THIS WEEK
The University of Mary women's soccer team opens the 2023 season with a couple non-conference home contests in the span of five days. UMary opens Labor Day weekend early with a visit from Western Colorado University on Thursday, August 31. Game time is 7 pm between the Marauders and the Mountaineers. An unusual non-conference meeting against fellow Northern Sun side MSU Moorhead takes place on Labor Day when the Marauders and Dragons square off at 2 pm on Monday, Sept. 2. Both games are slated for the MDU Resources Community Bowl.
 
RECORDS (2022)
The Marauders finished the 2022 season 10-5-4 overall and 7-4-4 in the NSIC to tie for 6^th place. UMary qualified for the NSIC tournament for a 5^th straight year… The Mountaineers went 6-10-2 overall and 4-7-1 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action to place 9^th… The Dragons went 2-11-3 overall and 2-10-3 in the Northern Sun to place 13^th.
 
PROJECTIONS
Northern Sun coaches expect UMary to extend its run of postseason appearances, picking the Marauders 5^th in the preseason coaches' poll while placing the Dragons 13^th … The Mountaineers are again expected to finish 9^th in the RMAC per the preseason coaches' poll.
 
FOLLOWING THE MARAUDERS
Visit www.GoUMary.com/coverage for links to webcasts and live stats for all Marauders sports.
 
TICKETS
Tickets for Marauders home games are available online at www.umarytickets.com or via the HomeTown Fan App for iOS and Android mobile devices.
 
HISTORY
Since beginning play in 2006, the Marauders have yet to lose to the Dragons in 19 meetings. UMary leads the series 16-0-3 and own three straight wins. Last season the visiting Marauders edged the Dragons 1-0 on a goal by Rio Spruenken… The Mountaineers have won the only meeting between the two teams, downing the Marauders 5-0 in a neutral site game on Sept. 8, 2016, in Billings, MT.
 
TRIANGULATION
The Mountaineers will visit both Bismarck, ND, and Moorhead, MN, as they face both the Marauders and the Dragons before UMary and MSU finish off the set.
 
EXPERIENCE
UMary returns 18 players from the 2022 season, including eight who started 13 or more contests and 14 who earned at least one start. Kendra Park, Eli Olsen, Mo Malone and Ava Vizenor return after starting all 19 games last year. Tara Young, Olivia Gardner, Rio Spruenken and MaLiah Burke each started at least 13 games.
 
2023 NSIC PLAYERS TO WATCH
Eli Olsen and Kenrda Park earned NSIC Players to Watch in 2023 for the Marauders. Park, a junior from Lake Havasu, AZ, has led the Marauders in goals in each of her two seasons at UMary… The forward found the net five times as a freshman before topping the charts with seven last year. She added three assists and totaled 17 points. Park also led the Marauders in points and game-winners (3). She finished the regular season 8th in the NSIC in goals, 9th in points and 4th in game-winners… Olson made an immediate impact on the Marauders in 2022 as she earned NSIC Defender of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks early in the season. A transfer from Charleston Southern University, Olsen scored three goals for UMary, including a couple of game-winners. She helped the Marauders post 11 clean sheets while limiting the opposition to 12 goals in 19 matches.
 
TRIO OF ALL-NSIC PLAYERS RETURN FOR MARAUDERS
Mo Malone and Rio Spruenken join Kendra Park as returning All-NSIC players as all three earned second team honors in 2022… A defender from Placentia, CA, Malone helped the Marauder post 11 shutouts in 19 games in her first season at UMary. Now a junior, the transfer from the University of Texas at El Paso scored a goal and added three assists last year… A sophomore midfielder from Krefeld, NRW, Germany, Spruenken added an extra dimension to the Marauders attack. In her first season at UMary, she posted two goals and dished five assists to finish with nine points in 17 games. Spruenken was 4th in the NSIC in assists and 13th in game-winning goals with two.
 
29th SEASON OF MARAUDERS SOCCER
This is the 29th season of University of Mary women's soccer. The Marauders took to the pitch for the first time in 1995.
 
2023-24 MARAUDERS TICKETING FAQs

• Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets online at www.umarytickets.com or via the HomeTown
• Fan App for iOS and Android mobile devices
• Save money by purchasing tickets online
• $5 discount (minus fees) on tickets purchased online vs. purchases at the gate
• Tickets purchased at the gate are CASH ONLY transactions
• ATMs are located near the main ticketing gates for Marauders home game
• Debit and credit card purchases are online only at www.umarytickets.com or via the HomeTown Fan App
• UMary students and faculty and staff with their MCard are admitted FREE
• Youth 12 and younger with an adult are admitted FREE
• Any youth 12 and under unaccompanied by an adult are charged a $5 admission fee at the gate (cash only)
• All ticket sales are FINAL at time of purchase, whether online or at the gate

 
MARAUDERS HOME GAME TICKET PRICES | Soccer, basketball, hockey, track & field, volleyball and wrestling tickets

• Adults | $10 + fees online and $15 (CASH ONLY) at the gate
• Seniors (65+) and youth 13-18 | $5 + fees online and $10 (CASH ONLY) at the gate
• Children 12 and under accompanied by an adult | Free
• Children 12 and under with no adult present| $5

 
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