MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran women's soccer team (8-8 overall, 4-3 UMAC) concludes the regular season when it hosts Northwestern (9-10, 6-1) Wednesday at 5 p.m. The Eagles are in second place in the conference standings and the Vikings are fourth. Both teams have solidified an appearance in the UMAC Tournament, but seeds are still to be determined.
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The Series
The Eagles own the all-time series lead at 24-4-3. The teams have met at least once every year since 2004. This includes the nonconference game earlier this season where UNW won 6-0.
Bethany Lutheran
Junior Maddie Perry (Anoka, Minn.) leads the team with 20 goals and one assist for 41 points. Sophomore Zoe Kinakin (Victoria, British Columbia) follows with three goals and freshman Gina Harmening (Courtland, Minn.) has two.
Junior Leah Sonnenburg (Lakeville, Minn.) has played 979:00 in the net, has 54 saves, five wins and one shutout.
Career Record Watch
Perry is third in points (82), third in goals (35) and the career leader in game-winning goals (11).
Sonnenburg is tied for fourth in wins (6), tied for eighth in saves (54) and tied for 10th in shutouts (1). Kinakin is sixth in saves (118) and tied for fifth in wins (5).
Season Record Watch
Perry has set the record in goals (10), points (41), and in game-winning goals (7). Sonnenburg is tied for second in wins (5).
Against the Conference
Perry is the second-leading scorer with 13 goals, second in points (27), and first with 4 game-winning goals.
National Stat Rankings
Individually, Perry ranks in the top 100 of seven national stat rankings, the NCAA released Monday.
She is first in shots/game (8.38), second in game-winning goals (7) and shots on goal/game (4.50), 11th in goals (20), 13th in goals/game (1.25), 22nd in points/game (2.56), and 23rd in points (41).
Northwestern
The Eagles enter the week on a three-game winning streak. Anna Welch leads her team with 14 goals and Danielle Roberts follows with 10. Ellie Fryer has played the most time in net for UNW and has 39 saves, seven wins and one shutout.
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