SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – After starting the season with four consecutive draws, Denver picked up its first two wins of the season with home victories against Northern Colorado and NC State. South Dakota State, the last unbeaten remaining in the league last week, fell to Utah State but bounced back with a 3-2 triumph over Idaho State. They sit with a 5-1 overall record and top the league standings.
The Pioneers and Fighting Hawks of North Dakota are tied for second in the second with 10 points apiece as UND collected two key road shutout wins against Illinois State and Southern Indiana. South Dakota earned four keys points to sit at fourth in the standings, while North Dakota State and Omaha, who both have 2-2-2 record, are tied for the fourth spot in the standings.
This Week In The Summit League (All Times Local to Site)
Thursday, September 7
Northern Colorado at North Dakota (SLN) | 3 p.m.
Northern Iowa at South Dakota (SLN) | 4 p.m.
Oral Roberts at Central Arkansas (ESPN+) | 6 p.m.
Grand Canyon at South Dakota State (SLN) | 6 p.m.
St. Thomas at Drake (ESPN+) | 7 p.m.
Kansas at Kansas City (SLN) | 7 p.m.
Colgate at Denver (SLN) | 8 p.m.
Friday, September 8
Northern Colorado at NDSU (SLN) | 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 10
Green Bay at South Dakota State (SLN) | 12 p.m.
Omaha at Drake (ESPN+) | 1 p.m.
Grand Canyon at North Dakota (SLN) | 1 p.m.
Creighton at North Dakota State (SLN) | 1 p.m.
Denver at Oregon (Pac-12 Network) | 3 p.m.
Oral Roberts at Kansas State | 6 p.m.
Wednesday, September 13
South Dakota at Drake | 2 p.m.
All times central
Key: SLN (Summit League Network)
TEAM TRACKER
DENVER PIONEERS (2-0-4; 0-0-0 SL) | @DU_WSoccer
Next Up: vs. Colgate (9/7; 7 p.m. MT); at Oregon (9/10; 2 p.m. MT)
Previous Matches: vs. Northern Colorado (W, 3-1); vs. NC State (W, 4-2)
After starting the season with four consecutive draws, Denver collected its second win in a row with a 4-2 victory over NC State ... Denver’s win over NC State was just its second against an ACC opponent and the first since a 1-0 victory over Clemson in 2006 ... Veteran Kaitlyn Glover leads the team with a trio of goals while Liv Mortiz tops the charts with seven assists ... DU is undefeated through the first six matches for just the third time in its Division I history and for the first time since 2013 ... The Pioneers have now scored at least three goals in three consecutive non-conference matches.
KANSAS CITY ROOS (1-3-2; 0-0-0 SL) | @KCRoosWSoccer
Next Up: vs. Kansas (9/7; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Southern Indiana (9/14; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Colorado State (L, 1-0); vs. UIC (T, 1-1)
Kayda Kamolz earned her second career goal in the Roos’ matchup against UIC... Kamolz had two shots in the game against the Flames and one shot on goal against Colorado State... Kamolz has been the only Roos goal scorer for two weeks, earning goals against Southern Illinois two weeks ago and UIC last week ... Riley Moore put up a career-high tying nine saves against the Rams... She faced 16 shots against UIC, four of which were on goal... Moore has documented 30 saves so far this season with 2.06 goals against average.
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (3-2-1; 0-0-0 SL) | @UNDSoccer
Next Up: vs. Northern Colorado (9/7; 3 p.m. CT); vs. Grand Canyon (9/10; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Illinois State (W, 3-0); at Southern Indiana (W, 2-0)
The Fighting Hawks opened their road tilt with a pair of shutout wins against Illinois State and Southern Indiana ... With the two wins, UND moved into a tie for second place in the league standings ... Amelia Loeffler and Madi Livingston, who were named TicketSmarter Summit League Women’s Soccer Peak Performers of the Week, helped UND start the season 2-0-0 on the road for only the second time since moving to Division I in 2008 (2018) ... Loeffler struck for a trio of goals and added an assist where she posted the first two goals in the 3-0 win against the Redbirds ... Livingston made 12 saves with six in each match to collect a pair of shutouts ... She moved into a tie for the program record for career clean sheets with 14.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (2-2-2; 0-0-0 SL) | @NDSUSoccer
Next Up: vs. Northern Colorado (9/8; 6:30 p.m. CT); vs. Creighton (9/10; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Coastal Carolina (W, 1-0); at The Citadel (T, 1-1)
Amaya Garrett scored her second goal of the season last week, scoring off of a corner kick to give the Bison the lead and win in a 1-0 victory on the road at Coastal Carolina ... Garrett has four shots on the season and has scored on two of them from the backline ... Abby Wilkinson picked up her first clean sheet of the season on against the Chanticleer, making eight saves in the victory ... Wilkinson followed it up with six more saves in a 1-1 tie against The Citadel ... Jess Hanley scored a late equalizer for the Bison in the 86th minute against the Bulldogs ... Kelsey Kallio, who is the active leader in assists for NDSU, picked up the 12th of her career and moves into a tie for second on the active list for career points (20).
OMAHA MAVERICKS (2-2-2; 0-0-0 SL) | @OmahaWSOC
Next Up: at Drake (9/10; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: vs. UC Santa Barbara (W, 1-0); at Northern Iowa (L, 3-2)
Sophia Green scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season at Northern Iowa after netting the game winner on a penalty kick against UC Santa Barbara ... She is currently on a four-game scoring streak that includes two penalty kick goals ... Green is now tied for first place among league scorers with South Dakota’s Ashby Johnston, who has also netted five goals. Green now has 19 goals in her career, tying the Mavericks’ Division I era record for goals in a career set by Chelsi Rohloff from 2013-15 ... Goalkeeper Emma Konsmo made seven saves in the shutout against the Gauchos for her third shutout of the season.
ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (1-2-3; 0-0-0 SL) | @ORUWSoccer
Next Up: at Central Arkansas (9/7; 6 p.m. CT); at Kansas State (9/10; 6 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Missouri State (T, 2-2); vs. North Texas (L, 5-0)
Oral Roberts picked up a point last week with a 2-2 tie against Missouri State ... In that match, Amy Alexander scored the first ORU goal in the 33rd minute and recorded an assist in that match ... The Golden Eagles continue to lead the Summit League in shots per game at 16.33 and are tied for the league lead with 31 total saves ... Goalkeeper Alexa Riefer has notched 27 saves on the year and leads the league in saves per game at 5.4.
ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (2-2-1; 0-0-0 SL) | @UST_WomenSoccer
Next Up: at Drake (9/7; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Minnesota (L, 5-0)
St. Thomas fell to in-state foe Minnesota 5-0 last week ... Although goalkeeper Olivia Rowe gave up five goals, she saved nine of the Gophers’ 14 shots on goal ... Eight different Tommie players have scored a goal in the first five games of the season ... UST is fourth in the league with 11 goals and tied for sixth with 68 total shots ... St. Thomas will once again play just one match this week when they head to Des Moines where they will square off against Drake.
SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES (2-1-3; 0-0-0 SL) | @SDCoyotesSoccer
Next Up: vs. Northern Iowa (9/7; 4 p.m. CT); at Drake (9/13; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Idaho State (W, 3-2); at Utah State (T, 0-0)
Brooke Conway scored her first collegiate goal for the Coyotes in their match against Idaho State and scored USD’s second goal in their match against the Bengals ... Ashby Johnston netted the game winner with less than eight minutes to play in the match ... Furthermore, Johnston leads the Coyotes and ranks fourth in the league with eight points through six games ... Goalkeeper Caroline Lewis made eight saves for the second consecutive match in South Dakota’s match against Utah State ... She recorded her second shutout of the season and seventh of her career.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS (5-1-0; 0-0-0 SL) | @GoJacksSoccer
Next Up: vs. Grand Canyon (9/7; 6 p.m. CT); vs. Green Bay (9/10; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Matches: at Utah State (L, 2-1); at Idaho State (W, 3-2)
The Jackrabbits lost their first regular season match since 2021 with a 2-1 defeat of Utah State ... SDSU bounced back with come-from-behind 3-2 triumph over Idaho State in which Katherine Jones netted the game-winning goal in the 81st minute ... Maya Hansen has team highs in both goals (5) and points (11), while Avery Murdzek follows with three goals and seven points ... Hansen is on track to break a pair of career marks held by Jessica Kellogg of Oral Roberts (2002-05) ... The senior forward, who has 44 career goals, is five goals away from breaking the career goals mark and her 107 points is eight points away from breaking the league record ... South Dakota State will host its final two non-conference home regular season matches this week against Grand Canyon and Green Bay.
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