ST. PAUL, Minn. - Concordia-St. Paul (7-4, 4-2 GLIAC) held Northern Michigan (3-7, 2-4 GLIAC) to just three goals over a stretch of nearly 42 minutes of play, cruising to a 21-9 victory on Friday night at the Concordia Dome at Sea Foam Stadium.

It's the final game inside the confines of the Concordia Dome, which is scheduled to be deflated prior to the final two home games slated for April 18 and 20, to be played outdoors at Sea Foam Stadium. But first, Concordia will make the return trip to Northern Michigan for a Wednesday evening affair at 5 p.m. central time in Marquette on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

The Golden Bears improve to 5-0 all-time against the Wildcats, topping the 20-goal margin for a third time with double-digit victories on all three 20-goal performances against NMU. Concordia has now defeated NMU three times in the Concordia Dome.

Concordia also matches last year's overall (7) and GLIAC (4) win totals with five games remaining in the regular season, needing just one win to match the single season high of 8 (8-8) in the 2017 inaugural year.

After strong starts that included 3-0 and 5-1 early leads in the first 11 minutes of the contest, the Wildcats used a four goal run to tie the game at five.

In the early going, the Wildcats were able to run with the Bears due to a 10-2 edge on the draw.

But as the draw controls evened out, the score became lopsided as Concordia ran up strong margins on NMU in virtually all other aspects of the game: 40-28 in shots, 23-16 in ground balls (16-9 first half) and 20-13 in turnovers. Concordia also cleared 15-of-17 and scored on 6-of-9 free position shots compared to 14-of-18 and 4-of-15 by the Wildcats, respectively.

On the draw, after the early 10-2 margin, Concordia narrowed that mark to 18-14 in favor of NMU but CSP had the stronger second half, collecting nine of the final 15 draws.

By the time Concordia had trimmed the draw control margin to 17-11, they held a 19-8 lead with under 15 minutes to play in the contest and in the midst of a game-dominating 16-3 scoring stretch between NMU goals at the 16:17 mark of the first half (5-5) to the 5:30 mark of the second half (21-9).

Within the larger run was a more potent 11-1 stretch of play from the 7:18 mark of the first half to the 18:46 mark of the second, spanning over 18 and a half minutes of clock to push the game from 8-6 to 18-7.

Junior goalie Katie Lottsfeldt racked up nine saves and seven ground balls, also adding a pair of caused turnovers outside the crease in traffic while disrupting the Wildcats on multiple occasions with her play.

Offensively, it was juniors Maddie Hentges with six goals and Alina Boyce with five. The duo combined for 21 of CSP's 40 total shots and half of the team's 32 shots on goal. Freshman Sara McNicoll added a three-point performance with a goal and two assists while senior Izzy Snow, junior Kailey Heinl and freshman Mary Keating each scored a pair of goals.

Defensively, sophomore Lexi Stanley led the club with five caused turnovers, adding four draw controls and a pair of ground balls. Sophomore Katie Moynihan added four ground balls and an assist.

The Wildcats were led by Graison Ringlever's four goals and one assist, also adding five draw controls and scoring three times on free position shots. Goalie Cam Stilson made 11 saves and collected six ground balls in the losing effort in net.