ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Concordia-St. Paul women's lacrosse team (6-5) returns home for a Saturday draw at 11 a.m. against Midland University (4-2) at the Concordia Dome at Sea Foam Stadium.

ONLINE COVERAGE
For fans unable to make it to Concordia Dome for the Midland game, it will be streamed live online, free of charge through CSP's GameCentral portal via Stretch Internet. The broadcast features a single camera feed located at midfield and will be accompanied in the portal by live in-game statistics.
 
Audio will be provided by play-by-play professional Dan Flanagan, the Voice of the Golden Bears since the 2008-09 academic year. The St. Paul native was professionally trained at the Division I level and has called Concordia action since returning to his hometown following his undergrad broadcasting career at Fordham University (N.Y.).

While Flanagan is typically joined by Alex Ross in providing expert color commentary, this Saturday Ross will head across the field to handle stadium public address. Ross is head coach at Apple Valley High School since 2009 and also has experience in broadcasting at the MSHSL State Tournament level. She was the 2014 Minnesota State Girls Lacrosse Coach of the Year for the Eagles.
 
In addition to the interactive GameCentral portal with video & rich live stats, a traditional HTML-based live stats option is also available.

GAMEDAY ATMOSPHERE
The Concordia Dome features four 3-row bleachers and limited bench seating along the west sideline. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students and seniors, children 10 & under and CSP students are free with ID. Spectators may also bring their own seating in the event that bleachers and benches are full. Food, beverages and pets are not allowed inside Concordia Dome, and restrooms are located under the stadium concourse just outside the revolving doors.
 
ROAD WARRIORS
Concordia had a successful first road excursion over the past three weeks, producing a 4-3 record while visiting six states in 19 days. The road stand started with a 2-1 record across a Division II tour of the sparse landscape of the NCAA women's lacrosse scene, topping Rockhurst (Mo.) and Northern Michigan and falling to McKendree (Ill.). CSP then flew south for spring break to Florida, staying exclusively in the Sunshine State with wins over NAIA programs Ave Maria and Keiser before falling to the first DII nationally ranked opponent, #12 Florida Tech and closing out the trip with a loss at Tampa.

BEARS DEFENSE CAUSES TURNOVERS
Concordia ranks third in the country (of 100 DII teams) with 13.64 caused turnovers per game and 11th with 23.91 ground balls per game, and it's been a credit to strong all-around team production as the team leader, sophomore Sheala Osborne ranks 70th in Division II with 1.73 CT/game, followed by junior Kallie LaValle who ranks 147th with 1.27/game. Freshman goalie Katie Lottsfeldt is the team leader in ground balls, collecting 4.09/game to rank 15th nationally as an individual.

Osborne and freshman Brooke Genzler each have six caused turnovers in a single game, ranking 12th in the country while freshman Sara Stickler had a high game of five, ranking 26th in the country for a single game total. As a team, CSP has four of the top-25 single game team performances, causing 22 turnovers against Keiser (7th NCAA), 21 against Westminster and Marian (11th) and 19 against Northland (25th).

On the ground ball collection, Lottsfeldt has three of the top-17 individual performances, ranking eighth with nine ground balls against Findlay and 17th in collecting eight against Westminster and Marian.

LOTTSFELDT PROTECTS THE CAGE
Freshman goalie Katie Lottsfeldt is having a strong freshman season protecting the net on a young roster, ranking third in the country with 96 total saves, 21st in the country in saves per game (8.73) and 54th among Division II goalies with a .400 save percentage - in addition to her strong national profile at collecting ground balls where she ranks 15th in the country (4.09) with three of the top-17 single game ground ball performances.

Lottsfeldt's 20 saves against McKendree rank first in the country for a single game total, tied with Katie Joe Lang of Chestnut Hill and Alexus Bonner of West Virginia Wesleyan.

CONTROLLING THE DRAW A KEY TO SUCCESS
Another area where Concordia ranks in the upper third in the country is on the draw control with the team ranking 32nd in the country (of 100) with 13.18 per game. Junior Kallie LaValle leads the team with 3.09 per game, ranking 82nd in the nation followed by freshman Kailey Heinl with 2.45 per game (138th).

HEINL AMONG NATIONAL GOAL SCORING LEADERS
Freshman Kailey Heinl ranks fifth in the country in total goals scored with 34 and ranks 29th in the country with 36 total points. She's scored at least a goal in every game this year with eight multi-goal games and six hat tricks. She has the team record of six goals in a 16-15 win at Ave Maria, and added another six point game with five goals and an assist the next game at Keiser. She also scored five goals against Westminster at the Concordia Dome in February.

Meanwhile, freshman Maddie Hentges has the program record with seven points in a game, scoring four goals and dishing three assists at Keiser after setting the record alongside Heinl with six goals in the win at Ave Maria in the previous game. Hentges ranks 46th in the country and second on the team with 31 total points. Hentges has seven multi-goal games and is second on the team with nine assists.

Junior Kallie LaValle leads the team with 10 assists and has also added 10 goals, ranking fourth on the team with 20 total points. Freshman Alina Boyce is third on the team in points (26) and goals (21) while firing a team leading 83 shots and 61 on goal. Boyce started the year with hat tricks in the first four games and has seven multi-goal games on the year. LaValle has assisted in seven of CSP's 11 games including three games with two assists, and she's scored a goal in seven games as well with three two-goal games. LaValle has scored at least a point in 10 of 11 games.

ABOUT MIDLAND UNIVERSITY
The Warriors are off to a 4-2 start and are 3-0 in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (3-0). They are receiving votes in the NAIA Coaches Top-10 national poll, while CSP opponent Ave Maria remains sixth in the country at the NAIA level.

After a pair of wins over Saint Mary and Clarke, the Warriors swept the KCAC Player of the Week honors as freshman Elyse Strebel earned Offensive Player of the Week with eight goals and two assists while senior goalie Tessa Singleton led the team in the cage with a .469 save percentage and a 9.5 goals against average while making 17 total saves. Strebel ranks fifth in the KCAC with 15 total points and fifth in the league with 12 goals.

Midland founded its women's lacrosse program in 2011-12, producing a 5-9 inaugural season before a pair of winning seasons, going 9-7 in year two and 8-7 in year three. The past two years, the Warriors have produced 3-11 and 2-10 records before this season's strong 4-2 start. They've played one Division II opponent, a 17-3 road loss to UC-Colorado Springs, another inaugural DII program. For comparison, UCCS also struggled with Westminster, falling 21-4 in an RMAC game.