DULUTH, Minn. - The Concordia- St. Paul soccer team (5-2-3) blanked the Bulldogs of Minnesota Duluth (1-7-1) 4-0 on Sunday afternoon at James S. Malosky Stadium.
Following the win, Head coach Steve Bellis stated, "A solid team performance in some tough weather conditions on the road got us the three points."
Bellis added, "We showed some class and some clinical finishing in the second half. It's good to see us grow in confidence and continue to create goal scoring opportunities."
Defender Clare Snapko's two goal performance highlighted the day for the Golden Bears. With her two goals today she scored her first of the year and marked a career-high number of goals in a season.
The Navy and Gold got off to a fast start, scoring their first goal in the 14th minute when Ashley Bennett got a high shot through to the back of the net assisted by Amaya O'Hearn.
In the first half, CSP held the shot advantage 7-5 along with having 4 corner kicks to the Bulldogs 3.
The second-half was all Golden Bears, scoring three goals and holding the shot advantage 11-4.
Snapko scored her first goal of the season at the 50th minute on a free kick.
Just 16 minutes later, Snapko got her second goal of the game with a high shot to the center of the net.
Senior Amaya O'hearn scored her second goal of the season at the 75th minute with a high shot to the left of the net with an assist from defender Belle Abruzzo.
Goalie Sydney Potter got her second start of the weekend recording a season-high five saves with nine shots faced.
Abruzzo held down the defensive side of the pitch playing a full 90-minute outing.
The Bulldogs offense was not able to get going and were stopped at every opportunity by the Golden Bears.
The Golden Bears will return to action Oct. 11 to play the Vikings of Augustana University at Morstad Field in Sioux Falls, S. D with a 4 p.m. kick-off.
