CROOKSTON, Minn. - After a week off due to a cancelled Florida trip, the University of Minnesota Crookston soccer team will return to the pitch this weekend for pair of NSIC matches at home. The Golden Eagles will look to improve on their 0-3 start against a pair of teams that have struggled to score goals but have also been stingy on their side of the field too.
Minnesota Crookston opened up conference play in their last match, ten days ago, where they were knocked off 3-0 by a Bemidji State program that scored three goals early, before the UM Crookston squad could settle in and play to a scoreless second half.
Junior defender, Jessica Scott (Post Falls, Idaho/Criminal Justice) has led the offensive effort for the Golden Eagles as she has scored the lone goal through the first three matches. Scott has also had five shots on goal, just ahead of frosh forward Maggie Peterson (Princeton, Minn.) who has four shots on goal so far. Goalkeepers Olivia Puttin (So., Rogers, Minn.) and Athena DiMario Done (Fr., Windsor, Ontario) have split time in net with Puttin logging the bulk of the minutes in goal and taking all three losses.
Saturday, 1 p.m. vs. Winona State University
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The Warriors enter the weekend match with an overall record of 1-2-1, 0-0-1 in the NSIC. In their last match, WSU finished with a 0-4 loss to #4 University of Central Missouri. Winona State has scored four goals in 2017, all of which came in a 4-1 win over Northern Michigan University.
Darian Molter has led the way offensively as she has scored a pair of goals and assisted on another. The forward has registered 16 shots on goal, just ahead of Abby Bohanski who has ten shots on goal, one of which made it to the back of the net. Rachel Oleson has started all of the Warriors games in goal where she has a goals against average of 1.47.
Sunday, 1 p.m., Upper Iowa University
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The Peacocks have a current record of 0-2-1, 0-0-1 in conference play. They too have had an extended time off of the game field as their last match was a 0-0 draw with Winona State University on September 7th.
UIU has yet to score in 2017 and they have been outshot 45-20 so far. Caila Petrie has played every minute in net for the Peacocks where she has made 21 total saves and has a goals against average of 1.24. Upper Iowa will travel to Bemidji State on Saturday before making the trek to Crookston for the Sunday afternoon match up with the Golden Eagles.
Both weekend matches will be played on the campus of the University of Minnesota Crookston.
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The University of Minnesota Crookston is a NCAA Division II university located in the Red River Valley of Northwest Minnesota. Minnesota Crookston sponsors 11 intercollegiate athletic teams with membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate conference (NSIC) and the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA). The NSIC is a 16-team conference with schools situated in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
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