SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The third week of league action is here and a marquee matchup in the Mile High City awaits as preseason favorite Denver is set to take on South Dakota State on Thursday night. The Jackrabbits are 3-0 in league play, while the Pioneers sit at 2-0-1 overall.

Oral Roberts and South Dakota sit with six points apiece at 2-1 ledgers, while Omaha, who picked up a key scoreless draw against Denver, are 1-1-2 with five points.

Although there’s three weeks remaining in league play, a lot can change in the standings. The action gets underway on Thursday with a quartet of matches all beginning at 7 p.m. local time.

TEAM TRACKER
DENVER PIONEERS (6-1-5; 2-0-1 SL) | @DU_WSoccer
Next Up: vs. South Dakota State (10/5; 7 p.m. MT); vs. South Dakota (10/8; 12 p.m. MT)
Previous Matches: at St. Thomas (W, 2-1); at Omaha (T, 0-0)
The Pioneers went 1-0-1 last week and opened with a 2-1 road victory against St. Thomas ... Jordan Crockett’s assist to Kaitlyn Glover in the 11th minute and game-winning goal in the 64th minute propelled Denver to a win ... Her second-half goal was the second game winner of her career and first goal since the 2021 campaign ... Despite the scoreless draw against the Mavericks, freshman goalkeeper Molly Wissman collected the fifth clean sheet of her career with a trio of saves ... The DU defense allowed just five shots on goal to Omaha and outshot the Mavericks 18-15 ... Wissman is tied for first in the league with a .333 goals against average during league competition, while Crockett’s three points in league play sits tied for eighth.
 
KANSAS CITY ROOS (1-4-7; 0-1-2 SL) | @KCRoosWSoccer
Next Up: vs. St. Thomas (10/5; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Oral Roberts (L, 5-2)
Bri Castleberry earned the first multi-goal game of her career with two goals against Oral Roberts ... She is the first Roo to have a multi-goal game since the 2021 season ... She led the Roos in shots with four and shots on goal with three ... Castleberry’s three shots on goal pushed her to first place for shots on goal overall in the league with 17 and first in league play with eight ... She leads the team in shots, shots on goal, points and goals ... Kansas City host St. Thomas and the Roos are 1-0-1 all-time against the Tommies ... Both teams ended last season’s match with a 1-1 draw.
 
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (4-7-3; 0-3-1 SL) | @UNDSoccer
Next Up: at North Dakota State (10/8; 4 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at South Dakota (L, 2-0); at South Dakota State (L, 3-1)
The Fighting Hawks fell in both of their road matches against South Dakota and South Dakota State ... Amelia Loeffler did, however, level the match, 1-1, against the Jackrabbits with her fourth goal of the season in the 57th minute of play ... With the goal at SDSU, it gave UND its first goal in Brookings since 2013 ... Despite giving up three goals, Madi Livingston finished with nine saves on 12 attempts ... Her 20 overall saves in league action leads the league and her 67 overall saves tops the league charts ... North Dakota will head down the I-29 and face in-state rival North Dakota State on Sunday.
 
NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (4-4-5; 0-1-3 SL) | @NDSUSoccer
Next Up: at Oral Roberts (10/5; 7 p.m. CT); vs. North Dakota (10/8; 4 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at South Dakota State (L, 1-0); at St. Thomas (T, 0-0)
The Bison opened the second week of league competition by going 0-1-1, falling to South Dakota State and tying St. Thomas in a scoreless draw ... NDSU, who was limited to 10 players in the second half after a 60th minute red card, held the Tommies to three total shots in the second half ... Abby Wilkinson made a pair of saves and Alicia Nead notched three shots on goal against St. Thomas ... Wilkinson ranks second in the league with 59 total saves and has recorded a .797 save percentage, which also ranks seventh in the league.
 
OMAHA MAVERICKS (4-4-4; 1-1-2 SL) | @OmahaWSOC
Next Up: vs. South Dakota (10/5; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Oral Roberts (L, 2-1); vs. Denver (T, 0-0)
After falling to Oral Roberts, 2-1, the Mavericks called in for reinforcements and brought in goalkeeper Mia Reedtz Rehde Olesen who notched five saves in her first start of the season ... Reedtz Rehde Olesen, the 2020 Summit League Goalkeeper of the Year, earned her ninth career shutout and helped Omaha record its first clean sheet of the campaign ... Against the Golden Eagles, Marissa Gohr scored in the 81st minute for her third goal of the season ... Grace Crockett notched her team-high fourth assist of the year ... Sophia Green’s second noteworthy goal streak of the season ended at three matches as the senior went scoreless against Oral Roberts ... Omaha will host South Dakota in its lone match of the week.
 
ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (5-4-3; 2-1-0 SL) | @ORUWSoccer
Next Up: vs. North Dakota State (10/5; 7 p.m. CT); vs. St. Thomas (10/8; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Omaha (W, 2-1); at Kansas City (W, 5-2)
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ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (2-4-4; 0-2-1 SL) | @UST_WomenSoccer
Next Up: at Kansas City (10/5; 7 p.m. CT); at Oral Roberts (10/8; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Denver (L, 2-1); vs. North Dakota State (T, 0-0)
The Tommies fell to Denver, 2-1, despite Jasmine Gates tying the match with her 59th minute goal ... She posted three shots with two on goal, including her game-tying goal in the second half ... Olivia Rowe’s nine saves in a scoreless draw against North Dakota State highlighted St. Thomas ... With the shutout, Rowe captured her fourth clean sheet of the season ... Freshman Kendall Quall played all 90 minutes for the seventh match in a row and leads the Tommies’ field players with 819 minutes played ... St. Thomas will head to Kansas City and Oral Roberts this weekend ... The last time UST played ORU resulted in a 2-1 victory last season.
 
SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES (6-3-3; 2-1-0 SL) | @SDCoyotesSoccer
Next Up: at Omaha (10/5; 7 p.m. CT); at Denver (10/8; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. North Dakota (W, 2-0)
Taylor Ravelo and Janaina Zanin scored second half goals to lead South Dakota to a 2-0 home win against North Dakota ... Caroline Lewis made three saves, including two in the second half ... USD outshot UND 17-6 and held the Fighting Hawks to three shots on goal ... The Coyotes are in a tie for third place in the league standings and have been led by Ashby Johnston’s seven goals and 16 total points on offense ... Additionally, Brooke Conway, Rylee Haldeman and Izzy Quintavalle led the team with four assists apiece.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS (10-2-0; 3-0-0 SL) | @GoJacksSoccer
Next Up: at Denver (10/5; 8 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. North Dakota State (W, 1-0); vs. North Dakota (W, 3-1)
Freshman Katelyn Beulke was one of SDSU’s top scorers during a two-game homestand ... In a 1-0 victory over NDSU, Beulke produced three shots ... In the 3-1 win over UND, Beulke assisted on the team’s second goal of the day, then found the back of the net for the third score of the game and her third goal of the season ... Kaycee Manding continued her strong play during SDSU’s two victories as she played 76 minutes on the Jackrabbit back row against the Bison ... The Jackrabbits finished the contest by allowing just three shots on goal ... Manding scored a goal following a penalty kick opportunity in the 15th minute against the Fighting Hawks, which was the first of her college career ... Manding also was part of a back row that gave up just four shots on goal to UND ... SDSU has now recorded at least 10 wins for 11 consecutive seasons ... The Jackrabbits are one of 10 women’s soccer programs with double-digit victories so far this season ... South Dakota State and Denver are slated to meet this week as the Jackrabbits are 7-3-4 all-time against the Pioneers.
 
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