For Immediate Release
Monday, September 30, 2019
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#8 Claire Shea (F, 5-11, So., Excelsior, Minn. / Chanhassen HS) - St. Cloud State
- Scored two goals to lift the Huskies to a 2-1 victory over #2 ranked Minnesota State
- Scored the Huskies’ first goal of the contest at 55:46 of the game to tie the score at 1-1
- In the second OT, posted the game winning goal at 103:46 to give SCSU a 2-1 victory
- Had six shots combined on the weekend
- Leads SCSU with three goals, two assists and eight points in seven games played

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#28 Morgan Moe (D, 5-3, Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D. / Washington HS) - Augustana
- Played all 180 minutes on the weekend on a defense that gave up zero goals
- Defense only allowed five shots on goal over the week
- Held Minot State to just two shots on goal and UMary to three

NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week
#1 Jordyn Clark (GK, 5-5, Sr., Eagan, Minn. / Eagan HS) - Concordia-St. Paul
- Made a combined nine saves on the weekend as CSP went 2-0
- Went 2-0 and played 180 minutes of shutout soccer
- Has a undefeated record of 3-0-1 in conference play
- Has five shutouts on the season with a career high .886 save percentage
- Faced four corner kicks on the weekend

Other Top Performances
Offense
#26 Grace Behm (AUGIE) scored a goal against both UMary and Minot State and recorded the game-winning goals in each contest. Against UMary, Grace tallied 7 shots, placed 5 of those shots on goal, and scored the game’s only goal. Against Minot State, Grace tallied 4 shots, all of which went on goal, and scored the aforementioned game-winning goal.

#16 Melanie Peltier (BSU) drove the Bemidji State offensive attack to a 2-0-0 record in NSIC play; The senior midfielder finished the weekend with a goal and an assist and a team-high seven shots, with two on goal. She scored the game-winning goal in the 59th minute Friday in a win over Upper Iowa, 2-1. Sunday her corner kick led directly to the only goal of the game, in a 1-0 victory over Winona State.

#10 Brynn Desens (MSU) scored two goals on the weekend, one in each match; Scored the first goal in each match against UMD and SCSU; Leads the team in goals (5), assists (6) and points (16) this season; Leads the NSIC in assists and points, while being tied for first in goals;  Finished the weekend with eight shots (three on goal) in 178 minutes of play.

#6 Erin Fisher (SMSU), the leading scorer for the Mustangs, scored her third goal this season, unassisted in the 33rd minute in SMSU’s 2-1 victory over MSUM. It was the game winning goal.

DEFENSE
#8 Olivia Harriger (SMSU) started both victories this weekend to help give the Mustangs their first three-game conference winning streak since 2014.

GOALKEEPER
#0 Claudia Pueschner (AUGIE) recorded two shutouts on the weekend and has recorded three shutouts in a row; She has now recorded four shutouts this season and has shutout 10 of the 13 halves that she has played; On the weekend, she faced 17 shots and made all five save opportunities.

#00 Morgan Bury (NSU) had 12 saves on the weekend, one shutout win, .900 save percentage Friday night, 1.000 save percentage Sunday afternoon.

#1 Amanda Haimes (SMSU) has a 5-1 record with three shutouts. She recorded a season-high six saves in SMSU’s 2-1 victory over MSUM.

#1 Zoe Welsh (SCSU) backstopped the Huskies to a 2-1 2OT victory over #2 ranked Minnesota State; Welsh had six saves in the contest and limited the #2 ranked Mavs to only one goal in the first half of the game; She opened the weekend with six saves in the Huskies 1-0 loss at CSP; Welsh had 12 saves and allowed only two goals in the two NSIC games combined, which included a 2-1 win over #2 Minnesota State.
 

NSIC Soccer Players of the Week
9/9/19
O: #10 Brynn Desens - Minnesota State
D: #13 Taylor Kenealy - Minnesota State
GK: #1 Kayleigh Sedlacek  - MSU Moorhead
9/16/19
O: #3 Leah Johnson - Concordia-St. Paul
D: #4 Kylee Welch - University of Mary
GK: #33 Alexa Rabune  - Minnesota State
9/23/19
O: #14 Sara Wendt - Bemidji State
D: #5 Alesha Duccini  - Minnesota State
GK: #1 Kayleigh Sedlacek  - MSU Moorhead (2)
9/30/19
O: #8 Claire Shea - St. Cloud State
D: #28 Morgan Moe - Augustana
GK:  #1 Jordyn Clark - Concordia-St. Paul