CROOKSTON, Minn. - The University of Minnesota Crookston women's soccer team will make the road trip to Fayette, Iowa and Winona, Minn., to take on Upper Iowa University and Winona State University this weekend.

Minnesota Crookston will play at Upper Iowa at 3 p.m. Friday, October 15 in Fayette, Iowa. They will then face Winona State in Winona, Minn. Sunday, October 17 at 1 p.m.

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• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HITS THE ROAD TO TAKE ON UPPER IOWA AND WINONA STATE.

• THE GOLDEN EAGLES HAVE FOUR ROAD GAMES LEFT THIS SEASON AS THEY PLAY AT UPPER IOWA AND WINONA STATE THIS WEEKEND. UMARY OCTOBER 31 AND BEMIDJI STATE NOVEMBER 5.

SERIES

• THE GOLDEN EAGLES ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OVER UPPER IOWA SINCE A 1-0 VICTORY ON THE ROAD SEPT. 23, 2021 IN FAYETTE, IOWA.

• THE GOLDEN EAGLES LAST RESULT AGAINST WINONA STATE WAS A 1-1 TIE SEPT. 21, 2018 IN WINONA.

SCOUTING THE PEACOCKS

• UPPER IOWA HAS SEVEN GOALS THIS SEASON FOR AN AVERAGE OF 0.7 GOALS PER GAME.

• KATIE SAMUELS LEADS THE PEACOCKS WITH ONE GOAL AND THREE ASSISTS ON THE 2021 SEASON. SHE HAS 26 SHOTS THIS SEASON.

• IN GOAL, NATALIE RUDRUD COMES IN WITH A 1.93 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE WITH 31 SAVES.

• KATRINA KAZLUSKI IS THE LEADING GOAL SCORER FOR UPPER IOWA WITH TWO GOALS ON THE SEASON.

FETTY

• ABBY FETTINGER LEADS THE TEAM WITH 11 SHOTS ON GOAL, 14 SHOTS, AND HAS ONE GOAL ON THE SEASON. HER GOAL CAME IN THE WIN OVER MSU MOORHEAD.

LEAVE IT TO LANIE

• LANIE PADELFORD HAD A BEAUTIFUL STRIKE FROM 45 YARDS OUT TO PUT THE GOLDEN EAGLES UP 1-0 EARLY AGAINST CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL. PADELFORD COMES IN WITH ONE GOAL ON THE SEASON. SHE HAS SIX SHOTS AND THREE SHOTS ON GOAL.

IN THE NAVY

• KATHRYN BRAINERD HAS A UNIQUE STORY AS SHE PLAYED GOALIE AT ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN 2013 AND 2014 AND THEN JOINED THE NAVY FOR FIVE YEARS. BRAINERD WAS DEPLOYED IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND DID A SWIM QUALIFICATION AT THE MARIANA TRENCH. NOW SHE IS BACK IN MINNESOTA AND PURSUING HER LOVE OF SOCCER. BRAINERD WILL SHOW OFF HER VERSATILITY AS SHE CAN BE USED IN THE FIELD AND AS A GOALIE FOR THE GOLDEN EAGLES.

IN GOAL

• ABBY OLSEN ENTERS THE WEEKEND WITH A 3.89 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE. OLSEN HAS 99 SAVES ON THE YEAR WITH A .728 SAVES PERCENTAGE FOR THE GOLDEN EAGLES.

THE ROCK

• UMN CROOKSTON PICKED UP THEIR FIRST WIN OVER THE DRAGONS SINCE 2016 AND THEIR FIRST NSIC WIN SINCER 2015, EARNING THE HIGHWAY 75 RIVALRY ROCK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX SEASONS.

NEWCOMERS MAKING AN IMPACT

• THE GOLDEN EAGLES HAVE 16 PLAYERS ON THEIR ROSTER WHO HADN'T PLAYED A GAME FOR UMN CROOKSTON PRIOR TO THIS
SEASON. SO FAR EVERYONE WHO HAS SCORED A POINT FOR THE GOLDEN EAGLES HAS EITHER BEEN A FRESHMAN OR A PLAYER WHO WAS ON THE ROSTER IN 2020 BUT DIDN'T PLAY DUE TO COVID-19.

FROM THE DIAMOND TO THE PITCH

• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HAS FOUR NEW PLAYERS ON THE ROSTER WHO JOINED THE TEAM AS DUAL-SPORT STUDENT-ATHLETES, ALSO COMPETING IN SOFTBALL. LEAH MACIAS, HANNAH MACIAS, THAYDA HOUSER, AND SHAELYN GRANT ALL MADE THEIR DEBUTS WITH LEAH MACIAS AND SHAELYN GRANT EARNING STARTS AGAINST MINNESOTA DULUTH.

FOUR-STRAIGHT LOSSES

• WINONA STATE HAS LOST FOUR-STRAIGHT GAMES DATING BACK TO A 3-0 WIN OVER MINNESOTA DULUTH SEPT. 26. THE WARRIORS LOST 4-0 TO MINNESOTA STATE AND 2-1 TO CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL LAST WEEKEND.

RILEY'S ROLE

• RILEY HARMON'S ROLE HAS BEEN AS A GOAL-SCORER FOR THE WARRIORS AS SHE HAS THREE GOALS COMING INTO THE WEEKEND. SHE LEADS THE TEAM WITH 20 SHOTS AND 13 SHOTS ON GOAL.  

ELITE ELLIE

• ELLIE WARDELL LEADS THE TEAM WITH FOUR ASSISTS THIS SEASON. SHE HAS NOT BEEN A PRIMARY SHOT-TAKER OR GOAL-SCORER BUT SHE HAS BEEN ELITE IN SETTING HER TEAMMATES UP FOR SUCCESS.

JUMPER IN GOAL

• IN GOAL, ALYSON JUMPER LEADS THE WAY FOR WINONA STATE WITH A 1.56 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE WITH 44 SAVES ON THE SEASON.