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2023 soccer team celebration vs UMC
Josh Deer/Concordia Athletics
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Minn.-Crookston UMC (0-17-0, 0-13-0)
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Winner Concordia-St. Paul CSP (8-6-3, 6-4-3)
Minn.-Crookston UMC
(0-17-0, 0-13-0)
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Final
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Concordia-St. Paul CSP
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Minn.-Crookston UMC 0 0 0
Concordia-St. Paul CSP 3 2 5

Game Recap: Soccer | | Brandon Dugan

Golden Bears score five in shutout win against UMC on Senior Day

Anderson, Bordson, O'Hearn and Pawlyshyn each scored a goal in the match

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Concordia-St. Paul soccer (8-6-3, 6-4-3 NSIC) scored five goals in the shutout win against the Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles (0-17-0, 0-13-0 NSIC) on Senior Day at Sea Foam Stadium.

The Golden Bears return to the pitch for the regular season finale against the Sioux Falls Cougars next Thursday on the road. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. at the USF Soccer Field located inside the USF Sports Complex.

CSP soccer honored Katie Anderson, Corynn Grabau, Jessi Jordan, Abby Kloiber, Mackenzie Leibiger, Tori Miller, Sophie Pawlyshyn, Sammy Ponsonby and Haley Rudebusch during halftime this afternoon. This senior class has made a significant impact for the soccer program, with many of them being on the 2019 NSIC Conference Championship team and have helped the Golden Bears to a 42-23-16 record with the season final and postseason still ahead.

The Golden Bears improved their record against the Golden Eagles to 18-6-2 with the 5-0 victory. CSP controlled the pitch from the opening whistle and collected 73% possession time during the match. They took several chances throughout the match, outshooting UMC 37-3 with 19 of their shots on goal.

Anderson added to her historic career in the Navy and Gold with a pair of goals to bring her CSP all-time leading goal record to 33. The San Diego native tallied a match-leading 11 shots and six shots on goal in her final regular season game at Sea Foam Stadium.

Pawlyshyn also shined on Senior Day with a pair of assists and her first goal of the season for the Golden Bears. The senior midfielder fired off five shots with a pair of shots on goal during her 55-minute stint on the pitch.

Brittany Bordson and Amaya O'Hearn each added goals, while Miller, Clare Snapko and Kloiber contributed to the goal-scoring with assists in the contest.

Jordan (5-6-2) made her 14th start in goal and improved her goals-against average to .99. Kayla Matuzak and Sydney Potter also made appearances in the match as the trio combined for the shutout victory.

In the first half, the Golden Bears got off to a quick start after Anderson chipped in her 10th goal of the season following a free kick from Pawlyshyn in the fourth minute of action. Fourteen minutes later, Pawlyshyn placed a corner kick inside the box that Miller then dished out to Bordson who scored her second goal of the season. The final goal of the half occurred in the 34th minute after Snapko directed traffic before setting up O'Hearn who fired off a shot that could not be corralled by Abby Olsen.

CSP continued their scoring into the second half as Pawlyshyn broke free from the UMC defense in the 63rd minute and won the one-on-one battle with Olsen with a left-footed strike that found the upper right corner of the goal. Anderson added her second goal of the match in the 86th minute with an assisted pass from fellow senior Kloiber. The Golden Bears went on to take the three points and move into seventh in the NSIC standings, just one point behind Bemidji State and two points behind Augustana and Mary who are tied for fourth.
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