VERMILLION, S.D. – The South Dakota Coyotes host Oral Roberts Friday and Sunday. The Yotes look to get back in the win column this weekend. ORU holds the 4-2-1 all-time series record with USD winning in 2018 and tying in 2019.

    The Rundown
    Opponent: Oral Roberts (0-9, 0-8 Summit)
    Dates: March 26 @ 4 p.m. | March 28 @ Noon
    Site: First Bank & Trust Soccer Complex
    Stream: GoYotes.com/watch
    Live Stats: Click Here
    Game Notes: USD | Summit League




A LOOK ACROSS THE PITCH
The Golden Eagles are in search of its first win of the season after dropping both games to Western Illinois last weekend. ORU has only scored five goals on the season while giving up 19. Christa Van Loon leads the Golden Eagles with two goals on the season. In between the pipes is Louisa Ramsauer who has recorded 46 saves on the season and has a 2.28 goals against average as well as a 70.8 percentage save percentage.

"It's always great to be at home playing on our field in front of our fans," head coach Michael Thomas said. "It's just the familiarity and the comfort of being at home."

HITTING THE HOME STRETCH
The Yotes host ORU and NDSU before hitting the road one final time against UND to end the regular season. With the Yotes in sixth place right now, every opportunity is important to earn points and move up the standings.

"We talk about each and every game is important," Thomas said. "We talk within our team that focusing on Friday's game and the first touch of Fridays game and making every minute meaningful. That is what we are trying to do as a group right now."

LAST TIME OUT
 The Yotes fell 4-0 to SDSU in game one in Brookings but came back with a 1-1 tie in game two. Tiannah Moore scored on the Jacks for her eighth career goal; also, it was only the third goal the Jacks have given up this season.

"It wasn't any huge changes from Friday to Sunday, it was really just coming out and being detail oriented and believing in who we are," Thomas said. "I couldn't have been prouder with the response having to deal with some adversity on the weekend."

2020 RECAP SO FAR
The Yotes began this unusual spring season in Kansas City where they dropped the season opener but came back with force in the second game winning 5-0 to split the opening weekend. In weekend number two, the Yotes faced the preseason favorites Denver in which they took them to OT in the first game before losing. In game two, the Yotes gave up a late goal and were not able to tie things up.

On senior weekend, the Yotes honored Sunny Huettner, the only senior hanging up her cleats. The Yotes once again played their opponent tough but were not able to pull out a win in OT losing 1-0. It was the same case in game two as the Yotes fell 1-0 to Omaha. Against WIU, USD picked up its first home wins of the season with a 4-2 victory and a 1-0 victory.

Against in-state rival SDSU, the Yotes fell 4-0 in game one, but came back to finish in a 1-1 tie in game two. Coming into the game, the Jacks had only given up two goals on the season before Tiannah Moore rifled one past the Jacks for her first goal of the season and eighth of her career.

Shaylee Gailus lead the Yotes with three goals and one assists on the season. Alexis Mitchell and Taylor Ravelo each have two goals while seven Coyotes have record one goal on the season. Abby Ostrem leads the team with three assists on the season and has been deadly on corner kicks.