THIS WEEK
The University of Mary women's soccer team opens 2021 Northern Sun competition with a pair of games on the road this weekend. UMary opens NSIC play at St. Cloud State University on Friday, Sept. 17, at 4 pm… The weekend wraps up Sunday, Sept. 19, at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Game time is 12 noon.
 
THE RECORDS
UMary is 1-1-1 after a trio of non-conference games… SCSU is 0-2… Minnesota Duluth is 0-3.
 
LAST WEEK
After opening the regular season with a 1-1 draw at home against MSU Billings, the Marauders played a pair of games last weekend at the 7^th Rimrock Classic in Billings, MT. UMary opened with a 3-0 win over Black Hills State University before dropping a rematch with the Yellowjackets 2-0 on Saturday.
 
WE'RE BACK
After the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA and Northern Sun championship last fall due to the pandemic, the Marauders played an abbreviated spring season of four games. UMary split its four contests in the spring and played just twice at home.
 
ROAD WARRIORS
After opening the season at home before a raucous crowd of more than 500 fans on Labor Day, the Marauders are now in the midst of a 6-game road trip. Following two non-conference games in Montana, UMary kicks off the Northern Sun season with four straight road games. UMary faces St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth this weekend before travelling to Sioux Falls and Southwest Minnesota State next weekend. The Marauders NSIC home opener is Oct. 1 against Upper Iowa.
 
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.
 
18
Marauders goalkeeper Madisyn Waltman posted her 18^th clean sheet for UMary's 3-0 win over Black Hills State University. Entering her third season at UMary, Waltman posted eight as a freshman and nine as a sophomore in 2019, on her way to earning All-NSIC second team honors… Kristin Werner is the Marauders career leader in shutouts, followed by Rachel Dietrich (22) and Brannigan Coyle (20).   
 
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.
 
ON THE ATTACK
Junior midfielder Kayla Alcott posted her first career points for the Marauders in the 3-0 win over Black Hills State. 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. Alcott scored a goal against the Yellow Jackets after intercepting a clearing pass by the BHSU goalkeeper. She then added an assist off a corner kick to seal the win.
 
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.  
 
27th SEASON OF MARAUDERS SOCCER
Including last year's abbreviated 4-game schedule, this is the 27^th season of University of Mary women's soccer. The Marauders took to the pitch for the first time in 1995.
 
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