentless Storm answered just a minute later, almost as if to show their displeasure with Bend’s hurry-up free kick. Davis collected the ball and converted to put Summit up 5-1.

“We had the heart,” said Bend captain Lindy Holts, a senior midfielder playing in her last soccer game as a Lava Bear. “They (the underclassmen) need to continue to play with confidence and they’ll be all right.”

Bend’s Alyssa Pease added a second goal in the 64th minute on a Summit defensive miscue, but the Storm kept pounding away and punctuated their victory with a goal in the 78th minute.

Naarra added her second goal of the afternoon on a Hess corner kick.

“They’re a full-blown team,” said Bend coach Bob Welch in praise of the Storm. “If they make it to the (state) final, they need to walk in there and own that game.”

Summit may get that chance if it can take its 10-game unbeaten streak past Crescent Valley on Tuesday.