D1 Minnesotans in the NCAA Tournament: 19 MN players from 7 teams have a chance at the 2023 NCAA Title (UNC, Penn St, UW Milwaukee, Wisconsin, SDSU, Nebraska and Brown)

Mark Privratsky

PHOTO CREDIT: Travis Gallipo, 2023 Summit League Champions: South Dakota State Jackrabbits

The 2023 NCAA Tournament kicks off this weekend across the country. The season started with over 120 Minnesotan players in Division 1, and 19 Minnesotans still have a chance to be Champions. The inner circle that chooses matchups gave us great intra Minnesotan matchups that both ensure some of our players will go home early, but also guarantee some players to move into at least round 2. Nebraska plays South Dakota State and UW Milwaukee plays Wisconsin on Friday, Nov 10 in the matchups that encompass most of our local players. The MN featured squads with the best chances to move on are seeded squads #3 UNC (Maddie Dahlien), #2 Penn State (Kaitlyn MacBean), #4 Wisconsin (Daria Andringa, Maddie Ishaug, Ali Fine, Maddie Poor, Kenzie Jacobson), and #3 Brown (Clare Gagne). The 2023 NCAA Tournament is on ESPN+, so grab a quick month subscription if you aren't already subscribed! We will be watching, posting content and potentially hosting watch parties at the Blackhart of St Paul as the Tournament moves forward! 

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NCAA FIRST ROUND 

​#3 UNC v Towson
Fri, Nov 10
Kickoff: 6pm

MN Players: UNC Forward Maddie Dahlien (1g, 3a, 540 minutes in 17 games)

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#2 Penn State v Central Connecticut State
Fri, Nov 10
​Kickoff: 5pm Central 

MN Players: Penn State Forward Kaitlyn MacBean (6g, 2a, 1293 minutes in 19 games)

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UW Milwaukee v #4 Wisconsin
Fri, Nov 10
​Kickoff: 7pm

MN Players: 
UW Milwaukee: Defender Clara Broecker (4g, 4a, 1549 minutes in 18 games), Forward Alyssa Marceau (21 minutes in 2 games)

Wisconsin: Midfielder Dara Adringa (301 minutes in 17 games), Midfielder Maddie Ishaug (2a, 1890 minutes in 21 games), Mid/Fwd Ali Fine, Midfielder Maddie Poor (221 minutes in 9 games), Forward Kenzie Jacobson (1a, 122 minutes in 12 games)

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South Dakota State v #5 Nebraska
Fri, Nov 10
​Kickoff: 7:05 pm

MN Players:
South Dakota State: GK Emma Knack (141 minutes, .64 GAA, .667 SV%), Def Ava Grate, Mid Lauren Eckerle (1a, 783 minutes 10), Fwd Katelyn Beulke (5g, 2a 857 minutes in 19 games), Fwd Kayla Anderson (3g, 2a, 975 minutes in 19 games, Fwd Maya Hansen (5g, 1a, 376 minutes in 7 games), Mid Katherine Jones (3g, 3a, 1418 minutes in 19 games), GK Jocelyn Tanner (.86 GAA, .766 SV%, 1570 minutes in 19 games

Nebraska: Def Lauren Buzzell

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Saturday, Nov 11
Quinnipiac v #3 Brown
Kickoff: 3pm

MN Players: 
Brown: Clare Gagne (.59 GAA, .826 SV%, 1229 minutes in 14 games)

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