THIS WEEK
• The Southwest Minnesota State University women's soccer team (1-11-1, 1-7-1 NSIC) hosts St. Cloud State (8-2-4, 5-1-4 NSIC) on Friday at 5 p.m. and Minnesota Duluth (2-10-1, 2-7-1 NSIC) on Sunday at 1 p.m. for its final home games of the 2024 season.
LAST WEEK
• The Mustangs suffered a 1-0 loss to Concordia-St. Paul on Friday.
• SMSU fell to Winona State 2-1 on Sunday.
ABOUT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE
• Junior forward Haley Mason has netted three goals to support the offense and posted 13 shots on goal.
• Emma Dahnert, Kylie Peters, and Malorie Maderak each tallied one goal thus far in the season.
• Senior forward Selena Prolic has recorded one goal and one assist with12 shots on goal.
• 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 88 saves this season with two shutouts and 2.00 goals against average.
SERIES HISTORY
• SMSU and St. Cloud State meet for the 30th time in program history with SCSU holding a 15-10-4 advantage over the Mustangs.
• The two teams last played on Oct. 22, 2023, with SMSU earning a 1-0 victory in St. Cloud, Minn.
• SCSU's last win in the series happened in St. Cloud on Oct. 21, 2018, earning a 2-0 victory over the Mustangs.
• SMSU and Minnesota Duluth meet for the 33rd time in program history with UMD holding a 25-7 advantage over the Mustangs.
• The two teams last met on Oct. 20, 2023, with UMD earning a 2-1 victory in Duluth, Minn.
SCOUTING ST. CLOUD STATE
• Gretta Macdonald enters her 11th season as the head coach of St. Cloud State.
• The Huskies are 8-2-4 overall and 5-1-4 in the conference following a 4-0 victory MSU Moorhead and a 2-1 victory over Northern State last weekend.
• Ellie Primerano leads the Huskies offense with six goals, two assists and 12 shots on goal.
• Linsey Trapino supports the SCSU offense with four goals and two assists.
• SCSU goalkeeper, Meriel Orham has recorded a total of 42 saves this season with five shutouts and 0.64 goals against average.
SCOUTING MINNESOTA DULUTH
• Greg Cane enters his 31st season as the head coach of Minnesota Duluth.
• The Bulldogs are 2-10-1 overall and 2-7-1 in conference following a 2-1 loss against Northern State and 2-1 victory over MSU Moorhead last weekend.
• Anna Tobias leads the Bulldogs' offense with four goals, one assist and 16 shots on goal.
• Gwendolyn Lilly supports the UMD offense with three goals, one assist and six shots on goal.
• UMD goalkeeper, Kaycee Chavez has recorded a total of 74 saves with 2.18 goals against average.
HEAD COACH CLAY GLASGOW
• Clay Glasgow is in his third season as head coach and has a record of 10-29-9 overall, including 10-22-6 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 164-307-38, including 119-177-27 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.