ST. PAUL, Minn. - Concordia-St. Paul women's lacrosse looks to make it two in a row against Northern Michigan (3-7, 2-4 GLIAC) this Wednesday as the Golden Bears tangle with the Wildcats at 6 p.m. at the Superior Dome in Marquette, Michigan.

Concordia topped NMU 21-9 on Friday evening in the Concordia Dome at Sea Foam Stadium, the fifth win in as many games in the all-time series between the two third year programs. Concordia is now 7-4 overall and 4-2 in the GLIAC with wins in four of its last five contests. The Golden Bears are 7-4 for the first time in program history and are now one win shy of the tying the program record for single season wins with the 8-8 inaugural season in 2017. CSP has already tied last year's GLIAC wins total in just six games.

Concordia is currently tied for third place in the GLIAC standings with McKendree (6-3) as each team has a .667 league winning percentage. The GLIAC Tournament features the third and fourth place teams earning first round tournament home games on April 30. CSP is ahead of fifth place Davenport (3-4) by 1.5 games and two games ahead of Northern Michigan (2-4) and Ashland (2-4). Indianapolis (8-0) and Grand Valley State (6-1) currently hold the top two spots in the league standings.

SERIES HISTORY: CSP 5, NMU 0
Expect the Wildcats to put up a fight, if the previous two years results are any indicator. CSP racked up double-digit wins in each of 2017 and 2018, but the other contests those seasons were closer, a 14-8 CSP win in 2017 in Marquette and an 18-15 win in 2018 in St. Paul. Concordia now has a +47 goal margin in five contests with NMU.

In Friday's win, Maddie Hentges scored six goals and Alina Boyce added five for the Golden Bears, who used an 11-1 run to open up an 18-7 lead spanning the end of the first half and the first 11-plus minutes of the second. The 11-1 surge was part of an extended 18-3 stretch of play that broke the game open following NMU's 4-0 spurt to tie the game at five midway through the first half. The 18-3 stretch of play spanned nearly 41 minutes of the contest.

Junior goalie Katie Lottsfeldt had a big performance in the net, saving nine shots and producing seven ground balls while her disruptive play led to a pair of caused turnovers and helped keep the NMU attack off balance.

In five games, Hentges has racked up 32 points including 26 goals while Boyce has 18 goals and accumulated 21 goals. Lottsfeldt has made 31 saves against NMU while allowing 30 goals for a 7.50 goals against average and a .508 save percentage against the Wildcats, adding 18 ground balls.

GLIAC LEADERBOARD
On the year, numerous Golden Bears are thriving in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference (GLIAC) individually, a look below at the highlights including the league leader in each category:
Goals:
1. Gunneson, Indianapolis - 43
7. Alina Boyce, Concordia - 32
8. Maddie Hentges, Concordia - 31

Assists:
1. Ries, Davenport - 41
10. Sara McNicoll, Concordia - 13

Points:
1. Gunneson, Indianapolis - 69
12. Maddie Hentges, Concordia - 41
13. Alina Boyce, Concordia - 39

Free Position Goals:
1. Ringlever, Northern Michigan - 13-24
5. Alina Boyce, Concordia - 6-10

Draw Controls:
1. Romig, Indianapolis - 144
11. Lexi Stanley, Concorida - 43

Caused Turnovers:
1. Sugarman, McKendree - 45
5. Lexi Stanley, Concordia - 19
15. Katie Lottsfeldt, Concordia - 12

Ground Balls:
1. Sugarman, McKendree - 58
3. Katie Lottsfeldt, Concordia - 42
9. Lexi Stanley, Concordia - 28

Shots:
1. Sugarman, McKendree - 98
4. Alina Boyce, Concordia - 74
12. Maddie Hentges, Concordia - 55

Shots on Goal:
1. Shisler, Grand Valley State - 67
11. Alina Boyce, Concordia - 49
12. Maddie Hentges, Concordia - 47

Save Percentage:
1. King, Indianapolis - 54.2%
3. Katie Lottsfeldt, Concordia - 44.2%

Goals Against Average:
1. King, Indianapolis - 4.57
4. Katie Lottsfeldt, Concordia - 11.21

Saves:
1. Saake, Maryville - 123
4. Katie Lottsfeldt, Concordia - 69
12. Claire Hagen, Concordia - 20

MILESTONE WATCH

• Sophomore Lexi Stanley leads the Bears with 43 draw controls on the year, closing in on the single-season program record of 49 held by Kallie LaValle in 2017. Trailing by six, Stanley has posted six or more draw controls in a game twice this season, both coming in the last three weeks, with six at McKendree and seven at Lewis. Last week, she had four against Northern Michigan.
• Junior Maddie Hentges became the first player in program history to surpass 150 career points, with 154 in her career. She's the only 100-goal scorer (110) and holds the career assists record (44) in 43 career games
• Junior Alina Boyce is 10 goals shy of joining Hentges at the 100 goal plateau and is second with 118 career points across 40 career games
• Junior Kailey Heinl, the third 100-point member in program history (103), trails Boyce by just one career goal with 89 and is also closing in a pair of other milestones: becoming the first to 100 career draw controls (95) and the first to 50 caused turnovers (48)
• Junior Katie Lottsfeldt became the first goalie in program history to reach 300 career saves (323), and is also closing in on 200 career ground balls with 184 in 42 games in net