BROOKINGS – South Dakota State continued its dominance at home with a 2-0 defeat of Green Bay in a nonconference women’s soccer match Friday evening at Fishback Soccer Park.
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BROOKINGS – South Dakota State continued its dominance at home with a 2-0 defeat of Green Bay in a nonconference women’s soccer match Friday evening at Fishback Soccer Park.
The Jackrabbits pushed their home winning streak to nine matches. They’ve won seven in a row via shutout.
SDSU’s home unbeaten streak is 11 matches.
Karlee Manding netted her third goal of the season to get the Jackrabbits on the board in the 53rd minute. She gathered a rebound off a header by a Phoenix defender in the box and fired from the top of the box.
Abigail Kastens scored in the 72nd minute. Kaitlin Zabel sent a long pass to Carina McLennan, who crossed the ball into the box for Kastens’ one-touch finish.
“I thought our team was frustrated in the first half,” coach Brock Thompson told SDSU Sports Information. “A little bit of that had to do with Green Bay, and a lot had to do with how we were playing. To our credit, I was really impressed with our leadership and how we regrouped in the locker room. I thought you saw a more motivated, enthusiastic and driven team in the second half, and that changed the trajectory of the game.”
SDSU dominated possession, outshooting Green Bay 22-1, including 9-0 on goal. The Jackrabbits took seven corner kicks and the Phoenix did not have an attempt.
SDSU’s Sunniva Dunagan took six shots, including three on goal. Manding and Kastens both had two shots on goal.
Maggie Smither earned the shutout win in goal.
Taylor Reichow made seven saves for Green Bay (1-4).
Reigning Summit League Offensive Player of the Week Leah Manuleleua was on the Jackrabbit bench but not in uniform and was wearing a walking boot on her right foot.
South Dakota State (3-2, 3-0 home) continues its six-match homestand taking on Creighton on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Notes: Ten of the 11 matches in the home unbeaten streak are wins. SDSU and Iowa State drew 0-0 on Sept. 1, 2017. … The Jackrabbits are outscoring their opponents 11-0 at home this year. … SDSU is 3-0 at home this season after going 7-0-1 last year. … The Jackrabbits’ last home loss was a 2-1 setback to IUPUI in the regular-season finale on Oct. 28, 2016.
Register photo: South Dakota State’s Annie Williams (23) fires a shot at the goal on a free kick over Green Bay’s Payton Benzschawel (25) and Alycia Wright (20) during the first half of the Jackrabbits’ 2-0 nonconference win over the Phoenix on Friday evening at Fishback Soccer Park. SDSU has won nine consecutive home matches.
