ST. PAUL, Minn. - This Sunday, Concordia-St. Paul women's lacrosse (6-8, 2-3 GLIAC) hosts Northern Michigan (7-5, 2-1 GLIAC) in the 2023 regular season finale at Sea Foam Stadium with a noon start time. The game is Youth Day sponsored by InSports Foundation as the Golden Bears will also hold Senior Day to honor goalie Candace McDole prior to the game.

YOUTH DAY
Sunday is Youth Day for CSP Lacrosse, sponsored by InSports Foundation, a proud partner of CSP Athletics and the presenting sponsor of Comet's Kids Club. Have a child 12 years old or younger?! If so, we invite you to join Comet's Kids Club! Join today at cspbears.com/tickets. InSports Foundation is helping kids get IN the game. Youth Day features a ticket deal, as well! Kids ages 6-to-12 receive admission for just $1, and tickets can be purchased online at the same ticket link.

Following the game, the lacrosse team will hold a free mini clinic until 3:50 p.m.

SENIOR DAY
Prior to the game, Concordia will honor its lone senior on the 2023 roster, goalie Candace McDole. The Maple Ridge, British Columbia native is the reigning GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week, an award she's scooped up twice this year and three times in her two seasons as a Golden Bear. She was an All-GLIAC Second Team performer as a junior and was named to the GLIAC All-Tournament Team, as well. As a college goalie, McDole has accumulated 677 career saves, piling up 242 at Concordia with 121 in 2022 and in 2023 while adding 435 during her time at Edinboro University from 2018-21. As a senior, she's had nine double-digit save performances including a double-double against Grand Valley State (3/24) with 19 saves and 10 ground balls against a nationally-ranked Lakers squad. McDole leads the GLIAC and ranks 27th in the country with 2.92 ground balls per game and is second in the league and 17th nationally with 121 saves, also ranking second in the conference in save percentage at .451.

STREAMING INFORMATION: CSP LACROSSE JOINS FloSports
With the opening of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference play, Concordia-St. Paul's remaining three home games (all league games) will be carried online through FloSports, the official live stream provider of the GLIAC. FloSports is a paid subscription service where users are able to stream live sporting events on their desktop, tablet or mobile phone using the latest version of Chrome (recommended), Firefox, Safari or Microsoft Edge; or by downloading the FloSports app from the App Store (iPhone, iPad, Apple TV), Google Play (Android phones and tablets), Roku Channel Store (All Roku devices) and Amazon Fire (Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick).

CSP's lacrosse production with FloSports will feature a 720p broadcast with a single camera elevated from the sideline at midfield with the play-by-play audio from professional broadcaster Dan Flanagan, a broadcasting graduate from Fordham University in New York. Flanagan is a St. Paul native with 15 years of experience calling Golden Bear athletics for all sports that feature a live webcast. 

For more information about the GLIAC's agreement with FloSports, view the online press release prior to the school year.

BUY TICKETS TO HOME GAMES ONLINE
Fans are encouraged to buy tickets in advance and bring your QR code to the gates to skip the line! Friends and families who utilize the pass list will also be utilizing the online ticketing service while all students, faculty & staff will access their free CSP tickets through the service. Fans do not need to create a login, remember a username or password or download an app to purchase tickets, and tickets can still be purchased with cash at the gates. Find out more in the partnership announcement between CSP Athletics and HomeTown Ticketing.

DOWNLOAD THE APP
Fans can download the CSP Bears fan app, free of charge and available in the App Store or on Google Play. The app contains rosters, schedules, scores, stats, news, social media and more! Customize your options to get notifications to your favorite teams, as well. Search "CSP Bears" in the app store to stay up-to-date on Golden Bear athletics.

ABOUT THE GOLDEN BEARS
Entering the season, the most experienced aspect of the Golden Bear squad was its interior defense, and the results have shown as the team leads the league and ranks in the top-40 in the country in both ground balls (19.0/game) and caused turnovers (9.5/game) while ranking second in the GLIAC and 32nd in the nation in saves percentage (.462). 

While senior goalie Candace McDole has been instrumental, and her accolades are listed above, she's been backed up by the solid play of Maddy Huebner, giving CSP a strong 1-2 punch at a critical position. Huebner brings a .521 saves percentage, having faced 64 total shots, making 25 saves to 23 goals allowed with a 6.99 goals against average in five games (197:25 minutes). 

Defensively, freshman Claire Flahaven leads the GLIAC with 1.54 caused turnovers per game, piling up 20 while leading all non-goalies with 25 ground balls. Sophomore Meghan McGowan adds 13 caused turnovers and 23 ground balls while freshman Kayleigh Nelson has 13 caused turnovers and 20 ground balls while adding 22 draw controls, seven goals and 11 assists.

Joining Nelson as an impact on the draw is freshman Susie Monson with a team-high 32 draw controls, adding 16 ground balls and ranking third on the team with 18 goals and tied for second with 25 points. Sophomore Anna Fisher is second on the team with 25 draw controls while bringing six goals and three assists to the squad.

The attack is led by a number of freshman including Monson and Nelson who are two of the seven players on the team with at least 12 points - six of those being freshmen. Lauren Sheets continues to pace the attack, leading the GLIAC with 41 goals and ranking second in the league with 49 points. Sara Kaiser is second on the team with 22 goals and 25 points with five straight multi-goal games and has scored multiple points in nine straight.

SERIES HISTORY: CSP 7, NMU 4
The Golden Bears have won seven of the 11 all-time meetings against the Wildcats although NMU has captured wins in four of the last five contests including a 13-11 decision in Marquette, Michigan last month. The Golden Bears are 3-1 against NMU at home, all coming in the confines of the Concordia Dome with this weekend's matchup being the first outdoors between the programs as NMU also plays indoors.