Soccer comes up short at USD

Friday, October 14

Vermillion, S.D.

3 p.m.

South Dakota State University

8-5-1, 3-1-0

South Dakota

3-12-1, 2-3-0

Team	1	2	Final F
South Dakota State	0	1	1
South Dakota	1	1	2

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media

10/14/2016 5:15:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

VERMILLION, S.D. -- South Dakota State women's soccer saw its six-game winning streak come to an end at the hands of rival South Dakota in a 2-1 loss on Friday.

The Jackrabbits (8-5-1, 3-1 Summit League) won the shot battle, 10-8, for the game but saw a USD (3-12-1 (2-3 Summit League) team that was called for 14 fouls, compared to SDSU's four, make the most of its chances to secure the win.

"It was a really tough game for us today," head coach Lang Wedemeyer said. ""Credit South Dakota for the win, but we didn't come to play."

Nicole Hatcher led the SDSU offense with five shots, putting three on goal while notching the Jacks' lone score. Lindsee Larson, Madison Yueill, Tori Poole and Darien Poelstra also had shots for the Jackrabbits.

Nicole Inskeep (one save) and Maggie Smither (two saves) split halves in net once again as both keepers allowed a goal.

SDSU's first shot of the day came off the foot of Hatcher in the 20th minute as the Jackrabbits' points leader fired from the top of the box, only to have USD's Parker Rytz smother the shot for the save. Nine minutes later, Hatcher had another scoring chance, beating a charging keeper to the ball in the left side of the box, but put the one-touch over the cross bar.

After fighting a persistent USD offense for a majority of the first half, the Jackrabbits saw the Coyotes break through with just 1:33 to go in the half. Off a free kick from nearly 50 yards out, USD's Katlin Ptacek took advantage of the elements and put the ball into the net on a bounce.

Out of the break, SDSU threatened early and often and looked poised for an equalizer, but found themselves in a 2-0 hole in the 62nd minute as USD took advantage of SDSU's aggressive style and Taryn LaBree scored on a breakaway.

SDSU struck back just two minutes later, however, to make it a 2-1 game at 63:42. In the box, Hatcher fired a shot that deflected off the cross bar back towards the SDSU midfielder, as she scored her fifth goal of the year on a header.

The Jackrabbit offense pushed hard over the final 26 minutes, but a comeback wasn't in the cards for the Jackrabbits.

What's Next
South Dakota continues its weekend of road rivalry contests on Sunday at North Dakota State, as the Jackrabbits travel to Fargo, N.D., for a 1 p.m., kickoff.

Game Notes

Nicole Hatcher has recorded a point in seven consecutive games, which is a school record. The previous record was held by Diana Potterveld, who had points in six consecutive games on two different occasions in her career.
South Dakota State is now 5-5 all-time against South Dakota, losing its first match at the Division I level to the Coyotes.
South Dakota State trailed at halftime for the first time in 10 games, dating back to August 28 when Kansas held a 1-0 lead at half. That was the only time, previously, the Jacks trailed after the opening frame this season.
The two-goal deficit from 61:13 to 63:42 (a span of only 2:29) was the largest deficit SDSU has faced this season.