Game Notes
Live Stats (Missouri State)
Live Stats (Utah State)

    The UNO women's soccer team continues its tough non-conference schedule this weekend with games at Missouri State and at home against Utah State. On Friday, the Mavericks face Missouri State in Springfield, Mo., at 6 p.m. On Sunday, 2011 NCAA Tournament qualifier Utah State swings by the UNO Soccer Field to face the Mavs at Noon. Live stats for both matches will be available at OMavs.com.  
 
Series History
    UNO will be playing both Missouri State and Utah State for the first time in school history.

Searching for 200
    Don Klosterman will take aim at a coaching milestone when he leads the UNO women's soccer team into its 14th season in 2012. The only head coach the University of Nebraska Omaha has had, Klosterman has a 198-60-12 record, just two wins from win number 200 in his outstanding career at UNO. The two-time Division II National Coach of the Year has led the Mavericks to the national semifinals four times, culminating in the 2005 NCAA Division II National Championship. Assistant coach Ted Anderson is in his 14th season at UNO and has been with Klosterman every step of the way.

Eyeing the Summit
    Although the Mavericks will be playing their first season in The Summit League, UNO has some familiarity with the league after playing four Summit League teams last season. The Mavs posted a 2-2 record against their future league foes. UNO knocked off South Dakota, 3-2, on Aug. 28 for its first win over a Division I team as a Division I program. The Mavs fell at Summit League regular-season runner-up North Dakota State, 3-1, on Sept. 18, and at UMKC, 2-1, on Sept. 24. Those two teams posted a combined 13-3-2 conference record last year. UNO closed its mini-Summit League slate with a 1-0 win at Western Illinois to get back to .500 against its future opposition.

Next Up for the Mavs
    The Mavericks head to the Mountain time zone for a pair of games next weekend. UNO is at Wyoming on Friday, Aug. 31 at 5 p.m. (CT). The Mavs continue the road swing at Northern Colorado at 2 p.m. (CT) on Sunday, Sept. 2.

Last Time Out
    OMAHA, Neb. - The Omaha women's soccer team opened the 2012 season with a 4-0 loss to Iowa State last Friday night at the UNO Soccer Field. The Cyclones scored two goals in each half while the Mavericks, in their first ever meeting with ISU, were outshot 18-1 for the game. ISU had an 11-0 edge in shots on goal. In the first half, Megan Longobardi opened the scoring, heading in a cross from Amanda Woelfel in the 25th minute. Just 19 seconds later, the Cyclones forced a turnover, and Emily Goldstein knocked in an unassisted tally. Iowa State continued to pour it on in the second half, outshooting the Mavs 10-0. The Cyclones' lead grew to 3-0 when Goldstein set up Jennifer Dominguez for a header to the top left corner in the 59th minute. The final goal came in the 72nd minute when former Maverick Julia Adler got free in the UNO end and beat goaltender Meaghan Clark from long range.

Scouting Missouri State
    The Bears are 1-1 after a 5-0 shutout over Arkansas-Little Rock and a 1-0 defeat to North Texas. Missouri State plays their third game of the season at Arkansas Wednesday night. Last year, the Bears went 12-5-2 and finished second in the MVC. Erin Stewart has one goal and one assist to lead the team in scoring early. Ten different Bears have a point already this season.

Scouting Utah State
    The Aggies are 2-0 with wins over Utah and UTEP heading into a match Friday at Creighton. Last year, Utah State finished 15-5-2 and won the WAC title to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Defender Natalie Norris paces the Aggies.

Welcome to The Summit League
    The 2012 season marks UNO's first with a full Summit League schedule. UNO will play all eight Summit League foes once, starting with a Sept. 28 game at home against Fort Wayne. Although the Mavericks will appear in the Summit League standings, UNO cannot qualify for the Summit League Championship or the NCAA Tournament until 2015-16.

Junior Achievements
    The Mavs will lean heavily on their six-player junior class in their first Summit League season. The six juniors have a combined 146 career starts among them. Last year, Jordyn Braun and Kerry Pivovar started every game on the Maverick back line, while Melanie McCormick started every game in the central midfield. Monica Bosiljevac started the first six games before her season ended due to injury, and Sarah Nordstrom and Logen Watts started eight and seven games, respectively, while appearing in every game.

Youth Movement
    The Mavericks had a young team in their first Division I season in 2011 with 14 underclassmen (six freshmen and eight sophomores) on the 22-player roster, but they will be equally young in 2012. Among the 18 players on the roster this year, 11 are underclassmen (seven freshmen and four sophomores). The lone senior on this year's squad is Danielle Archuleta.

New in Net
    Last year's starting goalkeeper, Katelyn Tschida, decided to hang up the cleats in the offseason after two years with the Mavericks, temporarily leaving sophomore Sarah Warren, who has played 24 career minutes, as the only goalkeeper on the Mavs' roster. The Mavs were able to sign Boise, Idaho native Meaghan Clark in the summer, giving the Mavs two young goalies for the 2012 season.

Fresh Faces
    Clark is one of seven freshmen in the 2012 signing class, which comprises three Nebraska talents and four out-of-state players. Lincoln Southeast teammates Hannah Wampler and Morgan Westenburg, as well as Omaha Burke's Alex Wichman, make up the three in-state newcomers. Clark, Haley Shelton (Kansas City, Mo.), Layla Ashouri (Parker, Colo.) and Katlyn Nimtz (Allen, Texas) round out the rest of the freshman class. Shelton is out indefinitely after an offseason injury.

Mavs Begin Full Summit League Schedule in 2012
    Omaha will play 18 regular-season games, including eight at home, as part of its 2012 schedule. In the Mavs' first Division I season last year, they hosted just three games. The Mavs will play five opponents that were part of the 2011 slate: Northern Colorado, South Dakota, UMKC, Western Illinois and North Dakota State. UNO went 2-3 against those teams last year. Two 2011 NCAA Tournament qualifiers appear on the Mavs' schedule this year and both make the trip to Omaha: Utah State (Sunday, Aug. 26) and Oakland (Sunday, Sept. 30). On Friday, Sept. 7, the Mavs will host crosstown rival Creighton at 5:30 p.m. at the UNO Soccer Field. The Mavs' first-ever official Summit League contest will be at home against Fort Wayne on Friday, Sept. 28. Senior Day is set for Sunday, Oct. 28 against North Dakota State at 2:15 p.m.

Mavs Picked to Tie For Eighth in Summit League Preseason Poll
    UNO was picked to tie for eighth in The Summit League Women's Soccer Preseason Poll, voted on by the league's nine head coaches. Oakland, after becoming the first fourth-seeded team to win The Summit League Championship last season, was selected as the preseason favorite to repeat for the title. The Golden Grizzlies landed five first-place votes, while last season's regular-season champion South Dakota State collected the remaining four first-place tallies and finished second in the poll. Kansas City edged out North Dakota State by one point for third place, followed by Fort Wayne in the fifth slot. IUPUI and Western Illinois tied for sixth, while the Mavericks and South Dakota tied for eighth place to round out the poll. The top four teams in the regular-season standings (excluding UNO) will compete for The Summit League Women's Soccer Championship at Fishback Soccer Park in Brookings, S.D., Nov. 2 and 4. The tournament champion will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's College Cup. The Mavericks are not eligible for the conference tournament or postseason play until 2015.