Jamestown, N.D. – After a rather impressive finish to the regular season, Concordia Women’s Soccer knew they would have to keep it up if they wanted to make any postseason noise. Gaining momentum as winners of two straight, the Bulldogs sought to make it three in a row with a victory over the University of Jamestown in the opening round of the GPAC Tournament on Thursday night.
The two teams met once during the latter part of the regular season, where the Jimmies snuck past the Bulldogs for a 1-0 win in Seward. While the result remained the same after Thursday’s match-up, the score was significantly different. The Jimmies left no question as to who was the better team this time, shutting out the Bulldogs at a final score of 4-0.
“They were a little more efficient in scoring than the last time we played them, even though they had almost the same amount of shots” said Head Coach Chris Luther. Jamestown out-shot Concordia 12-2 in their first match back in October, and then 13-9 on Thursday night. However, there were other issues that led to the Bulldogs' scoreless showing as well.
“We had a frustrating first half” said Luther. “We allowed Jamestown too much time and space in our defensive third, which gave them a couple of really good looks at the goal early on. We had a player receive a red card in the first half, so we ended up playing the entire second half a man down. We actually created more opportunities in the second half but just couldn’t capitalize, and at that point, it’s tough to come back from a large deficit. I thought the girls battled hard in the second half and now we will start prepping for next year.”
The Bulldogs finished the regular season 6-10-2 overall and 6-4-2 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference. They will look to improve that record and push their way further into the postseason in the 2020 season.