Author: Mark Privratsky
It is officially North and South Dakota week at Equal Time, as the four Dakota schools embark on their turn of rivalry games. The plurality of D1 MN players in North and South Dakota make up the biggest part of our soccer pipeline and always offer a solid glance at our player pool. Shout out to the Summit League schedulers for this concentration of rivalry games, with NDSU and North Dakota playing last weekend, and the next two weeks featuring a slew of games in the 4 team Dakota pod, with South Dakota State and South Dakota playing their northern rivals in an almost round robin. NDSU is coming into this stretch on a high, with wins over Kansas City and North Dakota, also drawing Omaha. If they come through the Dakota Cup relatively unscathed, they'll be in line for a Summit League Tournament birth. With Denver dropping a few games, the Conference is up for grabs, and the rush to the postseason is sure to be tight. We'll dig into each Dakota State squad, link to our player tracker with 124 players (and counting), give you games to watch and rewind our recent podcasts for you. You can specifically note and appreciate our photographs this week from Kayla Plummer!
Izzy Quintaville paces South Dakotas 5 Minnesotans
South Dakota currently sits in the perilous 6th spot of the Summit League -- the final spot that earns a conference tournament bid. The Coyotes are a regular playoff fixture and are facing a stretch of Dakota State rivalry games in their bid to solidify their playoff opportunity. After a weekend of a tough 0-1 loss to Omaha last Thursday, South Dakota got some much needed rhythm with a 4-2 win over Kansas City on Sunday and set the stage for their matchups with South Dakota State this weekend (Oct 11, 6pm), and the North Dakota schools next weekend (at UND Oct 17, at NDSU Oct 20). The Coyotes have a pack of Minnesotans as usual, with Izzy Quintaville showing out with the goal contributions (.56/game) and Brooklyn Bordson, Brooke Nelson, Gabbie Ryan and Sadie Straight also repping MN in the 605.
NDSU enters 2nd half of Summit League play undefeated
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After a month of hard work, big moments on the field, and most certainly a lot of remote homework, Maddie Dahlien and the U-20's are coming home with a hard earned bronze medal. After falling to a perennial contender Korea DPR in the semis, Dahlien the US beat the Netherlands in extra time to claim third. Dahlien was a super sub for this team, scoring twice in the group stage, and setting up a comeback goal when the US was down 2-0 to Germany in the Quarterfinals. We look forward to seeing how Maddie works back into a Tar Hells side that is flying right now at #2. |
Pohlidahl, Parten , Thurk, and Engle claim their places as first years
Gophers and Badgers (& Equal Time!) head west for BIG Los Angeles trip
St Thomas enters Summit League play: Villain Season?
This is a taste of Matt's latest deep dive on St Thomas entering Summit League play, read the full piece HERE
Games to Watch
Thursday, Sept 25 St Thomas vs South Dakota, 4pm, Midco Friday, Sept 26 #13 Iowa vs #6 Penn State, 7pm, BTN+ USC vs Minnesota, 8pm, BTN+ | Friday, Oct 4 Minnesota vs Northwestern, 7pm, BTN+ Sunday, October 6 North Dakota vs North Dakota State, 1pm, Midco St Thomas vs South Dakota State, 1pm, Midco |
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We are about to kick off Conference play in D1 soccer and we've got 99 Minnesotans who've already seen the field this fall (out of the 119 rostered DI MNs). We are in the middle of an unprecedented scoring run with Izzy Engle, Khyah Harper, and Kaitlyn MacBean all in the top 5 for Goals nationally. The Gophers remain undefeated after a tie with Brown, while Bayliss Flynn and a slew of Minnesotans made their College debuts. In case you missed it, Maddie Dahlien continues to score for the US U-20s in the World Cup as they start the knockouts. And, as always, we will dig into stat leaders and games to watch in the coming weeks. Our D1 MN's stat tracking sheet now has 119 players total, with some added stat categories this week like minutes per game and goals+assists per 90. Check out every Minnesotan's we have in our stat tracker HERE!
Lauren Heinsch makes history as the Goals and Starts leader for Northern Iowa
Minnesotans pacing the National Goal Scoring charts
Blink and you will probably miss a goal by some fast scoring Minnesotans this fall. We are in an unprecedented run of top scorings from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, with 3 Minnesotans in the top 5 nationally, and another (Berit Parten) who would be right behind if not for some ghost goals disappearing in a game not to be named. Izzy Engle is showing out BIG TIME with 10 goals in 7 games, Khyah Harper is leading Minnesota to an undefeated start with 8 goals and 3 assists (6 games), and Kaitlyn Macbean continues her form with Penn St, bagging 8 goals in 7 games so far. Check out our stat tracker to see who leads in Goals+Assists per 90!
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Bayliss Flynn stands out for Montana as 10 MN players get their debuts
Gophers stay undefeated with a win over Army and a draw with Brown
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Games to Watch
Thursday, Sept 12
Minnesota at Illinois, 7pm, BTN+ North Dakota vs Montana, 5pm, ESPN+ South Dakota vs Northern Colorado, 8pm, ESPN+ Wisconson at Rutgers, 7pm, BTN+ |
Sunday, Sept 15
Minnesota vs NDSU, 1pm, BTN+ South Dakota State vs Oregon State, 1pm, ESPN+ #22 Iowa vs Iowa State, 1pm ESPN+ North Dakota vs Cal State Northridge, 9pm, ESPN+ |
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