St. Cloud State Women’s Soccer Downs Minnesota Crookston, Clinches NSIC Championship

Thursday, November 2

St. Cloud, Minn.

2:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

13-3-2, 10-2-2

Minnesota Crookston

0-18-0, 0-14-0

Minn.-Crookston

St. Cloud St.

St. Cloud State Women’s Soccer Downs Minnesota Crookston, Clinches NSIC Championship

11/2/2023 6:12:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Huskies beat Golden Eagles 6-0, win first conference title in program history

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women's Soccer (13-3-2, 10-2-2 NSIC) finished off the regular season in style, beating Minnesota Crookston (0-18-0, 0-14-0 NSIC), 6-0, on Thursday afternoon at Husky Stadium in St. Cloud. With the win, the Huskies clinched the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Regular Season Championship, winning the first conference title of any kind in program history. In the midst of an already historic season, the Huskies also matched season program records for wins and conference wins with 13 and 10, respectively.

Sophomore forward Ellie Primerano (Saint Joseph, Mich.) and sophomore midfielder Brooke Quam (Lakeville, Minn.) led the offensive charge for the Huskies in the victory, as Primerano scored two goals and had two assists for six points, while Quam added a goal and three assists for five points. The Huskies six goals scored are the most in a game since scoring seven in a 7-0 win over Minnesota Crookston on Sept. 14, 2008.

TURNING POINT

St. Cloud State scored in the ninth minute of the game after junior forward Krysten Schuster (Beamsville, Ontario) found the back of the net off assists from Primerano and Quam and the Huskies were off and running. The Primerano-Quam duo would team up for the next two goals, with Primerano scoring in the 20^th and 55^th minutes of the game to make the score 3-0. SCSU would tack on another in the 76^th minute and a pair of goals in the final two minutes of the game to close the scoring at 6-0.

TOP HUSKIES

Primerano led the way with a six-point game and her first career two-goal game.
Quam became just the ninth Husky to record three or more assists in a game with her five-point game.
Freshman forward Linsey Trapino (Verona, Wis.) had a goal and assist for three points in the game.

NOTES

St. Cloud State clinched the NSIC Regular Season Championship with its win over UMC, its first conference championship in program history. The Huskies finished the conference regular season with 32 points (10-2-2), finishing one point ahead of Minnesota State (31 points, 9-1-4)
With the win, St. Cloud State improves to 20-0-1 all-time against Minnesota Crookston.
The Huskies six goals in the game are its most scored in 15 years when they scored seven in a 7-0 win over Minnesota Crookston on Sept. 14, 2008.
With the win, SCSU matches program records for most victories in a season (13, 1995) and conference wins in a season (10, 2019).
SCSU set numerous season single-game highs in the victory, including points (20), goals (six), assists (eight), shots (34), shots on goal (19) and corner kicks (19).
With six points in the game (2g/2a), Primerano became the 17^th player in program history to record six or more points in a game and the first since Maria Kass did so in 2016. Her six points put her in a 13-way tie for the fifth-most points in a single game in program history.
Primerano's pair of goals marks her first career multi-goal game.
Quam had three assists in the game, becoming the ninth player in program history to record three or more assists in the game and the first since 2008 when Chelsey Scheller recorded four assists.
Primerano and Quam both have recorded eight assists on the season, which lead the NSIC and rank seventh all-time in a single season in program history. Primerano's 11 career assists rank eighth on the career program top-10 list.
Freshman goalie Jaylee Strickland (Columbus, Ohio) recorded seventh shutout on the season, a mark which ranks fourth on the season top-10 list and eighth on the career top-10 list.

QUOTES

Head Coach Gretta Macdonald

"We're proud to celebrate this moment in history with our alumni, fans and the SCSU community. As an alumna's parent once said to me, "It takes a village." We're grateful for all who support the pursuits of our team. Tomorrow we will regroup and refocus as we look forward to the next opportunity to improve together."

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will now move to the NSIC Tournament, where it will host a first-round match at Husky Stadium on Monday, Nov. 6 at 2:00 p.m. CT. The Huskies first-round opponent will be determined after all NSIC regular season games conclude.

For all the latest on St. Cloud State Women's Soccer, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.