Soccer | 10/30/2019 8:08:00 AM
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MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's soccer team is back in action this week against a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference foes. The Dragons host Bemidji State at 3 p.m. on Friday and then will battle for the Highway 75 Rivalry Rock on Sunday at Minnesota Crookston.
MSUM is 4-6-4 overall and 2-6-3 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference entering the week.
Friday's home game vs. Bemidji State will be Senior Day for MSUM as defender
Lindsey Brownell, goalkeeper
Kennedy Rodgers and midfielder
Maren Soupir will be honored prior to the game.
The Dragons lost to a pair of nationally-ranked foes at home last weekend, losing to No. 17 Concordia-St. Paul 3-0 on Friday and No. 21 Minnesota State Mankato 3-0 on Sunday.
Freshman forward
Mckenzie Ickert leads MSUM with three goals, three assists and nine points. Junior midfielder
Jensen Odegaard has two goals, one assist and five points. Senior defender
Maren Soupir also has two goals while sophomore forward
Anna Steadland has two assists and leads the team with 22 shots, including 13 on goal.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Kayleigh Sedlacek is 3-4-3 in net with four shutouts. She has allowed only 14 goals in 1,070 minutes and has 76 saves.
Christie Kopietz is in her fourth season as the MSUM head coach.
About Bemidji State
Bemidji State is 10-4-1 overall and 9-2-1 in the NSIC after beating Wayne State (3-0) and Augustana (2-1) at home last weekend. Sara Wendt leads the Beavers with eight goals, four points and 20 points. Alanna Mattson has four goals and eight points while Melanie Peltier had two goals, three assists and seven points. Emma Riedl is 7-2-1 in goal with three shutouts, a 0.71 goals allowed average and 40 saves this season. Jim Stone is in his 18th season as the Bemidji State head coach with a record of 195-122-32.
About Minnesota Crookston
Minnesota Crookston is 0-12 overall and 0-11 in the NSIC. The Golden Eagles were swept at home last weekend, falling to Augustana (3-0) and Wayne State (2-0). The Golden Eagles have been outscored 43-2 this season. Maggie Peterson and Kiya Gere have goals for UMC while Peterson and Samantha Donnay have assists. Athena DiMario Done has 80 saves and a 3.31 goals allowed average this season. Kyle Halfpop is in his first season as the UMC head coach.
More on MSUM
—MSUM is fourth in saves per game at 6.83.
—Sedlacek is third in saves per game at 6.33 and eighth in goals allowed average (1.1)
— Four different Dragons have scored game-winning goals this season — Odegaard,
Maren Soupir, Steadland and Brownell.
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Mckenzie Ickert is in the top 20 in the NSIC in assists (three) and assists per game (0.21).
