For Immediate Release
Monday, September 22, 2025
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#9 Elaina Shromoff (M, 5-4, Sr., Lakeville, Minn. / North HS) - Minnesota Duluth
- Scored UMD’s first hat trick since the 2023 season in a 5-1 win over USF
- Marks her first collegiate hat trick and 26th in program history
- Scored the three goals off just five shots, which included the game-winner
- For the week, had four shots on goal in two matches in 111 minutes of action
- The win on Friday night was the 300th collegiate career victory for UMD Coach Greg Cane

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#27 Courtney Kovacs (D/MF, 5-6, Sr., Ankeny, Iowa / Centennial HS) - Minnesota State
- Tallied a goal and an assist across two shutout wins
- Held Minot State to three shots, with just two on goal in a 5-0 win
- Held UMary to 11 shots, with just four on goal in a 2-0 win
- Played 122 minutes across two matches

NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week
#0 Alexa Hofstetter (GK, 5-8, So., Liberty, Mo. / Liberty HS) - Wayne State
- Played all but 6:23 in goal in two road shutout wins at UMC and MSUM
- Credited with three saves in Friday’s 1-0 win at Minnesota Crookston
- Notched six saves in 83:37 of playing time in Sunday’s 4-0 win at MSUM
- Ranks second in the NSIC, allowing just one goal this season
- Has helped WSC record four shutouts already this season

Others Under Consideration
OFFENSE
Madelyn White (Augustana)
- Put up an offensive display in Augustana's 2-0 weekend against MSUM and UMC
- Delivered two goals in the 5-1 win over the Dragons that included a game-winner
- Dished out an assist in a 5-1 win over UMC
Katrina Barthelt (Bemidji State)
- Recorded four points off a goal and two assists in a 2-0 weekend
- Assisted on two of the Beavers' three goals in their 3-1 win over SMSU
- Marked her first career two-assist match
- Followed by scoring the game-winning goal in the 60th minute in a 1-0 win over USF
- Totaled a team-high 12 shots and five shots on goal
- Leads the league with 11 points and tied for the league lead with four goals
Nicole Moore (Concordia-St. Paul)
- Scored two goals in the opening NSIC weekend with one against both UJ and NSU
- Tallied five shots on goal over the weekend including three at Northern State
- Played a career-high 62 minutes against Jamestown
- Recorded her first back-to-back goal performance of her collegiate career
Marin Johnson  (Minnesota State )
- Collected two goals on the weekend
- Had the game winning goal against UMary
Paige Pemberton (Wayne State)
- Scored goals each day for WSC in road wins at UMC and MSUM
- Has now scored goals in three straight games
- Had game-winning goal in 51st minute of Friday's 1-0 win at UMC
- Scored Wayne State's second goal in Sunday's 4-0 victory at MSU Moorhead

DEFENSE
Emma Huelsnitz (Bemidji State)
- Played 156 minutes as the Beavers went 2-0 against SMSU and USF to open NSIC play
- Scored her first goal of the season Friday night in the Beavers' 3-1 win over Sioux Falls
- Anchored the Beavers' defense that held opponents to just one goal and eight shots on goal
Addison Walker (Wayne State)
- Led WSC defense to pair of shutout road wins at UMC and MSUM
- Played all 90 minutes in Friday's 1-0 win at UMC
- Saw action in 84 minutes of Sunday's 4-0 win at MSU Moorhead
- Has helped WSC defense record four shutouts already this season

GOALKEEPER
Lauren McAlpine (Minnesota State)
- Recorded shutouts against UMary and Minot State
- Had six saves in 180 minutes
- Extended her streak to 450 minutes without allowing a goal this season 
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

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.