Scene Setter
    The North Dakota State Bison women's soccer team (1-0-1 overall, 0-0 Summit) hits the road for the first time this weekend, as the Bison travel to the East coast. NDSU will face a pair of schools from the America East Conference on Friday and Sunday in Vermont (2-0 overall, 0-0 America East) and New Hampshire (1-1, 0-0 America East) at the TD Bank Classic in Burlington, Vt.

The Series with Vermont
    Friday night's match will mark the first meeting between the two schools.

The Series with New Hampshire
    Friday night's match will mark the first meeting between the two schools.

Last Time Out
    A goal midway through the second half by Montana evened the match, as the North Dakota State soccer team tied the Grizzlies 1-1 in double overtime Sunday afternoon at Dacotah Field.
    NDSU struck first, as Kate Swanis found Mariah Haberle for a goal in the 30th minute. Haberle stuck her second goal of the weekend in the bottom right corner from the top of the box. It was the first career assist for Swanis.
    In the 65th minute, Alex Coyle scored the first goal of the year for the Grizzlies off an assist from Taylor Stoeger. The goal came off a corner kick in a scramble in front of the net.
    Haberle had three shots to lead the Bison, while Marian Taiwo had a pair. Brookelyn Dew, Paige Goaley and Lavin Douglass each added a shot. Haberle, Dani Algera and Monica Polgar each played all 110 minutes for NDSU. Polgar recorded nine saves in the net, as she moved to 1-0-1 on the season.
    Montana had a 22-8 advantage in shots, while holding a 9-3 advantage in corner kicks. The tie was the first for the Bison under Regan, while it was the first since a scoreless tie with Denver on Oct. 14, 2016.

Bison Soccer Sweeps Summit League Weekly Awards 
    A pair of North Dakota State seniors collected the initial Summit League women's soccer Player of the Week awards, announced by league officials on Monday. Forward Mariah Haberle netted the first offensive accolade of her career after scoring critical goals in both contests during the season-opening weekend, while goalkeeper Monica Polgar was stout in between the pipes, recording 17 saves in NDSU's 1-0-1 start to the season.
    Polgar racked up her sixth career defensive accolade, which moves her into a tie for second for the most such honors in Summit League history.
    Haberle, a first-team All-Summit League performer a year ago, tallied the game-winning goal in NDSU's 1-0 victory over Saint Mary's to open the season. In NDSU's 1-1 tie with reigning Big Sky Tournament Champion Montana, Haberle scored NDSU's lone goal in the 30th minute to put her team ahead 1-0. The Plymouth, Minn., native was one of two Summit League players to score a goal in multiple games last week.
    Polgar opened the season with her 16th career shutout as she made eight saves in the 1-0 victory over Saint Mary's. She backed up that performance by equaling her career-high with nine saves during the 1-1 draw with the Grizzlies.

North Dakota State Notes

• Senior Mariah Haberle has scored in both matches for the Bison this season. Her two goals are the only two the Bison have scored in the 1-0-1 start to the season. Haberle now has 15 career goals.
• Senior Monica Polgar ranks eighth in the nation with 17 saves this season, while also ranking 13th in keeper minutes played with 200.
• NDSU ranks 13th in the nation, and leads the Summit League, with 8.5 saves per match.
• The Bison return six starters and 13 letterwinners from last season's team, including a first team all-league selection in Haberle.
• NDSU opened the exhibition season with a 3-0 victory over Viterbo (NAIA) on Aug. 14. The Bison scored all three goals in the second half.
• In the final exhibition match of the season, defending Big Ten Tournament Champion Minnesota beat the Bison 3-0 in St. Paul. 
• The Bison return six starters from last season in Haberle, Sydney Johnson, Laura Powell, Dani Algera, Maddie Burnstein and Polgar.
• NDSU has 10 newcomers entering 2019, including nine freshman and one senior transfer. The freshmen are Paige Goaley (F), Grace Sjoberg (D/MF), Eden Taylor-Wineera (MF), Taylore Simmons (MF/F), McKenna Strand (D), Kate Swanis (MF), Lavin Douglass (MF), Regan Ostler (MF) and Paris Walsh (D). Elyse Huber (F) is a senior transfer from Nebraska. 

 
About Vermont

• The Catamounts are 2-0 on the year after victories over Sacred Heart and Army. Vermont beat Sacred Heart 1-0 on Friday night before beating Army 2-1 in overtime on Sunday.
• This is the first 2-0 start for Vermont since the 2014 team started the year 2-0 with wins over Central Connecticut State and Youngstown State. The Catamounts finished the 2014 season 3-12-2.
• Three different players have scored a goal for Vermont this season. Ella Bankert, Natalie Durieux and Karen Wallace have the three goals. Ali Prince and Frances O'Donnell each have an assist.
• Sophomore Lydia Kessel earned America East Defensive Player of the Week honors this past week. Kessel played 45 minutes and recorded five saves against Sacred Heart before playing 45 minutes and notching three saves against Army.
• The Catamounts rank 39th in the nation with 6.5 saves per match.
• Vermont is one of 96 teams in the country that are undefeated after the opening weekend of play.

About New Hampshire

• The Wildcats are 1-1 on the year, having lost 1-0 in overtime to Rhode Island in the season opener before downing Sacred Heart 3-0.
• New Hampshire returns 18 players from the 2018 roster, including 10 seniors.
• Freshman Whitney Wiley scored a pair of goals in the victory over Sacred Heart, including the game-winner. Wiley was named the America East Rookie of the Week.
• Senior Kaylan Williams assisted on all three Wildcat goals against Sacred Heart. The total tied the program record for the eighth time. 

25th Season of NDSU Soccer
The 2019 season marks the 25th season of soccer at NDSU. The Bison own a 241-177-29 (.572) all-time record, including a 127-42-7 (.741) mark in home matches. In six seasons at Dacotah Field, the Bison are 31-16-2 (.653). Pete Cuadrado is the all-time leader in wins with 93 in nine seasons as head coach from 2003-11. The Bison have had a winning record in 17 of the 24 seasons played. 

Haberle Named to Summit League "Players to Watch" List
    Bison senior Mariah Haberle was named to the "Players to Watch" section by the league coaches. Haberle, an All-Summit League First Team selection last season, started all 16 matches with seven goals and two assists on the season. Haberle had four game-winning goals for NDSU last year.

NDSU Soccer Picked Third in Summit League Preseason Poll 
    The North Dakota State women's soccer team was picked to finish third in the 2019 Summit League Women's Soccer Preseason Poll, announced Monday, Aug. 12 by the league office.
After finishing third in the 2018 standings, the Bison received 41 points and are picked to finish in the same spot. With 63 and 57 points respectively, 2018 Summit League co-champions Denver and South Dakota State are picked for the top two spots in 2019. Denver received seven first place votes, while the Jackrabbits received the other two.
The top four regular-season finishers will qualify for The Summit League Women's Soccer Championship, which will be hosted by reigning regular-season co-champion SDSU in Brookings, S.D., Nov. 7 and 9. 

Radio, TV Coverage Announced for NDSU Women's Soccer
    A pair of NDSU women's soccer matches will air live on the radio and one match will be televised live during the upcoming season. NDSU's regular season home opener against Saint Mary's Aug. 23 and the regular season home finale against North Dakota (Oct. 31) will air live on Bison 1660 AM. The home match against South Dakota on Oct. 6 will be televised live on MidcoSN with Alex Heinert calling the action.

Head Coach Mike Regan
    Mike Regan begins his second season at the head coach of the Bison. An assistant coach for teams in the Missouri Valley and Big Ten Conferences over the previous six seasons before coming to NDSU, Regan was named head women's soccer coach at North Dakota State on Jan. 19, 2018.
    Regan came to NDSU after two seasons as a Big Ten assistant coach at Indiana University in Bloomington. Prior to Indiana, he was an assistant coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, for four seasons where he was part of the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference championship team and the 2015 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year. Drake made four consecutive MVC tournament appearances.
    Before joining Drake, Regan was the head coach for the North Iowa Area Community College men's soccer team for five seasons, where he posted an impressive record of 74-17-6 and was named the NJCAA/ICCAC Men's Soccer Coach of the Year three times.
    Regan also has extensive coaching experience at the youth level. He is currently a staff coach with the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Girls Olympic Development Program and served as the head coach of the Iowa ODP '98 age group for three years. Regan holds a National 'A' Coaching License from the United States Soccer Federation.
    Regan earned a bachelor's degree from Waldorf College in 2009 and a master's degree from California University of Pennsylvania in 2011.

Rewinding to 2018

• NDSU posted an overall record of 9-7-0, while finishing third in the Summit League standings with a 6-2 league slate.
• The Bison made the Summit League Tournament for the 10th-straight year, the longest active streak in the league.
• Three Bison were named All-Summit League. Mariah Haberle, Hanna Norman and Roxy Roemer all picked up first team honors from the league.
• Holly Enderle and Mallory Fenske were named to The Summit League Women's Soccer Championship All-Tournament Team.
• Enderle and Roemer were voted to The Summit League Academic All-League Team. 

On the Horizon
    The Bison return home on Friday, Sept. 6 for a match against Hawaii at 7 p.m. NDSU will also host Chicago State that weekend on Sunday for Senior Day at 1 p.m. at Dacotah Field.