THIS WEEK
• The Southwest Minnesota State University women's soccer team (1-9-1, 1-5-1 NSIC) hits the road for matches against Concordia-St. Paul (6-3-3, 4-3-1 NSIC) at 7 p.m. on Friday and Winona State (4-5-1, 3-5 NSIC) at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
LAST WEEK
• The Mustangs suffered a 5-1 loss to then-No. 12. Minnesota State on Friday.
• SMSU fell to Sioux Falls 3-1 on Sunday, after outshooting the Cougars by 10 shots.
ABOUT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE
• Junior forward
Haley Mason has netted three goals to support the offense and posted 12 shots on goal.
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Selena Prolic,
Kylie Peters, and
Malorie Maderak each tallied one goal thus far in the season.
• Senior forward
Dare Kroeten has tallied one goal and one assist for the Mustangs this season.
• Senior goalkeeper,
Rachel Hicks has recorded a total of 72 saves this season with two shutouts and 2.13 goals against average.
• Freshman goalkeeper,
Stella Litzen got the start on Sunday and has recorded a total of eight saves with 3.00 goals against average.
SERIES HISTORY
• SMSU and Concordia-St. Paul meet for the 27th time in program history with CSP holding a 14-11-1 advantage over the Mustangs.
• The two teams last played on Oct. 15, 2023, with CSP earning a 2-0 victory in Marshall, Minn.
• SMSU's last win in the series happened in St. Paul on Sept. 19, 2015, earning a 1-0 victory over the Golden Bears.
• SMSU and Winona State meet for the 38th time in program history with WSU holding a 32-2-4 advantage over the Mustangs.
• The two teams last met on Oct. 13, 2023, with SMSU earning a 1-0 victory in Marshall, Minn.
SCOUTING CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL
• Steve Bellis enters his 13th season as the head coach of Concordia-St. Paul.
• The Golden Bears are 6-3-3 overall and 4-3-1 in the conference following a 2-1 loss against Augustana and a 3-1 victory over Wayne State last weekend.
• Sammy Ponsonby leads the Golden Bears offense with four goals, one assist and 11 shots on goal.
• Amaya O'Hearn supports the CSP offense with three goals and eight assists.
• CSP goalkeeper, Sydney Potter has recorded a total of 20 saves this season with five shutouts and 0.53 goals against average.
SCOUTING WINONA STATE
• Delaney Marier enters her first season as the head coach of Winona State.
• The Warriors are 4-5-1 overall and 3-5 in conference following a 1-0 victory over USF and a 1-0 loss against then-No. 12 Minnesota State last weekend.
• Catheryn Hudak leads the Warriors' offense with two goals and six shots on goal.
• Jacey Sturek supports the WSU offense with four assists and eight shots on goal.
• WSU goalkeeper, Alyson Jumper has recorded a total of 43 saves with 1.22 goals against average.
HEAD COACH CLAY GLASGOW
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Clay Glasgow is in his third season as head coach and has a record of 10-27-9 overall, including 10-20-6 in NSIC play. He was hired as the sixth head coach in program history on Feb. 25, 2022.
• Glasgow came to SMSU after spending eight seasons (2014-21) as head women's soccer coach at Dakota Wesleyan University (S.D.) recording a mark of 49-86-5.
• During his last two seasons at DWU, the Tigers amassed back-to-back winning seasons and qualified for the Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament both seasons.
MUSTANG HISTORY
• SMSU is in its 29th season of soccer in 2024 and 28th season of competition (2020 was canceled).
• SMSU has compiled an all-time record of 164-305-38, including 119-175-27 in NSIC games.
• SMSU has made 14 NSIC tournaments and played in the region championship of the NCAA Tournament in 2013.
• SMSU has recorded four winning seasons in program history with the last coming in 2019.