Regional College Roundup: Week 4

Four weeks of soccer have finished and only one school remains unbeaten overall. Here’s how last week played out in the world of collegiate soccer.

Highlights

In the NSIC, the highlight comes to us from Minnesota State. The Mavericks, while no longer unbeaten, are on a long streak of clean sheets. Since the Mavericks lost to Grand Valley State on September 10th, they have won 5 straight games, shutting out all opponents. They did beat UMD, SCSU, and CSP in that order by that score. The Mavs had convincing wins beating Sioux Falls 3-0 on September 22nd and Southwest Minnesota State 5-0 on the 23rd!

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference

With non-conference games finished the season, it is full bore into the fight for the NSIC regular season title. As of now Bemidji State and Minnesota State are tied for first at 5-0 in NSIC play with the Beavers having the edge overall at 7-0 compared to MSU’s 7-1 record. On the flip side two schools (Southwest Minnesota State and Minnesota-Crookston) sit winless on the season at 0-7 overall and 0-5 in the NSIC. Nationally, Minnesota State Mavericks sit at #13 in the most recent poll. Here are the Standings with matches played through 9/27/17.

The NSIC also announced Players of the Week for Week 4. Lexi Pszanka (Minnesota State) was named the Offensive Player of the Week. Pszanka tallied 2 goals on five shots over two games, both of which were game winning goals. She also had two assists and was tied for most goals in the NSIC in Week 4.

The Defensive Player of the Week was Rebekah Thoresen (Augustana). Thoresen played all 180 minutes for the Vikings in the games against Upper Iowa and Winona State, she also had the game winning goal in a 1-0 win over Winona State. Rachel Oleson (Winona State) was named the Goalkeeper of the Week. She recorded her 25th clean sheet of her career and second of the season with a 4-0 win over Wayne State. She faced 35 shots over the weekend. including a conference high of 19 saves in one match.

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Unlike the NSIC, the MIAC has had and will continue to have non-conference games throughout it’s entire season. While no school is unbeaten overall on either the Men’s or Women’s side, two schools (St. Thomas and Macalester) are unbeaten in the MIAC Men’s while only Augsburg is for the Women’s. Nationally, St. Benedict has dropped out of the women’s poll and St. Thomas was ranked 10th and Macalester 21st in the most recent men’s poll. Here are the Standings with matches played through 9/27/17.

The MIAC announced its Soccer Athletes of the Week for Week 4 2017. Kyle Leemon (St. Olaf) was named the Men’s Soccer Athlete of the Week. The Oles Forward scored all three goals over St. John’s on Sunday the 24th. He is the first Ole to score a hat trick since 2014.

Kat Armstrong (St. Catherine) was selected by the MIAC as the Women’s Soccer Athlete of the Week. The Freshman Goalkeeper had two shutouts last week, a five save shutout over St. Thomas and a six save shutout over Concordia College.

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

Like the MIAC, the UMAC had played a mix of non-conference and conference games this week. Nationally, no schools are ranked in the most recent polls. Here are the Standings with matches played through 9/27/17.

The UMAC announced it’s Soccer Players of the Week for Week 4 2017. Luke Buckton (St. Scholastica) was named as the Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week. This is Buckton’s second time being named Offensive Player of the Week this year. He scored three goals over two conference games including both goals in the Saints win over Minnesota-Morris. Sandy Davidson-Hunt (St. Scholastica) was named the Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. The Senior goalkeeper made a few key saves to help the Saints shutout Northland and also had four saves in the win against Minnesota-Morris.

Janelle Rouillard (St. Scholastica) was named the Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week. Rouillard scored two of the three goals in the Saints win against Minnesota-Morris and had an assist in the tie against Northland. Defensively, the UMAC named Erin Feddersen (Martin Luther) as the Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. She recorded 9 saves over two shutouts against North Central and UW-Superior. She also has not given up a goal in the Knights’ five UMAC victories.

Week 5 Schedule:

Due to the large amount of games links will be provided for each Conference’s Schedule

NSIC Women’s

MIAC Men’s

MIAC Women’s

UMAC Men’s

UMAC Women’s