CROOKSTON, Minn. - The University of Minnesota Crookston women's soccer team will wrap up the 2021 season with games against St. Cloud State University and sixth-ranked Bemidji State University. The Golden Eagles will host the Huskies in a make-up of an October 8 game postponed due to a lightning delay. The game will kickoff at 1 p.m. Tuesday, November 2. UMN Crookston will then head to Bemidji, Minn. to take on the Beavers at 3 p.m. at Chet Anderson Stadium.


The Golden Eagles come into the week with a 1-15 (1-12 NSIC) record.

SETTING THE SCENE
ST. CLOUD STATE AT MINNESOTA CROOKSTON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 - 1 P.M.
UMN CROOKSTON SOCCER FIELD
LIVE STATS -https://goldeneaglesports.com/sidearmstats/wsoc/summary
LIVE VIDEO - https://nsicnetwork.com/goldeneaglesports/

NO. 6 BEMIDJI STATE AT MINNESOTA CROOKSTON
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 - 3 P.M.
CHET ANDERSON FIELD
LIVE STATS -http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=351958
LIVE VIDEO - https://nsicnetwork.com/goldeneaglesports/

• THE GOLDEN EAGLES ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON THEIR WIN TOTAL HEADING INTO THE FINAL WEEK OF THE 2021 SEASON.

• THE GOLDEN EAGLES ARE SEEKING A SECOND NSIC WIN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016.

SERIES

• THE GOLDEN EAGLES LAST EARNED A RESULT AGAINST ST. CLOUD STATE OCT. 27, 2017 WITH A 0-0 TIE.

• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HAS NOT EARNED A RESULT AGAINST THE BEAVERS IN THE LAST 11 MEETINGS BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

• THE HUSKIES ARE CURRENTLY 5-7-3 (5-5-3 NSIC). THEY ARE RANKED NINTH IN THE CONFERENCE. THE TOURNAMENT TAKES THE TOP EIGHT TEAMS, SO ST. CLOUD STATE HAS A LOT ON THE LINE THIS WEEK.

• CLAIRE SHEA LEADS THE HUSKIES WITH SIX GOALS AND 31 SHOTS ON GOAL THIS SEASON.

• NICOLE FRIIS COMES IN WITH FOUR GOALS AND TWO ASSISTS ON THE YEAR. SHE IS SECOND ON THE TEAM WITH 28 SHOTS ON GOAL.

• IN GOAL, EVIE KOHN ENTERS THE WEEK WITH A 1.14 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE WITH 54 SAVES.

GET IT TO MO

• MORGAN LAPLANTE LEADS THE GOLDEN EAGLES DURING THE 2021 SEASON WITH TWO GOALS. SHE COMES IN WITH SIX SHOTS ON GOAL IN HER FIRST SEASON WITH THE GOLDEN EAGLES AFTER
TRANSFERRING FROM JOHNSON COUNTY C.C.

ADDING SPEED

• ABBY FETTINGER CAME TO UMN CROOKSTON AS A DEFENDER BUT SHE TESTS OPPONENTS UP FRONT WITH HER SPEED. THE NEWCOMER HAS ONE GOAL AND ONE ASSIST AND CONTINUES TO GAIN COMFORT WITH BEING MORE OFFENSIVE-MINDED ON THE PITCH.


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

• EMMA STEMPIEN HAS STARTED THE LAST THREE GAMES IN NET FOR UMN CROOKSTON. THE MICHIGAN-NATIVE COMES IN WITH A 4.89 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE WITH 44 SAVES ON THE SEASON.

FROM THE DIAMOND TO THE PITCH

•UMN CROOKSTON HAS FOUR PLAYERS WHO JOINED THE TEAM THIS YEAR AS DUAL-SPORT STUDENT-ATHLETES WHO ALSO COMPETE IN SOFTBALL. THOSE PLAYERS ARE: HANNAH MACIAS, LEAH MACIAS, THAYDA HOUSER, AND SHAELYN GRANT.

RETURNING THE CORE

• UMN CROOKSTON IS A VERY YOUNG SQUAD AS THEY ARE SET TO RETURN ALL BUT THREE PLAYERS TO THE 2022 ROSTER, A TEAM THEY LOOK TO ADD TO WITH RECRUITING. THE GOLDEN EAGLES HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD AND LOOK TO BUILD HEADING INTO KYLE HALFPOP'S FOURTH SEASON.

BEMIDJI STATE PREVIEW
WE ARE NO. 6
• BEMIDJI STATE HAS ONE OF THE TOP ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS IN THE NSIC UNDER LONG-TIME HEAD COACH JIM STONE. IT HAS SHOWED THIS SEASON AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY RANKED SIXTH NATIONALLY AND ARE AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE IN THE NSIC.

YOU WENDT THERE

• SARA WENDT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING THIS YEAR, AS SHE COMES INTO THE WEEK WITH 16 GOALS AND ONE ASSIST TO LEAD THE WAY FOR THE BEAVERS.

STUMBAUGH THE STOPPER

• REINING NSIC GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK ALYSSA STUMBAUGH LEADS THE WAY IN NET WITH A 0.52 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE. SHE HAS 46 SAVES THIS SEASON.

FACILITATOR

• ALLYSON SMITH LEADS THE WAY WITH EIGHT ASSISTS ON THE SEASON FOR THE BEAVERS. SHE HAS FIVE GOALS ON THE YEAR AND LEADS THE TEAM WITH 44 SHOTS ON GOAL IN 2021.