MANKATO, Minn. ---#13 Minnesota State will look to continue extending its conference lead as the Mavericks journey to St. Cloud and Duluth for their last full weekend of travel. Last weekend, MSU battled Upper Iowa and Winona State going 2-0 on the weekend. Minnesota State opened the weekend at Harms-Eischeid Stadium in Feyette, Iowa with a dominate 4-0 win. Jenny Vetter and Byrnn Desens led the way on Friday with both finishing with three points on the day. In part-two of the weekend, MSU held strong coming off a fast start in Winona. Maille Mathis and Nadia Lowery took over the game early combining for six points in under 20 minutes to ride a 3-1 lead back to Mankato. The Mavericks head into this weekend with an overall record of 8-1-2 and 6-0-2 against NSIC opponents. 

Facing SCS: Heading into the 36th matchup with SCS, the Mavericks are 26-7-2 in its last 35 matchups against the Huskies. St. Cloud is coming off a Solid 7-5-3 2021 conference record and repeated much of the same successes. SCS stands in the middle of the pack with a 4-3-3 overall record and 3-2-3 against conference opponents. In the previous matchup, Mackenzie Rath took over the game facing 10 shots (four shots-on-goal) to get the shutout against the huskies. MSU's Jenny Vetter played late game heroics to seal the game at the 82' mark with the game's lone goal to beat SCS 1-0. 

Scouting the Huskies: The SCS offense is led by senior Jenna Dominguez who has accumulated four goals and 10 points on the season. Dominguez has been an anchor for the Huskies offense playing almost 3,000 minutes over the course of three years. In goal, Redshirt Sophomore Evie Kohn has been the rock for St. Cloud State accumulating 936 minutes this season. She owns a .763 save percentage and a terrific 0.87 goals-against average for a 4-3-3 record. 


Facing UMD: The Mavericks come into this weekend with a lifetime 23-8-4 over the Bulldogs and have not surrendered a game against Duluth since Oct. 30, 2011. UMD finished with a disappointing 3-9-3 overall record last season to finish near the bottom of the pack. This season, Duluth is off to a better start at 4-5-2 overall and 3-3-2 against NSIC opponents. In the previous matchup, the Mavericks dominated the Bulldogs 5-1 with four different Mavericks contributing to the score. The win went to Clare Longueville after facing seven shots (four on-goal) stopping three.

Scouting the Bulldogs: Winona State's offense is led by Junior Jackie Jares who as four goals and 11 points thus far through 11 games. Jares is in the midst of a breakout year for the Bulldogs as she is on pace to double her stats from the previous year. In goal, UMD relies on its platoon of junior Jennifer Norris and sophomore Abbie Gotham who have combined for 12 games accumulating 933 minutes on the season. The pair own a .754 save percentage and a 1.55 goals-against average for a 4-4-2 record this season.