Aberdeen, S.D. – Northern State soccer team heads into the final weekend of the regular season tied for eighth place. Wolves will be on the road Friday at Minnesota Crookston for the final match of the three game road trip and return home on Sunday for senior day as #8 Bemidji State rolls into town for the final game of the regular season. Kick-off on Friday is scheduled for 2 p.m. against the Eagles and Sunday at 1 p.m. against the Beavers.
 

• The Wolves enter the weekend with an 8-7-1 overall and 6-6-1 NSIC record after going 1-1 last weekend on the road trip. Dropping to #23 Minnesota State by the score of 1-0 and defeating Concordia-St. Paul by a final of 1-0.
• Darian Leschewski leads the team with five goals on the season, second on the team with four goals is Shianne Rosselli and Stephany Estrada.
• Rosselli leads the team with three assists and second on the team is Estrada with two assists. Leschewski leads the team with three game winning goals on the season.
• Jessica Otto has allowed 13 goals on the season on 109 shots faced on the season with three shutouts on the season.

 
About Minnesota Crookston:

• The Golden Eagles enter the matchup with a 1-13-2 overall and 1-10-2 conference record on the season.
• Maggee Hodgdon leads the team with three goals on the season; Vanessa Shelton, Lindsey Daml, and Jessica Withrow each have one goal on the season.
• Athena DiMario Done is the expected goalkeeper for the Golden Eagles with 30 goals allowed on 123 shots faced.
• Joe Alianiello is the head coach of the Golden Eagles in his six season at the helm.

Last Match-up:

• The Wolves defeated Crookston last season 2-1 on a goal by Karli Harney in the 81st minute of the match.
• Tori Collesso tied the match in the 73rd minute of the match off a shot from the left side of the penalty box.
• NSU all-time against Minnesota Crookston 15-3-3 winning the last two matches against the Golden Eagles.

 
About Bemidji State:

• The Beaver enter this weekend as the #8 team in the nation and #1 in the central region in the latest poll with a record of 14-0-1.
• Rachael Norton leads the conference with 16 goals on the season and is a co-leader with Alanna with seven assists on the season.
• Anna Fobbe is the expected goalkeeper for the Beavers allowing eight goals on 79 shots faced this season.
• Jim Stone is the head coach for the Beavers in his 17th season at the helm.

 
Last Match-up:

• Wolves dropped last season's match-up with the Beavers by a final score of 3-0. Wolves tallied four shots on goal in the match.
• Catherine Nakae and Emily Reiten picked up a shot on goal in the match. Tori Thorpe recorded a shot in the loss.
• NSU all-time against the Beavers is 13-10-3 losing seven out of the last eight match-ups against the Beavers.