ST. CLOUD, Minn. - The Concordia-St. Paul women's soccer team (8-2-3, 5-2-3 NSIC) played to a 1-1 draw with the Huskies of St. Cloud State (8-1-4, 6-1-3 NSIC) on a sunny Sunday afternoon at Husky Stadium.
Lexi Pettit highlighted the day for the Golden Bears, scoring her first goal of the season to ignite the Navy and Gold's offense. Pettit now has seven points to record a career-high.
In the first half, it was the Huskies who found their offensive effort first, scoring a goal in the 11th-minute to take an early lead.
Both teams traded possessions before the Golden Bears found their groove and knotted the score on Pettit's first goal of the season. She was assisted on the play by Sophia Haase and Clare Snapko.
With her assist today, Haase extends her team-leading point total to 15.
From here on out, it was the race for possession. Both teams traded shots, but were unable to capitalize on a scoring opportunity to end the half.
In the second half, each team riffled off four shots to try and create chances for their squad but neither could find the net to end the game in a draw.
SCSU held a slight final shot advantage 12-11 with both teams each taking three corner kicks.
The CSP offense forced the St. Cloud defense to make five saves, with seven players notching a shot including Jada Cannady, Nicole Moore, McKayla Stockness, Brooke Nelson, Haase, Pettit and Snapko.
Leading the Concordia defense was Snapko and Maddison Balashaitis who each recorded a 90-minute outing and allowed just two shots on goal.
Starting for the Navy and Gold in the net was junior Sydney Potter, who earned her 10th start of the season. Potter made two saves in the draw to bring her season total to 27.
Locking down midfield was Haase and Nelson who each registered a full game on the pitch.
The three ties for Concordia at this point in the season are a program-low since 2021.
The Golden Bears will return to action next weekend for a pair of road games, taking on the Beavers of Bemidji State on Friday and the Bulldogs of Minnesota Duluth on Sunday.
