Soccer heads West for two-game swing

Thursday, September 13

Pocatello, Idaho

5 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Idaho State

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

9/12/2018 7:33:00 AM | Women's Soccer

GAMES 9-10: South Dakota State (4-4) at Idaho State (1-4); Eastern Washington (3-3-1)

When	Thursday, Sept. 13 \| 5 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. MT	Sunday, Sept. 16 \| 3 p.m. CT / 1 p.m. PT
Where	Davis Field \| Pocatello, Idaho	EWU Soccer Field \| Cheney, Washington
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Game Notes	South Dakota State \| Idaho State \| Eastern Washington \| The Summit League
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Previewing the Week
South Dakota State hits the road for the first time in September this weekend, heading West to face Idaho State and Eastern Washington. The Jackrabbits and Bengals kickoff Thursday at 5 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. MT in Pocatello, Idaho. SDSU and EWU will play Sunday at 3 p.m. CT / 1 p.m. PT in Cheney, Washington.

Scouting the Bengals
Idaho State (1-4) picked up its first win of the 2018 campaign last weekend, defeating Utah State in a 5-4 offensive shootout. Prior to that, the Bengals were shutout, 10-0, at the hands of Brigham Young.

The Bengals are minus-16 in goal differential through five games on the year. Idaho State is putting up 12.4 shots per contest but allowing 23.4 attempts per game by opponents.

Delaney Johnston leads the Bengals with two goals on the campaign, while Brooke Kortekass and Corinne Sanderson have a goal and an assist each. Three other players for ISU have scored goals in 2018.

Laule'a Akana-Phillips has appeared in all five games (with four starts) at keeper, posting a 4.33 goals against average. She has 29 saves and has allowed 18 goals in 375 minutes of action. Katie Hogarth (5.00 GAA) has five saves and five goals allowed over two appearances, playing 90 minutes.

South Dakota State and Idaho State have never met in regular-season action.

Scouting the Eagles
Eastern Washington (3-3-1) begins the weekend Friday at Utah State and will return to Cheney, Washington to take on the Jackrabbits Sunday afternoon. The Eagles split a pair of road games last weekend, defeating Colorado State 2-0 before falling to Denver, 1-0.

ESU trails its opponents in total goals, 7-5, so far this season and is averaging 14.3 shots per game while holding opponents to 10.7 shots per contest.

Five Eagles have scored a goal in 2018: Allison Raniere, Devan Talley, Emma Vanderhyden, Brittany Delride and Brooke Dunbar. Two other EWU players, Bailee Nelson and Mya Elder-Hammond, have logged assists.

Hadley Bezon (3.00 goals against average) and Kelsee Winston (0.77 GAA) have split time between the pipes. Bezon has appeared and started on game with one save, while Winston has started the other five contests, played 471 minutes and has 21 saves and a 3-2 mark with two shutouts.

This is the first-ever meeting between South Dakota State and Eastern Washington.

Scouting the Jackrabbits
South Dakota State split a pair of home games last weekend, topping Northern Iowa 1-0 Friday before falling in a 2-0 contest to Arizona State Monday. The Jackrabbits completed their six-game homestand with a 4-2 mark at Fishback Soccer Park.

SDSU has outscored its opponents 12-8 on the year and has four shutouts as a team. The Jackrabbits are averaging 15.0 shots per game, putting 49 of their 120 total attempts on goal.

Leah Manuleleua leads the Jackrabbits with seven points on the year. She and Karlee Manding each have three goals on the campaign, as Manding netted a game-winner last Friday against Green Bay. Stephanie Dashiell has found the back of the net twice in 2018, and Carina McLennan, Hannah Evans and Abigail Kastens have scored as well.

Marisa Schulz netted her first goal of the season in last Friday's win, assisted by Annie Williams.

McLennan (five points) leads all Jacks with three assists, while six others have one assist each.

Maggie Smither has started all eight games at goalkeeper for SDSU and holds a 1.05 goals against average with 34 saves. She has allowed eight goals in 685 minutes of action, recording three shutouts while assisting in one more.

Manuleleua Honored by Summit League
South Dakota State's Leah Manuleleua was named the Summit League's Offensive Player of the Week, announced Aug. 27 by the league office. It was the third time in her career she's earned the league's weekly honor.

Manuleleua helped the Jacks to a perfect 2-0 record at home last weekend, thanks in part to a seven-point showing against Wayne State Friday that included the ninth hat trick in the program's history. Manuleleua became the first to score three or more goals in a game for SDSU since Diana Potterveld did it in 2012.

The Manteca, California native scored the eventual game-winner and game's first goal in the fifth minute against WSC, added another goal in the 32nd frame on a header from Carina McLennan's corner kick, and after assisting on the game's fourth score (scored by Evans) she completed the hat trick in the 48th, dribbling through defenders in the box and finding the back of the net.

Smither Climbing Charts
South Dakota State's junior goalkeeper Maggie Smither has made her way into the top five of several career record lists (not including career averages or percentage marks) in the midst of her third season playing with the Jacks:

Career Saves
Rk	Saves	Name	Years
1	269	Nicole Lograsso	2005-08
2	267	Brittany Frazier	2001-04
3	215	Nicole Inskeep	2013-16
4	202	Jenn Davis	2003-06
5	158	Maggie Smither	2016-pres.

Career Wins (Keepers Only)
Rk	Wins	Name	Years
1	31	Nicole Inskeep	2013-16
2	30	Nicole Lograsso	2005-08
3	26	Brittany Frazier	2001-04
4	22	Maggie Smither	2016-pres.
5	21	Elisa Stamatakis	2010-14

Career Ties (Keepers Only)
Rk	Ties	Name	Years
1	11	Nicole Lograsso	2005-08
	11	Maggie Smither	2016-18
3	6	Erin Miller	2003
	6	Elisa Stamatakis	2010-14
5	5	Nicole Inskeep	2013-16

Career Shutouts
Rk	Shutouts	Name	Years
1	21	Nicole Lograsso	2005-08
2	20.8	Nicole Inskeep	2013-16
3	14	Elisa Stamatakis	2010-14
4	12.1	Maggie Smither	2016-pres.
5	11	Two tied

Career Goalie Games Played
Rk	Games	Name	Years
1	68	Nicole Inskeep	2013-16
2	59	Nicole Lograsso	2005-08
3	46	Maggie Smither	2016-pres.
4	45	Elisa Stamatakis	2010-14
5	43	Brittany Frazier	2001-04

Career Goalie Games Started
Rk	Starts	Name	Years
1	51	Nicole Lograsso	2005-08
	54	Nicole Inskeep	2013-16
3	44	Elisa Stamatakis	2010-14
4	36	Maggie Smither	2016-pres.
5	33	Brittany Frazier	2001-04

Career Goalie Minutes Played
Rk	Mins	Name	Years
1	5363	Nicole Inskeep	2013-16
2	5055	Nicole Lograsso	2005-08
3	4020	Elisa Stamatakis	2010-14
4	3701	Brittany Frazier	2001-04
5	3409	Maggie Smither	2016-pres.

Jacks Tabbed Second in Preseason Poll
South Dakota State women's soccer was picked second in the 2018 Summit League Preseason Coaches Poll, released Aug. 13. The Jackrabbits received 57 total points in the rankings with three first-place votes, finishing four tallies shy of Denver for the top spot. Oral Roberts was picked third in the poll with 49 points, just ahead of North Dakota State's 46. The next three spots were separated by just three points, with newcomer North Dakota sitting fifth (30), South Dakota sixth (29) and Omaha seventh (28). Purdue Fort Wayne and Western Illinois tied for the final spot with 12 points each.

Four Named as Players to Watch

As part of the Summit League's preseason poll release, four Jackrabbits were named to the league's Players to Watch List: Maggie Smither, Annie Williams, Leah Manuleleua and Alexa Hepner.
Maggie Smither, last season's Summit League Goalkeeper of the Year, posted a 0.86 goals against average in 2017 and tallied 83 saves. She allowed only one goal in league play and recorded six shutouts, finishing the year with an 11-5-3 record between the pipes.
Annie Williams is the returning Summit League Defensive Player of the Year and will serve as team captain for the Jackrabbits in 2018. She started all 19 games a year ago, played 1,556 minutes and was third on the team with eight points.
Alexa Hepner is a third-year starter for a back line that surrendered just one goal in league play last year. The Prior Lake, Minnesota native logged the most minutes (1,721) for the second-consecutive season. She was a 2017 All-Summit Second Team honoree.
Leah Manuleleua enters her second season with the Jackrabbits after arriving in 2017 from San Joaquin Delta College. Manuleleua started 18 contests last season and tied for the team lead in goals (seven). She was an All-Summit League First Team pick last year.

2017 In Review
The Jackrabbits made their fifth consecutive appearance in the league tournament and have qualified nine times out of 10 eligible seasons in the league. South Dakota State has now won five regular season titles, claiming the regular season nod in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2014 as well.

Nicole Hatcher (21 points, seven assists) and Leah Manuleleua (17 points, three assists) tied for the team-lead with seven goals each, while Annie Williams finished third on the team in points (eight) with three goals and two assists. Freshmen Rachel Hewitt and Marisa Schulz each netted two goals.

Between the pipes, Maggie Smither started 18 games with appearances in all 19 contests on the year, posting a 0.86 goals against average while ending the regular season with six consecutive shutouts. Smither logged 83 saves in 1,582 minutes. Taylor Lock appeared in five contests and spent 99 minutes in goal, giving up one score with five saves.

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