st. Paul, minn. - the concordia university golden bear soccer team's winning streak came to an end saturday in the inaugural game at sea foam stadium in front of a crowd of 300 plus. Despite taking 10 shots the golden bears (3-1-1) were unable to score and suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of the northern michigan wildcats (2-1-0), 3-0. box score
northern michigan scored their first goal at the 29:05 mark in the first half and never looked back. The wildcats scored two more goals in the second half to ice the victory. The wildcats had 18 shots total in the game, putting six on-goal. Their goalie, kara music, had 3 saves in the game.
the golden bears controlled the opening minutes of the first soccer game played at cu's new sea foam stadium, but their prowess waned as time rolled on. They came back with two scoring opportunities in the second half and nearly turned an open shot before being called for offsides.
golden bear goalkeeper, kaitlin budd had 3 saves to lead the defensive charge. On offense, cu had 10 shots with three on-goal. They were led by kari janes and arielle stimson with 2 shots each.
cu returns to action sunday, september 6 against the colorado school of mines in a 1:00 game being played at upper iowa in fayette, iowa. The golden bears return home next saturday, september 12 to take on luther college at 3:00.