Omaha
Northern Colorado
Women's soccer commences 26th season with pair of home fixtures
Aug 13, 2025 | Women's Soccer
The 2025 season begins on Aug. 14 vs. Northern Colorado
| Match Info |
Omaha v. Northern Colorado (Match 1)
Thursday, Aug. 14 - 7 p.m. CT
Caniglia Field (Omaha, Neb.)
Stream (Summit League Network) | Live Stats | Tickets
Omaha v. Green Bay (Match 2)
Sunday, Aug. 17 - 2 p.m. CT
Caniglia Field (Omaha, Neb.)
Stream (Summit League Network) | Live Stats | Tickets
| About Omaha |
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For the upcoming 2025 season, the Mavericks return 14 players, including four seniors and adds 11 newcomers.
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New Mavs include freshmen, Clara Fundus, Peyton O'Shaughnessy, Addie LaRock, Mallory Arehart, Kendall Dobberstein, Presley Douglas, Cadence Dobberstein and Selena Di Luciano. They are joined by redshirt sophomore Charlotte Huggard (goalkeeper from Marquette) and redshirt junior Peyton Ivins (forward from Denver).
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Throughout her time as a Pioneer, Ivins played in 24 matches over two seasons (2023-24, scoring her first collegiate goal at South Dakota State on Oct. 24, 2024 and recording an assist on Aug. 25, 2024, at Lamar.
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Senior forward Alyssa Kellar returns after tying her career high with 15 points in 18 matches last season. She recorded a career-best six goals and three assists during the 2024 campaign.
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Also returning is senior forward Lauren Schmidt following a career high of six points, two goals and two assists.
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Omaha finished the 2024 season 10-3-5 overall and 4-1-3 in conference play, recording the most wins in the program's Division I era.
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The squad outscored opponents 20-14 last season, averaging 1.11 goals per game while holding foes to less than a goal. Omaha also recorded 158 shots to their opponents' 196, held a 97-65 edge in corner kicks and finished with 25 assists to 12.
| Scouting the Opponents |
Omaha is 5-9 all-time against Northern Colorado, dating to Oct. 24, 1999, and have split their last two meetings. The Mavericks fell 1-0 on the road in 2022 after earning a 1-0 home win in 2021.
Northern Colorado finished the 2024 season 4-14-1 overall and 2-5-1 in Big Sky play and opens 2025 ranked No. 6 in the conference's preseason poll. Graduate goalkeeper Kaya Lindberg, the 2024 Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week, returns after making 18 appearances and recording 80 saves last season.
On Sunday, Omaha returns to Caniglia Field to host Green Bay in their second game of the 2025 season and the third meeting in program history. The series is tied 1-1, with the Mavs earning a 1-0 home win in 2018.
Green Bay finished the 2024 season 4-8-5 overall and 2-5-3 in Horizon League play, placing eighth in the conference. Senior forward Senah Hanes enters her third season with the Phoenix after earning her third career Player of the Week honor in 2024. She recorded a hat trick against Cleveland State last season, the 12th in program history.
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