Aberdeen, S.D. – Northern State women's soccer travels to Minnesota and Iowa this weekend for a pair of conference games as they take on Winona State at 5 p.m. on Friday and Upper Iowa at 12 p.m. on Sunday.
ABOUT THE WOLVES
• Northern enters the match-up with a 3-3 record overall and 1-2 mark in the NCIS
- The Wolves look to build more momentum after grabbing their first conference win of the season last weekend
- Northern has found the back of the net six times so far this season averaging one goal per game, and holding their opponents to three total goals, averaging only half a goal per game
- NSU has seen an abundance of corner kicks so far this season with 39 compared to the 22 corner kicks for their opponents
- The Wolves have taken 61 shots this season averaging 10.2 shots per game
- Haley Wammock leads the team in shots with seven and three shots on goal for a .429 shot on goal percentage
- Morgan Bury continues to stand tall in net for the Wolves with a .921 save percentage after 544 minutes of play
ABOUT THE WARRIORS
- Winona enters the weekend 2-5-0 overall and 1-3-0 in NSIC play after splitting last weekend's conference match ups
- The Warriors last weekend played an overall even match against Bemidji tallying 12 shots and five on goal
- WSU conceded the only goal in Sundays match at the 58-minute mark
- Camryn Cadiz, Courtney Wiencek and Jaida Wiege for Winona are the key players who take shots combining for 43 of the teams 108 shots on the season
- Georgette Topalis leads the Warriors this season with three goals in her 288 minutes of play
- WSU is lead by head coach Matt Kellogg in his second season
LAST MEETING
- The Wolves defeated the Warriors in last year's conference match 3-2
- Stephany Estrada netted the first goal of the Wolves from the left side of the box one minute into the match
- Shianne Rosselli found the net for NSU to score the final two goals at the 69 minute mark and the 83 minute mark of the match
- Northern State is 3-9-0 all-time against the Warriors
ABOUT THE PEACOCKS
- Upper Iowa is 1-4-2 on the season and 1-2-1 in league play entering the weekend
- Last weekend the Peacocks took their first win of the season defeating Minnesota Crookston 3-0
- Three different players scored for UIU last weekend in route to their first win
- Facienne Graham netted her second goal of the season for Upper Iowa in the 42 minute
- Haley Ramberg and Emily Fellowes each netted their first goals of the season
- Haley at the 46 minute mark and Emily at the 85 minute mark
- The Peacocks are led by head coach James Price in his fourth season
LAST MEETING
- The last meeting between Northern and Upper Iowa, led to the Wolves capturing the win 2-1 on September 30
- Northern took 12 shots having eight on goal last year against UIU
- Teya Trujillo broke the score open for the Wolves in the 26 minute
- The second goal for Northern came from an Upper Iowa own goal 54 minutes into the match
- The Wolves are 4-5-3 against the Peacock dating back to September 29, 2007