SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – After the first week of league competition, it’s Omaha who leads the standings with four points to their ledger. The Mavericks, who compiled a 1-0-1 record last week, are led by Sophia Green’s eight goals, including a goal in a pair of matches last week.
Denver and South Dakota State both won their respective matches and had the highest winning percentages during the non-conference slate. South Dakota is tied with the Pioneers and Jackrabbits for second in the standings with three points.
Kansas City and North Dakota State have two points and are tied for fifth in the standings. North Dakota’s lone match last week against the Roos resulted in a tie and earned a point in the standings.
TEAM TRACKER
DENVER PIONEERS (5-1-4; 1-0-0 SL) | @DU_WSoccer
Next Up: at St. Thomas (9/28; 3 p.m. MT); at Omaha (10/1; 12 p.m. MT)
Previous Matches: vs. Oral Roberts (W, 1-0)
The Pioneers opened league competition with a 1-0 home triumph over Oral Roberts ... The last time these two teams squared off in Denver, it was ORU that came out victorious in the semifinals of the League championships in penalty kicks ... Riley Baker her first career game-winning goal in DU’s league opener and it was her second goals of the season ... She has extended her streak of matches with at least one shot attempt to nine, doing so in all but the season opener ... Molly Wissman posted the fourth cleansheet of the season and second of her career with one save, which marked the fewest shots on target allowed by a Denver defense this season ... Wissman’s four shutout is tied for the second most in the league and her 1.200 goals against average sits fourth ... The Pioneers head to the road this week, starting with St. Thomas followed by Omaha.
KANSAS CITY ROOS (1-3-7; 0-0-2 SL) | @KCRoosWSoccer
Next Up: vs. Oral Roberts (10/1; 5 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at North Dakota State (T, 1-1); at North Dakota (T, 0-0)
The Roos’ last six matches, including the first two league matches, have resulted in ties ... With two points earned last week in draw against North Dakota State and North Dakota, Kansas City sits tied for fifth in standings ... Last week, Riley Moore earned her second career shutout in a scoreless draw to UND with three saves ... She put up four saves to a draw with NDSU and her 53 saves rank second in the league ... Gigi Mir played a career-high 59 minutes against the Bison, knocking in her second career goal ... Kansas City will look to get in the win column when they host Oral Roberts on Sunday.
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (4-5-3; 0-1-1 SL) | @UNDSoccer
Next Up: at South Dakota (9/28; 4 p.m. CT); at South Dakota State (10/1; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Omaha (L, 2-0); vs. Kansas City (T, 0-0)
North Dakota’s Madi Livingston, the league’s top saves leaders with 54 saves, earned her league-high sixth shutout of the season against Kansas City ... The fifth-year senior made five saves, including two in the final 15 minutes of the match ... Her cleansheet was the 17th of her career, which extends her school record for the most shutouts in program history ... Her 17 career shutouts also are tied for the 11th most in league history and is two shutouts away from joining the top ten list for career shutouts ... Among team league leaders, North Dakota sits fifth in total shots (143) and sixth with 11.92 shots per match.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (4-3-4; 0-0-2 SL) | @NDSUSoccer
Next Up: at South Dakota State (9/28; 6 p.m. CT); at St. Thomas (10/1; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. Kansas City (T, 1-1); vs. Omaha (T, 2-2)
Kelsey Kallio, the TicketSmarter Summit League Women’s Soccer Co-Offensive Peak Performer of the Week, notched a pair of goals in a pair of draws ... Against Kansas City, she headed in a corner kick in the 31st minute to give the Bison the lead in an eventual 1-1 tie ... In the following match against Omaha, Kallio headed in a cross from Olivia Watson in the 24th minute to give NDSU a 2-1 lead in an eventual 2-2 tie ... Heading into the second week of league play, the Bison have registered 17 total goals and 50 saves, both fourth in the league ... NDSU will hit the road for the first of three straight away from home and begins with a trip down I-29 when they face South Dakota State.
OMAHA MAVERICKS (4-3-3; 1-0-1 SL) | @OmahaWSOC
Next Up: vs. Oral Roberts (9/28; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Denver (10/1; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at North Dakota (W, 2-0); at North Dakota State (T, 2-2)
Sophia Green continues to showcase her scoring prowess as the senior scored in back-to-back matches against UND and NDSU ... In doing so, she was named the TicketSmarter Summit League Women’s Soccer Co-Offensive Peak Performer of the Week and leads the league with eight goals and 18 points through 10 matches ... Defender Regan Zimmers tallied her first assist of the season in a shutout against the Fighting Hawks ... She notched her second assist of the season in the 2-2 draw against the Bison ... Goalkeeper Emma Konsmo made three saves in the shutout for her fourth cleansheet of the season ... The Mavericks rank fourth in the league with 44 saves and fifth in the league with 16 assists ... Omaha returns home this week as they welcome Oral Roberts and Denver.
ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (3-4-3; 0-1-0 SL) | @ORUWSoccer
Next Up: at Omaha (9/28; 7 p.m. CT); at Kansas City (10/1; 5 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Denver (L, 1-0)
Junior midfielder Amy Alexander recorded a team-high two shots in a 1-0 road loss to Denver ... She played 25 minutes versus the Pioneers, while defender Gabrielle Abbey played all 90 minutes and helped an ORU defense allow just one goal on 10 shots ... Goalkeeper Alexa Riefer made two saves in the 80th and 82nd minute to give the Golden Eagles an opportunity down the stretch ... Heading into the second week of league play, Samantha Guzman’s 25 shots sits fourth overall in the league ... Oral Roberts will close out its road trip this week when they head to Omaha and Kansas City.
ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (2-3-3; 0-1-0 SL) | @UST_WomenSoccer
Next Up: vs. Denver (9/28; 4 p.m. CT); vs. North Dakota State (10/1; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at South Dakota (L, 3-1)
Molly Knoblauch scored the first goal of her career in a road loss to South Dakota ... Mariah Nguyen assisted on Knoblauch’s goal for the first assist of her career and increased her point streak to three matches ... The Tommies outshot the Coyotes, 14-11, and Olivia Rowe made three saves for UST with a total of six shots coming her way ... Nguyen’s five goals and 11 points are the most on the team and are tied for third and tied for fifth in the league, respectively ... St. Thomas will host a pair of matches against Denver and North Dakota State ... The Tommies are 0-2 all-time against the Pioneers and 1-1 against the Bison.
SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES (5-3-3; 1-1-0 SL) | @SDCoyotesSoccer
Next Up: vs. North Dakota (9/28; 4 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. St. Thomas (W, 3-1); vs. South Dakota State (L, 1-0)
Ashby Johnston had herself a clinic to open the league calendar, as the forward notched two goals in a 3-1 triumph over St. Thomas at home ... She is tied for the league lead with 15 shots on goal and has scored a goal in six of her last eight matches ... Carolines Lewis made five saves against South Dakota State and logged two saves against the Tommies ... Despite the loss to the Jackrabbits, the Coyotes held SDSU to just one goal for just the third time this season ... South Dakota returns home in its lone match of the weekend against North Dakota.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS (8-2-0; 1-0-0 SL) | @GoJacksSoccer
Next Up: vs. North Dakota State (9/28; 6 p.m. CT); vs. North Dakota (10/1; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at South Dakota (W, 1-0)
South Dakota State and South Dakota opened up its league slate with an in-state rivalry in Vermillion with the Jackrabbits coming out on top, 1-0 ... With the win, SDSU earn its first win in Vermillion since 2014 ... Freshman Katelyn Beulke scored the lone goal of the match in the 20th minute for her second goal of the season ... Katherine Jones, who was named the TicketSmarter Summit League Women’s Soccer Defensive Peak Performer of the Week, played out of the right back position on SDSU’s back row and dished out an assist to Beulke ... She played all 90 minutes in the victory and was an integral part of an SDSU defense that held the Coyotes to three shots, their second lowest shot output of the season ... Goalkeeper Jocelyn Tanner made two saves in the first half, while Reagan Anderson, Kaycee Manding and Hayley Lindaman joined Jones playing the full 90 minutes ... SDSU’s 25 goals are the most in the league this season and is tied for the 34th-most goal for a program in the nation ... Additionally, their 77 total points is tied for 32nd in the nation.
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