Game Information
 
Date: Saturday, Sept. 28 & Sunday, Sept. 29
Time: 12:30 p.m. & 2:00 p.m.
Location: Saskatoon, SK
Venue: Field 7 in Nutrien Park
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SASKATOON – Following a two-game pacific coast road swing, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies women's soccer team returns home for two matches on Field 7 inside Nutrien Park.
 
The Huskies picked up a single point in British Columbia this past weekend, after battling a pair of Pacific Division foes. Saskatchewan started out with a 0-0 draw against the UVic Vikes, before falling 2-0 at the hands of UBC Thunderbirds in the club's final match of the weekend.
 
Saskatchewan will have a prime opportunity to get back in the win column on Saturday afternoon, against a struggling Winnipeg Wesmen club who is 1-5-0 this season.
 
On Sunday afternoon at Field 7, the Huskies will take on the Manitoba Bisons, who are entering the weekend after picking up back-to-back clean sheet victories on the road.
 
These teams have already met once this season, with Saskatchewan starting 2019 with two-straight victories in Winnipeg. Halle Krynowsky and Maya Gabruch both scored in a 2-1 win over the Bisons before the Huskies dominated the Wesmen 4-0 the following day.
 
The story of the season thus far for Saskatchewan has been the play fourth-year forward Maya Gabruch. Gabruch is in the midst of a career-year with the Huskies, after the Saskatoon native scored five goals in the opening four matches of the season. The graduate of Bishop James Mahoney High School sits in a tie for second in the conference in goals. Gabruch has found the net in both games in Saskatoon this season and will be looking to help lead her club to wins this weekend.

10 Things
 
1: Saturday's match will serve as Hollandia Day with tents set up for the Hollandia Soccer Club, a local youth soccer organization in Saskatoon.
 
2: Saskatchewan has never lost to Winnipeg in program history, holding an all-time record of 9-0-2 against the Wesmen.
 
3: After starting the season 3-0-0, the Huskies have picked up one point in their last three games.
 
4: The Huskies will be looking to repeat their season-opening results after they began the 29109 campaign with back-to-back wins against the Bisons and Wesmen when in Winnipeg back in early September.
 
5: The top four teams in the Prairie division are separated by only four points with each side having playing six of their 14 regular season games.
 
6: Sunday's match against the Manitoba figures to be all-important in determining the fate of the Prairie Division standings. The Bisons enter the weekend trailing the Huskies by a single-point for third in the division, with the top six teams qualifying for the postseason. 
 
7: Jadyn Steinhauer and Jacqueline Altrogge are the lone Huskies to play all 540 minutes this season.
 
8: The Huskies have picked up at least a single point against the Bisons in their last four matches, with three wins during that stretch. Saskatchewan has outscored Manitoba 12-5 collectively over their previous four meetings.
 
9: In her return to the pitch this season, Jenelle Zapski has recorded two assists this season. Zapski, a Canada West All-Star from 2013-2015, is in her fifth and final year of eligibility with the Huskies.
 
10: The Gabruch sisters have tallied six of the ten goals scored by the Huskies this season.
 
Scouting the Wesmen
 
The Wesmen picked up a 2-0 win over the UBCO Heat in Winnipeg, their first victory since Sept. 23, 2017, after the club went 0-10-4 last season.
 
Amy Anderson, who is in her sixth year as head coach, is attempting to guide the Wesmen to the postseason for the first time in program history. The Wesmen have been unable to qualify for the playoffs since joining the Canada West women's soccer scene in the 2012 season, are off to a 1-5-0 start this season.
 
Shae-Lynn Dodds is leading the way up front for Winnipeg, scoring four of the team's six goals this season. Dodds was a Canada West second-team all-star in 2018 after setting the Wesmen single-season program record with seven goals.
 
Taryn Raabe has started all six games at goalkeeper for the Wesmen this season, sporting a .724 save percentage and 3.40 goals-against-average to go along with her 1-5 record.
 
Scouting the Bisons
 
A perennial postseason contender the Bisons are chasing their fifth consecutive postseason appearance this season. In 2018, Manitoba was eliminated after falling in penalty kicks to UNBC in the Canada West Play-In game.
 
Rookie defender Stafanie Young, a Kelowna, B.C. native, has provided valuable offence from the Bisons backline this season. Young leads the team in goals with four, while also chipping in two assists in six games this season.
 
Fellow first-year Jessica Tsai's five assists this season is tops in the Canada West, while she also leads her club in points with eight. The Winnipeg native is off to a sensational start to her U SPORTS career and shutting down the talented midfielder will be crucial for the Huskies to have success come Sunday afternoon.
 
Hailey Lavarias scored the lone goal for Manitoba in the club's clash against Saskatchewan back on Sept. 6 in Winnipeg.
 
Goalkeepers Karina Bagi and Anna Biebrich have each appeared in four games this season for Manitoba. Biebrich, a first-year Winnipeg native, has received the last two starts and picked up back-to-back clean sheet victories for the Bisons.