Jacks demolish Centenary 8-1

Sunday, October 31

Fishback Soccer Park

1 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Centenary

10/31/2010 4:39:00 PM | Women's Soccer

By: SDSU Sports Info

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State women's soccer team downed Centenary 8-1 Saturday in the highest scoring game for the Jackrabbits this season.

"It was great to get so many different people contributing to the scoring today" said head coach Lang Wedemeyer. "This senior class has the distinction of qualifying for four Summit League conference tournaments in a row, the only school to do that since we joined in 2007. We are excited to host the tournament and look forward to playing Friday night."

Centenary's Allie Cortes beat Jackrabbit goalkeeper Elisa Stamatakis in the 20th minute of the game for an early lead.

Centenary couldn't hang onto the lead, though. Kelsey Ferguson scored the equalizer off a penalty kick in the 34th minute.

The Jacks then scored five goals in a matter of minutes.

Courtney Higgins found the cross from Christa Nyblom's corner kick to up the Jacks 2-1 in the 47th minute.

In the 52nd minute, Danni Healy fed Kaitlin Justice who kicked it to Kayla Braffet in the box. Braffet scored goal number three for the Jackrabbits and her fifth season goal.

Braffet also tallied an assist in the 53rd minute as she sent a cross to Justice, who scored goal four for the Jacks and her fifth season goal.

Nyblom sent another cross off a corner kick to Emily Quigley who scored the fifth Jackrabbit goal of the game in the 54th minute.

Stéphanie Bérubé fed Healy in the 59th minute of the game to give the Jacks a 6-1 lead over the Ladies.

Abby Jurgens scored her first career goal on an unassisted rebound shot to increase the Jacks 7-1.

The final goal of the game came in the 86th minute as Danielle Neuhalfen scored an unassisted goal off a free kick to give the Jacks the 8-1 win over the Ladies.

The Jacks crushed the Ladies in shots 41-2, including 21-2 on-goal. Braffet took seven shots, which is second most shots in a game all-time for the Jacks. She tallied two on-goal. Justice and Tory Schiltgen recorded five shots each, both with two on-goal.

Elisa Stamatakis improves her record to 11-2-3. She tallied two saves in her 60 minutes in the net. Kat Donovan made her Jackrabbit debut, recording 30 minutes in the net.

The Jacks clinched a spot in the Summit League Championships with the win over Centenary. The Championships are set to take place at Fishback Soccer Park Nov. 5 and 7.