Soccer tops Oral Roberts, 1-0

Thursday, October 10

Tulsa, Okla.

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

10-3-0, 2-0-0

Oral Roberts

3-7-2, 0-1-1

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

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10/10/2019 11:56:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

TULSA, Okla. -- South Dakota State women's soccer overcame a lengthy weather delay and a stout Oral Roberts squad Thursday evening, claiming a 1-0 victory to push its winning streak to eight games.

The Jackrabbits (10-3, 2-0 Summit League) put up 17 shots in the win while limiting ORU (3-7-2) to 10 shots.

Leah Manuleleua paced the attack with her eighth goal of the year, matching Marisa Schulz with four shots. Karlee Manding added an assist.

Maggie Smither and the Jackrabbit defense turned in the team's 10th shutout of the season, as Smither tallied six saves in a complete-game victory.

"It was a great game tonight between two teams who competed with great effort and class," head coach Brock Thompson said. "I'm proud that our team found a way to make the plays we needed in the end. Karlee had a great run to set up Leah for the game-winner and our back line had to weather a big push late to see the game out."

State fired out of the gates and launched eight shots in the opening frame, but the teams played to a scoreless tie at halftime.

All even at the break, the Jacks controlled possession in the opening moments of the second half, but a lightning strike in the area sent the teams into a delay in the 56th.

After a waiting game that lasted over two hours, play resumed at Case Soccer Complex, and 12 minutes later the Jacks took a 1-0 lead off the foot of Manuleleua.

Manding set up the score with a long run from the defensive end of the pitch, sending a thru ball into the box for Manuleleua, who buried the eventual game-winner into the lower-left corner of the net.

SDSU's defense continued its lockdown effort the rest of the way, limiting a hard-pressing ORU team to just two shots in the final 20 minutes to close out the victory.

Game Notes

South Dakota State is 11-1-1 against Oral Roberts.
Maggie Smither, who now has 28 career shutouts, rose to second on SDSU's career saves list with 260
Leah Manuleleua netted her 20th career goal, rising to fifth on SDSU's career record list
Manuleleua tied Kelsey Ferguson's program-best mark with her 10th game-winning goal
SDSU has matched its program record for consecutive shutouts (eight), previously set in 2008 and 2011.