ST. PAUL, Minn. - As the Concordia-St. Paul lacrosse team hosts its final two games at Sea Foam Stadium this Thursday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at noon, the campus community and Twin Cities lacrosse community is invited to come together and support the program following a difficult week for the student-athletes and coaches.

SUPPORT THE BEARS
The Concordia University, St. Paul community is mourning the loss of one of its team members. Concordia athletics would like to invite all members of the campus community, as well as the Twin Cities lacrosse community, to come support the program as they return to the field together on Thursday evening.

REGULAR SEASON HOME FINALE AWAITS 2019's LONE SENIOR
Senior Izzy Snow, a transfer from Augsburg in Minneapolis, will play in her final regular season home game on Saturday at noon against Indianapolis. In her first year in the program, Snow is third on the team with 14 goals and fifth on the team with 17 points. She's also chipped in the third-most draw controls (15) and sixth-most ground balls (12). The Golden Valley, Minnesota native is working towards an individually designed finance management major and has played in 60 career lacrosse games including 48 from her three years at Augsburg where she was an All-Midwest Lacrosse Conference First Team selection as a junior with 50 goals and 21 assists. She came to CSP with 148 career points, bringing her two school total to 165 with more action remaining in 2019.

BEARS ON FIRE
Concordia, winners of three in a row and five of its last six contests, has surged to third in the GLIAC standings (by winning percentage) and trails Grand Valley State (7-1) by 1.5 games for second. The squad will host Ashland (4-7, 3-5 GLIAC, 6th) on Thursday at 6 p.m. before welcoming #12th-ranked Indianapolis (13-1, 9-0 GLIAC, 1st) on Saturday at noon. The games at Sea Foam Stadium will the first two played under open sky following the first three home games played under the Concordia Dome. Concordia is 2-1 at home this season, 7-9 at home all-time and 0-3 in outdoor home games in program history.

The team has now tied the program single season wins record with four regular season games remaining, and topped last year's GLIAC wins total already as well.

WATCH ONLINE
For those unable to make it to Sea Foam Stadium this Thursday and Saturday, the games will be streamed online and available to watch free of charge through Concordia's agreement with Stretch Internet with the NSIC. The high definition, single camera webcast features audio commentary by Dan Flanagan, the voice of the Golden Bears since 2008. The St. Paul native is a graduate of Fordham University (N.Y.) where he trained in broadcasting in multiple sports including the Rams football team in the Patriot League.

The games will also be available to follow along with live stats.

STREAMING DEVICES
The campus streamed webcast is now available through widely used streaming devices like the Roku, Amazon FireTV, Apple TV and Android TV. Simply search for NSIC to find the Stretch Internet application for the conference to watch games on your TV and in HD (where available).

DOWNLOAD THE CSP BEARS GAMEDAY FAN APP
Follow the Golden Bear lacrosse team along with the rest of your favorite CSP Bears squads by downloading the new gameday fan app, hosted by From Now On. The app provides users with a unique and customizable experience, allowing each user to select the sports they want to follow and how they are connected to CSP (fans, students, faculty/staff, alumni, etc). The app will also be a new way to stay updated on the action as well as to be the first to find out about promotions and special events!
 
BEARS IN THE GLIAC
In seven conference games, Concordia has allowed the third fewest goals (74) among the nine league members and carries a +30 goal margin. Overall, including non-conference play, the Golden Bears continue to rank third in goals against with 122 in 12 games and hold a season +46 goal margin. CSP's aggressive defense not only helps prevent goals, but also creates havoc to opposing attackers, ranking third in the league with 87 caused turnovers in league play and 135 in all games which is just three shy of second in the conference (McKendree, 138). The team's two goalies combine for a 45.8 save percentage, also ranking third in the conference while making the third most saves (103) and being just one of three teams to allow under 10 goals per game.

GLIAC AWARD WINNERS
Concordia junior Alina Boyce is coming off of a GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week performance, scoring seven points on four goals and three assists in a 20-11 road win at Northern Michigan last Wednesday. Boyce is the program's second-ever conference player of the selection, joining Katie Lottsfeldt who earned the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week honor last year in 2018 when CSP also won at Northern Michigan. Prior to 2018, Concordia was a Division II independent in its inaugural season in 2017 and thus ineligible for player of the week recognition.

In addition to Boyce being named GLIAC Player of the Week, recently the league started listing honorable mention selections with Concordia consistently featured among the considerations for the award on both sides of the ball. Boyce was a two-time honorable mention selection (3/25 & 4/1) prior to earning the award on April 15, along with junior Maddie Hentges (4/8). On the defensive side, sophomore Lexi Stanley has earned honorable mention nods three of the last four weeks (3/25, 4/1 & 4/15) while Lottsfeldt also was listed (4/8).

SERIES HISTORY: UINDY 3, CSP 0
The Greyhounds have taken the first three meetings between the programs, with two of the three matchups played in St. Paul and both of them being outdoors at Sea Foam Stadium. In the series, junior Alina Boyce has scored seven points, matching alum Sheala Osborne with each scoring five goals and adding two assists. Junior Maddie Hentges has scored three goals against UIndy. Osborne also leads the team with 13 draw controls, with junior Kailey Heinl being the next closest with eight. Junior goalie Katie Lottsfeldt has amassed 35 saves and 19 ground balls with a .427 save percentage in the all-time series.

Concordia's meeting with Ashland will be the first between the programs, with Ashland in its inaugural year sponsoring Division II women's lacrosse.

GLIAC LEADERBOARD
On the year, numerous Golden Bears are thriving in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference (GLIAC) individually, a look below at the highlights including the league leader and the leader from this week's opponents:
Goals:
1. Miller, Davenport - 48
2. Gunneson, Indianapolis - 46
3. Michael, Ashland - 44
6. Alina Boyce, Concordia - 36
6. Maddie Hentges, Concordia - 36

Assists:
1. Ries, Davenport - 44
2. Katz, Indianapolis - 41
9. Ruppert, Ashland - 17
12. Sara McNicoll, Concordia - 14

Points:
1. Gunneson, Indianapolis - 74
10. Michael, Ashland - 47
13. Alina Boyce, Concordia - 46
13. Maddie Hentges, Concordia - 46

Free Position Goals:
1. Ringlever, Northern Michigan - 15-26
5. Alina Boyce, Concordia - 6-11
5. Gunneson, Indianapolis - 6-10
11. Ruppert, Ashland - 5-9

Ground Balls:
1. Sugarman, McKendree - 58
3. Katie Lottsfeldt, Concordia - 44
5. Michael, Ashland - 36
6. McClure, Indianapolis - 34
7. Lexi Stanley, Concordia - 32

Draw Controls:
1. Romig, Indianapolis - 167
3. Michael, Ashland - 83
10. Lexi Stanley, Concordia - 53

Caused Turnovers:
1. Sugarman, McKendree - 45
2. McClure, Indianapolis - 40
5. Lexi Stanley, Concordia - 20
7. Michael, Ashland - 18

Shots:
1. Sugarman, McKendree - 98
4. Michael, Ashland - 84
5. Alina Boyce, Concordia - 80
7. Gunneson, Indianapolis - 78
10. Maddie Hentges, Concordia - 64

Shots on Goal:
1. Shisler, Grand Valley State - 76
2. Michael, Ashland - 69
3. Gunneson, Indianapolis - 67
8. Maddie Hentges, Concordia - 56
10. Alina Boyce, Concordia - 54

Save Percentage:
1. King, Indianapolis - 54.2
3. Katie Lottsfeldt, Concordia - 45.9
11. Schneider, Ashland - 30.0

Goals Against Average:
1. King, Indianapolis - 4.57
4. Katie Lottsfeldt, Concordia - 11.19
8. Schneider, Ashland - 16.65

Saves:
1. Stilson, Northern Michigan - 146
4. Katie Lottsfeldt, Concordia - 83
5. Schneider, Ashland - 76
6. King, Indianapolis - 58

MILESTONE WATCH

• Sophomore Lexi Stanley set a pair of draw controls records in last week's 20-11 in at Northern Michigan, nabbing 10 in a single game and pushing her season total to a new record of 53, surpassing Kallie LaValle's mark of 49 in 2017. Her 20 caused turnovers on the year are 12 shy of the single season record of 32 set by Brooke Genzler in 2017.
• Junior Maddie Hentges became the first player in program history to surpass 150 career points, with 159 in her career. She's the only 100-goal scorer (115) and holds the career assists record (44) in 44 career games
• Junior Alina Boyce is six goals shy of joining Hentges at the 100 goal plateau and is second with 125 career points across 41 career games.
• Hentges and Boyce, with 46 points apiece, are withing striking distance of Hentges' 2018 single season record. Hentges also has the second most points with 53 in 2017 during her freshman year.
• Hentges and Boyce (36g) are just seven goals shy of the single season goals scored record held by Kailey Heinl in the 2017 inaugural year. Hentges, with 41 in 2018 and 38 in 2017, has the next two highest goal seasons.
• Junior Kailey Heinl, the third 100-point member in program history (105), has 91 goals and is also closing in on 100 while also closing in a pair of other milestones: becoming the first to 100 career draw controls (96) and the first to 50 caused turnovers (48)
• Freshman Sara McNicoll leads the team with 14 assists, fourth most in a season in CSP's three years of lacrosse and just five shy of Maddie Hentges' 2018 record of 19 in a season.
• Junior Katie Lottsfeldt became the first goalie in program history to reach 300 career saves (337), and is also closing in on 200 career ground balls with 186 in 43 games in net

SINGLE GAME PROGRAM RECORDS & SEASON HIGHS

• The single game goals record set by Maddie Hentges in 2018, a triple hat trick at Northern Michigan, still stands, but six goals have been scored in a game six different times all-time with two coming this season, once by Alina Boyce on March 17 against Davenport and the other by Maddie Hentges on April 5 against Northern Michigan.
• Junior Maddie Hentges and freshman Mary Keating each have tied Hentges' 2017 single game assists record with four in a game this year. Hentges on March 9 against Fort Lewis and Keating on February 22 at Rockhurst.
• Junior Katie Lottsfeldt has a pair of 14 save games this season, once at Northern Michigan (4/10) and the other at CSU-Pueblo (3/7). She set the single game saves record with 20 as a freshman at McKendree (3/5/17)
• Sophomore Lexi Stanley is the only non-goalie (or, more accurately, non-Lottsfeldt) in program history to pick up at least seven ground balls in a game, and her nine ground balls at Maryville (3/22) are second-most in a game in team history, three shy of Lottsfeldt's 2018 record of 12 against Indianapolis (4/29/18)
• Stanley also had 10 draw controls, a new school record, at Northern Michigan (4/10/19) after her seven draw controls at Lewis (3/29/19) earlier in the year were just one shy of the previous record of eight set by Lex Seifert against Northern Michigan last season (3/17/18)
• Stanley has a pair of five caused turnover performances this year, against Northern Michigan (4/5/19) and at Maryville (3/22/19) which is just one shy of the single game record achieved three times in 2017: twice by Brooke Genzler and once by Sheala Osborne
• Concordia put new program records with 40 points, 25 goals, 15 assists, 21 draw controls and a 24-goal margin of victory over Adams State (3/5/19)
• CSP's back-to-back 20-plus goal outings against Northern Michigan the last two games give the team three 20-goal games this year, topping the previous two seasons when the team had a pair of 20-goal games in 2017 and in 2018
• The back-to-back 20 goal games is the first time in program history
• The Golden Bears tied a team record with 22 caused turnovers at Maryville (3/22/19), matching the 2017 performance at Keiser (3/14/17)