For Immediate Release
Monday, October 27, 2025
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#24 Olivia Gardner (F, 5-7, Sr., Winona, Minn. / Cotter HS) - University of Mary
- Scored the game-winning goal in both road wins for UMary
- Broke a 2-2 tie with a counter in the 85th minute of the Marauders 3-2 win at USF
- Scored the first goal in the fifth minute of play as UMary downed SMSU 4-0
- Tied for third in the NSIC last week with 2.00 points per game
- Ranks third in the NSIC in goals with nine
- Has scored eight goals in her last six matches

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#19 Anna Van Wyngarden (D, 5-6, Sr., West Des Moines, Iowa / Valley HS) - Minnesota State
- Anchored a backline that posted two shutouts on the road against UMC and MSUM 
- Played 144 total minutes, helping limit opponents to just seven shots on goal
- Contributing offensively with an assist in Sunday’s 2-0 win at MSUM
- Named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season (9/8/25)
 
NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week
#0 Lauren McAlpine (GK, 5-6, So., Shoreview, Minn. / Mounds View HS) - Minnesota State
- Recorded back-to-back shutouts on the road
- Tallied seven total saves, including five against MSU Moorhead 
- Posted a perfect 1.000 save percentage over 180 scoreless minutes
- Named NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week for the second week in a row

Others Under Consideration
OFFENSE
Addison Clarey (Minnesota State)
- Totaled one goal and one assist in a 2-0 weekend
- Recorded an assist in Friday’s 2-0 win at Minnesota Crookston
- Netted a goal in Sunday’s victory at MSU Moorhead
Sabrina Amezcua (Minot State)
- Led the way in a 4-0 win at SMSU with 2 goals and 1 assist
- The pair of goals ties her for the team lead with seven, and is sixth in the NSIC this season
Jordan Kardelis (St. Cloud State)
- Scored a goal against MSUM and UMC 
- The two goals were the first two goals of her career
- Had the game-winning goal against UMC
- Added three shots on goal
- Has 7 points this season (2g/3a), ranking fourth on the team in goals and fifth in points

DEFENSE
Maggie Kramer (Bemidji State)
- Played 143 minutes over the weekend and committed 0 fouls
- Held opponents to just one goal
- Assisted on the Beavers' game-winning goal over Concordia-St. Paul Friday
- Totaled 1 shot on goal
Chloe Brand (UMary)
- Scored two goals and adding an assist in a weekend road sweep for the Marauders
- Drove a corner kick into the net for the opening goal in UMary's 3-2 win at Sioux Falls
- After delivering an assist on a corner kick serve, followed with another perfectly placed ball into the net off a corner kick for the final two UMary goals in a 4-0 victory at SMSU
- Defensively UMary held SMSU to four shots with three on frame
- Marauders jumped from 12th place to 7th in the NSIC standings with the two wins
- Owns three goals and an assist this season 
Ana Spaine (St. Cloud State)
- Played a full slate in SCSU's weekend sweep over MSUM and UMC
- Held opponents to seven shots on goal (6 vs. MSUM / 1 vs. UMC)
- Helped SCSU record ninth shutout of the season

GOALKEEPER
Chavez Kaycee (Minnesota Duluth) 
- Made a league-high 18 saves on the weekend
- Averaged an NSIC-best 9.00 saves per game 
- Allowed just two goals against and had .917 saves percentage Sunday
Rebecca Sargent (Minot State)
- Made two saves on Friday in a 4-0 win at SMSU
- Earned second shutout of the season
- Added five saves in a 1-1 tie Sunday at Sioux Falls to remain unbeaten in her last five starts
2025 NSIC Soccer Players of the Week
9/8/25
O: #21 Virginia Pruitt – SMSU 
D: #19 Anna Van Wyngarden – Minnesota State
GK: #1 Kaycee Chavez – Minnesota Duluth 
9/15/25
O: #12 Katrina Barthelt - Bemidji State
D: #36 Maclayne Menzel – Minnesota State
GK: #77 Payton King – Minnesota Crookston
9/22/25
O: #9 Elaina Shromoff - Minnesota Duluth
D: #27 Courtney Kovacs  - Minnesota State
GK: #0 Alexa Hofstetter - Wayne State
9/29/25
O: #13 Anna Miotto - Minot State
D: #17 Mila Rustin - Minnesota State
GK: #1 Rebecca Sargent - Minot State
10/6/25
O: #28 Brooke Nelson - Concordia-St. Paul
D: #11 Reese Hilsenbeck – Minnesota State
GK: #00 Jaylee Strickland – St. Cloud State
10/13/25
O: #17 Sophia Haase – Concordia-St. Paul
D: #27 Clare Snapko  – Concordia-St. Paul
GK: #1 Kadyn Dilger – University of Mary
10/20/25
O: #12 Katrina Barthelt - Bemidji State (2)
D: #15 Avery Nelson - Augustana
GK: #0 Lauren McAlpine - Minnesota State
10/27/25
O: #24 Olivia Gardner - University of Mary
D: #19 Anna Van Wyngarden – Minnesota State (2)
GK: #0 Lauren McAlpine - Minnesota State (2)

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in 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 union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 122 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.