MATCHUPS: Minot State will host Winona State on Saturday, Oct. 15 and Upper Iowa on Sunday, Oct. 16. Both games are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

RECORDS: The Beavers continued their hot start in conference play last week beating both Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State to improve their record to 9-1, 8-0 NSIC. Both the Warriors and Peacocks went 2-0 last week with wins over Southwest Minnesota State and Sioux Falls. Winona State now holds a 6-5-1 record with a 3-5-1 NSIC record. Upper Iowa is 6-3 in conference play with a 7-4 overall record.

COACHES CORNER: Jason Spain is in his seventh season as head coach of the women's soccer program at Minot State. Spain has done impressive work in his five seasons with the team, sporting a highly successful 68-39-12 record. Ali Omar is in his 22nd season at the helm of the Winona State soccer team. Omar has posted a 300-100-28 record in his 21 seasons. James Price is in his first season as the head coach at Upper Iowa. Price spent the past six years as the head coach at Division I Northern Iowa where he amassed 33 wins.

RANKINGS: MSU remained the 13th ranked team in the country this week in the Oct. 11 NSCAA Coaches poll. Neither of this week's opponents received votes.

SERIES HISTORY: The Beavers are 4-2 against Winona State as they defeated the Warriors twice last season including in the NCAA tournament. MSU won its first ever game against Upper Iowa last season and now have a 1-4 record against the Peacocks.

NOTING THE BEAVERS: After its two wins last week Minot State remains undefeated in conference play and holds a three-point lead in the new NSIC standings based on points. The Beavers got off to their best start in school history at 8-0, improving on their 7-0 start from a year ago. There are three teams chasing Minot State who each have two losses in Bemidji State, Augustana and Minnesota State. The Beavers have defeated BSU, AU and will play Minnesota State on the road later this year.

NOTING THE WARRIORS: Winona State has stayed pretty even with its opponents so far as they have scored 19 goals, but allowed 16. Both the Warriors and their opponents have a shot percentage of 11.4 while WSU leads its opponents 89 to 75 in shots on goal. With a shot on goal percentage of 53.3 the Warriors have allowed a shot on goal percentage of 53.6. They also remain close, statistically, in assists (13 to 12) and corner kicks (44 to 42).

NOTING THE PEACOCKS: Upper Iowa is currently riding a five-game winning streak as the team heads to Mary before coming to play the Beavers. The Peacocks have spread the ball around well this season with four players having scored two goals and another four having scored one. UIU is led by freshman Birgit Rijnders in points with seven as she has assisted on three goals this season. Both of Rijnders goals this year have been game winners.

QUICK TO HELP: Sophomore Ashley Franco tied the Minot State record for fastest players to reach seven career assists at 32 games. Zoe Fisher, who finished her career with an MSU record 16 assists, was the other Beaver to complete the task in such a short amount of time. Franco landed her seventh assist last week against St. Cloud State from a corner kick. She has been player to take the team's corner kicks since she started playing last season.