St. Cloud State Women’s Soccer Hits the Road to Face Roosevelt, UW-Parkside

Friday, September 13

Chicago, Ill.

2:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

Roosevelt

St. Cloud State Women’s Soccer Hits the Road to Face Roosevelt, UW-Parkside

9/12/2024 9:15:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Huskies face Roosevelt for first time, Parkside for first time since 2000

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – After splitting its opening-weekend matches, St. Cloud State Women's Soccer will hit the road for the first time in the 2024 season. The Huskies begin the week with a trip to Chicago to face Roosevelt on Friday, Sept. 13 at 2:00 p.m. CT and will finish the road trip with a game at UW-Parkside on Sunday, Sept. 15 at Noon CT.

GAME COVERAGE

Both games for the weekend will be streamed through FloSports for a fee, while live stats will be available on SideArm Stats. Links to both coverage options are available at the St. Cloud State Women's Soccer schedule page.

SERIES HISTORY

Friday's matchup will be the first meeting between St. Cloud State and Roosevelt. The Lakers are in their second season as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and first season as a full member.

The Huskies seek their first win against Parkside, who own a 5-0 record all-time against SCSU. The two schools played five times between the 1995 and 2000 seasons, with the last matchup coming on Oct. 28, 2000, a 3-0 win for the Rangers in Kenosha.

PICKING UP RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT OFF

SCSU's two leading scorers from a season ago – sophomore Linsey Trapino (Verona, Wis.) and junior Ellie Primerano (Saint Joseph, Mich.) picked up right where they left off in 2023, leading the Huskies to a 2-1 victory over Northern Michigan on Sept. 7. Primerano buried a goal in the 26^th minute off an assist from senior forward Krysten Schuster (Beamsville, Ontario), while Trapino doubled SCSU's lead in the second half off a beauty 25-yard free kick. Trapino's score was her eighth career goal and fifth career game-winning goal, a mark which ranks ninth in program history after just 23 games. Primerano netted her fifth career score to move her career total to 21 points as she looks to become the 22^nd athlete in program history to score 25 career points.

In 2023, the duo led the Huskies in scoring, as Trapino scored seven goals and three assists for 17 points in her NSIC Freshman of the Year campaign, while Primerano scored four goals and eight assists for 18 points in her sophomore season.

NSIC PRESEASON POLL

St. Cloud State Women's Soccer was selected to finish second in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Preseason Coaches' Poll on August 13. The runner-up selection is its highest since rejoining the conference in 2008 and surpassed its previous high of fourth in 2012. Additionally, Trapino and sophomore defender Ana Spaine (West Des Moines, Iowa) were named the preseason players to watch by the NSIC.

In addition to being named the conference freshman of the year, Trapino earned All-NSIC second team honors and all-region honors from the United States Coaches/NSCAA. She scored seven goals and three assists for 17 points with four game-winning goals in 2023, leading all NSIC freshmen in points (17), goals (seven) and game-winning goals (four). her four game-winning scores rank second in single season program history.

Spaine earned first team All-NSIC and D2CCA all-central region second team honors in her 2023 freshman campaign. She scored two goals and added two assists for six points while anchoring a Husky backline that recorded a 0.81 goals-against average and eight shutouts, both marks that were just short of being school records.

BANNER YEAR IN 2023

In 2023, the Huskies earned its first-ever conference championship by capturing the NSIC regular season title and advance to the NCAA Tournament appearance for the first time in program history. SCSU went 14-5-2 and 10-2-2 in conference play and set program records for most wins in a season (14), most conference wins (10), longest unbeaten streak (nine) and most home wins (nine). Head Coach Gretta Macdonald was named the NSIC Coach of the Year and sophomore forward Linsey Trapino (Verona, Wis.) was named the NSIC Freshman of the Year, while SCSU had a league-high eight All-NSIC performers and five earn all-region honors.

All-Conference and All-Region honorees in 2023:
- Gretta Macdonald: NSIC Coach of the Year
- Grace Olson: All-NSIC Second Team
- Gracie Parsons: All-NSIC Second Team
- Ellie Primerano: All-NSIC First Team, United Soccer Coaches All-Central Region Second Team, D2CCA All-Central Region Second Team
- Brooke Quam: All-NSIC First Team, United Soccer Coaches All-Central Region First Team, D2CCA All-Central Region First Team
- Ana Spaine: All-NSIC First Team, D2CCA All-Central Region Second Team
- Jaylee Strickland: All-NSIC Second Team
- Linsey Trapino: All-NSIC Second Team, NSIC Freshman of the Year, United Soccer Coaches All-Central Region Second Team
- Rheana Zerna: All-NSIC First Team, United Soccer Coaches All-Central Region Second Team