SIOUX FALLS - The University of Sioux Falls Soccer teams enters the back half of their 2016 schedule this weekend. The Cougars (2-6-2, 2-4-1 NSIC) start on the road at Winona State (4-5-1, 1-5-1 NSIC) on Friday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. USF then returns to their home field for a 1 p.m. game against Upper Iowa (5-4-0, 4-3-0 NSIC) on Sunday, Oct. 9.
How to follow this weekend's games
- Live video for both games this weekend is available through Stretch Internet at USFCougars.com/watch
- Live stats for Friday's game at Winona State are available HERE
- Live stats for Sunday's game against Upper Iowa are available HERE
Keeping up with the Cougars
Second leg
- The Cougars host a home weekend for the last time this season, welcoming two NSIC North Division opponents
- Sioux Falls welcomes Minnesota Duluth on Saturday, Oct. 15 and St. Cloud State on Sunday, Oct. 16
Series Histories
- Sioux Falls is looking to snap a winless streak against both opponents this weekend, and nearly did that in each of last year's games
- The Cougars are 0-4 against Winona State since joining the NSIC in 2012
- Sioux Falls battled the Warriors to a narrow 1-0 loss last year and have played WSU tight in three of the four matches, falling by two goals in the other contests
- USF is 0-2 against WSU on the road, most recently dropping a 6-1 decision in 2014
- The Cougars have suffered similar fate against Upper Iowa, trailing the series 4-0 against the Peacocks
- Last year, Sioux Falls fell in a tight 1-0 match, failing to score for the third time in the series
- At home, USF is 0-2 against Upper Iowa in their series, which began in 2012
Scouting the competition: Winona State
- Winona State enters Friday's game with a 4-5-1 record, going winless in the their last four contests with an 0-3-1 record
- At home the Warriors are 2-2-0 this season and they are 1-5-1 in conference games this season
- Winona State averages 14.60 shots per game and average 1.50 goals per game, scoring 15 on the season
- The Warriors have allowed 14 goals this year and are 10th in the NSIC with a 1.37 goals against average in NSIC contests
- Abby Bohanski has scored six times for Winona State this season while six other Warriors have each found the back of the net
- Ali Omar is in his 22nd season as head coach at Winona State and he owns a 304-105-29 record
Scouting the competition: Upper Iowa
- Upper Iowa enters the weekend with a 5-4 overall record, 4-3 in the NSIC, and a three-match win streak
- On the road, UIU is 2-1, with both victories coming this past weekend
- The Peacocks have scored 10 goals in nine games while averaging 11.8 shots per game
- Upper Iowa's opponents have scored 11 times this season and average 14.1 shots
- Three different UIU players have scored two goals this season and a total of seven Peacocks have scored in 2016
- Caila Petrie has started all nine games for UIU and she owns a 5-4-0 record with a 1.22 goals against average
- James Price is in his first season as head coach of the Upper Iowa Women's Soccer program
Perkins and Campbell picked as players to watch
- Sophomore goalkeeper Morgan Perkins and freshman forward Carley Campbell were chosen as USF's players to watch in the NSIC preseason release
- Perkins returns as in 2016 after starting all 17 games last season to finish with a 2-14-1 record
- A native of Liberty, Mo., Perkins made 127 saves and posted a 2.59 goals against average in 2015
- Campbell enters her freshman season from Monument, Colo. where she played at Palmer Ridge High School
- She led her high school squad to consecutive state playoff appearances while she scored 10 goals and added 10 assists in her junior and senior seasons
Sioux Falls returns five goal scorers from 2015
- All but one Cougar goal scorer returns for 2016, combining for eight of the team's nine goals last season
- Lola Weiss, Alexandria Scott and Chessa Novotny all found the back of the net twice in 2015
- Alexa D'Acunto and Brooke Jensen each scored once last season, notching the two gamewinners for the Cougars
- Weiss and Jensen ranked 1-2 on the team with 29 and 26 total shots, respectively, while Novotny led with 15 shots on goal
- Jensen and Jackie Montes both logged two assists and Montes was fourth on the team with 20 total shots, behind Novotny's 23.
Goosen continues building process in second season as head coach
- USF Soccer head coach Brittany Goosen enters her second season at the helm of the program
- She owns a 4-20-3 overall record at USF
- Goosen equaled the team's previous win total with a 2-14-1 record in her first season as a head coach
- She has again reached that same bench mark with two wins this season through eight games
- The Olathe, Kan. native held coaching positions at Missouri-Kansas City as an assistant in 2014 and at Emporia State as a graduate assistant from 2012-13
- Goosen played four years at the University of Nebraska, starting xas a center back from 2007-2011
