somers, wis. - the golden bears gave up four first half goals to wisconsin-parkside in the 2008 season opener. Despite a second half score, they were unable to recover from the deficit and dropped the game 5-1.

uw-parkside came out firing in the first half, taking 18 shots while holding the golden bears without a single look. The first ball went into the net just six and a half minutes after kickoff, followed by two additional goals before the 20 minute mark.

concordia took three shots in the second period, two of which went on goal. Sophomore taylor campione took a feed from chloe weinberg for the lone score of the game for the golden bears. Campione struck it past the keeper for the point at the 74:30 mark of the game.

uwp had 24 total shots in the game, 15 of which went on goal. They had seven corner kicks, finishing on one in the second half. Cu keeper keyton wheelock made ten saves in the game.

concordia plays at st. Francis (il) on sunday afternoon.