Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State women's soccer team ends a four-game road trip with games at Sioux Falls and Southwest Minnesota State. The Wolves will face the Cougars at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 15, followed by a 1 p.m. match with the Mustangs on Sunday, October 17.
 
GAME & FAN INFORMATION

• Ticket information for both games can be found at the links above
• Live stats, live video, and game notes are also available at the links above

NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern State enters this weekend's matches with a record of 4-4-2 (3-3-2 NSIC), and is currently tied for seventh in the conference standings with St. Cloud State
• The Wolves went 0-1-1 last weekend, falling at Minot State 2-0 and tied at UMary 0-0
• In Sunday's tie against UMary, the Marauders were held scoreless for only the second time all season and ended a six-game win streak
• The Wolves shutout against UMary was the third time this season the defense has held an opponent scoreless throughout the year
• Northern ended what could be considered their toughest portion of their conference schedule last week, having faced five or the conference's top six teams over the last three weekends andended that stretch with a 1-2-2 record
• Megan Fastenau ranks sixth among NSIC players with five total goals on the season, and is tied for sixth for most points on the season with 11
• Alexus Townsend ranks fifth among NSIC players with 58 total saves on the year, and seventh averaging 5.80 saves per game
• Northern State statistical leaders
  • Goals: Megan Fastenau (5)
  • Assists: Chloe Strom / Teya Trujillo (2)
  • Points: Megan Fastenau (11)
  • Saves: Alexus Townsend (58)

SIOUX FALLS STORYLINES

• Sioux Falls enters Friday's match with a record of 1-8-2 (1-5-2 NSIC), and is currently 12^th in the conference standings
• The Cougars went 0-1-1 last weekend, falling at Augustana 4-0 and tied with Wayne State 1-1
• In last Friday's match against Augustana, Sioux Falls was able to place their second most shots-on-goal on the season with five
• The Cougars also allowed a season high four goals against the Vikings in Friday's loss
• In Sunday's match-up with Wayne State, Olivia Valdez recorded the first assist of the season for Sioux Falls
• In league matches, USF leads the conference in saves as a team with 94 through eight games
• Alexis Wemhoff is second in the NSIC in saves per game for a goalkeeper, averaging 12 a game, and ranks third in the conference for total saves in conference matches with 48
• Brittany Domino is in her seventh season as the head coach at Sioux Falls, she holds a career record of 20-67-13
• Sioux Falls statistical leaders
  • Goals: Sarah Miller / Ellie Ripperda / Aundria Vargas / Hannah Welch (1)
  • Assists: Olivia Valdez (1)
  • Points: Sarah Miller / Ellie Ripperda / Aundria Vargas / Hannah Welch (2)
  • Saves: Alexis Wemhoff (59)

LOOKING BACK TO 2019

• Northern State and Sioux Falls last played on September 29, 2019, when the Wolves secured the 2-0 victory in Aberdeen
• Northern leads the all-time series 11-4-1, and have won five of the last seven in the series

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE STORYLINES

• Southwest Minnesota State enters this weekend's matches with a record of 2-7-1 (1-6-1 NSIC), and is currently tied for 13^th in the conference standings with Minnesota Duluth
• SMSU opens play this weekend on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. against MSU Moorhead
• The Mustangs went 0-2 last weekend, falling to Wayne State 3-2 and Augustana 2-0
• In Friday's match, the SMSU defense allowed a season high three goals to WSC
• Alex Lotts tallied a season high three points in a game on Friday against Wayne State, scoring the first goal of the game in the 13^th minute followed by an assist in the 87^th minute
• On Sunday Meghan Harkin recorded a season high seven saves in the loss to Vikings
• Erin Kasmarik-Mallett is in her seventh season as the head coach at Southwest Minnesota State, she holds a career record of 32-63-4
• Southwest Minnesota State statistical leaders
  • Goals: Alex Lotts (3)
  • Assists: Alex Lotts (3)
  • Points: Alex Lotts (9)
  • Saves: Meghan Harkin (45)

LOOKING BACK TO 2019

• Northern State and Southwest Minnesota State last played on September 27, 2019, when the Mustangs prevailed 1-0 in Aberdeen
• SMSU leads the all-time series 14-12-2, however Northern has won four of the past six meetings in the series