Category: College Soccer
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NSIC in MN: Anderson paces Concordia St Paul, Mankato scores a touchdown and Winona, UMD and St Cloud fight to contend for the post season
[This piece is reposted from EqualTimeSoccer.com as part of our partnership to amplify Minnesota women’s soccer news across all of Sota Soccer’s channels] Six games into the Northern Sun Conference season is about all it took for teams to shake into their typical tiers, with a couple of exceptions. Typical postseason participants Mankato, Concordia and Bemidji […]
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Tommies’ Second Half Comeback Falls Short in 3-2 Loss to Gonzaga
Tuesday afternoon’s showdown against the Gonzaga Bulldogs was primed to be an exciting one, St. Thomas was coming off of a week where they were unbeaten in two games and junior goalkeeper Tucker Mann had been chosen as the Summit League defensive player of the week for his contributions. The Tommies even started the game […]
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Gophers’ Big Ten goals being put to the test
[This piece is reposted from EqualTimeSoccer.com as part of our partnership to amplify Minnesota women’s soccer news across all of Sota Soccer’s channels] Listen. Conference play is rarely pretty. The last time the Gopher Soccer program won the Big Ten Championship they barely made the Tournament and then got hot at the right time, riding […]
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St. Thomas men open Summit League play with emphatic victory
The turn around between game one and game two of a two game week is critical. Especially when that turn around includes a lead-in to an important conference opener. Luckily for the Tommies, they got quite literally everything right. Their game on Wednesday was well played, but there were improvements to be made. After all, […]
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St. Thomas women enter Summit League play swinging
[This piece is reposted from EqualTimeSoccer.com as part of our partnership to amplify Minnesota women’s soccer news across all of Sota Soccer’s channels] In their first season as a DI program last fall, St Thomas didn’t sit back and park the bus. They played an attacking brand of soccer that was sure to cost them […]
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Tommies Earn Hard Fought Draw as Summit League Looms
After a tough string of three losses, the Tommies seem to be trending in the right direction after a hard-fought tie against Green Bay. The match was truly an end-to-end affair from the beginning, with the first chance of the game coming in just the second minute when Sophmore Charlie Holton made a run onto […]
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NSIC in MN: Mankato takes down #1 GVS, Crookston takes Highway 75 Rivalry, UMD scores upset at Minot
[This piece is reposted from EqualTimeSoccer.com as part of our partnership to amplify Minnesota women’s soccer news across all of Sota Soccer’s channels] We are 3 weeks into the ’22 season and some of the Northern Sun players decided to make a few headlines for you. In the past two weeks we saw Mankato State […]
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Five key trends to monitor as Gophers head into Big Ten play
[This piece is reposted from EqualTimeSoccer.com as part of our partnership to amplify Minnesota women’s soccer news across all of Sota Soccer’s channels] After four disappointing results to kickoff the 2022 regular season, the Gopher Soccer team has righted the ship with four straight wins – entering Big Ten play at Nebraska this weekend with […]
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Freshmen Shine in Frustrating Tommies’ Loss
The University of St. Thomas headed into their home opener having lost three of their first four games, 1-3, 1-4, and 0-5 respectively. So while today’s 0-1 loss against the Stonehill Skyhawks isn’t what the Tommies were looking for, there’s always a bright side. St. Thomas seemed to be the better side for most of […]
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How Things Look for Minnesota in the NSIC Ahead of Conference Play
Photo Courtesy Bemidji State Athletics With the initial blitz of non-conference play concluding for much of college soccer, including the NSIC, it’s a good time to check in with and see how Minnesota’s vast range of participants look when we combine preseason expectations with some initial evidence on the pitch. While these matches are important, […]