Women's Soccer Travels to Minnesota, Hosts Iowa in Third Week of B1G Play

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Spartans begin the month of October on the road at Minnesota on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. MSU will return home to East Lansing on Sunday, Oct. 6 for a matchup with Iowa at 1 p.m. to close out the week.

Michigan State currently sits at 8-3-0 on the season, including a 1-2-0 mark in Big Ten play.

Both games this week will be streamed online on BTN+.

LAST TIME OUT
The Spartans look to continue their momentum from week two of conference play, after gaining its first conference win of the season vs. Purdue, 2-0, on Sunday, Sept. 29.

Under rainy weather conditions, MSU shut out the Boilermakers, 2-0, behind goals from Paige Webber and Gia Wahlberg.

Due to inclement weather on Friday, Sept. 27, Michigan State's game with Indiana was postponed to Wednesday, Oct. 30.

AROUND THE BIG TEN
With the second week of Big Ten play in the books, two teams have yet to lose a game in the conference. Michigan leads the Big Ten with 10 points and a 3-0-1 mark, while Wisconsin has nine points and stands at an undefeated 3-0-0.

Wisconsin (No. 13) and Michigan (No. 24) are the two Big Ten teams in the United Soccer Coaches poll, with two other teams receiving votes. Iowa and Rutgers both received votes in the Sept. 29 poll.

DEFENDING DEMARTIN
Michigan State remains undefeated at home this season with a 6-0-0 record, which marks the most wins at home since 2012 when the team had seven home wins.
The Spartans have only allowed four goals at home this season and have recorded three shutouts in East Lansing. The three shutouts at home are the most since the 2015 season when the team also shutout three opponents.

The Spartans have one overtime win at home this season which was a 3-2 win over Bowling Green on Sept. 12. This was the Spartans' first overtime win at home in two seasons as MSU's last overtime win at home was on Sept. 29, 2016. The Spartans defeated Maryland, 3-2, in double overtime.

SPARTANS AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
Gia Wahlberg, Camryn Evans and Danielle Stephan are both ranked nationally in total goals and total assists, respectively.

With her eight goals this season, Wahlberg leads the Big Ten and is tied for 10th nationally in total goals scored.

Wahlberg has scored the most goals by a Spartan in a single-season since Laura Heyboer scored 18 goals during the 2011 season. The forward is also tied for third nationally with four-game winning goals.

Evans and Stephan are tied with a team-high five assists in the first 11 games, which is good for second in the Big Ten. Stephan led the Spartans in assists for the past two seasons, tallying six in 2017 and four last season.

FRESHMEN IN THE LINEUP
Freshmen Paige Webber and Bria Schrotenboer have earned starting positions in the Spartan lineup this season.

Webber is the only freshman to start in all 11 games this season and has 10 points with four goals and two assists to begin her rookie campaign.

Schrotenboer has started in eight games on the Spartan backline this season, playing in all 90 minutes in seven of the eight games.The freshman missed three games at the beginning of the season to train with the U.S. U-20 Women's National Team in California.

SCOUTING THE GOPHERS
Michigan State trails the all-time series with Minnesota, 12-13-3. The two programs met last season on Sept. 20 in East Lansing, which resulted in a 0-0 draw.

The Gophers begin conference play with a 1-3-0 record, with their lone win coming against Ohio State on Sept. 29, 1-0.

Last weekend, the Gophers only allowed one goal against Penn State, in a 1-0 loss, and Ohio State, in which they split 1-1.

Minnesota is led by junior Athena Kuehn, who leads the team in points (5) with two goals and an assist. Her two goals were both game-winning goals.

SCOUTING THE HAWKEYES
The Spartans lead the series history with the Hawkeyes, 11-7-5. MSU holds a 7-2-3 record in home matches vs. Iowa.

Last season, MSU fell to Iowa, 1-0, on the road on Oct. 12.

Iowa began the season 9-0-0 and are 2-2 in Big Ten games. Their only losses of the season were at Purdue, 1-0, and vs. Northwestern, 2-1.

Iowa is led by senior Devin Burns, who has registered a point in eight of Iowa's 12 games. She leads the team with five goals this season.

The Hawkeyes host Nebraska at home on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m., before making the trip to East Lansing on Sunday.

MICHIGAN STATE NOTES
MSU's seven non-conference wins are the most since 2011 when the team also went 7-1 in non-conference play to begin the season.

The Spartans have had seven different goal scorers through the first 11 matches. The seven goal scorers tops last season's numbers, with there only being six goal scorers through all 18 games in 2018.

After not recording an overtime win in the past two seasons, MSU has two overtime wins in the first 11 games. Michigan State is 2-0-0 in overtime games this season.

Through 11 games, the Spartans have 23 total goals, which ranks third in the Big Ten. The 23 goals are already the most in a season since 2014 when the team scored 24 total goals.

MSU leads opponents in shots on goal (68-53), shots per game (11.8-10.7), corners (47-39) and total goals (23-14) through 11 games.

DONNING THE 'C'
Seniors Michaela Kovacs and Sadie Misiewicz have been named the two captains for the 2019 season. Kovacs' is a three-year captain for Michigan State.

Women's Soccer Travels to Minnesota, Hosts Iowa in Third Week of B1G Play

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Players Mentioned

Camryn Evans

Michaela Kovacs

Sadie Misiewicz

Bria Schrotenboer

Danielle Stephan

Gia Wahlberg

Paige Webber