CROOKSTON, Minn. - The University of Minnesota Crookston women's soccer team will host Michigan Technological University on Sunday, September 12 at 1 p.m. at the UMN Crookston Soccer Field. The game will mark the first regular-season home game for the Golden Eagles since November 8, 2019.

The Golden Eagles come in with an 0-2 mark after losses to Dakota Wesleyan University and Concordia College. They have shown more signs of offense in the first two games than previous seasons. Minnesota Crookston comes in averaging 9.5 shots per game and they have 13 corner kicks in just two games. In 2019, UMN Crookston averaged just 4.9 shots per game and had just 20 corner kicks for the entire 16-game season.

Michigan Tech enters the weekend with a 2-0 mark after earning wins over UMN Crookston's NSIC foes University of Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State University.

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• THE GOLDEN EAGLES ARE LOOKING TO GET IN THE WIN COLUMN AFTER OPENING THE REGULAR-SEASON WITH LOSSES TO DAKOTA WESLEYAN AND CONCORDIA COLLEGE.

• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON IS LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST REGULAR-SEASON WIN SINCE A 3-2 VICTORY OVER MINOT STATE NOVEMBER 5, 2019.
 
• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON WILL PLAY THEIR FIRST HOME REGULAR-SEASON GAME SINCE THE GOLDEN EAGLES PLAYED BEMIDJI STATE AT HOME NOVEMBER 8, 2019

SERIES

• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HAS LOST ALL SIX OF THEIR MATCHES WITH MICHIGAN TECH SINCE 2011. THE GOLDEN EAGLES LAST PLAYED THE HUSKIES SEPT. 15, 2019 WITH MICHIGAN TECH SECURING A 2-0 VICTORY.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

• MICHIGAN TECH COMES IN WITH A 2-0 MARK AFTER PICKING UP A 4-0 WIN OVER MINNESOTA DULUTH AND A 1-0 VICTORY AGAINST ST. CLOUD STATE. THE HUSKIES WILL PLAY BEMIDJI STATE FRIDAY BEFORE TAKING ON THE GOLDEN EAGLES SUNDAY.

• THE HUSKIES HAVE SCORED FIVE GOALS ON THE SEASON LED BY GRACE SHAW AND JESSE JACOBUSSE WHO HAVE BOTH ACCOUNTED FOR TWO GOALS AND ONE ASSIST.

• IN GOAL, GRACIE VANLANGEVELDE HAS LED THE WAY WITH A 0.00 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE AND FIVE SAVES.

MO GOALS PLEASE

• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET WEDNESDAY LED BY MORGAN LAPLANTE. LAPLANTE AND HER TEAMMATES WILL LOOK TO ADD TO THEIR SEASON TALLY THIS WEEKEND AGAINST MICHIGAN TECH.

SETTING THE TONE

• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HAS ALLOWED THE FIRST GOAL IN BOTH GAMES THIS SEASON. THE GOLDEN EAGLES WILL LOOK TO SET THE
TABLE THIS WEEK. AGAINST DAKOTA WESLEYAN THEY ALLOWED A GOAL IN THE 46TH MINUTE. ON WEDNESDAY AGAINST CONCORDIA MOORHEAD, THE COBBERS PUT UP THE FIRST TALLY IN THE NINTH
MINUTE

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 WILL LOOK TO REBOUND AFTER GIVING UP THREE GOALS WEDNESDAY, INCLUDING TWO IN THE SECOND HALF. OLSEN COMES IN WITH A 2.00 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE WITH NINE SAVES ON THE SEASON.

CONVERTED GOALIES

• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HAS UTILIZED BROOKLYN FISCHBACH AND KATHRYN BRAINERD IN THE FIELD THIS SEASON. BOTH PLAYERS ARE CONVERTED GOALIES AND HAVE SHOWN GREAT ENERGY IN THE FIELD. FISCHBACH HAD THE ASSIST ON WEDNESDAY'S GOAL AGAINST THE COBBERS. SHE ALSO ACCOUNTED FOR A GOAL IN THE SCRIMMAGE AGAINST ST. SCHOLASTICA.

MIDWEST CONNECTION

• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HAS 10 PLAYERS FROM THE MIDWEST ON THEIR ROSTER. ALL 10 WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE GOLDEN EAGLES. IN ADDITION THE GOLDEN EAGLES HAVE PLAYERS FROM OREGON, CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON, AND MANITOBA.