St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus women’s soccer team will travel to Collegeville, Minnesota to take on MIAC rival College of Saint Benedict on Saturday afternoon. The Gusties are most recently coming off a 6-0 victory over Crown College on Tuesday in St. Bonifacius, while the Blazers enter Saturday coming off a 3-0 win over St. Olaf this past Saturday. Gustavus currently holds a record of 1-4-2 (0-1-1 MIAC), while Saint Benedict owns a record of 7-1-1 (2-0-0 MIAC).
Match Information
Field: Saint John’s University Practice Field
Playing Surface: Natural Grass
Live Coverage: None
Last Time Out
Gustavus: After spending its first six matches searching for a victory, the Gusties found it in a big way in their seventh match when they defeated Crown College 6-0 in a non-conference matchup on Tuesday evening in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota. The Gusties were on the board less than ten minutes into the game when first-year midfielder Molly Johnston (Mendota Heights, Minn.) finished off a deflection off of Storm goalkeeper Hillary Brondsema at the 7:40 mark to score her first collegiate goal and put Gustavus up 1-0. The Gusties went on to score five more goals, including three from Maddison Ackiss (So., Fairbanks, Alaska), who has now tallied six goals on the season. Hannah Sturtz (Fy., Plymouth, Minn.) and Sophie Leininger (Fy., Plymouth, Minn.) also scored their first collegiate goals in the victory.
Saint Benedict: The Blazers are coming off a dominant 3-0 shutout over St. Olaf College this past Saturday in Northfield. Defenses dominated the first-half, which featured two shots from the Oles and none from the Blazers, however, the Blazer offense ignited in the second half by getting goals from sophomore forward Taylor Hedin, junior defender Megan Lenz and junior forward Aly Hoffman. Hoffman currently ranks fifth in the MIAC in points with 12.
Series History
Saturday afternoon marks the 33rd meeting between Gustavus and Saint Benedict in women’s soccer. The Gusties lead the all-time series by a narrow margin with a record of 15-14-3, however when the two teams met last year in St. Peter, it was the Blazers that came away with a 2-0 victory.
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