Jackrabbits, Eagles tie in Sunday match

Sunday, September 16

Cheney, Wash.

3 p.m.

South Dakota State University

5-4-1

Eastern Washington

4-3-2

OT 3

OT 4

South Dakota State

Eastern Washington

BROOKINGS, SD: AUGUST 24: .......... (Dave Eggen/Inertia)

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

9/16/2018 6:13:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

CHENEY, Wash. – The Jackrabbit women's soccer program played to a scoreless draw at Eastern Washington Sunday, wrapping up its weekend unbeaten with a pair of shutout performances.

South Dakota State is now 5-4-1 on the season after the double-overtime contest.

Maggie Smither logged 110 minutes between the pipes with seven saves, earning her fifth shutout of the 2018 campaign.

SDSU finished the match with 13 shots (five on goal) as a team, as Marisa Schulz, Karlee Manding, Annie Williams, Sunniva Dunagan, Allie Zueger and Abigail Kastens all had two attempts on the day.

"We faced a really good team today," head coach Brock Thompson said. "They've been in the last two NCAA Tournaments and I'm proud of how our team got stronger as the game went on.

"Our midfield was great for most of the match, and both Darien (Poelstra) and Karlee (Manding) created some great chances in the second half and overtime."

The Jackrabbits faced pressure throughout in a back-and-forth affair, but held strong on the defensive end as Alexa Hepner, Kaitlin Zabel and Williams all played 110 minutes as part of the stout back line that worked around 17 Eastern Washington shots.

Scoreless after 90 minutes of regulation, State took control in overtime and nearly broke through in the 107th as Darien Poelstra's shot hit the crossbar and ricocheted back to Manding, but an EWU defender stepped in front to block the potential game-winner (and the final scoring chance of the day) as the time ran out on both teams.

Game Notes

This is the third meeting between South Dakota State and Eastern Washington. The series is even at 1-1-1.
Today's match was SDSU's first overtime contest of 2018. The Jackrabbit program is 19-16-43 all-time in overtime matches.
Maggie Smither recorded her eighth career tie at goalkeeper and is now alone in first place at South Dakota State, breaking a stalemate with Nicole Lograsso for the school record.
Leah Manuleleua returned to the starting lineup for the first time since Aug. 26.

Up Next
South Dakota State returns to Fishback Soccer Park Friday against UMKC for a 6 p.m. kick.

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