Bison Hit the Road for Crucial League Contests at IUPUI and Western Illinois
10/14/2009 5:30:00 PM | Women's Soccer
FARGO, N.D. - The North Dakota State soccer team (6-5-2, 3-0 Summit) will put its four-game winning streak on the line this weekend as the team heads to IUPUI and Western Illinois. NDSU is 3-0 in Summit League play for the first time since joining the league in 2007. The Bison will head to Indianapolis on Friday, Oct. 16 for a 6 p.m. Central battle with fellow league unbeatean IUPUI (11-2, 3-0 Summit). NDSU is 2-2 all-time against the Jaguars. Last season, IUPUI used a late second half goal from Leslie Walker to take a 1-0 victory. NDSU will then travel to Macomb, Ill. for a 1 p.m. game against Western Illinois (4-5-2, 1-1-1 Summit) on Sunday, Oct. 18. The Bison are 0-3-1 all-time against the Leathernecks, including a 3-2 loss in the season finale last year.
On the web
Live statistics for both the IPFW and the Oakland games will be available online at GoBison.com. Live stats are free of charge.
About IUPUI
The Jaguars dropped their first two games, but have since rattled off 11 straight wins. IUPUI has gotten off to a 3-0 start in the Summit League and shut out all three opponents they have faced. Last weekend, the Jags shut out UMKC, 3-0, and Southern Utah, 1-0. Sophomore Megan Hock leads IUPUI with eight goals and three assists. Goalie Jamie Farrell has a 0.62 goals against average and has made 49 saves this season. Head coach Chris Johnson is in his seventh year.
About Western Illinois
The Leathernecks are 4-5-2 and 1-1-1 in Summit League play so far this season. Last weekend, they tied Southern Utah, 1-1, in double overtime and defeated UMKC, 2-1. Jill Kevorkian leads Western with three goals and one assist. Goalie Meghan Tyk has a 1.12 goals against average and has made 45 saves this season. Head coach Tony Guinn is in his third season.
Bison score two early goals en route to 2-1 win over Oakland
NDSU scored two goals in the first twelve minutes of Sunday's contest against Oakland. Freshman Brooklyn Dyce got the scoring started in the 5th minute, putting in a shot off a Candice D'Arcangeli cross. Junior Quin Ryan added a second goal six minutes later off a Becky Iwanicki cross. Oakland answered back with a 30th minute goal. The Grizzlies had five second half shots, but only forced one save out of NDSU goalie Kalani Bertsch. NDSU had several chances to add a third goal, but couldn't put any second half shots on frame. Ryan's first half strike would hold up as the game-winner.
D'Arcangeli nets game-winner against IPFW
Junior Candice D'Arcangeli scored the game-winning goal midway through the second half of Friday's contest against IPFW. The Bison came from behind twice to tie the game in the first half. Tara O'Toole put IPFW on the board in the sixth minute, but senior Lorraine Thompson equalized in the 23rd minute. IPFW answered immediately on a Rhea Proctor goal. Just before halftime, freshman Shannon Brooks scored her first career goal to level the game at 2-2. D'Arcangeli's game-winner came in the 60th minute off a pass from sophomore Danielle Boldenow.
Bertsch now second on all-time saves chart
Sophomore goalie Kalani Bertsch has moved up to second all-time on the NDSU career saves list with 170 after making nine saves in games against IPFW and Oakland. She also holds the school record for career ties with four. Senior Lorraine Thompson is also making her way up the charts. She is ninth in points (56), tied for seventh in goals (22), tied for eighth in game-winning goals (5), eighth in shots (145) and fifth in shots on goal (63).
Quick Kicks
n NDSU has already surpassed its win total from the 2008 season (5) as well as wins in the Summit League (2). In 2007, the first season in the league, the team won three league games.
n Freshman Brooklyn Dyce leads the Bison with four goals and one assist. 14 different players have tallied at least one point this season.
n Five players have scored their first career goals this year (Dyce, Dean, Christina, Brooks and DeMike).
