ST. PAUL, Minn. - Concordia-St. Paul soccer (6-5-4, 5-3-3  NSIC) played to a 0-0 draw with the Minot State Beavers  (7-2-6, 5-2-3 NSIC) at Sea Foam Stadium on Mental Health Awareness Day. 

The Golden Bears used a strong defensive performance and a pair of second-half saves to force a 0-0 against the Beavers. Sophie Pawlyshyn finished with a match-high four shots off the bench for the Golden Bears and Haley Rudebusch added three shots of her own. 

"I thought we were resilient and defended where we needed to defend," Coach Steve Bellis commented. "We were tight and didn't give them any opportunities, and I thought we did well in the back because the central mid-field three were fantastic."

"Ultimately in the second half, we created more chances than they did and didn't capitalize on them," Bellis added. "We created chances which is good, and eventually something will fall our way."

Bellis concluded with, "Overall a really good performance against a really good Minot team, and we look forward to another home game on Friday." 

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Golden Bears outshot the Beaves 3-to-2 in the first half of play and forced three corner kicks in a first half that had split possession times. 

Haley Rudebusch added the first shot of the match in the 17th minute of play that sailed out of the right side of the goal.

In the 27th minute, Katie Anderson added a shot that would sail out of the top right of the goal and out of play.

Sophie Pawlshyn added the shot of the half after she had a step on a Beaver defender and was met with the goalkeeper outside of the box. However, she would collide with the goalie and barely get a piece of the ball that rolled just to the left of the goal. 

CSP added six more shots to bring the game total to nine and three more corners to bring the game total to six in the second half. The Golden Bears finished the game with a slight edge in the possession time by having the ball for 52 percent of the half.

Rudebusch added her second shot of the match in the 58th minute that was blocked by a Beaver defender. 

Pawlyshyn added the first shot on goal for the Golden Bears in the match in the 75th minute but the Beavers goalie was able to get a paw on the ball and force it out of the goal. She added another shot on goal in the 82nd minute by the Minot State keeper, who dropped to her knees to corral the ball.

The Golden Bears' last chance came in the 88th minute by Rudebusch, but the ball was collected by the Beaver's keeper in the bottom right part of the goal. 

Brittany Bordson, Rudebusch and Tori Miller all played in the game's entirety, while Abby Kloiber and Sydney Manthana anchor the Golden Bears with a strong outing in the midfield. 

Ashlyn Waldon secured the complete game shutout with a pair of saves in goal during the second half for the Golden Bears.

PLAYERS OF NOTE

• Pawlyshyn finished with four shots (two on goal)

• Rudebusch had three shots in the match 

• K. Anderson added a pair of shots to her league-best total

• Bordson, Rudebusch and Miller played in a 90 minutes

• Waldon (6-5-3) collected two saves on the afternoon

UP NEXT
The Golden Bears will host their final home game at Sea Foam Stadium against the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs on Friday at 7 p.m. They will finish the week with a road contest against the Sioux Falls Panthers on Sunday at 1 p.m at The USF Soccer Field.