THIS WEEK 
• The Southwest Minnesota State University women's soccer team (1-7-1, 1-3-1 NSIC) returns home this weekend with matches against No. 12 Minnesota State (6-1-3, 5-0-1 NSIC) at 3 p.m. on Friday and Sioux Falls (1-8, 1-4 NSIC) at 1 p.m. on Sunday.    

LAST WEEK 
• The Mustangs earned their first conference victory against Minnesota Crookston last Friday with a 2-0 win.  
• SMSU fell to Bemidji State 2-1 on Sunday, after netting a late goal.  

ABOUT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE  
• Junior forward Haley Mason has netted two goals to support the offense and posted six shots on goal.     
• Selena Prolic, Kylie Peters, and Malorie Maderak each tallied one goal thus far in the season.      
• Senior goalkeeper, Rachel Hicks has recorded a total of 62 saves this season with two shutouts and 1.71 goals against average. 

SERIES HISTORY 
• SMSU and Minnesota State meet for the 25th time in program history with MSU holding a 22-1-1 advantage over the Mustangs.  
• The two teams last played on Oct. 6, 2023, with MSU earning a 3-0 victory in Mankato, Minn. 
• SMSU's last win in the series happened in Mankato on Nov. 17, 2013, earning a 2-1 victory over the Mavericks in the NCAA Central Region tournament. 
• SMSU and Sioux Falls meet for the 19th time in program history with SMSU holding a 10-7-1 advantage over the Cougars.  
• The two teams last met on Oct. 8, 2023, with USF earning a 2-1 victory in Sioux Falls, S.D.  
• SMSU's last win in the series happened in Marshall on Oct. 27, 2022, earning a 3-2 victory.  

SCOUTING NO. 12 MINNESOTA STATE 
• Brian Bahl enters his 12th season as the head coach of Minnesota State. 
• The Mavericks are ranked No. 12 in the most recent United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Division II poll.   
• The Mavericks are 6-1-3 overall and 5-0-1 in the conference following 1-0 victory over Minnesota Duluth and a 1-1 tie with St. Cloud State last weekend.  
• Maddix Archer leads the Mavericks offense with four goals, two assists and ten shots on goal.
• MSU goalkeeper, Clare Longueville has recorded a total of 22 saves this season with four shutouts and 0.31 goals against average.      

SCOUTING SIOUX FALLS  
• Brittany Domino enters her 10th season as the head coach of Sioux Falls. 
• The Cougars are 1-8 overall and 1-4 in conference following a 2-0 loss against Northern State and a 2-0 victory against MSU Moorhead last weekend.  
• Mara Nelson leads the Cougars' offense with two goals and nine shots on goal.  
• USF goalkeeper, Caroline Titze has recorded a total of 41 saves with 2.00 goals against average.    

HEAD COACH CLAY GLASGOW  
• Clay Glasgow is in his third season as head coach and has a record of 10-25-9 overall, including 10-18-6 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 164-303-38, 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.