ST. JOSEPH, Minn. - A big Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) battle is set to take place Tuesday, Oct. 20 for the College of Saint Benedict soccer team, as the Bennies (11-1-1, 6-1-1) travel to St. Olaf College. Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. at Rolf Mellby Field. 

 

CSB soccer team shut out its opponent for the fourth consecutive match, as the Bennies secured a 4-nil road win at Concordia College Saturday, Oct. 17. The win marked the fifth straight victory for Siant Ben's. First-year Eva Gower (Plymouth, Minn./Orono) guided the offense with a pair of goals, logging her third career brace. Sophomore Veronica Warren (North Oaks, Minn./Mounds View) and first-year Mira Jackson (Roseville, Minn./Roseville Area) also net goals, with Jackson's being the first of her young career. Four different Bennies added assists, as sophomores Elly Prairie (Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park), Allison Cammerrer (Savage, Minn./Prior Lake) and Scarlett Johanson (South Saint Paul, Minn./South St. Paul Secondary), and first-year Ella Verkinderen (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview). In goal, senior Rhianna Anya (Bloomington, Minn./Thomas Jefferson Sr.) and first-year Samantha Hartnett (Saint Michael, Minn./St. Michael Albertville) split the shutout for CSB. Anya made a pair of saves in the opening half, while Harnett locked in the victory with a career-best three saves. 

 

Gower leads the team with nine goals and 22 points. Prairie sits second with seven goals and 18 points. First-year Lilly DeRosier (Baxter, Minn./Brainerd) rounds out the top-three with five goals and 11 points. Together, the trio guide a CSB squad that ranks 21st nationally and first in the MIAC in points per game, averaging 9.15. Saint Benedict sits 16th in Division III with 37 total assists and an average of 2.85 per contest, both of which lead the conference. Topping the team is Cammerrer with five assists, followed by four apiece from Gower and Prairie. 

 

Between the pipes, Anya has recorded a team-high 585 minutes in goal, making 21 saves for a .875 save percentage, the 24th-best mark in the country. Her .462 goals against average ranks 26th across Division III. Both marks sit second in the MIAC. Sophomore Anna Mollenhauer (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna) holds the team-lead in saves with 22 spanning 270 minutes in goal. 

 

The Bennies will face St. Olaf (10-2-3, 6-2 MIAC) for the 46th time dating back to 1982. The Bennies own the all-time advantage, 24-18-3, but the Oles have snagged the win in the last two meetings. Most recently, CSB stumbled, 1-nil, Oct. 4, 2025. Now-sophomore Claire McGrath (Stillwater, Minn./Hill-Murray) made five saves over the first half in goal, while Anya added three more stops in the last 45 minutes. St. Olaf enters the bout off a 4-1 win at Macalester College Saturday, Oct. 17. 

 

The game will be live streamed, which can be found here, while stats can be accessed by clicking here.