MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran women's basketball team (5-1 overall, 1-0 UMAC) hosts Northwestern (4-5, 2-0) Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. The Eagles are tied for first and the Vikings are tied for third on the conference standings.

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The Series
UNW leads the series at 23-8, though the Vikings have won the last three-straight. The teams have met at least twice each season since 2004-05.

Bethany Lutheran
Junior Abby Olson (Montevideo, Minn.) leads the team with 21.3 PPG, classmate Hanna Geistfeld (Truman, Minn.) has 18.7 PPG, and junior Kenlie Pytleski (East Chain, Minn.) has 11.3 PPG. Geistfeld averages a double double with a team-high 10.7 rebounds/game and Olson has a team-best 24 assists.

Career Record Watch
Olson ranks second in three-point field goals (119), sixth in points (948), seventh in assists (201) and field goals (311) , and 10th in free throws (199). Geistfeld is sixth in field goals (332) and ninth in points (857). Pytleski is eighth in blocks (41). Senior Emily Skrien (Nicollet, Minn.) is ninth in three-point field goals (68).

Against the Conference
BLC leads the conference in scoring (90.0 PPG) and scoring margin (33.0).

Olson is second in scoring (22.0 PPG0 and Geistfeld is third (20.0). Olson is second in three-point field goal percentage (.500).

Geistfeld is the league's second-leading rebounder (9.0 rebounds/game), and ranks first in free throw percentage (1.000).

National Stat Rankings
Bethany Lutheran ranks in the top 100 of 12 national stat ranking categories, the NCAA released Monday.

The Vikings are 11th in assists/game (18.2), 12th in assist turnover ratio (1.20), 14th in fewest fouls (84), 17th in rebound margin (18.7), 18th in three-point field goals/game (9.2), 23rd in rebounds/game (48.00), 24th in scoring offense (78.3 PPG), 29th in fewest turnovers (91), 56th in free throw percentage (73.6), 62nd in won-lost percentage (83.3), 80th in scoring margin (12.5), and 86th in three-point field goals (55),

Individually, Geistfeld is 48th in assist turnover ratio (2.10), 56th in PPG (18.7), 59th in rebounds/game (10.7), 64th in field goal percentage (52.6), and 71st in double doubles (3).

Olson is 14th in three-point field goals/game (3.33), 17th in PPG (21.3), 51st in three-point field goal percentage (43.5), 64th in three-point field goals (20), and 98th in assists/game (4.0).

Northwestern
Kelsea Lund and Brooklyn DeKam lead the team with 14.4 and 12.3 PPG, respectively. Rio Landers leads the team on the glass with 7.3 rebounds/game.