For Immediate Release
Monday, October 24, 2022
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#10 Brynn Desens (M/F, 5-7, Sr., Appleton, Wis. / Appleton North HS) - Minnesota State
- Scored four goals in a pair of Maverick shutout wins
- Totaled an NSIC best eight points on the weekend
- Netted the first two goals in a 3-0 win over USF
- Scored the third and fourth goals in a 5-0 win over SMSU
- Is now tied for 10th on MSU’s all-time game-winning-goal list
- Named NSIC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season (10/10/22)

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#24 Jordan Tenpas (D, 5-10, R-So., Placentia, Calif. / El Dorado HS) - Minot State
- Anchored a defensive that recorded a pair of shutouts
- Helped the Beavers allow only four shots on goal on the weekend
- Held UMC without a shot on net, and held BSU to just four
- Played all 180 minutes
- Scored her first collegiate goal against Minnesota Crookston

NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week
#0 Mackenzie Rath (GK, 5-9, Sr., Pierre, S.D. / TF Riggs HS) - Minnesota State
- Grabbed seven saves in a pair of shutout wins
- Had five saves in a 3-0 win over USF and a two in a 5-0 win over SMSU
- Moved into seventh on MSU’s all-time saves list 
- Is tied for third on MSU’s all-time shutout list
- Named NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week for the second time this season (9/6/22)

Other Top Performances
OFFENSE 
#2 Josie Arduser (AUGIE) scored a goal in Augustana’s 2-0 victory over Winona State. She tallied two shots on goal in a 2-0 win over Upper Iowa and two shots on goal in a 2-0 win over Winona State. She recorded eight total shots across two games.
#14 Sara Wendt (BSU) led the Beavers to a 1-0-1 weekend by posting four points off two goals and recorded five shots on goal. Scored both goals in the Beavers’ 2-0 win at Mary, Friday.
#4 Nikki Anderson (CSP) scored both goals in the 2-1 victory against Southwest Minnesota State. She recorded a goal and an assist against Sioux Falls. She took six shots on goal in 151 minutes on the weekend. She is tied for eighth in the conference with six goals this season.
#12 Kendra Park (UMary) scored the lone goal in the Marauders 1-0 win at UMC. Park leads the Marauders in goals with seven and also has three game-winners. She ranks third in the NSIC in goals and fourth in points (14).
#2 Callyn Johnson (MSUM) scored a goal in MSUM’s 2-1 loss to Minnesota Duluth. The goal was her second of the season.
#7 Chloe Allan (MINOT) scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season on Senior Night on Friday, and the 11th of her Minot State career, She then led the offense with 2 shots on goal Sunday in a scoreless draw at Bemidji State.
#32 Mia Zagorski (NSU) led the Wolves to a 1-0 victory over St. Cloud State by scoring the game-winning goal in the 61st minute. The goal against the Huskies was her fourth goal of the season and fourth game-winning goal of the season. She tallied a total of four shots with three shots-on-goal, one goal, and two points during the weekend against SCSU and UMD.
#4 Jenna Dominguez (SCSU) scored a pair of goals to lead the Huskies to a 3-0 victory over MSU Moorhead on Sunday. The pair of goals was her second multi-goal game of the season, and her fifth and sixth of the season. On the season, Dominguez ranks eighth in the NSIC in goals (six) and 14th in points per game (0.88). Dominguez now has seven career game-winning goals, which ranks third all-time in program history.
#32 Reagan Allen (WSC) scored two goals in Wayne State’s 5-2 home win over Upper Iowa Sunday. She scored two goals in opening 5:18 of the contest. She had goals at 1:10 and 5:18 to help WSC jump out to quick 2-0 lead...had team-high three shots in win (two on goal).
#4 Abigail Williams (WSU) was a major part of the WSU offense in a 1-1 NSIC week for the Warriors. She scored a goal against Wayne State in a 2-0 win. She recorded three shots in the game. She put two of her three efforts on goal. She logged a total of 104 minutes between the two games.

DEFENSE
#97 Mackenzie Ternes (AUGIE) part of a defense that helped Augustana record two shutout wins over Upper Iowa and Winona State. She helped hold opponents to just six shots on goal in two games.
#24 Natalie Thoen (MSU) assist against SMSU and anchored the MSU defense with 149 minutes holding opponents to seven shots on goal. 
#28 Lilja Davidsdottir (NSU) helped lead the Wolves to a 1-1 weekend, defeating St. Cloud State (1-0) but falling to Minnesota Duluth (1-0). The Northern State defense held St. Cloud State scoreless on 18 shot attempts (13 shots-on-goal) for their tenth shutout of the season and eighth against a NSIC opponent. Davidsdottir played a combined 180 minutes of game time against SCSU and UMD this past weekend.
#27 Bailey Deininger (WSU) scored the game-winning goal vs. Wayne State and anchored the Warrior backline in the 2-0 shutout over the Wildcats.  She played the full 90 minutes in both WSU games.
 
GOALKEEPER
#1 Jillian Barkus (AUGIE) helped Augustana to go 2-0 over the weekend with wins over Upper Iowa and Winona State. She had two shutouts and recorded six saves and her fifth and sixth shutouts of the season.
#00 Georgiana Harber (BSU) helped the Beavers to a 1-0-1 weekend by posting two shutouts in goal and totaled six saves. She made three saves in each game over the weekend.
#00 Quinn Carter (MSUM) made seven saves and had a .700 save percentage in MSUM’s 3-0 loss to St. Cloud State.
#1 Maddie Kindred  (MINOT) earned a shutout on Senior Night without having to make a save, then made four saves Sunday in her 11th shutout of the season, setting a new single-season school record.
#00 Alexus Townsend (NSU) helped lead the Wolves to a 1-1 weekend where they defeated St. Cloud State (1-0) but fell to Minnesota Duluth (1-0). She stopped 15 of 16 opponent shots-on-goal this weekend for a 0.938 save percentage and 0.50 goals-against average. Against the Huskies she tallied a career high 13 saves in the shutout win, which tied for the fourth most in Northern State single game history. The 13 saves also ties for the third most by an NSIC goalkeeper this season. Townsend recorded double-digit saves for the first time this season (third time in her career), and notched her seventh shutout of the season (tenth of her career).
#00 Evie Kohn (SCSU) made two saves and recorded her seventh shutout of the season against MSU Moorhead. Kohn ranks fourth in shutouts (seven) and sixth in goals against average (.854). Kohn’s seven shutouts rank third all-time in a single season in program history, while her 12 career shutouts rank fifth.

 
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
10/24/22 
O:#10 Brynn Desens - Minnesota State(2)
D: #24 Jordan Tenpas - Minot State 
GK: #0 Mackenzie Rath - Minnesota State (2)

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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