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THIS WEEK IN PEACOCK WOMEN'S SOCCER… Upper Iowa is on the road for the first time this season as they continue their Northern Sun Conference schedule in Minnesota this weekend. The Peacocks (3-1, 1-0 NSIC) have notched two wins over top-25 teams in their last two matches thanks to a 2-1 win over #23 Central Oklahoma and a 1-0 shutout of #17 Winona State. UIU will challenge the Bulldogs of the University of Minnesota Duluth on Saturday and the Huskies of St. Cloud State University on Sunday; both matches are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
LAST SEASON VERSUS THE BULLDOGS AND HUSKIES... The Peacocks hosted the NSIC weekend a season ago and came away with a 2-0 record. Upper Iowa posted a 1-0 victory over SCSU and then notched a 2-0 win over the UMD. The goal against the Huskies came off the foot of 2012 graduate Liz Kaluzinski, while the scores against the Bulldogs came from Amanda Millard and Kaluzinski. The Peacock defense held off the opponents and held them to a combined 17 shots.
NSIC GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK... Kaitlyn Emanuel logged 180 minutes in goal while posting a 2-0 record this past week. The redshirt sophomore earned her first shutout of the season against #17 Winona State on Friday in a 1-0 decision after allowing just one goal against #23 Central Oklahoma on Monday. She made 18 saves for the week and has held opponents scoreless over the last three halves of action.
LAST WEEK...
For the Peacocks... Aimee Wronski scored a pair of goals in Upper Iowa's 2-1 upset of #23 Central Oklahoma on Monday last week. The junior from Huntley, Ill. now has four goals for the season after notching the two scores. This past week she took 11 shots and placed 8 on frame. Kali Loescher netted her first goal of the season to give UIU the 1-0 win versus Winona State.
For the Bulldogs...The Bulldogs played just one match last week, but made the most of it, doubling their offensive output for the season with a 4-1 victory over conference foe St. Cloud State. Senior Dani Potter earned a hat trick with three goals while Maureen Stormont added her second tally of the season as well. Marissa Rosa had three saves on four shots on net. In UMD's lone game of the week, senior captain Dani Potter (forward) scored a hat trick to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-1 victory.
For the Huskies... SCSU kicked off their first home stand Friday night playing host to Northwest Missouri State. SCSU was looking to start their home stand off with a win as sophomore Gabby Fleck got around the Bearcats goalie to shoot from about 16 yards out taking a 1-0 lead at the 5:04 mark of the game. With the goal Fleck was charted with her first of the season and was assisted by juniors Taige Thoreson and Kara Espinosa. Northwest Missouri came back though tying the game up at the 8:41 mark, which took a 1-1 tie into halftime. The Huskies came out in the second half scoring just minutes into the half as Bailly Drayton found Naomi Kolhoff to take a 2-1 lead over the Bearcats. The Huskies held on to their lead taking down the Bearcats by a final of 2-1. SCSU was back on Sunday afternoon hosting Minnesota Duluth for the first NSIC game of the season. Duluth came out shooting scoring twice on the Huskies in the first half to take a 2-0 lead into halftime. The Huskies were able to come out in the second half and shorten the lead of Duluth as Kara Dahmen pulled out the goalie to shoot over her head from about 40 yards out and into the top middle of the net making it a 2-1 game at the 50:19 mark. Bailly Drayton assisted Dahmen on the goal. St. Cloud was unable to hold on as Duluth scored two more goals later in the game to defeat the Huskies 4-1. Sophomore Brittany Plombon was in the net again for the Huskies this weekend recording 13 saves and moved her record to 3-1 on the season.
