JACKS, PIONEERS COMPETE TO SCORELESS TIE

Friday, September 30

Brookings, S.D.

6:00 PM

South Dakota State University

6-0-5, 0-0-2

Denver

5-4-3, 2-0-1

Denver

South Dakota St.

Karlee Manding

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

9/30/2022 9:14:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: Andrew Pedersen

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The rematch of last season's Summit League Soccer championship game met anticipated expectations as Denver and South Dakota State participated in a close contest for all 90 minutes at Fishback Soccer Park Friday. The two sides' even performances showed in the final margin as the two teams tied 0-0.

"It was a great soccer game," SDSU head coach Brock Thompson said. "Credit to coach (Jeff) Hooker and Denver, any time we play I feel like they make us better. I hope and think they'd say the same thing."

The Jackrabbits held a majority of possession in the match with an edge of 63-37%. However, the Pioneers had more shot attempts finishing ahead of SDSU 8-6. Both teams had two shots on goal in the first half, while the lone shot placed on net in the second half was by Denver's Delaney McGGowen. Her attempt was saved in the 60th minute by SDSU's Jocelyn Tanner.

Denver goalkeeper Nerea Arrazola made one save on the night and it came off a free kick opportunity that was taken by the Jackrabbits' Kaycee Manding. Tanner had her lone save while SDSU's Hailee Fischer snagged two saves in the first half.

"I felt like there were large portions of the game where we had a lot of the ball and created some chances," Thompson said. "Then there were some times where our goalkeepers made some big saves too. I just thought it was a solid soccer game. I'm proud of our team, disappointed we couldn't find a goal, but proud of the performance we put on."

Notes
SDSU improved on its unbeaten streak during regular season matches at Fishback Soccer Park to 39. The Jackrabbits are now 6-0-5 overall (0-0-2 Summit League) and Denver is now 5-4-3 (2-0-1). Tallying shots in the contest for SDSU were Avery Murdzek, Kayla Anderson, Maya Hansen, Reagan Anderson, Abria Brooker and Manding. Playing all 90 minutes for the Jackrabbits were Rachel Preston, Hayley Lindaman, Manding and Anderson.

Up Next
The Jackrabbits close out their seven-game homestand at 1 p.m. on Sunday. SDSU hosts its annual Hometown Heroes game and takes on Omaha in its third Summit League match of the season.

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