st. Paul, minn. - the cu defense held u-mary to only 3 shots for the game in a 1-1 double overtime tie in a contest filled with golden bear injuries. The golden bears are now 8-7-3 overall, 5-4-2 nsic. The university of mary moves to 8-6-3, 6-2-2 nsic. box score
the golden bears held the marauders to only one shot in the first half led with strong defensive performance by kristi loobeek.
cu scored their only goal of the game at the 34:13 mark in the first half. emily weimelt booted a goal into the net from the right side off of assists from sara sather and arielle stimson giving weimelt her third goal of the season. That assist moves stimson into third in the cu single season records for points with 24.
the second half proved challenging for the golden bears. Cu played most of the second half without coach joe alianiello, giving assistant coach whitney leverington her first taste of head coaching duties. The golden bears also went the last 65 minutes of the game without making a subsitution due to several injuries sustained in the second half and substitution rules.
the marauders came back in the second half and scored a goal off of a corner kick at the 66 minute mark to tie the game up.
the golden bears had a good scoring opportunity at the end of regulation on a corner kick but could not finish the play sending the game into overtime tied at 1 apiece.
the golden bears did a solid job of defending against three back to back corner kicks by mary in the first overtime period to keep the game deadlocked.
the second overtime period saw two cu shots on goal fail. kim sauberlich nearly ended the marathon game in the final period of play, taking a free kick from 30 yards out but nailing the crossbar. The game ended at a 1-1 tie.
the golden bear took eight shots with five on goal. Mary had only three shots with two on goal. Mary had been averaging 13.4 shots a game while holding their opponents to only 9.7 shots a game.
concordia will be in action again tomorrow taking on the northern state wolves. Gametime is 1:00.
