THIS WEEK
After opening University of Mary Homecoming '21 with a win last Sunday, the Marauders look to continue celebrating homecoming with two more games on the home pitch this weekend. On Friday, Oct. 8, the Marauders host MSU Moorhead at 4 pm for Senior Day. Sunday, Oct. 10, is Parents & Family Day as UMary takes on visiting Northern State University at 1 pm. All Marauders home games are played at the MDU Resources Community Bowl.  
 
THE RECORDS
UMary is 6-1-2 overall and 5-0-1 in the Northern Sun. The Marauders are in 2^nd place in the league with 16 points… MSU Moorhead is 0-9/0-6 and is 16^th in the NSIC standings… Northern State is 4-3-1/3-2-1 and is 7^th in the NSIC with 10 points.
 
LAST WEEK
The Marauders opened up the home portion of their Northern Sun schedule with a pair of shutout wins, defeating Upper Iowa 2-0 and Winona State 1-0 in overtime.
 
SENIOR DAY
The Marauders will honor their six seniors on Senior Day on Friday, Oct. 8, prior to the MSU Moorhead game. The six seniors are Emma Davies, Samantha Guzman, Reegin Kehn, Cassidy Pierce, Hannah Richter and Maureen Sullivan. Davies, Kehn, Pierce, Richter and Sullivan have played their complete collegiate career with the Marauders. Guzman is in her third season at UMary after transferring from Peninsula College… All six have earned Northern Sun honors already in their careers… Davies, Kehn, Pierce and Sullivan have earned NSIC All-Academic honors… Richter (1^st team), Pierce (3^rd team) and Guzman (honorable mention) were named to the 2019 All-NSIC team… Pierce also was named the NSIC defensive Player of the Week the last two weeks.  
 
PARENTS & FAMILY DAY
UMary soccer honors the great support system for the Marauders scholar-athletes with Parents & Family Recognition Day on Sunday, Oct. 10. Fans are encouraged to come out and tailgate prior to the 1 pm game against Northern State.
 
PIERCE REPEAT SELECTION AS NSIC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
For a second straight week, Cassidy Pierce was honored as the Northern Sun Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Marauders to two more shutout victories. Pierce and the Marauders posted two clean sheets in their first home NSIC games of the season, defeating Upper Iowa 2-0 and Winona State 1-0 in overtime. UMary allowed a total of ten shots over the course of the two games with only four on frame. The Peacocks were limited to five shots with three on target while the Warriors were held to five and one… In addition to organizing an impenetrable Marauders back line, the native of Missoula, MT, also made one of the biggest offensive plays of the weekend. After intercepting a pass in the Marauders defensive end on Sunday, she played a high ball forward into the UMary offensive zone for Kendra Park, who outraced the Warriors defenders to one-time chip a ball over the WSU goalkeeper and into the net for a golden goal… Pierce and Madisyn Waltman were honored the previous week with Waltman being named the NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week.
 
MORE MO
Senior Maureen Sullivan scored her seventh career goal and added an assist in the Marauders 2-0 win over Upper Iowa. After knocking home the game-winner, she later played a perfect ball to Brianna Ramey to seal the win.  
 
FIVE ALIVE
The Marauders have won five straight games, all by shutout. This is the longest team winning streak since winning five straight games in 2018. The 2018 string was keyed by defense also as UMary allowed just one goal in five games… the last time the Marauders reeled off five straight clean sheets was in 2007, the lone year that the Marauders qualified for the NCAA postseason tournament.
 
PICK SIX
The Marauders are undefeated in their last six games. After playing St. Cloud State to a draw in the NSIC opener, the Marauders have rattled off five straight wins, all by shutout… The Marauders six-game unbeaten string is the program's longest since reeling off six straight wins in 2012.
 
BINANRY CODE STREAK SNAPPED
The start of the Marauders 5-game winning streak looked like binary code with the first three wins all by 1-0 scores. The streak was snapped when UMary defeated Upper Iowa 2-0. After a one-game blip, the Marauders followed up with a 1-0 overtime win over Winona State.  
 
GOLDEN TOUCH
Freshman Kendra Park scored a golden goal in the Marauders 1-0 overtime win over Winona State on Sunday. Outracing the Warriors defense to a perfectly forwarded ball from Cassidy Pierce, Park one-timed a chip shot off the bounce over the WSU goalkeeper from 30 yards out. It was her team-leading third goal of the season.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
After six straight games on the road the Marauders opened up a 4-game home stand last weekend with two wins.  
 
STRONG START
The Marauders are off to a strong start in NSIC play. After opening with a draw, UMary has rolled off five straight wins, all by shutout and the first three on the road. The Marauders are one of just three teams still undefeated in league play after three weeks/six games. Minot State (6-0) leads the NSIC with 18 points, followed by UMary (5-0-1) and Bemidji State (5-0-1) with 16 points.   
 
DEEEE – FENCE
Behind the power of five straight shutouts and six total in nine games, the Marauders lead the NSIC in goals against average (0.527). Nationally the Marauders rank 23^rd in GAA. Additionally UMary ranks 13^th in the NCAA in shutout percentage (.667) and 15^th in save percentage (.886). 
 
HOT HAND
The Marauders are undefeated in Northern Sun play and Hannah Richter is a big reason why, having a hand in the first five goals UMary scored in conference play. The first team All-NSIC forward posted an assist and a goal in the 2-2 draw with SCSU She has the assist on the lone goal in the 1-0 win at UMD. At USF she triggered the corner kick that resulted in the game's lone counter. She then scored the lone goal in the Marauders 1-0 win at Southwest Minnesota State… For the year she has two goals and two assists and is tied for the team lead in points with six.
 
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Marauders goalkeeper Madisyn Waltman posted her 23^rd career clean sheet for UMary and sixth this season in a 1-0 overtime win over Winona State. She now 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.   
 
FRESHMEN FRENZY
Freshmen have scored five of the Marauders 11 goals this season. Kendra Park has posted a team-best three counters. Brianna Ramey has scored twice.
 
HEROICS
Five different Marauders have scored UMary's five game-winning goals this season: Samantha Guzman, Brianna Ramey, Hannah Richter, Maureen Sullivan and Kendra Park. (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 three assists – including a beautiful helper on the game-winning goal at Southwest Minnesota State – to rank 5th in the NSIC. She also has a goal for five 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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