Mustang soccer continues home stand with matches against UMary and Minot State

THIS WEEK

The Southwest Minnesota State University women's soccer team (0-5, 0-1 NSIC) continues home NSIC action with matches against UMary (4-1, 2-0 NSIC) at 3 p.m. on Friday and Minot State (2-1-2, 0-1-1 NSIC) at 1 p.m., on Sunday.

LAST WEEK

The Mustangs began conference play hosting Wayne State last Friday.
The Wildcats' offense was unstoppable when they scored three goals before the Mustangs were able to find the back of the net from a penalty kick late in the game. Wayne State sealed the game with its final goal off a free kick in the remaining nine minutes.

ABOUT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE

Senior forward Selena Prolic leads the team offensively with one goal and six shots on goal.
Junior forward Haley Mason has netted one goal to support the offense and posted three shots on goal.
Senior goalkeeper, Rachel Hicks has recorded a total of 22 saves this season with 3.00 goals against average.

SERIES HISTORY

SMSU and UMary meet for the 22nd time in program history with UMary holding a 17-4 advantage over the Mustangs.
The two teams last played on Sept. 24, 2023, with UMary earning a 1-0 victory in Bismarck, N.D.
SMSU's last victory in the series happened in Marshall on Oct. 2, 2016, earning a 5-1 victory.
SMSU and Minot State meet for the 14th time in program history with MISU holding a 10-3 advantage.
The two teams last met on Sept. 22, 2023, with the Mustangs securing a 2-0 victory in Minot, N.D.

SCOUTING UMARY

Sarah Cook enters her 13th season as the head coach of UMary.
The Marauders are 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the conference following shutout wins over Minot State and MSU Moorhead last weekend.
UMary was picked to finish fourth in the NSIC preseason poll, after finishing last season 10-8-3 overall and 7-5-2 in conference play.
Rachel Gensch leads the Marauders offense with three goals and three assists while recording 11 shots on goal.

SCOUTING MINOT STATE

T.J. Perez enters his third season as the head coach of Minot State.
The Beavers 2-1-2 overall and 0-1-1 in conference following a loss to UMary and a tie to Northern State this past weekend.
Minot State was picked to finish ninth in the NSIC preseason poll, after finishing last season 6-8-4 overall and 3-7-4 in conference play.
Sierra Haren leads the Beavers' offense with one goal and starting all games thus far in the season.

HEAD COACH CLAY GLASGOW

Clay Glasgow is in his third season as head coach and has a record of 9-22-8 overall, including 9-16-5 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 163-301-37, including 118-171-24 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.

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