THIS WEEK
The University of Mary soccer team is back on the road for possibly their most challenging weekend of the year as the Marauders visit two of the top four teams in the Northern Sun standings. UMary opens play at 4^th place Concordia-St. Paul with a 7 pm match on Friday, October 14. On Sunday, October 16, the Marauders visit NSIC-leading and 14^th ranked Minnesota State University, Mankato at 1 pm.
 
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RECORD
UMary is 8-2-3 on the season and 5-2-3 in the Northern Sun. The Marauders are 6^th in the NSIC standings with 18 points.
 
LAST WEEK
Back home after four games on the road, the Marauders scored a pair of early goals to defeat Wayne State College 2-0. Mo Malone scored the first goal and provided the helper on Kendra Park's goal… UMary scored first against visiting Augustana but the Vikings scored the next three in a 3-0 Augie win. The loss to the Vikings dropped UMary behind Augie in the standings.
 
RACE TO THE TOP
UMary is in 6^th place in the NSIC and five games left to play. With 18 points the Marauders are within six points of NSIC-leading Minnesota State, who UMary plays Sunday. Minot State (23 points) is second, ahead of Bemidji State (21), Concordia-St. Paul (20), Augustana (19) and UMary. Close behind in 7^th is Northern State (16). The top eight teams in the final standings qualify for the NSIC tournament with the top four teams hosting the opening round. The Marauders have a great opportunity to move up the standings as UMary has yet to play the top four teams. While the Minnesota State and CSP games are on the road, the Marauders host Bemidji State and Minot State. UMary's other game is at last place Minnesota Crookston.
 
RUNNING AHEAD
The Marauders have played 1,170 minutes this season and have trailed a total of 136:10, less than 12% of all the minutes played. Only three times in 13 games has the opponent scored first. UMary trailed for 14:09 against UMD, 42:19 at Upper Iowa, 34:04 at Northern State and 45:38 against Augie. Both the UMD and UIU games ended in a draw. The NSU and Augie contests are the Marauders only losses of the season.  
 
20-8
The Marauders have outscored the opposition by a commanding total of 20-8 this season. Additionally one of the goals allowed was an own goal and a second was set up by a penalty kick.
 
MO MO MO
A leader on one of the stingiest defenses in the country, Mo Malone demonstrated her offensive talents in the Marauders 2-0 win over Wayne State College. The sophomore defender scored the first goal on a blast from over 25 yards out. She later played a perfect ball into the box for Kendra Park to head home. In her first season with the Marauders Malone has one goal and three assists. She is tied for 2^nd on the team in helpers.
 
NCAA D2 NATIONAL RANKINGS - TEAM
•             32nd Goals against average (0.621)
•             19th Save percentage (0.862)
•             15th Shutout percentage (0.615)
•             41st Winning percentage (0.731)
 
NCAA D2 NATIONAL RANKINGS - INDIVIDUAL
•             33^rd Goals against Average - Madisyn Waltman (0.625)
•             23^rd Save Percentage - Madisyn Waltman (0.862)
•             19^th Shutouts – Madisyn Waltman (6)
 
MAKING LEMMON(ADE)
Jessica Lemmon is tied for the Marauders team lead in goals with four. She has converted two penalty kicks, knocked home a rebound off a penalty kick and scored at distance. The senior from Arvada, CO, has five career goals.
 
FIRST
Rio Spruenken, Jessica Lemmon, Olivia Gardner, MaLiah Burke, Mary Meeks, Mo Malone and Eli Olsen have all scored their first Marauders goals this season. Spruenken, Gardner and Burke are all freshmen.
 
1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… 10!
The Marauders remained undefeated through the first ten games of the season before suffering a loss on Sunday. It is the program's longest unbeaten streak to start the season during the Marauders NCAA era (starting 2006) and longest unbeaten streak overall… Previously the Marauders best start to a season was a 3-0 start in 2017… The Marauders previous longest unbeaten streak was six (all wins) in 2012, 2010 (2 wins 4 ties), and 2007 (all wins).
 
TRIPLE PLAY
Marauders have earned NSIC Defensive Player of the Week honors three times this season. Mary Meeks claimed the honor in week one after scoring a goal and leading the Marauders to a pair of shutout wins. Eli Olsen claimed the conference defensive honor for week 2 after scoring a goal in he Marauders 2-1 win over #14 Emporia State. Olsen then repeated the feat in week 4 after scoring two goals in a 4-0 win over Sioux Falls and holding two opponents to no goals and nine shots (two on frame) in a pair of games.
 
PARK PLACE
Kendra Park has scored four goals this season in 13 games. She scored the opening goal in wins over both Black Hills State and Emporia State and added a counter against Sioux Falls and Wayne State. She also had two assists against the Cougars. For the year Park has a team-leading 11 points (4 goals, 3 assist), the 10^th best total in the league. She is 5^th in the NSIC in assists and 11^th in goals. Park led UMary in goals last year with five.
 
DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Rio Spruenken has played a big role in sparking a Marauders offense averaging 1.5 goals a game. The freshman midfielder from Germany posted two assists in a season-opening win over Black Hills State in her collegiate debut. Spruenken then added an assist om the Marauders first goal of the game against Emporia State. She scored the game-winning goal against St. Cloud State and MSU Moorhead and had an assist on the lone goal in a draw with Minnesota Duluth… Spruenken has a point in five of 12 games and is third on the team with eight points… She is second in the NSIC in assists (4).
 
TEN SPOT
Ten Marauders have combined to score the 20 Marauders goals this season. Jessica Lemmon and Kendra Park lead the team with four goals each. Eli Olsen has three, Olivia Gardner  and Rio Spruenken have two and Yasmina Dokara, Taylor Meyrick, Mary Meeks, Mo Malone and MaLiah Burke all have one counter each. 
 
DOMINANT
Through 13 games the Marauders own a 178-104 edge in shots and a 92-57 advantage in shots on frame. That effort shows up in the scoring column where UMary leads its opponents 20-8 in goals. Nine times the Marauders have had the edge in shots, one game it was even and only three times have the opponents had the advantage.  
 
WALTMAN SETS UMARY CAREER SHUTOUT RECORD
Madisyn Waltman owns the Marauders career record for shutouts with 31. She broke the Marauders career shutout record in the UMary season-opening 2-0 win over Black Hills State with her 26th career clean sheet. A starter since opening day of her freshman season in 2028, the 2-time All-Northern Sun performer made four saves in the game as the Marauders defense kept the Yellow Jackets attack in check all game. The former record of 25 shutouts was held by Kristen Werner during an impressive run from 2001-04 that included NAIA national tournament appearances for the Marauders.
 
MEEKS NAMED NSIC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sophomore Mary Meeks scored a goal and keyed a dominant defensive effort for the Marauders on the opening weekend of the season to earn Meeks Northern Sun Defensive Player of the Week honors. UMary opened the 2022 season with a 2-0 win over Black Hills State University. The Marauders held the Yellow Jackets to four total shots in the game. In game two UMary defeated tournament host MSU Billings. Meeks scored a goal in the 60th minute to seal the Marauders win. The defender from Boise, ID, played all 90 minutes as the Marauders limited the Yellowjackets to eight total shots with only one on frame. For the weekend UMary gave up just 12 shots total and no goals. Only five shots were on frame as the Marauders posted back-to-back clean sheets.
 
OLSEN NAMED NSIC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
A decisive goal combined with impressive work on the back line in a win over a nationally-ranked opponent earned University of Mary junior Eli Olsen Northern Sun Defensive Player of the Week honors. Olsen scored what proved to be the winning goal in the Marauders 2-1 win over 14th ranked Emporia State University. The defender from Buffalo, WY, crushed a shot from 45 yards out that sailed just under the crossbar. Olsen's first career goal for the Marauders doubled the UMary lead to 2-0. A transfer from NCAA Division I Charleston Southern, Olsen also keyed a Marauders defensive effort that helped contain the Hornets attack. ESU managed 12 shots on goal with nine on frame. The Hornets were unable to dent the Marauder net until the 81st minute of play.
 
OLSEN NAMED NSIC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK A SECOND TIME
A big weekend on both ends of the pitch earned the University of Mary's Eli Olsen Northern Sun Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season. It is the third time in four weeks a Marauders player was selected. A junior from Buffalo, WY, Olsen scored two goals and anchored a back line that allowed no goals and two shots on frame while sweeping a pair of home matches against the University of Sioux Falls and Southwest Minnesota State University. Olsen opened the weekend by scoring two goals in a 4-0 win over visiting Sioux Falls. She scored on a header off a corner kick just 2:09 into the game. The UMary defender later added her team-leading third goal of the game in the second half. Defensively the Marauders held the Cougars to five shots, none of which were on frame. The Marauders defense continued their season dominance by limiting the Mustangs to four shots – two on frame – in a 1-0 UMary win.
 
BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK
The Marauders look to extend their streak of post-season appearances to five in 2022. In 2021 UMary qualified for postseason play for the fourth straight season and the fifth time overall under the direction of UMary head coach Sarah Cook… The four straight NSIC tournament appearances is the second-longest streak in program history. UMary qualified for the postseason its first seven years in the league (2006-2012).
 
WALTMAN, DOKARA 2022 UMARY TEAM CAPTAINS
 Seniors Madisyn Waltman and Yasmina Dokara are the Marauders captains for 2022. A goalkeeper, Waltman (Sioux Falls, SD) is a 5th year starter for the Marauders. Dokara, a midfielder from Fargo, ND, has started since her freshman season in 2019.
 
14 RETURN
The Marauders side returns 14 players from 2021. A pair of midyear transfers joined the Marauders last spring and 12 newcomers (nine freshmen and three transfers) round out the 28-player squad. Seniors Yasmina Dokara, Jessica Lemmon, Taylor Meyrick and Madisyn Waltman and sophomores Sophia Lange, Kendra Park and Ava Vizenor are returning starters. A pair of Wyoming natives who joined the squad last spring also return. Defender Eli Olsen and forward Andi Hunsicker played together at Laramie County Community College. Olson also played at Charleston Southern University.
 
INTERNATIONAL ADDITIONS
The Marauders added four international players to their squad for 2022. All freshmen, Tara Young and Kira Hockley hail from England, Rio Spruenken joins the squad from Germany and Isabelle Parson is Canadian. UMary has a total of five international scholar-athletes with the return of Olivia Buckle, a native of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.
 
DEEEE – FENCE
The Marauders allowed more than one goal in a game just five times in 2021 in 19 total contests. For the year UMary held the opposition to a paltry 18 goals in 19 games.
 
GOAL
The Marauders return just three players who scored goals last season. Kendra Park posted five counters and Taylor Meyrick and Kaitlyn Schwass added two apiece to count for nine of the Marauders 25 goals. Brianna Ramey also returns after scoring four times but the sophomore is recovering from injury.
 
LOST
The Marauders are missing four starters from last year and all four earned All-NSIC honors; Kayla Alcott, Samantha Guzman, Cassidy Pierce and Hannah Richter.
 
LCCC CONNECTION
The Marauders have four former Laramie County Community College scholar-athletes this season. Seniors Jessica Lemmon and Taylor Meyrick joined the team from LCCC prior to the 2021 season. Eli Olsen and Andi Hunsicker transferred to UMary last spring. All four played for now-former LCCC head coach Nate Ulness, a former UMary assistant coach and alumni who played soccer for the Marauders.
 
NCAA D1 ADDITIONS
The Marauders have three former NCAA Division I players joining the team for this season. Eli Olsen (Charleston Southern), Mo Malone (UTEP) and Alexa Quaranta (Western Illinois) are in their first season with UMary. Olsen is a junior, Malone a sophomore and Quranta is a redshirt freshman after not playing last season at WIU.
 
28th SEASON OF MARAUDERS SOCCER
This is the 28th season of University of Mary women's soccer. The Marauders took to the pitch for the first time in 1995.
 
2022-23 MARAUDERS TICKETING FAQs
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MARAUDERS HOME GAME TICKET PRICES | Soccer, basketball, hockey, track & field, volleyball and wrestling tickets
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