SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—South Dakota junior midfielder Alexis Mitchell has garnered her first career Summit League Offensive Player of the Week honor for the period ended Sept. 22.
 
This marks Mitchell's first career honor and the first weekly honor for the Coyotes in 2019.
 
A native of Lee's Summit, Missouri, Mitchell scored a pair of game-winning goals last week at Drake and Wyoming. She helped South Dakota (4-5) win three games in one week, all on the road, marking the first time USD has won three consecutive road games since 2005.
 
Mitchell struck late in both games to give the Coyotes the advantage. The game-winner against Drake was a penalty kick taken in the 88th minute of regulation to put USD up 2-1. As South Dakota went into double-overtime at Wyoming, Mitchell used a header in the box off a Coyote corner kick in the 105th minute to seal a 3-2 win over the Cowgirls. The junior also had an assist on USD's second goal at Wyoming, providing a give-and-go to senior Taryn LaBree as she drove downfield.
 
The Coyotes host New Mexico State at 4 p.m. Thursday at First Bank & Trust Soccer Complex. It marks South Dakota's only home game in an eight-game stretch.