Benedictine Women's Soccer enters its first full week as the No. 18-ranked program in the NAIA as they hit the road for a pair of Heart of America Athletic Conference matches.

It's an early start to the week, traveling to Marshall, Mo., to take on No. 21 Missouri Valley College tonight at 5 p.m. before they take the trip to Clarke University on Saturday.

The match with Missouri Valley can be stream on UEN at https://www.urbanedgenetwork.net/watch/1325.

ABOUT BENEDICTINE: For the second time this season, Jenna Wilken earned the Heart Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for her effort in Benedictine's 2-0 week last week. She finished the week with 2 goals and one assist. In Wednesday's upset over No. 8 MNU, she assisted on the equalizer and then she capped off the week with two goals in Benedictine's 4-0 win over Culver-Stockton on Saturday. … Benedictine enters the week ranked second in the Heart in goals per game at 3.14. The Ravens have scored a total of 22 goals – which matches the conference high with Graceland. … Defensively, the Ravens have the second-best goals-against average at 0.44 with a total of 4 shoutouts through 7 matches. They have allowed just 3 goals so far this season. … Wilken currently ranks third in the Heart with 12 points. She is tied for the team lead in assists with 4 with Brynn Carroll. … Payton Vogelbacher is tied with 2 game-winning goals with four others to lead the Heart. She also ranks third in shots with 23 and is tied for fourth with 12 shots on goal. … Cambell Gregory has played all but one match in goal for the Ravens this season. She currently has a .800 save percentage with 12 saves and a 0.51 goals-against average. 

ABOUT MISSOURI VALLEY: The Vikings are 1-3-2 overall this season an 1-0-1 in the Heart. They are coming off a 5-0 win over William Woods after opening up Heart play with a draw against Park. … They are currently averaging 1.5 goals per match with a 1.67 goals-against average. … While the Ravens hold the overall series lead against the Vikings at 12-9-3 since 2007, the Vikings are 7-2-1 against the Ravens in the last 10 matches. The Vikings 7 wins are the in the last 7 matches with the Ravens, with the last two matches in the series in Marshall. Last year the Vikings earned a 3-1 win and in 2024, won 3-0. Benedictine's last win in the series came during the 2019 season. … Eight Vikings have registered a goal this season with Ana Julia Carlessi leading the team with 6 points (2 goals, 2 assists). … Lola Martinez Benitez is the Vikings primary keeper this season, allowing 10 goals with 15 saves in six matches.

ABOUT CLARKE: Clarke finds itself among the front runners in the Heart standings headed into the week. The Pride sit at 6-0-1 overall and are 3-0-0 in the Heart as one of three undefeated conference program – Benedictine 3-0-0 and Central Methodist 2-0-0. The Pride enter the week riding a 3-match winning streak after playing to a scoreless draw with Soka (Calif.) back on Sept. 6. 

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