st. Paul, minn. - the golden bear soccer team took a hard hit in a close decision against northern state on sunday afternoon. With a multitude of injuries from saturday's 1-1 tie limiting the golden bear bench, the team fell 1-0 to the wolves, with the only goal scored in the game coming in the second period from a scrum in front of the net. box score

the loss drops concordia university to 8-8-3 for the season, 5-5-2 in the northern sun. The matchup had added importance as the wolves hopped over the golden bears in the nsic standings, as northern state advances to 7-6-5, 5-3-3. Concordia is now 7th in the league, needing to clinch some key games down the stretch to ensure themselves a spot in the eight-team nsic tournament.

cu goalie kaitlin budd managed 4 saves in the first half of play as the golden bears held the wolves scoreless. However, the golden bears were held to only two shots in the half by the solid defense of the wolves.

the only score of the game came at the 52:30 mark and was scored by laura skog during a scuffle in front of the cu goal putting northern state up 1-0.

during the intense battle two yellow cards were issued to the golden bears. One went to kyla rentch at the 67:30 mark. The other was issued to kate campione at 77:55.

the golden bears had several corner kick opportunities in the second half, but were unable to convert any into a scoring situation.

cu had one final scoring opportunity at the 83:30 mark with a shot by kari janes saved by wolves goalie dee wood.

northern held the golden bears to only five shots for the game with three of those on goal. The wolves had 12 shots with seven on goal.

concordia university will be at home next friday, october 30 to take on the st. Cloud state university huskies. Gametime is 7:30 p.m.