BEMIDJI — Some members of the Bemidji State women’s soccer team couldn’t help but scoreboard watch on Thursday afternoon.

As all 16 NSIC teams completed the regular season, the Beavers could finish no worse than in third place. However, with a win or a St. Cloud State loss, BSU would finish as high as second.

The Huskies took on top-seeded Minnesota State, whose only conference blemish was a 2-2 tie against Bemidji State. But SCSU didn’t hear a bell and beat the Mavericks 1-0 before the Beavers kicked off against Minnesota Duluth at Chet Anderson Stadium.

For some players, it was out of sight and out of mind.

“There were chatters, but we don’t really pay attention to it before the game,” senior Kenzie Harer said. “We wanted to come out here unbiased and completely unaware of that score

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