Soccer | 10/25/2016 5:01:00 PM
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MOORHEAD, Minn. – The MSUM Women's soccer team wraps up the regular-season this week with a pair of games. MSUM plays host to No. 11-ranked Minot State at 3 p.m. Friday in the Dragons' home finale, and then concludes the season on Sunday at Mary (1 p.m. start).
Minot State and MSUM will meet for a seventh time with the Beavers holding a 5-0-1 series lead. The Beavers defeated MSUM 5-0 in Moorhead in 2015. MSUM and Mary will meet for a 17th time with the Marauders holding an 13-2-1 lead. The Marauders topped the Dragons 4-0 last year.
Friday's game will be Senior Day for the Dragons, as four seniors will be honored prior to the game.
"This weekend is about honoring the commitment, passion, leadership and sacrifices our 4 seniors:
Jessica Johnson,
Micah Palmer,
Megan Selanders and
Ashley Germann have made over their 4-5 years as part of the Dragon soccer program." MSUM head coach
Christie Chappell said. "They are exceptional young women and I am looking forward to a couple of great performances this weekend."
MSUM enters the week at 3-12 overall and 2-11 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The Dragons lost a pair of road games last weekend, falling to Winona State, 2-0 on Oct. 22 and to Upper Iowa, 2-0 on Oct. 23.
Senior
Jessica Johnson leads MSUM with four goals and eight points. She also leads the Dragons in shots (33) and shots on goal (18). Sophomore
Annika Greaney had two goals and four points; both of her goals have been gamewinners this season. Sophomore
Jessica Dallman has a goal, an assist and three points for MSUM. Senior
Megan Selanders, sophomore
Ashley Coleman and freshman
Rachel Jenson have each dished out assists this season.
Junior
Reagan VonBerge has been the primary goalkeeper for MSUM. She has two wins, 100 saves and a shutout this season.
Christie Chappell is in her first season as MSUM's head coach.
About Minot State
Minot State, which faced Mary on Tuesday, enters the week at 12-1-1 overall and 11-0-1 in the NSIC. The No. 11-ranked Beavers went 1-0-1 on the road last weekend, tying Minnesota State, 1-1 and beating Concordia-St. Paul, 1-0. The Beavers are the only NSIC team without a loss. Senior Ninfa Ramirez leads Minot State with 16 goals, four assists and 36 points. Chloe Melton has seven points, seven assists and 21 points. Erin Rafferty has 39 saves and a 9-1-1 record in 13 games. She has two shutouts and a 0.42 goals allowed average. Jason Spain is in his seventh season as Minot State's head coach.
About Mary
The Marauders enter the weekend with a 3-8-3 overall record and a 3-7-3 conference record. They faced Minot State on Tuesday. Their top goal scorer is Michelle McGeary, who has five goals on the season. Four Mary players have two goals each. She also leads the team with four assists. Three different goalkeepers have played for Mary; Hannah Smith has 25 saves and a 1-4-2 record this season. Sarah Cook is in her fourth season as head coach of the Marauders.
More About MSUM
VonBerge Leads the Way
Junior
Reagan VonBerge had a career-high 14 saves in the 3-1 loss at Minnesota Duluth on Sept. 22. She leads the NSIC at 7.69 saves per game and is second in overall saves (11 starts) with 100.
Johnson Hits the Net Again
Senior forward
Jessica Johnson continues to hold the team lead in goals and points this season. She scored the winning goal in the 1-0 win at Minnesota Crookston on Oct. 7. She has four goals and eight points for the season and has eight career goals at MSUM.
