ST. PAUL, Minn. - Concordia-St. Paul soccer (6-5-3, 5-3-2 NSIC) fell at home on Friday night by a score of 2-0 to the UMary Marauders (9-2-3, 6-2-3 NSIC) at Sea Foam Stadium.
The Golden Bears dropped the match to the UMary Marauders after giving up a pair of goals in the first half of play. CSP was flushed with opportunities in the match after not being able to connect on the 12 corner kicks. The Golden Bears also outshot the Marauders 20-to-7, with 10 of the shots coming from junior forward
Katie Anderson.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Golden Bears opened the match with a pair of shots on goal from K. Anderson and a shot by
Brittany Bordson in the first seven minutes of the match.
Mary responded in the 13th minute with their first goal of the night in the seventh minute by Kendra Park with the assist coming from Rio Spruenken.
Seven minutes later, Park was able to connect with her second goal of the match off an assist from Yasmina Dokara, after she saw an opportunity with the goal wide open and was able to maneuver past the CSP defenders in the box.
K. Anderson added two more shots before the half came to an end with the Golden Bears trailing the Marauders 2-0.
Abby Kloiber added a strong attempt on goal in the 48th minute and K. Anderson followed with a shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the Marauders' goalie would add two more saves to her total.
In the 73rd minute,
Ashlyn Waldon collected back-to-back impressive saves in the bottom left corner of the goal, after winning a one-on-one battle with the Mary forward who had pulled away from the rest of the field.
Kloiber added the final shot on goal for the Golden Bears in the 76th minute that was collected by the Marauders' keeper in the top left corner of the goal.
Jada Cannady nearly put the Golden Bears in the score column after putting up a shot in the 81st minute that deflected off the goal post and out of play.
PLAYERS OF NOTE
● K. Anderson finished the night with 10 shots (four on goal)
● Kloiber had four shots (two on goal) in the match off the bench
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Nikki Anderson and
Sophie Pawlyshyn both recorded a pair of shots in the match
●
Harper Smoot and
Tori Miller each played the full 90 minutes
● Waldon (6-5-2) collected three saves
UP NEXT
The Golden Bears will look to bounce back on Sunday afternoon, as they will face off with the Minot State Beavers at Sea Foam Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
