Author: Mark Privratsky

There are only a few weeks left in the Conference season for Division 1 Soccer. The window for postseason births is becoming narrower as teams play themselves in or out of contention. South Dakota State comes into the weekend unbeaten, but faces a tough Summit League upstart in St Thomas. Northeastern took a bite out of Northeast Conference foes with help from Jessie Hunt and Lauren Ahles. Lily Gilbertson (Northwestern) and Maddie Dahlien (UNC) are playing for top 10 teams, and Kassandra Shoen bagged a Hat Trick for Alabama State

It's a good thing when you're undefeated and your biggest problem is drawing 5 of 12. South Dakota State has been resilient on defense to say the least, they're 8th in the nation in Goals Against Average with just .417 goals given up each game. Jocelyn Tanner of Ham Lake is half of a pure goalkeeper duo for the Jacks. Each keeper starts half of the game and plays the other half, and you'd have to say it works fine. Tanner is 3rd in the Nation in Goals Against Average with a microscopic .333 goal allowed each game. If SDSU gets their scoring going, the Summit League will be in trouble. 

South Dakota State travel to St Thomas on Friday, October 7 for a big matchup between a SDSU team hungry for wins and a St Thomas team that is taking a step up this year. The game kicks off at 4pm for those in the Twin Cities metro, or you can stream via thesummitleague.org 

Northeastern didn't get the start to the Northeast Conference schedule, taking a draw and loss from their opening slate. Last weekend at home in Brookline, Mass, the Huskies too all 6 points, partly due to their pair of Minnesotans Jessie Hunt and Lauren Ahles. In their 3-0 win over Stony Brook, Jessie Hunt served up a corner kick goal for Megan Putvinski, In a tight 2-1 win over Hofstra, Ahles assisted on the opener, while Jessie Hunt scored a Penalty to seal the 2-1 win. Ahles assist was her first college point, while Hunt continued her offensive performance with 1 goal and 6 assists on the year now. 

Northwestern are having a HUGE year, climbing up to #6 in the latest Coaches Poll. Lily Gilbertson is showing out as a rare Minnesotan on a top 10 team. In the last 5 games Northwestern has been paced by Gilberson setting up 3 goals, and adding a huge goal away at Minnesota to score a close win. The Senior Midfielder from Maple Grove has already played 58 games for Northwestern and will look to seal her place in history with a postseason run this year. 

We've mentioned Maddie Dahlien before, but she's doing something that not many Minnestoan players are doing, which is stepping into a true blue blood program and contributing right away as a freshman. She has 242 minutes this year over 12 games, with 25+ in her last 3 games. On a deep team that has more history than any Women's College team, it's clear Coach Anson Dorrance trusts this young player with continued minutes. Maybe we shouldn't be surprised about Maddie's success after all. Dahlien was the 2021 Star Tribune Athlete of the Year for her Soccer (37 goals and 14 assists in her Senior Season) and Track (State Champ in the 100, 200, and 400 as a Junior!). 

Kassandra Shoen started off her Junior year just fine, scoring 2 goals in 450 minutes. Last weekend she upped the ante a bit, bagging a hat trick at Prairie View to seal their first Conference win. Shoen is a 3 year starter for Alabama State and is now up to 10 goals and 3 assists in 41 career games. The Hornets take on Grambling State at their Homecoming this Friday, October 7 and host Arkansas Pine Bluff on Sunday, October 9. 

Alabama State
Kassandra Schoen - 5 goals, 582 minutes in 10 games

Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Brisha Musungu - 1 assist, 1265 minutes in 15 games

Army
Hannah Pohlidal - 56 minutes in 2 games

Austin Peay
Avryn List - 123 minutes in 3 games

Boston College
Andi Barth - 2 goals, 1 assist, 574 minutes in 12 games

Boston U
Marli Rajacich - 455 minutes in 13 games

Brown
Clare Gagne - 585 minutes in 7 games
KK Haug - 165 minutes in 8 games
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Creighton
Ansley Atkinson - DNP 
Sydney Drees - DNP

Denver
Shweta Raje - DNP
Megan Prazich - 1 assist, 499 minutes in 8 games

DePaul
Megan Malecha - DNP 
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Drake
Brooke Davies - 1 goal, 719 minutes in 12 games
Meghan Brown - 1 goal, 531 minutes in 12 games
Delaney Goertzen - 111 minutes in 2 games

Florida Atlantic
Hailey Landrus - 3 assists, 1073 minutes in 14 games
Mia Sennes - 1 goal, 1 assist, 590 mintutes in 13 games

University of Illinois-Chicago
Jelena Zbiljic - 1 assist, 604 minutes in 10 games
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Illinois State
Erica Moline - 1 goal, 250 minutes in 8 games
Katharine Ashley - 1111 minutes in 13 games

James Madison
Maddie Majewski - DNP

Kent State
Luca Ralph - 399 minutes in 10 games

Kentucky
Rafferty Kugler - 2 assists, 918 minutes in 12 games

Lipscomb
Lydia Hindt - 1 assist, 274 minutes in 10 games

Long Beach State
Katarina Decaroli - DNP

Loyola Chicago
Amanda Cassidy - 3 goals, 1 assist, 931 minutes in 13 games
Jordan Pascarella - 606 minutes in 10 games

South Dakota State
Rachel Preston - 962 minutes in 12 games
Lauren Eckerle - 1 assist, 541 minutes in 12 games
Kayla Anderson - 3 goals, 603 minutes in 12 games
Kennedy Sanders - 14 minutes in 2 games
Maya Hansen - 5 goals, 5 assists, 598 minutes in 10 games
Katherine Jones - 1 goal, 2 assists, 781 minutes in 12 games
Jocelyn Tanner - .33 GAA, .882 save%, 540 minutes in 12 games

Seattle
Emily Bunnell - 1 assist, 841 minutes in 10 games

South Dakota
Liv Muehlberg - 253 minutes in 10 games
Brooklyn Bordson - 140 minutes in 7 games
Izzy Quintavalle - 191 minutes in 8 games

SIU-Edwardsville
Mary Fetter - 1 assist, 326 minutes in 11 games

St Francis (Brooklyn Terriers!)
Kendra Rust - 433 minutes in 11 games

St Thomas
Olivia Graupmann - 1 game, 27 minutes, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 SV%
Annie Bantner - 984 minutes in 11 games, .82 GAA, .820 SV%
Anna Koepke - 299 minutes in 9 games
CJ Fredkove - 156 minutes in 10 games
Emma Fournier - 134 minutes in 8 games
Abby Brantner - 1 goal, 3 assists, 447 minutes in 11 games
Audrey Vidmar - 919 minutes in 11 games
Ella Bryant - 7 minutes in 1 game
Sofia Caballero - 826 minutes in 11 games
Lissa Mizutani - 1 assist, 892 minutes in 11 games
Ella Clow - 14 minutes in 1 game
Mariah Nguyen - 4 goals, 4 assists, 538 minutes in 11 games
Molly Knoblauch - 17 minutes in 1 game
Alex Balfour - 1 goal, 693 minutes in 11 games
Lexi Huber - 1 goal, 324 minutes in 9 games
Maddie Bomsta - DNP
Camryn Rintoul - 2 goals, 972 minutes in 11 games
Annika Eckroth - 1 goal, 2 assists, 357 minutes in 10 games
Cora Smith - 22 minutes in 2 games
Jasmine Gates - 2 goals, 1 assist, 555 minutes in 11 games
Tatum Trettel - DNP
McKenna Lehman - 2 goals, 318 minutes in 10 games
Bella Meier - DNP

Stetson University
Alexis Smith - 1 goal, 2 assists, 401 minutes in 10 games

University of Tennessee-Martin
Hannah Zahn - 1 goal, 486 minutes in 8 games

University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
Ana Recarte-Pacheco - 3 goals, 1 assist, 845 minutes in 11 games

Utah Tech 
Madison Monson - 137 minutes in 8 games

Wake Forest
Payton Cahill - DNP

Western Illinois 
Emmy Ellington - 1 goal, 1004 minutes in 12 games

Wisconsin
Dara Adringa - 524 minutes in 13 games
Ali Fine - DNP
Maddie Poor - 165 minutes in 11 games
Kenzie Jacobson - DNP
Maddie Ishaug - 2 goals, 2 assists, 1096 minutes in 13 games
Claire Odmark - 1 goal, 238 minutes in 13 games
Jessie Hunt - DNP

Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Clara Broecker - 328 minutes in 6 games
Alyssa Marceau - DNP

Wofford
Abigail Mckenzie - 432 minutes in 8 games
​Lexi Reichenbach - 366 minutes in 9 games

​Matt and Isa sit down with Sheila McGill (1-15min), Camryn Rintoul (15-30 min), Audrey Vidmar (30-45 min) of St Thomas to talk about their improvement from year 1 to year 2, Rintoul turning into a offensive threat from distance, Vidmar coming home to the Capital City as an impact transfer, the glamorous paperwork of DI soccer, and who would survive a zombie apocalypse. 

You can watch the recorded LIVE version of the video show below or you can listen ​to it as a podcast on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher. Show presented by Pentz Homes (pentzhomes.com)

Author: Mark Privratsky

For most college teams in the country, their conference season starts now. For all but the very elite, their only chance at a NCAA Tournament birth is by doing work in the Conference and taking momentum into their postseason. The last two weeks there were Minnesotans making waves from coast to great lakes coast. The FAU Owls are flying with the help of Mia Hennes and Hailey Landrus, Marquette are bolstered by Katie Koker, Chloe Olson and Abby Ruhland, and Meredith Haakenson stands out as a Super Senior at Michigan. Look at how NDSU are taking a step up in '22 and catch up on all of the player stats from Minnesotans playing D1.

FAU is off to a solid start to year, a 5-3-2 record including scoring a non conference win over Kansas and winning their first C-USA game against North Texas away. 2 Minnesotans have played big roles for FAU, Mia Sennes and Hailey Landrus (pictured below in the player tracker). Sennes has a goal and 400 minutes in 9 games, while Landrus has 3 assists and 752 minutes in 10 games. Having finished last year 6-7-5, the Owls look to make a step up this year and run into the Conference USA Tournament. Look for their MN Duo to continue playing a role. 

Marquette has started the year basically beating who you'd expect them to beat, taking a 4-3-1 record into Big East play. Tough non conference matchups with Notre Dame and Minnesota away were the only games that got a bit away from the Golden Eagles. They start Big East Conference play this week at Depaul (Sept 22) and Butler (Sept 25) and a trio of Minnesotans are playing a part. Lead by Gopher transfer Katie Koker, who's played 567 minutes in 8 starts, she's joined by Keeper Chloe Olson and Freshman Forward Abby Ruhland. Stream all of their games via their website!

Michigan is coming off of a Final Four season and return 3 grad players along with 8 seniors. Their expectations are most definitely high for this year. One of the grad players is Maple Grove's Meredith Haakenson, who's picked up where she left off last year, with a little more offensive juice. She's got 3 goals and 5 assists in 639 minutes, or a goal/assist every 79 minutes -- Super Senior production. Haakenson had an assist on the game saving goal against #19 Colorado and continues to anchor the midfield for the Wolverines. Michigan plays Ohio St (Sept 22) and Nebraska (Sept 25) on BTN+ before a big away matchup at Minnesota on September 27. That game is at 7pm on big BTN, but get out to ELR if you're in the Twin Cities, it should be a huge game for both teams. 

The Bison finished last year with 3 wins. Rip that goal off the bulletin board because they're already 4-3-3 this year. You could see reasons for optimism for the year with returning depth and balanced production from attackers. So far NDSU has shown a different level of competitiveness this year, highlighted by wins over Drake, UW Green Bay, Utah Tech and Chicago State. There are too many Minnesotans to name here but look at the incredible balanced production on the offensive end down in the player tracker. You can watch NDSU start their Summit League season at Denver and Omaha this weekend. All Summit League games are streamed from the team websites!

Alabama State
Kassandra Schoen - 2 goals, 440 minutes in 8 game

(Pictured: Brisha Musungu, photo credit: UAPB Roar)

​Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Brisha Musungu - 1 assist, 905 minutes minutes in 11 games

Army
Hannah Pohlidal - DNP

Austin Peay
Avryn List - 9 minutes in 1 game

Boston College
Andi Barth - 2 goals, 1 assist, 248 minutes in 6 games

Boston U
Marli Rajacich - 309 minutes in 9 games

Brown
Clare Gagne - 540 minutes in 6 games
KK Haug - 88 minutes in 6 games
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Creighton
Ansley Atkinson - DNP 
Sydney Drees - DNP

Denver
Shweta Raje - DNP
Megan Prazich - 1 assist, 499 minutes in 8 games

DePaul
Megan Malecha - DNP 

Drake
Brooke Davies - 1 goal, 473 minutes in 8 games
Meghan Brown - 443 minutes in 9 games
Delaney Goertzen - 111 minutes in 2 games

(Pictured: Hailey Landrus, Mia Sennes. Photo Credit FAU Athletics)

Florida Atlantic
Hailey Landrus - 3 assists, 752 minutes in 10 games
Mia Sennes - 1 goal, 400 minutes in 9 games

University of Illinois-Chicago
Jelena Zbiljic - 1 assist, 419 minutes in 7 games
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Illinois State
Erica Moline - 1 goal, 101 minutes in 5 games
Katharine Ashley - 765 minutes in 9 games

James Madison
Maddie Majewski - DNP

Kent State
Luca Ralph - 280 in 6 games

Kentucky
Rafferty Kugler - 2 assists, 683 minutes in 9 games

Lipscomb
Lydia Hindt - 159 minutes in 6 games

Long Beach State
Katarina Decaroli - DNP

Loyola Chicago
Amanda Cassidy - 2 goals, 1 assist, 641 minutes in 9 games
Jordan Pascarella - 386 minutes in 7 games

(Pictured: Chloe Olson, Katie Koker and Abby Ruhland. Photo Credit Marquette Athletics)

Marquette
Chloe Olson - 316 minutes in 4 games, 1.14 GAA, .692 SV%, 9 saves
Abby Ruhland - 16 minutes in 2 games
Katie Koker - 567 minutes in 8 games

Memphis
Maddie Stoks - 1 assist, 36 minutes in 4 games

Michigan
Meredith Haakenson - 3 goals, 5 assists, 639 minutes in 11 games

Minnesota
Alma Beaton - 28 minutes in 1 game
Sophia Boman - 3 goals, 2 assists, 739 minutes in 9 games
Abi Frandsen - 1 assist, 639 minutes in 9 games
Eva Bruer - 12 minutes in 1 game
McKenna Buisman - 1 goal, 455 minutes in 9 games
Alanna Dressely - 1 goal, 741 minutes in 9 games
Sophia Barjesth - 262 minutes in 8 games
Maddie Shannon - DNP
Megan Plaschko - .78 GAA, .731 Save%, 810 minutes in 9 games
Khyah Harper - 1 goal, 2 assists, 520 minutes in 9 games
Sadie Harper - 263 minutes in 7 games
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Navy
Emma Frommelt - 115 minutes in 4 games

NDSU
Paige Goaley - 2 goals, 1 assist, 640 minutes in 10 games
Kaitlyn Hanson - DNP
Kelsey Kallio - 1 goal, 2 assists, 563 minutes in 10 games
Josie Feldman - 226 minutes in 7 games
Olivia Watson - 2 goals, 545 minutes in 10 games
Izzy Smith - DNP
Madalyn Grate - 1 assist, 213 minutes in 10 games
Mckenna Strand - 1 assist, 754 minutes in 10 games
Dani Stuber - 368 minutes in 10 games
Lavin Douglas - 1 goal, 1 assist, 779 minutes in 10 games
Jess Hanley -1 goal, 836 minutes in 10 games
Loretta Wacek - 1 goal, 342 minutes in 10 games
Olivia Lovick - 2 goals, 538 minutes in 9 games

Nebraska
Sydney Marchant - DNP
Lauren Buzzell - DNP

North Carolina 
Maddie Dahlien - 1 assist, 161 minutes in 9 games

North Carolina-Ashville
Ava Bjorkman-Tracy - 1 assist, 281 minutes in 7 games

North Dakota
Payton Schultz - 1 goal, 1 assist, 304 minutes in 10 games
Lexi Miller - 258 minutes in 4 games
Taylor Lange - DNP
Katie Alto - DNP
Lauren Glas - 108 minutes in 6 games
Haylee Goodrich -330 minutes in 9 games
Jessica Machovec - 42 minutes in 2 games

Northeastern
Jessie Hunt - 3 assists, 654 minutes in 8 games
Lauren Ahles - 174 minutes in 7 games

Northern Illinois University
Jordyn Saddler - DNP

Northern Iowa
Lizzie Mewis - 317 minutes in 8 games
Lauren Heinsch - 2 goals, 582 minutes in 8 games
Olivia Knoepfle - 1 assist, 532 minutes in 8 games
Morgan Barnette - DNP
Jenna Nyblom - 40 minutes in 3 games

Pictured: Lily Gilbertson (Photo Credit: Northwestern Athletics)

Northwestern
Madison Lo - DNP
Ramira Ambrose - DNP
Lily Gilbertson - 2 assist, 601 minutes in 9 games
Sydney Panek - 8 minutes in 1 game

Notre Dame
Paige Peltier - 1 assist, 57 minutes in 5 games

Omaha
Lindsey Birch - 221 minutes in 7 games

Oregon State
Anna Wagner - 66 minutes in 5 games

Penn State
Kaitlyn MacBean -145 minutes in 4 games

Purdue-Fort Wayne (Mastadons!)
Tia Johnson - 445 minutes in 12 games

Seton Hall
Ella Conger - 36 minutes in 6 games

South Dakota State
Rachel Preston - 725 minutes in 9 games
Lauren Eckerle - 1 assist, 453 minutes in 9 games
Kayla Anderson - 2 goals, 455 minutes in 9 games
Kennedy Sanders - 6 minutes in 1 game
Maya Hansen - 5 goals, 5 assists, 407 minutes in 7 games
Katherine Jones - 1 goal, 1 assist, 589 minutes in 9 games
Jocelyn Tanner - .44 GAA, .875 save%, 405 minutes in 9 games

Seattle
Emily Bunnell - 669 minutes in 8 games

South Dakota
Liv Muehlberg - 247 minutes in 9 games
Brooklyn Bordson - 140 minutes in 7 games
Izzy Quintavalle - 82 minutes in 5 games

SIU-Edwardsville
Mary Fetter - 1 assist, 251 minutes in 8 games

St Francis (Brooklyn Terriers!)
Kendra Rust - 381 minutes in 8 games

St Thomas
Olivia Graupmann - 1 game, 27 minutes, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 SV%
Annie Bantner - 585 minutes in 7 games, .62 GAA, ..840 SV%
Anna Koepke - 244 minutes in 6 games
CJ Fredkove - 141 minutes in 7 games
Emma Fournier - 75 minutes in 5 games
Abby Brantner - 1 goal, 2 assists, 292 miututes in 7 games
Audrey Vidmar - 564 minutes in 7 games
Ella Bryant - 7 minutes in 1 game
Sofia Caballero - 515 minutes in 7 games
Lissa Mizutani - 1 assist, 533 minutes in 7 games
Ella Clow - 14 minutes in 1 game
Mariah Nguyen - 2 assists, 284 minutes in 7 games
Molly Knoblauch - 17 minutes in 1 game
Alex Balfour - 1 goal, 419 minutes in 7 games
Lexi Huber - 1 goal, 317 minutes in 7 games
Maddie Bomsta - DNP
Camryn Rintoul - 3 goals, 575 minutes in 7 games
Annika Eckroth - 1 assist, 275 minutes in 7 games
Cora Smith - 22 minutes in 2 games
Jasmine Gates - 1 assist, 324 minutes in 7 games
Tatum Trettel - DNP
McKenna Lehman - 136 minutes in 6 games
Bella Meier - DNP

Stetson University
Alexis Smith - 1 goal, 2 assists, 401 minutes in 10 games

University of Tennessee-Martin
Hannah Zahn - 1 goal, 486 minutes in 8 games

I sat down last week with DI star Ana Recarte - Pecheco to talk about her south Texas college career, the difference between playing club, high school, DA (at Shattuck St Mary's), and college, the idea of playing back home in Spain, being a cowboy, and more!

You can watch the recorded LIVE version of the video show below or you can listen ​to it as a podcast on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher. Show presented by Pentz Homes (pentzhomes.com)
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University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
Ana Recarte-Pacheco - 2 goals, 1 assist, 680 minutes in 9 games

Utah Tech 
Madison Monson - 137 minutes in 8 games

Wake Forest
Payton Cahill - DNP

Western Illinois 
Emmy Ellington - 698 minutes in 8 games

Wisconsin
Dara Adringa - 444 minutes in 9 games
Ali Fine - DNP
Maddie Poor - 126 minutes in 9 games
Kenzie Jacobson - DNP
Maddie Ishaug - 2 goals, 1 assist, 749 minutes in 9 games
Claire Odmark - 1 goal, 200 minutes in 9 games
Jessie Hunt - DNP

Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Clara Broecker - 152 minutes in 3 games
Alyssa Marceau - DNP

Wofford
Abigail Mckenzie - 169 minutes in 5 minutes
​Lexi Reichenbach - 241 minutes in 6 games