Women's Soccer | 9/10/2025 2:35:00 PM

MINNESOTA CROOKSTON AT MSU MOORHEAD
DATE: Friday, September 12
TIME: 3 p.m.
SITE: Moorhead, Minn.
FIELD: Nemzek Soccer Field
LIVE STATS: https://www.msumdragons.com/sidearmstats/wsoc/summary
LIVE VIDEO: https://nsicnetwork.com/msumdragons/
X: @UMNCrookstonATH/@UMNCrookstonSOC

MINNESOTA CROOKSTON GOLDEN EAGLES
Head Coach: Danny Burstein
Career Record: 0-1-1 (First Season at Minnesota Crookston

MSU MOORHEAD DRAGONS
Head Coach: Scott Forster
Career Record: 2-14-4 (Second Season at MSU Moorhead)

WEEKLY SNAPSHOT

MINNESOTA CROOKSTON
Projected Starters
Fr. GK 77 Payton King (Fairfield, Calif.) 0.00 GAA, 8 SV
or Fr. GK 99 Phoenix DeBrusk (Thunder Bay, Ontario) 4.00 GAA, 6 SV
Fr. D 3 Riley Edemann (Santa Clarita, Calif.) 2 starts, 1 shot
So. D 22 Riley Martin (San Dimas, Calif.) 2 games played, 2 starts
Sr. D 6 Julia Finch (Woodbury, Minn.) 2 starts, 1 goal
Jr. D 9 Tessa VanOverbeke (Hartford, S.D.) 2 starts, 1 shot
Jr. MF 10 Emmah Burnes (Tulare, Calif.) 2 games played, 2 starts
So. MF 13 Andrea Cuenca Medina (South St. Paul, Minn.) 2 games played, 2 starts
So. MF 7 Sydney Christopherson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) 2 games played, 2 starts
Jr. F 4 Kedin Geremiah (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 2 games played, 2 starts
Jr. F 14 Marsia Green (Waconia, Minn.) 2 games played, 2 starts
Sr. F 12 Sarah Burgum (Mandan, N.D.) 1 start, 2 shots
or So. F 16 Elise Lefers (Brookings, S.D.) 1 start, 2 shots

MSU MOORHEAD
Projected Starters
Jr. D 8 Lily Allen (Missoula, Mont.) 2 games played, 2 starts
R-Sr. F 17 Brooklyn Broderick (Kannapolis, N.C.) 2 starts, 3 shots
So. MF 14 Mary Cox (Evergreen, Colo.) 2 starts, 5 shots
Sr. F 13 Blayke Hurley (Horace, N.D.) 2 games played, 2 starts
Sr. D 25 Lizzy Jarczeski (Great Falls, Mont.) 2 games played, 2 starts
Sr. F 11 Lilly Johnson (North Branch, Minn.) 2 games played, 2 starts
So. D 22 Gracie Sauvageau (Fargo, N.D.) 2 games played, 2 starts
Sr. F 3 Jensen Seidel (Fargo, N.D.) 2 games played, 2 starts
So. MF 19 Abby Toso (Maple Grove, Minn.) 2 games played, 2 starts
So. MF 16 Sophie Thompson (Auckland, New Zealand) or 1 start, 1 goal
Fr. MF 9 Kaci Malo (Delano, Minn.) 1 start, 1 shot
Sr. GK 1 Quinn Carter (Mandan, N.D.) or 0.00 GAA, 4 saves
Sr. GK 00 Rylee Truslow (Nellysford, Va.) 0.00 GAA, 7 saves

NOTES
• THE MINNESOTA CROOKSTON soccer team enters the weekend with a 0-1-1 mark after earning a draw last
Thursday against Upper Iowa, and a 4-1 loss Sunday versus Black Hills State. Minnesota Crookston is averaging 0.50 goals per game, and allowing 2.00 goals per tilt. Minnesota Crookston is averaging 3.0 shots per game, while their foes are tallying 14.0 per tilt. Minnesota Crookston plays a rival in MSU Moorhead in a non-conference tilt.

• FINCHTASTIC. Julia Finch (Sr., D/MF, Woodbury, Minn.) scored her first career goal Sunday against Black Hills State. Finch leads the way for Minnesota Crookston with the team's loan goal. Finch comes in with a shot on goal in two starts at outside back for the Golden Eagles. Finch will look to have a major impact in a variety of ways on the pitch this week.

• GOEHRING FACILITATING. Lily Goehring (Fr., MF, Hartford, S.D.) secured her first-ever collegiate assist Sunday against Black Hills State on Finch's goal. Goehring has come off the bench in two games, playing 64 minutes in the midfield. The Golden Eagles will continue to look to Goehring to make a positive impact.

• FRESHMEN IN GOAL. The Golden Eagles have started a pair of freshman in net in the first two games of the 2025 season. Payton King (Fr., GK, Fairfield, Calif.) started the game Thursday against Upper Iowa, putting up her first collegiate clean sheet in 90 minutes in net. King notched eight saves. Phoenix DeBrusk (Fr., GK, Thunder Bay, Ontario) started Sunday versus Black Hills State, allowing four goals. DeBrusk tallied six saves.

• NEWCOMERS. Minnesota Crookston has several newcomers who have jumped in and made a positive impact through two games. In addition to DeBrusk and King in goal, Riley Edemann (Fr., D, Santa Clarita, Calif.) has started two games at center back. Goehring, Aleisha Cortez (Fr., MF, South St. Paul, Minn.), and Norah Lutz (So., D, Dewitt, Mich.) all have come off the bench to make impacts for Minnesota Crookston.

• SETTING THE TONE. Minnesota Crookston captains Tessa VanOverbeke (Jr., D/MF, Hartford, S.D.), Emmah Burnes (Jr., MF, Tulare, Calif.), and Sarah Burgum (Sr., F, Mandan, N.D.) all have vast amounts of experience and are trying to set the tone for a young Golden Eagle squad. VanOverbeke, and Burnes have each started both games, VanOverbeke as an outside back, and Burnes as a defensive midfielder. Burgum has started one game, but played significant minutes in both games. Burgum is tied for the team lead with two shots.

• NEW ERA. Minnesota Crookston is in a new era of soccer with Head Coach Danny Burstein. Burstein is two games into his time as head coach for the Golden Eagles. Burstein has been an experienced coach. He is coming off a year as an assistant coach at the University of Nevada. He previously spent three seasons at North Dakota. Burstein was the head men's soccer coach in 2020 for the University of Providence in Montana. He has also been an assistant at the University of Providence, and Adams State University.

• THE RIVALRY ROCK. The Highway 75 Rivalry Rock has been a traveling trophy between the MSU Moorhead, and Minnesota Crookston soccer teams since 2013. The Golden Eagles will play two games for the Rivalry Rock in 2025, with games September 12 in Moorhead, and November 6 in Crookston. MSU Moorhead leads the series since 2013 6-4-2. The two teams tied 2-2 in 2024. MSU Moorhead had previously won the match-ups in 2022, and 2023. Minnesota Crookston won the games in 2021, 2016, 2015, and 2013. The rivalry was started by former coaches Joe Alianiello, and Rollie Bulock to commemorate the 78 miles between the two cities on U.S. Highway 75.

• MSU MOORHEAD. MSU Moorhead comes in with a 1-0-1 mark. The Dragons are averaging 1.00 goals per game, and have yet to give up a goal through two games. They are averaging 8.0 shots per game, and allowing just 18.5 shots per tilt. Sophie Thompson and Ana Cecilia Walker each have a goal to lead the way for the Dragons entering Friday's tilt in Moorhead.

• THE WALL. MSU Moorhead has been strong defensively through the first two games in 2025, they have yet to concede a goal. Quinn Carter, and Rylee Truslow each come in with a perfect 0.00 goals against average. Carter made four saves versus Black Hills State, while Truslow had seven saves against Nebraska Kearney. The defense will be an important factor for both teams this Friday as they battle for the Rivalry Rock.

• ON THE SIDELINE. Scott Forster is in his second season on the sideline as head coach for the Dragons. He helped MSU Moorhead to a 1-14-3 mark in 2024. Forster previously coached at Bluefield State University for three seasons where he was the program's first-ever soccer coach.