ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Bemidji State University women’s soccer team gained its first conference win of the season today with a victory over Concordia-St. Paul. They way they got the win was simple; they just took advantage of opportunities. Although the team only managed a total of three shots in the two halves of play, they made good on two of them to take 2-1 the win.

The first goal of the game came in the 25th minute when freshman forward Lindsey Natwick put the ball right in front of the net on the corner kick. BSU’s Amanda Miller jumped up and headed the ball past the Concordia goalkeeper to give the Beavers a 1-0 lead. It was Miller’s second goal of the season.

Concordia would come back to even the game, 1-1, just eight minutes into the second half (54th). Sara Ulman would take the pass from Lyndsey Gagas to put it past the Beaver goaltender Niki Dalka for the Golden Bears only goal of the contest.

BSU’s top scorer, Natwick put the Beavers ahead to stay less then two minutes later, in the 56th minute, when senior mid fielder Amy Vleck fed Natwick for her 10th goal of the season. The goal put Bemidji State up 2-1, and that is the way it would stay as Dalka made 11 saves in the game for the win.

The BSU win brings the Beaver’s record to 4-9 on the season and 1-7 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference competition. It also marked head coach Jim Stone’s first NSIC win at Bemidji State.

The Beavers will be back in action tomorrow (Oct. 26) as they travel to Winona, Minn. to take on the Warriors of Winona State. Coming into the weekend, the Warriors are 6-5-4 overall and rank second in the NSIC with a 4-1-1 record. The game is set to start at 12:00 p.m.