Friday, Sept. 5 | 5 p.m.
Northwest vs Southern Nazarene
Maryville, Mo. | Bearcat Pitch 
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Sunday, Sept. 7 | 11:00 a.m.
Northwest vs University of Missouri-St. Louis 
Maryville, Mo. | Bearcat Pitch 
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The Northwest Missouri State University women's soccer team will begin the 2025 season out on the Bearcat Pitch with back-to-back homes games facing off against Northern State University on Friday, Sept. 5, followed by a clash with Bemidji State University on Sunday, Sept. 7.

Northwest will charge $6 admission to home soccer games in the 2025 season.
 
Northwest and Northern State will face off for the first time since 2014, with Northwest coming out on top, 2-0 Sept. 5, 2014. Northern State leads the all-time series against Northwest, 4-1. The Wolves ended last season with an overall record of 7-7-4, ending their season with a loss against the University of Mary, 0-3. Game time is set for 5 p.m.
 
The Bearcats will then hit the field again to take on Bemidji State University on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The Beavers lead the all-series against Northwest, 2-0. The Beavers ended last season with an overall record of 9-7-3, losing a match to Concordia University, St. Paul in the quarterfinal round of the NSIC Tournament, 0-1.
 
Head Coach Marc Gordon enters his eighth season leading the Bearcat soccer program. Last season, Northwest posted a record of 7-6-6 overall, ending its season in the MIAA quarterfinal round to University of Central Missouri. Northwest has produced four straight winning seasons under Gordon and has gone 41-23-16 in MIAA play over the previous four campaigns.
 
Northwest has named Senior Lily Ellis (Kearney, Mo), Senior Moira Franck (Monument, Colo.), and Margaret Madden (Papillion, Neb.) as captains for the 2025 season. Returning to the team this season Northwest has four out of five players recognized by the MIAA last year with Ximena Arnau being a First-Team All-MIAA selection, and Makenna West, Moira Franck, Lily Ellis receiving Honorable All-MIAA Mentions. 
 
Northwest goal keeper Lily Ellis stands to make an impact on the season having several notable school records including the best season goals against average at 0.47 in her 2022 season, fewest goals allowed at 9 in her 2022 season, and most shutouts in her 2022 season. She also has the highest number of career shutouts at 27.
 
Northwest is picked to finish sixth in the preseason MIAA coaches' poll, receiving 89 points total. 
 
2025 MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL
1. Central Missouri [4] – 132 points
2. Central Oklahoma [4] – 126 points
3. Missouri Western – 124 points
4. Washburn [5] – 123 points
5. Northeastern State – 92 points
6. Northwest Missouri State – 89 points
7. Pittsburg State – 71 points
8. Nebraska Kearney – 69 points
9. Fort Hays State – 63 points
10. Emporia State – 53 points
11. Rogers State – 37 points
12. Missouri Southern – 19 points
13. Newman – 16 points 
[#] - Number of First Place Votes