Aberdeen, S.D. – After playing the first two home games of the season last weekend, the Wolves will once again return to the road for another pair of NSIC contests. Northern State will travel to take on Concordia-St. Paul on Friday night, a 7 p.m. kick-off at Sea Foam Stadium is scheduled in St. Paul. Northern will then wrap up the weekend with a trip to No. 18 Minnesota State on Sunday afternoon with the match scheduled for a 1 p.m. start time from The Pitch in Mankato.

GAME & FAN INFORMATION

• Links to watch the games, follow live stats, and view the NSU game notes are available above

NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern State enters the weekend with a record of 4-2-1 (2-1-1 NSIC) and are tied for fourth in the league standings
• The Wolves recorded a 4-0 win over Wayne State in their home opener last Friday night before battling to a 0-0 draw with Augustana on Sunday afternoon
• Northern State ranks sixth nationally in save percentage (0.939) and is tied for seventh in goals-against average (0.286)
• Alexus Townsend ranks in the top-25 nationally in two different categories, she ranks 12^th in save percentage (0.931) and 17^th in goals-against average (0.351)
• Hannah Smith leads the Wolves with three goals and six points on the season, while Megan Fastenau and Mia Zagorski are tied for second with two goals and an assist for five points
• With two assists in the home opener against WSC, Avery Blasdel is the team leader in assists (2)
• The Northern defense has shutout opponents in their last three matches and are tied for 12th nationally with five shutouts on the season

CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL STORYLINES

• Concordia-St. Paul enters the weekend with a record of 3-3-1 (3-1 NSIC) and are third in the league standings
• The Golden Bears went a perfect 2-0 on the road last weekend defeating Minnesota Crookston 2-0 on Friday before scoring a 1-0 win at Bemidji State on Sunday afternoon
• Katie Anderson leads the team with three goals and one assist for seven points on the season, in conference play only Anderson is the league leader for shot attempts with 21 through four games
• Sophie Pawlshyn is second on the team with five points by way of one goal and a team best three assists; Pawlshyn is tied for second in conference play with two assists in four games
• Ashlyn Waldon has started six games in goal for the Golden Bears, grabbing 21 saves and a 0.808 save percentage with one shutout
• Jessi Jordan has made two appearance in goal for CSP this season, starting one game, grabbing seven saves for a save percentage of 0.875
• Steve Bellis is in his 12^th season as the head coach at Concordia-St. Paul, he holds a record of 88-89-19 during his time with the Golden Bears; in his 17^th season as a head coach in women's collegiate soccer he holds a career record of 116-139-29

LAST MATCH-UP

• Northern State defeated Concordia-St. Paul 3-2 on October 1, 2021
• Megan Fastenau recorded three goals off four shots-on-goal during the game for the 19^th hat-trick in program history
• The Wolves lead the all-time series 19-6-1, and have won five of the last eight meetings

#18 MINNESOTA STATE STORYLINES

• Minnesota State enters the weekend with a record of 5-1-1 (3-0-1 NSIC) and are tied for first in the league standings
• Minnesota State dropped two spots to No. 18 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Top-25 Poll released on Tuesday afternoon, and held steady at No. 3 in the United Soccer Coaches' Central Region Top-10 Poll
• The Mavericks battled to a 1-1 draw with fellow NSIC power Bemidji State on Friday afternoon before routing Minnesota Crookston 7-0 on Sunday
• Jenny Vetter and Allie Williams are tied for the league leaders in conference play for points (9) and goals (4); through all seven games this season Vetter leads the team with five goals and an assist for 11 points and Williams is second with four goals and an assist for nine points
• Maille Mathis and Brynn Desens lead MSU with two assists this season
• Mackenzie Rath has started in goal all seven games for the Mavericks, grabbing 27 saves for a 0.844 save percentage and two shutouts
• Brian Bahl is in his tenth season as the head coach at Minnesota State, he holds a record of 152-22-15 during his time with the Mavericks; in his 16^th season overall as a head coach in collegiate soccer he is 216-64-32

LAST MATCH-UP

• Minnesota State defeated Northern State 2-0 on October 3, 2021
• The Mavericks lead the all-time series 15-1-1; the Wolves lone win in the series was a 1-0 victory in Aberdeen on September 26, 2010