THIS WEEK
The University of Mary pursues home field in the opening round of the Northern Sun tournament when the Marauders close out the 2021 regular season at Minot State University. Game time between the Marauders and the Beavers is 5 pm at Herb Parker Stadium in Minot, ND, to kick off Battle for the Big Lake weekend.
 
ON THE LINE
A UMary victory propels the Marauders into 4^th place and a home berth in the opening round of the Northern Sun tournament. A loss or a draw secures home field for the Beavers.
 
RECORDS
UMary is 9-5-3 overall and is tied for 5^th place in the NSIC with 26 points on a record of 8-4-2… Minot State is 10-5-2 and 5^th in the NSIC with 29 points on a record of 9-3-2.
 
SCENARIOS
The Marauders can finish anywhere from 4^th to 6^th in the NSIC… A win pushed the Marauders into a tie with the Beavers for 4^th place and a home playoff berth… tied with Concordia-St. Paul for 5^th place with 26 points the Marauders hold the tie-breaker with the Golden Bears due to a 3-1 win over CSP earlier this year… A loss by the Marauders and a tie or win by the Golden Bears, or a tie by the Marauder and a win by the Golden Bears would push CSP into 5^th and drop UMary to 6^th.
 
NSIC PLAYOFFS
The top eight teams in the final Northern Sun standings advance to the conference tournament. The top four teams host the tournament's opening round on Wednesday, Nov. 10… The top remaining seed after the opening round will host the NSIC semifinals on Nov. 12 and the championship game on Nov. 14… The NSIC tournament champion earns a spot in the NCAA tournament.
 
LAST WEEK
The Marauders split a pair of games, opening with a road loss at #6 Bemidji State University 1-0. The Beavers scored the lone goal of the match in the 77^th minute… UMary closed out their regular season home schedule on Sunday with a 5-0 win over Minnesota Crookston. Kayla Alcott scored a pair of goals in the first 10 minutes of play. Kaitlyn Schwass had two goals and an assist, Taylor Meyrick had a goal and an assist, Maureen Sullivan posted three assists and Hannah Richter added two helpers.
 
BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK
The Marauders have now earned a spot in the NSIC tournament for the 4^th straight season (2017-18-19-21). This is the second-longest playoff streak for the Marauders after qualifying for seven straight years from 2006-2012.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
The Marauders finished the regular season 5-1-2 at home this season.
 
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Marauders goalkeeper Madisyn Waltman posted her 25^th career clean sheet and 8^th this season in a 5-0 win over the Golden Eagles to tie UMary's all-time program record 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… Waltman tied Kristin Werner for the Marauders career record… Waltman, named NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week earlier this season, is 3^rd in the NSIC in goals against average (0.776), 2^nd in shutouts per game (.500) and total shutouts (7), and ranks 8th in save percentage (.817).
 
DEEEE – FENCE
The Marauders have allowed a paltry 16 goals in 17 games this season to rank 6^th in the NSIC in both Goals allowed per game (0.94) and goals against average (0.901).
 
HOT HAND
Hannah Richter continued her strong offensive season, picking up two more assists last weekend. The first team All-NSIC forward leads the team in points (15) and assists (7) and is tied for second in goals (4). Richter is 8^th in the NSIC in points.
 
FRESHMEN FRENZY
Freshmen have scored 11 of the Marauders 24 goals this season. Kendra Park has a team-leading 5 goals and Brianna Ramey is right behind with 4. Kaitlyn Schwass has two goals, both in the home regular season finale.
 
PARK PATROL
Freshman Kendra Park is proving to be a dangerous weapon for the Marauders, leading the Marauders with five goals. Park has the most goals by a Marauders freshman since Alex Bachman-Williams scored six in 2010. She is 8th in the NSIC in goals and 6th in game-winning goals (2).
 
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. She also has an assist on the game-winning goal against MSU Moorhead.
 
HEROICS
Six different Marauders have scored UMary's eight game-winning goals this season: Hannah Richter and Kendra Park each have two and Kayla Alcott, Samantha Guzman, Brianna Ramey and Maureen Sullivan have one apiece. (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 is second on the Marauders in points after a pair of goals against Minnesota Crookston. She has four assists, including a beautiful helper on the game-winning goal at Southwest Minnesota State. She also has three goals and 10 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.
 
GREAT 8
The Marauders 8-game unbeaten streak to start Northern Sun play was UMary's longest of 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.
 
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. Hannah 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.
 
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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