bemidji, minn. - the #5 golden bears continued their hot hitting as they were able to sweep the bemidji state beavers 3-0 for their 65 straight regular season nsic victory. Concordia (18-4, 13-0 nsic) hit .327 on the night as they put away the beavers 25-17, 25-18, 25-19. Cu was lead offensively by emily palkert's 13 kills. cassie haag added 12 on a .550 hitting percentage and megan carlson and kayla koenecke each had nine. box score

carlson led the way with 16 digs coming up just shy of another double double, she also hit .471 on the evening. amanda konetchy had 44 assists and continues to add to her assists per set total. taylor fieldsted added 11 digs for the cu defense who held bsu to .182 hitting percentage.

concordia hit .312 in the first set with 15 kills. In the second set cu improved the hitting percentage to .314. The golden bears saved the best for last as they hit .349 in the final set. Cu had an amazing 18 kills in the final set.

the golden bears now face their biggest rival in the nsic, #1 minnesota duluth tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m. Concordia is ahead of the bulldogs by one game in the nsic. A win would give cu some greatly appreciated breathing room. Cu has won the last six matches in a row against umd.