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South Dakota State University Athletics
Thursday, October 19
Brookings, S.D.
6 p.m.
South Dakota State University
vs
Fort Wayne
Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
Soccer hosts Fort Wayne, travels to Oral Roberts
10/16/2017 1:26:00 PM | Women's Soccer
| Â GAMES 15-16: South Dakota State (7-4-3, 3-0) vs Fort Wayne (1-13, 0-3); at Oral Roberts (6-8-1, 3-1) |
| Â When | Â Thursday, Oct. 19 | 6 p.m. | Â Sunday, Oct. 22 | 1 p.m. |
|  Where |  Fishback Soccer Park | Brookings, S.D. |  Case Soccer Complex | Tulsa, Okla. |
| Â Live Video | Â Jackrabbit All-Access Portal | Â ORUAthletics.com |
| Â Live Stats | Â GoJacksLive.com | Â ORU Sports Network |
| Â Game Notes | Â South Dakota State | |
| Â Social Media | Â Twitter | Facebook | #RabbitsFutbol | |
Previewing the Week
South Dakota State women's soccer plays a pair of games this weekend, hosting Fort Wayne Thursday at 6 p.m. before traveling to Tulsa, Oklahoma Sunday to take on Oral Roberts at 1 p.m.
The three-time defending Summit League Tournament champion Jackrabbits are 3-0 in league play after a three-goal shutout victory at Western Illinois last week, as Annie Williams, Tori Poole and Nicole Hatcher scored for State. Prior to that, SDSU picked up a 2-1 overtime in at Denver and a 1-0 victory at home against Omaha. The Jacks have won five straight games and are unbeaten in their last seven.
The Jackrabbits are led by Hatcher's 18 points (six goals, six assists) while Leah Manuleleua has four goals and three assists (11 points) on the year. Williams is third on the team with seven points (three goals, one assists) while freshman Marisa Shulz has netted a pair of goals on the year.
Between the pipes, Maggie Smither has started 13 games with 14 appearances on the year, working towards a 1.02 goals against average with 67 saves over 1,234 minutes played. Taylor Lock has been in four contests and has five saves for the year with one goal allowed.
Scouting the Mastodons
Fort Wayne (1-13, 0-3 Summit League) comes to town in the midst of a five-game losing streak, dropping contests against South Dakota and former Summit League foe IUPUI last weekend.
Kendall Quinn and Deanna Hecht each have nine points for the Mastodons this year with four goals and one assist each. Jessica Schoenfeldt has three goals and an assist (seven points) while Kallianne Mogler has recorded a team-best six assists.
At goalkeeper, Haley Lydon (2.51 GAA) and Emma Gaggioli (2.73 GAA) have appeared in eight games apiece, splitting starts all season. Lydon has allowed 19 goals with 33 saves while Gaggioli has given up 18 goals with 48 saves.
Jason Burr is in his fourth season leading the 'Dons and has a 10-54-6 record at the school
South Dakota State leads the all-time series with Fort Wayne, 8-2-1 and is unbeaten in its last five contests with the 'Dons. State is 5-1 at home against Fort Wayne, with the lone loss coming in 2009.
Scouting the Golden Eagles
Oral Roberts (6-8-1, 3-1 Summit League) sits in a three-way tie for second in league standings with two weeks to go in the regular season, winning its last two games in overtime fashion at South Dakota (1-0) and Denver (2-1). The Golden Eagles host Omaha on Friday before SDSU comes to town for Sunday's matchup.
Caitlyn Hanslovan (four goals, two assists) and Jordan Langebartels (five goals) are tied for the team-lead with 10 points each, while Amanda DIal has notched three goals and three assists. Tied with Dial for third in goals is Amogelang Motau.
Ryliegh Bohnenstiehl has started 11 games this season and allowed 14 goals, posting a 1.35 goals against average with 54 saves. Paige Vincent has split time between the pipes with Bohnenstiehl, coming up with 35 saves over seven games played, allowing 12 goals (2.51 GAA).
Roger Bush is in his fifth season leading the Golden Eagles and holds a 46-39-9 record at the helm.
South Dakota State leads the all-time series with Oral Roberts, 8-1-1, with the only loss coming in 2015, the last time the teams played in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Last season, the Jacks picked up a 5-1 win at home against the Golden Eagles before playing to a scoreless tie in the 2016 Summit League Tournament Championship. State earned the title with a shootout victory.
Last Time Out
South Dakota State won its fifth straight game in impressive fashion Sunday, shutting out Western Illinois 3-0 on the road.
The Jackrabbits outshot the Leathernecks, 17-7, and pushed their unbeaten streak to seven games behind a four-point game from Nicole Hatcher (two assists, one goal). Annie Williams and Tori Poole recorded goals as well, with Leah Manuleleua picking up her third assist of the year.
Maggie Smither started at goalkeeper and recorded two saves over 77 minutes before Taylor Lock entered to close out the game.
The Jackrabbits started fast and took a 2-0 lead less than 15 minutes into the game, netting the game's first goal at 9:36 when Williams took a pass from Hatcher and finished into the left corner of the net. Less than five minutes later, Hatcher hit a cross from outside the box into a scrum of players, connecting with the head of Poole for the score.
Up two at the break, State tacked on another goal in the 64th when Manuleleua set up Hatcher for a one-touch score, drawing the defenders attention in the box before sliding a pass to the feet of Hatcher.
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Jackrabbit Quick Hitters
- South Dakota State is 3-0 to begin Summit League play for the fifth time over its 11 years of membership. All five times prior, the Jacks have reached the Summit League Tournament.
- The Jacks have won five straight and are unbeaten in their last seven games. SDSU has put together winning streaks of four or more in four of its last six seasons, including a six-game winning streak in 2016. The school record for consecutive wins (and games unbeaten) is 10, set in 2008.
- Nicole Hatcher took over the top spot on the school's career assists list, passing Diana Potterveld (21 assists from 2012-15) on Oct. 15. Hatcher now has 22 assists wearing a Jackrabbit uniform. She is tied for seventh in The Summit League all-time.
- Hatcher moved into the top five in career points with her four-point day and now has 58 career points. She passed Kayla Braffett (56 from 2008-11) and Kelsey Worcester (57 from 2004-07) on Oct. 15 and is now tied for 19th all-time in The Summit League.
- Hatcher recorded a point in five consecutive games (Sept. 10 - Oct. 1), a mark that ranks third all-time in SDSU history. She holds the school record after notching a point in seven straight games last season, while Diana Potterveld is No. 2 in history with six straight games in 2015.
- The Jackrabbits' 30 shots against North Dakota on Sept. 15Â were the most by the program since Oct. 25, 2015 when State had 29 against Fort Wayne.
- The Jackrabbits are 19-16-42 in games that go to overtime. In single overtime contests, SDSU is 9-9. In double overtime matches, the Jacks are 10-7-42.
- SDSU's game against Utah on Aug. 22 was its first against a ranked opponent since the 2014 NCAA Tournament when the Jacks faced off against North Carolina Nov. 14. SDSU is 1-7 all-time against Division I ranked opponents, claiming a win in 2008 against No. 15 Colorado in the NCAA Tournament.
- SDSU played a pair of Power Five Schools this season in Iowa State and Utah. All-time against schools from the Big 10, Big 12, Pac-10, SEC and ACC, the Jacks are a combined 4-23-5. Three of those wins and two ties have come against Iowa State.
- South Dakota State is 5-11-2 all-time in season openers. In home openers, the team is 6-10-2.
- The Jackrabbits have one five consecutive Summit League openers and are 10-1 all-time in those contests.
Jacks rake in Summit League honors
The Jackrabbits have combined for five Summit League weekly awards this season between Leah Manuleleua, Nicole Hatcher and Annie Williams. Hatcher has been the Summit League's Offensive Player of the Week three times this season (all in the last five weeks).
- Hatcher and Williams swept the weekly awards Oct. 16. Hatcher had four points in the week's only game while setting a new school record for career assists while Williams hit the game-winner and anchored a defensive unit to its second straight shutout.
- Hatcher was selected as a Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 2 after notching six points to help SDSU go 2-0. Hatcher had a goal and an assist in both games, hitting an equalizer against Denver and the game-winner against Bellevue.
- Hatcher was picked as the Summit League's Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 19 after netting two goals the week prior.
- Manuleleua was picked as the Co-Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 5 after she netted the game-winner at Creighton, sending the Jackrabbits home with a 3-2 golden-goal victory after her one-touch score in the 93rd minute.
Eyes on the Prize
Despite going winless through the first two games of the season, the Jackrabbits will look to program history and trust its not how you start, but how you finish. Since joining the NCAA Division I ranks in 2004, SDSU has gone 0-2 to open a season seven times but has finished with a losing record just once, earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament in three of those seasons.
Jacks Tabbed Second In Preseason Poll
Three-time defending league champion South Dakota State was picked second in the Summit League's Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll, announced Aug. 10 by the organization. Just two points separate the top four in the poll, as the Jackrabbits received two first-place votes and 40 total points, tied with North Dakota State. Despite garnering only one first-place vote, Denver led the pack with 41 points and Oral Roberts, which received the most first-place votes, three, was fourth with 39 tallies. South Dakota and Omaha tied for fifth in the poll with 22 points, while Western Illinois (12) and Fort Wayne (eight) closed out the rankings.
Hatcher, Smither Named Players to Watch
As part of the preseason poll release Aug. 10, The Summit League announced its Players To Watch list, which included SDSU's Nicole Hatcher and Maggie Smither.
- Nicole Hatcher turned in a standout season in 2016 where she earned All-Summit League First Team honors with 22 points (six goals, 10 assists) for the No. 2 spot on SDSU's single season assists record list. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota native had four game-winners, and tallied points in a school-record seven consecutive games.
- After splitting time in the net last season as a redshirt freshman, Maggie Smither inherits the starting role between the pipes for the 2017 campaign with high aspirations. Smither set the school record for goals against average with a 0.34 mark and put together the second-best saves percentage (.911) in program history last year. She allowed just four goals over 1,057 minutes played in 2016, and came up with 41 saves while posting a 7-2-4 record in net. The Sioux Falls, S.D., native was named to the All-Freshman team by The Summit League last year and was the league's November Female Athlete of the Month. Smither came up big in the postseason as well, logging consecutive shutouts in the Summit League Final and NCAA Tournament First Round game.
A New Era
A new face is leading the Jackrabbits for just the second time in program history, as Brock Thompson assumed head coaching duties Jan. 31, 2017 after 17-year head coach Lang Wedemeyer stepped down. Thompson had been with the program nine years prior, dating back to 2008, and brings head coaching experience into the new role. Thompson spent three years as the head coach at University of Mary (Bismarck, N.D.) and three years at the University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, N.D.).
Upcoming Promotions
South Dakota State women's soccer has several upcoming promotions for its home games this season:
| Oct. 26 | South Dakota | SDSU Soccer T-Shirts |
| Oct. 29 | North Dakota State | SDSU Rally Towels |
Jacks on the Air
South Dakota State women's soccer and the Jackrabbit Sports Network have announced a partnership with Brookings Radio for three broadcasts this season. Fans can tune into 1430 KBRK-AM for Jackrabbit games against Iowa State (Sept. 1), South Dakota (Oct. 26) and North Dakota State (Oct. 29). The audio will also be streamed for free through the Jackrabbit All-Access portal. Subscribers of the video stream will hear the broadcast as part of their package for those games as well. Tyler Merriam and Kiley Cirillo will call the action. Merriam is the lead play-by-play voice for the Jackrabbit Sports Network, while Cirillo is the Brookings Fútbol Club Director of Coaching. Previously, Cirillo was the head women's soccer coach at the University of Indianapolis and Missouri Southern.
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