The University of Minnesota Duluth has selected goalkeeper Sisley Ng as its captain for the 2018 soccer season while midfielder Laura Edgren and defender Erika Hjort will serve as the alternates for the Bulldogs.

UMD named its leaders as it concluded the spring offseason program with scrimmages against the College of St. Scholastica, Concordia University, St. Paul and a handful of Bulldog alumnae over the weekend. 

A walk-on freshman three days before the start of the 2015 season, Ng set career highs for wins (nine), games started (16), minutes played (1503), goals allowed average (1.08) and saves (80). The White Bear Lake, Minn., native was voted as the team's most valuable player and with good reason as her nine wins doubled her winning output the previous two seasons. Ng led the Bulldogs to its 14th 10-win season in program history and its first 3-0 start since 2005 last year. Heading into her senior campaign, Ng is tied for seventh in career shutouts with nine and seventh on UMD's all-time saves list with 180.

Edgren, a Apple Valley, Minn., product was tops among midfielders with six points, also a career high, with one goal and four assists in 19 contests. She posted career marks in shots (16) and shots on goal (11) as she doubled her point production from the last two seasons. The two-time Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Academic Team recipient netted a season-high three points on a goal and an assist against Northern Michigan University. Hjort was one of premier defenders a season ago that allowed 1.04 goals against average, the second lowest total in the last seven years. She started all 17 games she appeared in and helped lockdown five shutouts. Hjort compiled a career high 1497 minutes despite missing two games and played a whooping 88.1 minutes per match, the highest defending returnee. The Pine Springs, Minn., native didn't rack up the scoring numbers -- she did match her scoring output from last season -- but was able to net a goal and tally a helper.