CROOKSTON, Minn. - The University of Minnesota Crookston women's soccer team comes into the weekend with a 1-4-0 mark. The Golden Eagles split last weekend, winning their first match of the season with a 1-0 victory over Minnesota State University Moorhead.
The Golden Eagles will take on Concordia University, St. Paul Friday, September 24 in St. Paul, Minn., at 7 p.m. UMN Crookston will round out the weekend against Minnesota State University-Mankato Sunday, September 26 at 1 p.m. in Mankato, Minn.
SETTING THE SCENE
MINNESOTA CROOKSTON AT CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - 7 P.M.
SEA FOAM STADIUM
MINNESOTA CROOKSTON AT MINNESOTA STATE
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 - 1 P.M.
MAVERICK SOCCER COMPLEX - THE PITCH
• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON LOOKS TO BUILD ON THEIR 1-0 WIN LAST FRIDAY OVER MSU MOORHEAD. THE GOLDEN EAGLES ARE CURRENTLY 1-1 IN THE NSIC.
• THE GOLDEN EAGLES CONTINUE THEIR FOUR-GAME ROAD TRIP AT CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL AND MINNESOTA STATE.
SERIES
• THE GOLDEN EAGLES LAST WON AGAINST CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL SEPT. 25, 2015 IN CROOKSTON. UMN CROOKSTON TIED THE GOLDEN BEARS IN 2016.
• UMN CROOKSTON HAS NEVER BEATEN THE MAVERICKS. MINNESOTA STATE IS 13-0.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN BEARS
• THE GOLDEN BEARS ARE 2-2-1 ON THE SEASON. THEY TIED AUGUSTANA 1-1 LAST WEEK AND DEFEATED WAYNE STATE 1-0.
• KATIE ANDERSON LEADS THE WAY FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS WITH FOUR GOALS ON THE YEAR. SHE ALSO LEADS THE TEAM WITH 13 SHOTS ON GOAL. SHE WILL KEY FOR THE UMN CROOKSTON DEFENSE TO MARK THIS WEEKEND.
• SOPHIE PAWLYSHYN LEADS CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL WITH TWO ASSISTS ON THE YEAR. PAWLYSHYN HAD SEVEN SHOTS ON GOAL THIS SEASON.
• IN GOAL, JESSI JORDAN COMES IN WITH A 1.53 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE WITH 22 SAVES.
FETTY
• ABBY FETTINGER HAS BEEN A KEY OFFENSIVE WEAPON FOR THE GOLDEN EAGLES. ORIGINALLY A DEFENDER, FETTINGER HAS MOVED UP INTO THE ATTACK AND SCORED A GOAL LAST FRIDAY AGAINST MSU MOORHEAD. SHE LEADS THE TEAM WITH SIX SHOTS ON GOAL.
SET PIECES
• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HAS DONE A BETTER JOB OF GETTING CORNER KICKS THIS SEASON. THE GOLDEN EAGLES HAVE HAD 19 CORNERS THUS FAR. IN 2019, UMN CROOKSTON TOOK 20 CORNERS THE ENTIRE SEASON.
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 COMES INTO FRIDAY WITH A 2.67 GOALS AGAINST
AVERAGE. OLSEN HAD HER FIRST CAREER SHUTOUT LAST FRIDAY AGAINST MSU MOORHEAD. SHE HAS 28 SAVES ON THE SEASON WITH A .700 SAVES PERCENTAGE.
THE ROCK
• UMN CROOKSTON PICKED UP THEIR FIRST WIN OVER THE DRAGONS SINCE 2016 AND THEIR FIRST NSIC WIN SINCE 2015, EARNING THE HIGHWAY 75 RIVALRY ROCK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX SEASONS.
NEWCOMERS MAKING AN IMPACT
• THE GOLDEN EAGLES HAVE 12 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.
THE MORE THE VETTER
• JENNY VETTER LEADS THE WAY FOR THE MAVERICKS WITH 13 SHOTS AND IS THE CO-LEADER WITH TWO GOALS ON THE SEASON.
FIND ALLIE
• ALLIE WILLIAMS COMES INTO THE WEEKEND WITH TWO GOALS FOR THE MAVERICKS. SHE HAS 10 SHOTS ON SIX SHOTS ON GOAL.
SO FAR THIS SEASON
• THE MAVERICKS ENTER THE WEEKEND WITH A 4-3 MARK. MINNESOTA STATE SPLIT LAST WEEKEND WITH A 2-1 WIN OVER WAYNE STATE AND A 1-0 LOSS TO AUGUSTANA.
IN GOAL
• MINNESOTA STATE HAS TWO PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED IN GOAL. CLARE LONGUEVILLE HAS THREE STARTS WITH A 1.65 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE WITH 15 SAVES. MACKENZIE RATH HAS TWO STARTS WITH A 0.50 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE WITH 11 SAVES.
