Soccer falls at Omaha; keeps lead in conference

Friday, October 21

Omaha, Neb.

4 p.m.

South Dakota State University

9-6-1, 4-2SL

Omaha

5-9-3, 3-2-1SL

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

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media

10/21/2016 6:10:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. – South Dakota State women's soccer found itself down early and couldn't recover in a Friday night contest at Omaha, falling 1-0 in its road finale.

SDSU (9-5-1, 4-1 Summit League) outshot Omaha (4-9-3, 2-2-1 Summit League), 15-7, on the day and had nine corner kicks but were unable to find the net for just the fourth time this season.

"I thought we played a very good second half but just couldn't find the net after dominating for long stretches," head coach Lang Wedemeyer said. "But, that is just the cruelty of the game sometimes."

Madison Yueill led the Jacks with five shots on the day, putting two on goal. Annie Williams had two shots and eight other SDSU players tallied a shot.

Nicole Inskeep and Maggie Smither split halves in net for the Jackrabbits.

Typically the first-strike team, SDSU found itself in a 1-0 hole in the opening 10 minutes as Omaha's Nyoke Dumba found the net off a corner kick assist from Sophia Roux at 9:12. The Jacks looked for an immediate equalizer with two shots and a corner kick within the next two minutes of game action before the teams settled back into back-and-forth play that sent SDSU to the locker room down one.

Early in the second, Jennie Scislow's shot at 47:28 looked to be the equalizer SDSU had been chasing before Omaha's Haley Shelton came up with a save to keep the Jacks off the board.

Back-to-back near misses came for SDSU in the 64th and 67th minutes off corner kick opportunities. The first attempt saw Ashley Adams fire a cross near the far post towards Williams, who got a touch but saw her header pushed to the right of the post. The second was a cross from Julia Lam into the box and Williams' header narrowly cleared the crossbar.

A finesse shot from the top of the box looked good off the foot of Yeuill at 71:49, only to have it curve to the right of the post once more as SDSU's aggressive play continued to provide scoring opportunities.

Three more SDSU scoring chances came in the 80th and 81st minutes after Omaha penalties were called. A free kick from 25 yards out was saved by Shelton, and the Mavericks' keeper came up with another stop on a Jackrabbit penalty kick attempt soon after before a follow-up one-touch sailed over the cross bar.

What's Next
South Dakota State returns to Fishback Soccer Park on Sunday for a 1 p.m., matchup with Denver that has Summit League Tournament implications. Denver has 10 points in conference play and trails SDSU by two points in the conference standings. From there, SDSU wraps up the regular season against IUPUI on Friday, Oct. 28 at home.

Game Notes

With the loss, SDSU enters its final two games of Summit League play two games ahead of Denver, North Dakota State and Omaha for first place in conference standings, but will rely on the outcome of its final two games to ensure a spot in the conference tournament as the fifth spot in the standings is held by Oral Roberts with nine points.
Omaha's goal at 9:12 was the first goal SDSU has allowed in the opening 10 minutes of game action this season.
South Dakota State hit double-digits in shots for the 10th time this season.
SDSU closes the road portion of its 2016 campaign with a 4-4 mark in contests away from Fishback Soccer Park.