For Immediate Release
Monday, October 17, 2022
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#14 Sara Wendt (F, 5-10, 5th, Arden Hills, Minn. / Mounds View HS) - Bemidji State
- Led the Beavers to a 2-0-0 weekend by scoring three goals for six points
- Scored all three goals in the Beavers 4-1 victory at USF 
- Earned her first career hat trick and the first Beaver hat trick since 2015
- Posted six shots on goal in 104 minutes of play in the two wins

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#25 Rebecca Storr (D, 5-4, Fr., Aarau, Switzerland / Alte Kantonsschule Aarau) - Minot State
- Helped anchor the Beaver defense in a pair of shutout draws on the road 
- Part of a defense that allowed only eight shots on goal in the two matches
- Added one shot in each game 

NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week
#33 Jennifer Norris (GK, 5-10, Jr., Hoffman Estates, Ill. / William Fremd HS) - Minnesota Duluth
- Recorded two shutouts in 1-0 wins over Wayne State and Augustana
- Made 17 saves in the two matches
- Tied her season high with 11 saves against Augustana
- Faced nine corner kicks on the weekend
- Raised her season save percentage to .848% 

Other Top Performances
OFFENSE 
#24 Ellie Schock (AUGIE) scored the second goal in Augustana’s 2-0 win over St. Cloud State. She netted the unassisted goal in the 73rd minute.
#12 Kendra Park (UMary) scored both goals in the Marauders 2-0 road win at Concordia-St. Paul. She outraced the defenders for goals in the 13th and 20th minute. Park is third in the NSIC in points (15) and 4th in goals (6). 
#14 Tia Martin (MSU) scored the game winning goal on Sunday against UMary. 
#5 Sofia Galvez (MINOT) led the way with a shot on goal in each game as Minot State played a pair of scoreless ties on the road.
#10 Hannah Smith (NSU) led the Wolves to a 1-0-1 record this past weekend when they defeated Upper Iowa (1-0) and tied with Winona State (1-1). She led the offensive attack with five shot attempts, three shots-on-goal, and one goal. Smith’s 15 points from seven goals and one assist is currently tied for third among NSIC players in all regular season contests.
#10 Reanne Weil (WSU) was a key part of the unbeaten weekend for Winona State as the Warriors earned a win and a tie in matches against MSU Moorhead & Northern State, respectively. She scored the only Warrior goal in a 1-1 draw vs. NSU. She tallied her score just one minute after the Wolves took the lead. She held down the WSU midfield in a 3-0 shutout win vs. MSUM. She had two shots on goal and played all but nine minutes over the two games.

DEFENSE
#9 Megan Dahl (BSU) helped the Beavers to a 2-0-0 weekend with wins at SMSU and Sioux Falls by helping the Beavers defense hold opponents to just 11 shots on goal. Also contributed offensively by assisting on the Beavers game-winning goal in Sunday’s 4-1 victory at USF. 
#24 Natalie Thoen (MSU), the anchor on defense for the Mavericks, played all 180 minutes this weekend and leads all MSU position players with 1200 minutes on the year.  
#28 Lilja Davidsdottir (NSU) helped lead the Wolves to a 1-0-1 record this past weekend with a victory over Upper Iowa (1-0) and tie against Winona State (1-1). She led the defense to their ninth shutout of the season in the win over UIU, where they limited the Peacocks to seven shot attempts and four shots-on-goal. She attempted one shot in Friday’s win over UIU and played 90 minutes in both weekend contests.
#31 Katie Timmons (WSU) was a cornerstone of a Warrior defensive corps that conceded just a single goal across two games this past weekend. She helped the WSU attack with four shots from her left back position. She anchored a defensive unit that had a .5 GAA for the weekend as she logged 163 total minutes over the weekend.
 
GOALKEEPER
#1 Madisyn Waltman (UMary) made six saves in the Marauders 2-0 road win against CSP. It was her seventh shutout of the season and team-record 32nd of her career. She finished the weekend with seven saves at #14 Minnesota State in a 1-0 loss. She ranks second in the NSIC in shutouts and third in goals against average (0.61).
#0 Mackenzie Rath (MSU) recorded a pair of shutouts on the weekend against Minot and UMary, her 18th in her career. Had 10 saves on the weekend on 24 shots.
#1 Kindred Maddie (MINOT) pushed her shutout streak to 533:52, and five straight games, making five saves at Minnesota State on Friday in a scoreless tie, then three saves Sunday at Concordia, St. Paul in another scoreless draw. Kindred now has nine shutouts this season, one shy of her single-season record she set last year, and 21 shutouts overall in her career as she broke the all-time record at Minot State last Sunday.
#00 Alexus Townsend (NSU) helped lead the Wolves to a 1-0-1 record this past weekend with a victory over Upper Iowa (1-0) and tie against Winona State (1-1). She made a total of six saves for a 0.857 save percentage this weekend. She notched her sixth shutout of the season in the win over UIU on Friday.
#1 Chloe Swanson (WSU) backstopped Winona State to a shutout win on Friday versus MSU Moorhead. She had four saves in a 3-0 win over the Dragons. She notched her fifth shutout of the year. She earned her seventh win of 2022 with the shutout.
 
2022 NSIC Soccer Players of the Week
8/29/22
O: #30 Ashley Hewitt  - Winona State
D: #4 Mary Meeks - UMary
GK: #00 Alexus Townsend - Northern State
9/6/22
O: #4 Jenny Vetter - Minnesota State
D: #22 Eli Olsen - UMary
GK: #0 Mackenzie Rath - Minnesota State
9/12/22
O: #4 Jenny Vetter - Minnesota State (2)
D: #2 Halle Peterson - Bemidji State
GK: #0 Jamie Kirkvliet - Upper Iowa
9/19/22 
O: #20 Katie Anderson - Concordia-St. Paul
D: #22 Eli Olsen  - UMary (2)   
GK: #1 Maddie Kindred  - Minot State
9/26/22 
O: #10 Annika Syvrud - Wayne State
D: #8 Libby Spangler - Minnesota State
GK: #00 Alexus Townsend - Northern State (2)
10/3/22 
O: #2 Josie Arduser - Augustana
D: #9 Megan Dahl - Bemidji State
GK: #00 Evie Kohn - St. Cloud State
10/10/22 
O:#10 Brynn Desens - Minnesota State
D: #9 Megan Dahl - Bemidji State (2)
GK: #1 Maddie Kindred - Minot State (2)
10/17/22 
O: #14 Sara Wendt - Bemidji State
D: #25 Rebecca Storr - Minot State
GK: #33 Jennifer Norris - Minnesota Duluth

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 25 team national championships and crowned 96 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

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