Aberdeen, S.D. – Northern State soccer is set to take on Minnesota Crookston at 3 p.m. at home on Friday, and then hit the road as they face Bemidji State for a 1 p.m. kickoff on Sunday.
 
 About the Wolves

• Northern State comes into the second to last weekend of the season 3-10-1 overall, 2-6-0 at home and 1-4-1 on the road
• The Wolves took 20 shots combined last weekend in their losses to No. 21 Minnesota State (1-2), and No. 16 Concordia-St. Paul (0-6)
• Shianne Rosselli had two break out games last weekend, recording half of the teams total shot count with one goal; she leads the team in shots and shots-on-goal this season
• Northern's goalkeepers have continued to play well with Haley Hillstrom leading the way notching a .813 save percentage; she has appeared in 262 minutes of play and face 50 total shots

 
About the Golden Eagles

• Minnesota Crookston enters the weekend 0-12 overall and 0-11 in the NSIC
• The Golden Eagles are averaging 4.6 shots per game, with a shot-on-goal percentage of .473
• Maggie Peterson is the top shooter for UMC with 16 shots and ten shots-on-goal
• Athena DiMario Done has the hot hand with a .748 save percentage (212 shots faced) leading all goalkeepers for UMC
• Minnesota Crookston is led by head coach Kyle Halfpop in his first season with the Golden Eagles 

Last Meeting

• The Wolves came out victorious last year against the Golden Eagles winning 3-0
• Shianne Rosselli opened the scoring in the eighth minute of the match with a header on the Stephany Estrada cross
• Rosselli added her second of that match in the 63^rd minute
• The first meeting between these two squads was in 1998 where NSU won 7-0, within that span the Wolves are 16-3-3 all-time against the Golden Eagles

 
About the Beavers

• Bemidji State is 10-4-1 overall and sit fourth in the NSIC with a 9-2-1 conference record
• The Beavers have been strong at home this season only dropping two matches on their own turf
• BSU has been red hot in the second half of games this season as ten of their 20 goals have come in the second 45 minutes of play
• Nearly half of Bemidji's shots this season have been on goal, with a .486 shot-on-goal percentage
• BSU is averaging 12.3 shots per game as a unit and is led by Sara Wendt with 34
• The Beavers are led by 18-year head coach Jim Stone

 
Last Meeting

• The Wolves dropped a heart breaker last year to the Beavers, falling 1-0 at home
• NSU kept BSU off the board for 80 minutes till now Wolves soccer assistant Rachael Norton netted the lone goal of the game
• The Wolves are 13-11-3 all-time against the Beavers with the first meeting dating back to 1998 with NSU edging out BSU 4-1