Mankato, Minn. --- No. 5 Minnesota State (5-1-1) took down the University of Mary (1-4-2) by a final of 1-0 for the third consecutive game. The Mavericks have not allowed an opponent to score in the last 287 consecutive minutes.

In the 54th minute Friday, sophomore Anna Van Wyngarden found the back of the net for the second time this season. It was also Van Wyngarden's first game-winning goal in her career for the purple and gold.  

Junior Ashlyn Watt and freshman Maddix Archer collected their first assists on the season after textbook tic-tac-toe passing to Van Wyngarden. This was Archer's first career assist as a Maverick while also propelling her to third among MSU points leaders with five.

Senior Mackenzie Rath collected her 28th career shutout resulting in her 35th career win. Rath has now tied Alexa Rabune (2016-2019) for second in MSU all-time shutouts and Allison Vroman (1999-2002) for third in MSU all-time wins. She currently ranks fifth in Division II goals against average (0.188).

Head coach Brian Bahl after the game: "Really tough battle today in very challenging conditions. We knew it would be a 90-minute fight and it definitely was. 

Our ladies had tremendous energy and a great work rate to them today and that helped carry us to the win. We got great minutes off the bench and that allowed us to stay fresh and close the game out.

Finding a way is becoming our theme and we hung in there and battled to get another 2nd half goal and win on the road. I'm very proud of our team for sticking together and showing tremendous heart and determination today!"

The Mavericks are back in action on Sunday as they travel to take on the Minot State Beavers at Noon. The Mavericks are one of five teams in the nation to allow one goal or fewer through their first six regular season matchups.