MARSHALL, Minn.- Southwest Minnesota State's women's soccer program will recognize the parents of SMSU soccer players this weekend as the SMSU soccer team prepares to host the University of Minnesota Crookston on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m., followed by another home match the next day against No. 21 Bemidji State.
SMSU Quick Hits
- SMSU leads the all-time series against both Parent's Weekend opponents, Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State
- SMSU's early goal against St. Cloud State snapped a stretch of seven straight matches without a lead
- SMSU has used two different keepers this year, splitting time between sophomore Jessica Craigmile and Jenna Meyer
- Amanda Hartmann scored goals in back-to-back matches last weekend and has found the net in three consecutive matches
- SMSU soccer played its first season in 1996 and holds an all-time record of 134-241-27 overall with a conference record of 92-125-19
- Head Coach Erin Kasmarik-Mallett enters her third season with the Mustangs and has a career record of 14-31-3
Minnesota Crookston: Match Preview
Series History
- SMSU leads the all-time series 17-3-1
- The Mustangs have won four of the previous five matches against Minnesota Crookston
- SMSU has outscored UMC 11-2 in the previous five meetings
- SMSU won seven straight matches over Minnesota Crookston from 2004 to 2009
- Minnesota Crookston won last season's matchup 1-0 in Crookston, Minn.
Minnesota Crookston Team Notes
- Overall Record: 0-11-2
- Conf. Record: 0-9-2
- Current Streak: Tied 1
- Minnesota Crookston lost its first nine matches of the season with one September match being cancelled due to weather before earning its first result in a tie at MSU Moorhead
- The Golden Eagles have surrendered four or more goals in five different matches so far this season
- Minnesota Crookston earned a 1-1 tie last Sunday versus Wayne State College for their second result of the season
- The Golden Eagles fell 1-0 to Augustana last weekend after an early goal in the third minute from Samantha Tymkowicz
- Olivia Puttin gave up just two goals in 200 minutes in net last week with 17 saves on the weekend
- Maggie Gibbons notched an assist on the Golden Eagles' goal against Wayne State
- Ellie Brettschneider tallied her first goal of the season versus Wayne State
Bemidji State: Match Preview
Series History
- SMSU leads the all-time series 11-7-4 against Bemidji State
- The Mustangs won the first nine all-time meetings from 1996-2004
- SMSU has scored at least one goal against Bemidji State in the past four matches with four goals in a win over the Beavers in 2013
- Bemidji State has won the lasat two matches by a combined score of 8-3
- The Beavers won last season's matchup 2-1 in Bemidji, Minn.
Bemidji State Team Notes
- Overall Record: 11-0-2
- Conf. Record: 9-0-2
- Current Streak: Tied 1
- Bemidji State will travel to play at Sioux Falls on Saturday before traveling to face SMSU on Sunday afternoon
- Bemidji State extended its season-opening unbeaten streak to 13 matches last weekend with a 2-0 victory over Wayne State and a 1-1 double-overtime tie with Augustana
- BSU's 13-match unbeaten streak is a program record
- Bemidji State goalkeeper, Anna Fobbe, collected her sixth victory of the season Saturday, combining with Catherine Arneson to post BSU's 10th shutout of the season
- BSU has outscored its opponents 30-3 this season
- Arneson turned aside nine of the 10 shots she faced in 155 minutes last weekend
- Arneson leads a BSU defensive effort that ranks third in the nation with just 0.178 goals allowed per game
- Rachael Norton leads BSU and the NSIC in scoring with 10 goals and six assists through 13 matches
Hartmann Stops SMSU Streaks
- Amanda Hartmann's late goal against Winona State on Oct. 8 snapped a streak of four consecutive games for SMSU without a goal scored and ended a streak of 523 minutes without a goal
- Hartmann scored twice last weekend to give her goals in three straight matches and the team lead with three goals this season
- Amanda Hartmann scored early at St. Cloud State to end a streak of 706 minutes without holding a lead for SMSU
- The Mustangs will look to snap their current 13-match losing streak which is the longest losing streak in school history and the longest since the first season of SMSU women's soccer in 1996
Quality Over Quantity
- SMSU has struggled to win possession battles at time this season, but has created its fair share of quality scoring chances when they have had the ball
- The Mustangs have hit the target on 52-of-105 shots overall for a shots on goal percentage of .495
- SMSU will look to jump start its offense this weekend as they host Minnesota Crookston who has conceded 41 goals this season
Between the Posts
- SMSU has split time in net between sophomore goalkeeper, Jessica Craigmile (0-5-0), and true freshman, Jenna Meyer (0-8-0)
- Meyer came up less than 10 minutes shy of recording her first career win and first career shutout at St. Cloud State on Sunday afternoon and has recorded 50 saves so far this season
- Olivia Puttin has an 0-10-2 record in net for UMC this season with a 2.88 goals against average
- Catherine Arneson and Anna Fobbe have split time in net for Bemidji State this season
- Arneson has a record of 5-0-1 for BSU this season with five shutouts while Fobbe is 6-0-1 with three shutouts
