THIS WEEK
The University of Mary women's soccer team returns home for the final full home weekend of the 2021 season when the Marauders host Concordia-St. Paul and Minnesota State University on Breast Cancer Awareness Weekend. The two-game series opens on Friday, Oct. 22, when the Marauders host the Golden Bears in a 7 pm match. On Sunday, Oct. 24, the Marauders host the 25^th ranked Mavericks at 1 pm. Both games will be played at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck, ND.
 
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS WEEKEND SPONSORED BY DAKOTA UNITED SOCCER CLUB
The Marauders annual Breast Cancer Awareness Weekend is set for Oct. 22-24. The gameday sponsor is the Dakota United Soccer Club.
 
THE RECORDS
UMary is 7-2-3 overall and 6-2-2 in the Northern Sun. The Marauders are in 5th place in the league with 20 points… Concordia-St. Paul is 7-5-1 overall and 6-3-1 in NSIC play (6th in NSIC with 19 points)… #25 Minnesota State is 10-2-1 overall and 2^nd in the NSIC with 25 points on a record of 8-1-1.
 
LAST WEEK
The Marauders saw their 8-game unbeaten streak snapped with a 2-1 loss at Wayne State and a 3-2 overtime loss at Augustana.
 
HOME AND AWAY
The end of the 2021 regular season is fast approaching This is the last full weekend of road trips in the league. Next weekend the Marauders have a split weekend with a trip to Bemidji State on Oct. 29 before UMary's final home game of the season on Halloween against Minnesota Crookston. The regular season wraps up on the road at Minot State on Nov. 5. The Northern Sun tournament is set to start Nov. 10.
 
HOME PITCH PUSH
The Marauders are in the midst of a difficult stretch with five of six opponents pursuing home field in the opening round of the NSIC tournament. The top four finishers in the regular season standings will host the next four teams in the first round on Nov. 10... Last Sunday the Marauders suffered a difficult 3-2 overtime loss at Augustana that allowed the Vikings to jump past UMary into 4^th place. This weekend the Marauders host Concordia-St. Paul on Friday and the 6^th place Golden Bears are just a point behind the 5^th place Marauders in the standings 20-19… On Sunday Minnesota State is in 2^nd place with 25 points… Entering the weekend Bemidji State leads the NSIC by one point… Minot State is now tied with Bemidji State for 2^nd place… the only foe not in the top six during this stretch is Minnesota Crookston, currently 15^th out of 16 teams.
 
GREAT 8
The Marauders 8-game unbeaten streak was halted last weekend at Wayne State… The streak was the Marauders longest during the NCAA era... the six straight wins tied the Marauders longest winning streak since reeling off six straight in 2012… During the run UMary posted five straight shutouts, the most since 2007 in the Marauders run to the NCAA tournament… during the 8-game streak the Marauders allowed just three goals.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
The Marauders are undefeated in five home games this season with three wins and two ties.
 
DEEEE – FENCE
The Marauders have allowed a paltry 11 goals in 13 games this season to rank second in the NSIC in both Goals allowed per game (0.85) and goals against average (0.80). Behind the power of five straight shutouts and seven total in 13 games, the Marauders rank 57^th in NCAA Division II and 36^th in shutout percentage (.54).
 
HOT HAND
Hannah Richter continued her strong offensive season, posting both a goal and an assist last weekend. The first team All-NSIC forward leads the team in goals (4) and points (12) and is tied for the team lead in assists (4).
 
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Marauders goalkeeper Madisyn Waltman posted her 24th career clean sheet for UMary and 7th this season in a 0-0 draw against Northern State. She ranks second all-time in program history for shutouts. In her third season at UMary, Waltman posted eight shutouts as a freshman. She followed with nine as a sophomore in 2019 to earn All-NSIC second team honors… Kristin Werner is the Marauders career leader in shutouts with 25… Waltman, named NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week earlier this season, is 4^th in the NSIC in goals against average (0.80), leads in shutouts per game (.538) and total shutouts (7), and ranks 7^th in save percentage (.817).
 
FRESHMEN FRENZY
Freshmen have scored six of the Marauders 16 goals this season. Kendra Park and Brianna Ramey both have tallied three times. 
 
PIERCE DOUBLES DOWN
Cassidy Pierce captured NSIC Defensive Player of the Week honors two consecutive weeks this season after the Marauders went back-to-back weekends without allowing a goal. In addition to her defensive exploits the senior captain also provided the assist on the golden goal in a 1-0 overtime victory over Winona State.
 
HEROICS
Five different Marauders have scored UMary's six game-winning goals this season: Hannah Richter has two and Samantha Guzman, Brianna Ramey, Maureen Sullivan and Kendra Park each have one. (NOTE: There was no game-winner credited in the 3-0 win over Back Hills State as the first score was an own goal on BHSU.) 
 
ON THE ATTACK
Junior midfielder Kayla Alcott leads the Marauders in assists and is third on the team in points. She has four assists – including a beautiful helper on the game-winning goal at Southwest Minnesota State – to rank 7th in the NSIC. She also has a goal for six total points. The Ewa Beach, HI, native joined the Marauders from Peninsula College prior to the ill-fated 2020 season and played just three games in the spring.
 
CAPTAINS
The Marauders have named five captains for the 2021 season: seniors Emma Davies, Samantha Guzman, Cassidy Pierce and Hannah Richter and junior Madisyn Waltman. Pierce and Guzman anchor the middle of the Marauders back line. Davies and Richter provide the attack on top. Waltman handles the goaltending duties. Davies, Pierce and Richter are in their fifth year at UMary and Waltman is in her fourth; all four have only played for the Marauders. Guzman is a junior college transfer in her third season at UMary. Richter, Guzman Pierce and Waltman have earned All-Northern Sun honors in their careers.
 
VETS
The Marauders return a veteran squad in 2021 as 13 players from their 2019 playoff team are back. Additionally 17 of the 28 Marauders were in the program last year.
 
ALL-NSIC
The Marauders return four of their six 2019 All-NSIC performers. Hanna Richter earned first team all-NSIC recognition at forward as one of the top scorers in the league. Madisyn Waltman claimed second team honors, Cassidy Pierce earned third team honors and Samantha Guzman received honorable mention recognition after the trio formed the core of one of the nation's best defenses.
 
BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK
The Marauders have earned a spot in the NSIC tournament the last three seasons (2017-18-19). This is the second-longest playoff streak for the Marauders after qualifying for seven straight years from 2006-2012.
 
11
The Marauders finished the 2019 regular season 11-4-2. The 11 victories is the second-most regular-season wins for the Marauders during the NCAA era, equaling 2017 and 2011 while only trailing the 14 wins the team posted in 2007.
 
PENINSULA POWER
The Marauders have two transfers from Peninsula College in Post Angeles, WA, once again this season, senior Samantha Guzman and junior Kayla Alcott. The Marauders also had two Peninsula players in 2019 when Malia Brudvik joined Guzman on the squad.
 
LCCC CONNECTION
The Marauders have a pair of newcomers from Laramie County Community College this season in sophomore's Jessica Lemmon and Taylor Meyrick. LCCC head coach Nate Ulness is a former Marauders assistant coach and a UMary alumni.
 
27th SEASON OF MARAUDERS SOCCER
Including last year's abbreviated 4-game schedule, this is the 27th season of University of Mary women's soccer. The Marauders took to the pitch for the first time in 1995.
 
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