Mavs Set for Pair of Conference Road Games
Sep 22, 2010 | Women's Soccer
Week 4 Release
OMAHA, Neb. - The University of Nebraska at Omaha soccer team (2-4-0, 2-2-0 MIAA) will be back on the road this week facing Southwest Baptist University on Thursday at 4 p.m., and Missouri Southern State University on Saturday at noon. The Mavericks enter this week with a 2-4-0 overall record and a 2-2 record in MIAA action. The team has scored as many goals in the last two games as they have in the previous four, while giving up just three goals against.
Mavericks 2-2 in Conference Play
The Mavericks opened Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association action on Sept. 9 with a 2-0 shutout of Missouri Western at UNO Soccer Field. Since the victory in the conference opener, the Mavericks have dropped two out of three in the MIAA. Facing back-to-back conference road games this week, the team is looking to get above .500 in the MIAA.
Conference leader Truman State University sits atop the MIAA, with a 3-0-1 record against their competition. UNO, at 2-2-0 in conference play, is currently fourth but will have a chance to gain ground on third-ranked Missouri Southern (2-0-1 MIAA) this weekend in Joplin, Mo.
The Series
The Mavericks have a 5-0-2 series advantage against Southwest Baptist. UNO has won or tied in all seven meetings between the two schools. The Mavs defeated the Bearcats 3-0 at UNO Soccer Field on Oct. 1, 2009, then tied them in Bolivar, Mo., 1-1 on Nov. 5, 2009.
The Mavs are a perfect 10-0-0 all-time against Missouri Southern University. The Mavericks swept the series last year, defeating MSU 2-0 in Joplin, Mo. on Sept. 19 and again at the UNO Soccer Field 1-0 on Oct. 29, 2009. UNO has outscored MSU 26-2 in the ten meetings between the two schools.
Scouting The Bearcats and Lions
This season, the Bearcats currently hold a 2-3-1 overall record and are 1-2-1 in MIAA play. The team's last two games were a narrow 1-0 loss against MIAA No. 1 Truman, and a 0-0 tie at Missouri Western State University.
Ashley Creason leads SBU with three goals, and Brittany Ready has dished out a team-high three assists for the Bearcats.
Missouri Southern has played in two overtime games already this season, and has won two of its last three games overall. Currently No. 4 in the MIAA standings, the Lions are 2-0-1 in the conference and played to a 0-0 2OT tie against top-ranked Truman last week in Jolin, Mo. MSU has given up a total of only six goals on the season thus far.
The Coaches
Head coach Don Klosterman is in his 12th season at the helm of the Maverick women's soccer team. He has compiled a 185-49-9 overall record as the only soccer coach in UNO history. Under the direction of Klosterman, UNO has advanced to eight-straight NCAA Tournament appearances (2002-2009). In those appearances, Klosterman guided the Mavericks to at least the quarterfinals in six straight seasons (2002-2007), and led the team to a 2005 National Championship. During his tenure, he has earned the National Coach of the Year honors two times (2002, 2005).
Southwest Baptist is led by first year head coach Rob Podeyn. He took NAIA Northwood from a #212 national ranking and 3-12 conference record to a #34 national rank and two consecutive conference championships.
Missouri Southern is coached by Alese Woodard. Also in her first year, Woodard was a former goalkeeper for the Lions and has her team off to a 2-2-1 start in 2010.
UNO's Four Aces
Nebraska transfer #Bri Exstrom is now tied with Becca Swanson#, #Monica Bosiljevac and Megan Kingston# with two goals apiece.
Exstrom scored a pair of goals against Missouri Western to give the Mavericks a 2-0 victory, and Swanson scored a pair against Washburn in a 4-0 home win.
Bosiljevac and Kingston have been busy as of late, each scoring two goals in the last two games. Exstrom and Kingston are tied for the team lead in points with five.
What's On Tap?
The Mavericks will be back home for MIAA action on Sept. 30, when they host Northwest Missouri State at 4 p.m. and Emporia State on Oct. 7 at 4 p.m.
OMAHA, Neb. - The University of Nebraska at Omaha soccer team (2-4-0, 2-2-0 MIAA) will be back on the road this week facing Southwest Baptist University on Thursday at 4 p.m., and Missouri Southern State University on Saturday at noon. The Mavericks enter this week with a 2-4-0 overall record and a 2-2 record in MIAA action. The team has scored as many goals in the last two games as they have in the previous four, while giving up just three goals against.
Mavericks 2-2 in Conference Play
The Mavericks opened Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association action on Sept. 9 with a 2-0 shutout of Missouri Western at UNO Soccer Field. Since the victory in the conference opener, the Mavericks have dropped two out of three in the MIAA. Facing back-to-back conference road games this week, the team is looking to get above .500 in the MIAA.
Conference leader Truman State University sits atop the MIAA, with a 3-0-1 record against their competition. UNO, at 2-2-0 in conference play, is currently fourth but will have a chance to gain ground on third-ranked Missouri Southern (2-0-1 MIAA) this weekend in Joplin, Mo.
The Series
The Mavericks have a 5-0-2 series advantage against Southwest Baptist. UNO has won or tied in all seven meetings between the two schools. The Mavs defeated the Bearcats 3-0 at UNO Soccer Field on Oct. 1, 2009, then tied them in Bolivar, Mo., 1-1 on Nov. 5, 2009.
The Mavs are a perfect 10-0-0 all-time against Missouri Southern University. The Mavericks swept the series last year, defeating MSU 2-0 in Joplin, Mo. on Sept. 19 and again at the UNO Soccer Field 1-0 on Oct. 29, 2009. UNO has outscored MSU 26-2 in the ten meetings between the two schools.
Scouting The Bearcats and Lions
This season, the Bearcats currently hold a 2-3-1 overall record and are 1-2-1 in MIAA play. The team's last two games were a narrow 1-0 loss against MIAA No. 1 Truman, and a 0-0 tie at Missouri Western State University.
Ashley Creason leads SBU with three goals, and Brittany Ready has dished out a team-high three assists for the Bearcats.
Missouri Southern has played in two overtime games already this season, and has won two of its last three games overall. Currently No. 4 in the MIAA standings, the Lions are 2-0-1 in the conference and played to a 0-0 2OT tie against top-ranked Truman last week in Jolin, Mo. MSU has given up a total of only six goals on the season thus far.
The Coaches
Head coach Don Klosterman is in his 12th season at the helm of the Maverick women's soccer team. He has compiled a 185-49-9 overall record as the only soccer coach in UNO history. Under the direction of Klosterman, UNO has advanced to eight-straight NCAA Tournament appearances (2002-2009). In those appearances, Klosterman guided the Mavericks to at least the quarterfinals in six straight seasons (2002-2007), and led the team to a 2005 National Championship. During his tenure, he has earned the National Coach of the Year honors two times (2002, 2005).
Southwest Baptist is led by first year head coach Rob Podeyn. He took NAIA Northwood from a #212 national ranking and 3-12 conference record to a #34 national rank and two consecutive conference championships.
Missouri Southern is coached by Alese Woodard. Also in her first year, Woodard was a former goalkeeper for the Lions and has her team off to a 2-2-1 start in 2010.
UNO's Four Aces
Nebraska transfer #Bri Exstrom is now tied with Becca Swanson#, #Monica Bosiljevac and Megan Kingston# with two goals apiece.
Exstrom scored a pair of goals against Missouri Western to give the Mavericks a 2-0 victory, and Swanson scored a pair against Washburn in a 4-0 home win.
Bosiljevac and Kingston have been busy as of late, each scoring two goals in the last two games. Exstrom and Kingston are tied for the team lead in points with five.
What's On Tap?
The Mavericks will be back home for MIAA action on Sept. 30, when they host Northwest Missouri State at 4 p.m. and Emporia State on Oct. 7 at 4 p.m.
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