Nov. 3, 2002

FARGO, N.D. - The Bemidji State University soccer team traveled to Fargo, N.D. today for a non-conference match-up with North Dakota State University. The Beaver’s Lindsey Natwick found the net, but the Bison would be too much as they added four goals of their own to beat BSU 4-1.

NDSU got on the board first when Jessica Rodgers stole the ball from a BSU player and found the back of the net. But the Beavers would rally. Just 29 seconds later, at the 14:37 mark, Lindsey Natwick would score an unassisted goal to tie the game 1-1. That is the way the first half would end.

In the second half, the Bison would pour it on, out shooting the Beavers 8-0 and scoring three goals.
Just over than three minutes into the half (48:16), NDSU would take the led, 2-1, when Carly Christensen used the give-and-go from Kelly Gilbertson to beat the Beavers, Niki Dalka. Christensen would add another goal in the 54th minute to give the Bison a two-goal lead. She was assisted on the play by Amy Masterson. At 77:06 NDSU would again score when Amanda Klaman scored her first goal of the season off the pass from Kim Grettum. The goal would give the Bison a three-goal lead at 4-1 and that is the way it would stay giving North Dakota State the win.

In the game BSU goaltender Niki Dalka recorded 10 saves. Adding that total to the other 15 games this season Dalka has 186 saves this season. That total ranks only behind her 2001 total of 236. In three years at Bemidji State Dalka has amassed a total of 604 career saves. The total is tops in the BSU record books and places her solidly in fifth place among all NCAA Division II goaltenders.

The goal for Natwick was her team-leading tenth of the season and put her in third place among all BSU players for goals in a season. She also added six assists this season which is tied for the best assist total in a season by a BSU player. She is accompanied by Lauren Miller’s total from 1999 at the top of the list.

The Beavers end the season 4-12 and were 1-9 in NSIC competition under first-year coach Jim Stone. With four wins this season, Stone is tied with Jeff Mitchell’s squads of 2000 and 2001 for the most wins in a season by a Bemidji State women’s soccer team.