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South Dakota State University Athletics
Sunday, October 23
Brookings, S.D.
1 p.m.
South Dakota State University
10-6-1, 5-2
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Denver
6-8-1, 3-2-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | Final F |
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| Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Dakota State | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media
Soccer takes down Denver, 2-0
10/23/2016 4:07:00 PM | Women's Soccer
South Dakota State women's soccer outdueled Denver and a windy forecast on Sunday afternoon for a 2-0 win at Fishback Soccer Park in a matchup between two of the conference's top programs.
SDSU (10-6-1, 5-2 Summit League) held on to its first-place spot in the standings with the win, keeping its hopes for a regular season conference championship alive with one game to go. Â No team has locked up a spot in the year-end tournament as of Sunday.
The Jackrabbits won the shot battle, 15-8 for the day and put six on goal. Tori Poole had four of those shots (two on goal) while Shelby Raper had three. Kyli Nelson, Lindsee Larson and Nicole Hatcher (two on goal) each added two shots, and Ashley Adams joined Annie Wiliams with one.
"Denver is a great team, well-coached and we knew it was going to be tough," head coach Lang Wedemeyer said. "We had some great chances at the beginning of the game and sometimes you worry about not making those chances, but at the same time I think it built the confidence of our players that we were going into the wind and still creating quality opportunities. Â I was proud of the team for continuing to grind and get after it until we finally got that goal."
Hatcher recorded her sixth goal of the season to extend her team-lead with 20 points on the year, which ranks second in the conference. Â Poole notched her fifth goal of the year (and fourth in the last five games). Madison Yueill and Raper had assists on the day, pushing their season totals to two and three, respectively.
FIghting against the wind in the first, South Dakota State moved the ball well and had eight shots in the opening 45 minutes, including a pair of near-misses that kept things even. Â Just past the 13-minute mark, a cross from Nelson into the box put Raper in a scoring opportunity, though the shot went just wide. Â Later in the half, inside 10 seconds to play, the Jacks rushed to take advantage of a corner kick, and though Yueill's cross found Larson, a bit of misfortune sent the Jacks to the half scoreless as the header hit the crossbar.
Out of the pause, the Jacks shook off the unfortunute bounces and broke through the Pioneer defense in the 58th minute to grab a 1-0 lead. Another corner kick from Yueill was played short to Raper, who sent a low cross into the box for Hatcher and the one-touch shot deflected off a Denver defender into the net.
From there, SDSU dug in on the defensive in and fought off a hard charging Denver squad, playing on the Jackrabbit side of the field for a majority of the next 20 minutes, save for a few long runs from the SDSU attackers.
Later in the game with time winding down, Yueill played a corner kick into no-man's land just into the box as part of a clock-management strategy, but as Denver cleared the ball Poole stepped into the upper right corner of the box and fired a missile into the left side of the net for an insurance goal with nine seconds to go in the game.
What's Next
South Dakota State wraps up the regular season on Friday, Oct. 28 as it welcomes IUPUI to Fishback Soccer Park for a 6 p.m., kick.
Game Notes
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SDSU (10-6-1, 5-2 Summit League) held on to its first-place spot in the standings with the win, keeping its hopes for a regular season conference championship alive with one game to go. Â No team has locked up a spot in the year-end tournament as of Sunday.
The Jackrabbits won the shot battle, 15-8 for the day and put six on goal. Tori Poole had four of those shots (two on goal) while Shelby Raper had three. Kyli Nelson, Lindsee Larson and Nicole Hatcher (two on goal) each added two shots, and Ashley Adams joined Annie Wiliams with one.
"Denver is a great team, well-coached and we knew it was going to be tough," head coach Lang Wedemeyer said. "We had some great chances at the beginning of the game and sometimes you worry about not making those chances, but at the same time I think it built the confidence of our players that we were going into the wind and still creating quality opportunities. Â I was proud of the team for continuing to grind and get after it until we finally got that goal."
Hatcher recorded her sixth goal of the season to extend her team-lead with 20 points on the year, which ranks second in the conference. Â Poole notched her fifth goal of the year (and fourth in the last five games). Madison Yueill and Raper had assists on the day, pushing their season totals to two and three, respectively.
FIghting against the wind in the first, South Dakota State moved the ball well and had eight shots in the opening 45 minutes, including a pair of near-misses that kept things even. Â Just past the 13-minute mark, a cross from Nelson into the box put Raper in a scoring opportunity, though the shot went just wide. Â Later in the half, inside 10 seconds to play, the Jacks rushed to take advantage of a corner kick, and though Yueill's cross found Larson, a bit of misfortune sent the Jacks to the half scoreless as the header hit the crossbar.
Out of the pause, the Jacks shook off the unfortunute bounces and broke through the Pioneer defense in the 58th minute to grab a 1-0 lead. Another corner kick from Yueill was played short to Raper, who sent a low cross into the box for Hatcher and the one-touch shot deflected off a Denver defender into the net.
From there, SDSU dug in on the defensive in and fought off a hard charging Denver squad, playing on the Jackrabbit side of the field for a majority of the next 20 minutes, save for a few long runs from the SDSU attackers.
Later in the game with time winding down, Yueill played a corner kick into no-man's land just into the box as part of a clock-management strategy, but as Denver cleared the ball Poole stepped into the upper right corner of the box and fired a missile into the left side of the net for an insurance goal with nine seconds to go in the game.
What's Next
South Dakota State wraps up the regular season on Friday, Oct. 28 as it welcomes IUPUI to Fishback Soccer Park for a 6 p.m., kick.
Game Notes
- Entering Sunday, SDSU (now at 15 points) sat two points ahead of NDSU, Omaha and Denver in the conference standings. Of those three second-place teams entering the weekend, NDSU was the lone team to pick up a win and stay within two of SDSU, defeating Fort Wayne, 5-0 to move to 13 points in the standings. The Jacks' win over Denver kept the Pioneers tied with Omaha (who was idle) at 10 points. NDSU faces IUPUI next weekend along with the Jacks while Omaha and Denver each have two games next weekend to close the season. Oral Roberts slid into the third spot on Sunday with a 3-1 win over South Dakota. ORU has won four straight and has 12 points in conference play.
- South Dakota State's defense put together its eighth shutout of the season on Sunday, matching its total from last season.
- The Jacks reached 10 wins on the season for the fourth consecutive season and 10th time in program history. Â Over the last nine years, SDSU has reached 10 wins eight times.
- SDSU scored first for the 10th time this season and is now 10-1 in games that the Jacks are on the board first.
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Team Stats
DEN
SDSU
Goals
0
2
Shots
8
15
Shots on Goal
3
8
Saves
6
3
Corners
4
6
Fouls
8
8
Scoring Plays
Nicole Hatcher (6)
Assisted By: Shelby Raper , Madison Yueill
short corner 11 to 4, low cross from Rap
57:03
Tori Poole (5)
Assisted By: Kyli Nelson
off deflection in box, Poole shot top ri
89:50
Game Leaders
Shots
4
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
3
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
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