CROOKSTON, Minn. - The University of Minnesota Crookston women's soccer team will look to get in the win column as they head down to Moorhead, Minn. Wednesday, September 8 to face Concordia College at 5 p.m. at the soccer field at the Jake Christiansen Athletic Complex.
The Golden Eagles come in with an 0-1 mark after losing by a narrow 1-0 margin at Dakota Wesleyan University Saturday. Concordia College is 0-3 on the season, currently being outscored 10-1 by opponents.
SETTING THE SCENE
MINNESOTA CROOKSTON AT CONCORDIA
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8 - 5 P.M.
SOCCER FIELD - JAKE CHRISTIANSEN ATHLETIC COMPLEX
• THE GOLDEN EAGLES OPENED UP THE 2021 REGULAR-SEASON LAST SATURDAY WITH A 1-0 LOSS TO DAKOTA WESLEYAN.
• CONCORDIA COLLEGE HAS BEEN UPENDED BY A COMBINED SCORE OF 10-1 IN THREE GAMES THIS SEASON.
• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON WILL LOOK TO EVEN THEIR SLATE ON THE SEASON BEFORE RETURNING HOME SUNDAY TO HOST MICHIGAN TECH.
SERIES
• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HAS NOT PLAYED CONCORDIA COLLEGE IN A REGULAR-SEASON MATCH IN RECENT HISTORY. THE GOLDEN EAGLES ARE LOOKING TO GET THE UPPER HAND IN THE SERIES WITH THE COBBERS.
SCOUTING THE COBBERS
• CONCORDIA COLLEGE HAS BEEN OUTSCORED 10-1 IN THREE GAMES. THE COVVERS HAVE BEEN LED BY LAUREN TSCHIDER, LINDSEY
HILDENBRAND, AMBER WEIYBE, AND HALLIE THOMPSON WITH TWO SHOTS ON GOAL. SAMANTHA DALSIN LEADS ALL PLAYERS WITH THREE SHOTS ON GOAL.
• THE LOAN GOAL FOR CONCORDIA COLLEGE CAME FROM DALSIN OFF AN ASSIST FROM TSCHIDER AGAINST WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE.
• IN GOAL, BREANNA NELSON HAS STARTED TWO GAMES WITH A 3.19 GOALS AGAINST WITH 11 SAVES. KAITLIN PETRICH HAS COME OFF THE BENCH IN TWO GAMES. SHE HAS A 4.08 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE WITH SIX SAVES.
FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET
• THE GOLDEN EAGLES OUTSCORED OPPONENTS 10-3 IN PRE-SEASON GAMES BUT WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE BACK OF THE NET AGAINST DAKOTA WESLEYAN. ABBY FETTINGER HAD BOTH SHOTS ON GOAL AGAINST THE TIGERS SATURDAY. MINNESOTA CROOKSTON WAS MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THE GAME WITH 12 SHOTS.
BACK BUT READY TO PLAY
• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HAS FOUR PLAYERS WHO WERE WITH THE TEAM IN 2020 BUT WERE UNABLE TO PLAY DUE TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE SEASON DUE TO COVID-19. MADELYN TEPLANSKY, ALYSSA PAVLACIC, JACQUELINE CALDERON AND ABBY OLSEN ARE BACK AFTER A YEAR OF PRACTICE AND LOOKING TO MAKE AN INSTANT IMPACT.
IN THE NAVY
• KATHRYN BRAINERD HAS A UNIOUE 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 HAD A STRONG OVERALL DEBUT SATURDAY. OLSEN HAD FIVE SAVES AND ALLOWED JUST ONE GOAL. OLSEN WILL LOOK TO BE A STRONG SHOT STOPPER WEDNESDAY AGAINST CONCORDIA COLLEGE.
BACK LINE
• MINNESOTA CROOKSTON'S BACK LINE LIMITED DAKOTA WESLEYAN TO 16 SHOTS AND SIX SHOTS ON GOAL LAST SATURDAY. THEY WILL LOOK TO CONTINUE TO LIMIT THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE OPPOSITION LED BY CENTER BACKS ALYSSA PAVLACIC AND JADA VANOVERBEKE.
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.
