LIMONGI’S BRACE PROPELS JACKS IN SHUTOUT WIN

Thursday, September 1

Cedar Falls, Iowa

4:00 PM

South Dakota State University

4-0-1, 0-0-0

Northern Iowa

3-1-1, 0-0-0

South Dakota St.

UNI

Cece Limongi

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

9/1/2022 6:38:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: Andrew Pedersen

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – South Dakota State senior Cece Limongi scored the Jackrabbits' first two goals and Maya Hansen added another in the Jackrabbits' 3-0 victory on Thursday, Sept. 1, over Northern Iowa at the UNI Soccer Field. The win improved SDSU to 4-0-1 on the season while the Panthers were dealt their first loss and dropped to 3-1-1.

Limongi found the net for the first time this season in the 13th minute. Hansen completed a crossing pass from the right side of the field in front of UNI goalkeeper Caitlin Richards who was only able to get a finger tip on it. Limongi tracked down the ball and just feet away from goal swung and connected on a strike to put the Jacks ahead, 1-0.

The Jackrabbits held a 1-0 lead at the break as the two sides played a tight first half with SDSU holding a 7-6 edge in shots. In the second half the Jacks broke the contest open.

What seemed like a routine goal kick in the 49th minute by the Panthers led to Limongi's first brace of her college career. Richards sent the ball down field after a Hansen shot for SDSU was off target. However, an ensuing set of headers found a streaking Limongi down field who calmly 1-on-1 with the keeper kicked a shot into the net to give the Jacks a two-goal edge.

"That's the great thing about this team," SDSU head coach Brock Thompson said. "Goals can come from a variety of people in a variety of ways and today was Cece's day. And she was ready for it. There was never a question on if she was going to score, it was when."

Hansen capped the scoring for South Dakota State in the 54th minute. Kaycee Manding provided a strong set up off a corner kick and Hansen's ensuing header slipped past UNI for the Jackrabbits' third tally of the day.

The Jackrabbits held on to a clean sheet late with Jocelyn Tanner recording back-to-back saves in the 77th minute in the Panthers' best attempts at goal.

"I thought it was a great day for us," Thompson said. "UNI is a really good team and I thought we put together a complete effort.

"We did a good job of keeping the ball and good job winning it back when we lost it. I'm proud of all the contributions we got. We played a lot of players and that will help us over the course of the season getting experience for a variety of people."

Notes
Hansen is now up to a team-high four goals and five assists this season while she leads the Jackrabbits with 13 points. She's also up to 82 points in her college career. Manding has four assists on the season which ranks her second on the team and is a new single-season high for the Jackrabbit defender. Tanner finished with three saves and Hailee Fischer, who started at goalkeeper for the Jacks, recorded two. Rachel Preston played a team-high 78 minutes and Alohi Ramos led those off the bench with 45 minutes on the back line. In all, 27 Jackrabbits saw action on the pitch in Cedar Falls on Thursday.

Up Next
The Jackrabbits return home for seven consecutive home matches, beginning on Sunday, Sept. 4, with a 6 p.m. matchup versus Drake.

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