ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul soccer team (8-0-2, 5-0-2 NSIC) stays undefeated with a 3-1 victory over Sioux Falls (2-7-1, 2-4-1 NSIC) on a windy snowy Friday night at Sea Foam Stadium. This is the best record to this point of the season for the Golden Bears in the history of their program.
 
The 3-1 score marks the fourth time that the Bears have defeated the Cougars at home. The Golden Bears are now 8-1-1 all-time against Sioux Falls.
 
The Cougars goal in the first half snapped a 481-shutout minute streak that Jordyn Clark and the Concordia defense had going in their win streak. Before giving up the goal, the Bears had recorded four shutout games in a row. CSP Scored two goals in the first half and one in the second half to seal the victory over USF. 
 
The Golden Bears held possession for the majority of the game, posting a 24-5 advantage in shots, including a 15-3 edge in shots on goal. This is a season-high in shots for the Bears and the team also had five chances off of corner kicks.
 
Seven different players fired shots for the Bears, with four of those players taking more than one shot. Freshman Katie Anderson used her cannon of a leg to lead the offensive charge, she tallied 10 shots total with six on net, a career high for her.
 
In the first half, Concordia recorded the first nine shots to Sioux Falls four. In the 11^th minute of play, Katie Anderson struck first for the Golden Bears, scoring her third goal of the season on a pass from senior defender Hannah Pavek, this was Pavek's second assist of the season. The Golden Bears would tack on one more as senior Hannah Pedersen scored to make it 2-0 CSP on a pass from Nikki Anderson. This was Pedersen's fourth goal of the season and Anderson's first assist of the season and of her career. Sioux Falls would strike back when Grace Held took a pass from her teammate, Mckayla Philippi and snuck it past Jordyn Clark in the 43^rd minute to make it a 2-1 game at the end of the first half. 
 
The Bears dominated in the second half, outshooting the Cougars 15-1. After peppering the Cougars defense and keeper Alexis Wemhoff for the first 12 minutes of the half, Nikki Anderson picked up a rebound off the crossbar from Leah Johnson and scored to put the bears up 3-1. This was Anderson's team leading fifth goal of the season and Johnsons fourth assist of the season. CSP had five corner kicks in the second half and continued to control the ball the rest of the half. With good ball movement and lock down defense, the Golden Bears would cruise to a 3-1 victory over Sioux Falls. 
 
Jordyn Clark made two saves in the game and recorded the win, she is now 8-0-1 on the year. Alexis Wemhoff had one of her best performances of her season, making eleven saves and facing 24 shots. 
 
Leah Johnson and Cayla Renwick were the other offensive threats for the Golden Bears along with Katie Anderson. They each recorded four shots with three on goal. Nikki Anderson also had three shots with two on net. Haleigh Bares, Alexa Hepner, and Hannah Pedersen all recorded a shot in this game as well. 
 
Head coach Steve Bellis commented on his teams' victory in the harsh weather conditions, "Good team performance all around and we showed some determination to dominate in the second half in tough weather conditions."

The Bears continue their homestand on Sunday, October 13^th taking on Southwest Minnesota State at Sea Foam Stadium. Game time is set for 1 p.m. Live stats and video links can be found at the top of the page or on the soccer schedule page.