VERMILLION, S.D. – Goals by sophomore
Shaylee Gailus and freshman
Ashby Johnston propelled the South Dakota Coyotes to a 2-1 victory over Oral Roberts Friday afternoon at the First Bank & Trust Soccer Complex.
The Coyotes (4-6-1) struck early on Friday in the 10
th minute when Gailus knocked in one inside the box to give the Yotes the early 1-0 lead. Senior
Alexis Mitchell was credited with the assist after corralling the cross to push it to Gailus for the goal. Gailus leads the team with four goals on the season and ranks seventh in the League in goals scored.
"It's good to get a win in front of our home fans tonight," head coach
Michael Thomas said. "Now we have to recover and get ready to do the same thing Sunday."
The Yotes recorded 11 shots in the first half to Oral Roberts one shot and went into the halftime break with the 1-0 lead.
In the second half, the Yotes pushed their lead to 2-0 after freshman
Ashby Johnston put one past the goalkeeper from just inside the right side of the box while fighting off an ORU defender. The goal was Johnston's first career goal and it was junior
Lindsay Farrell's first assist of the season.
Oral Roberts (0-10, 0-9 Summit) showed some fight converting on penalty kick in the 88
th minute to make the score 2-1, but it was too late as the Yotes controlled the ball in the final minutes.
USD recorded a season-high 24 shots with a season-high eight on goal.
South Dakota is back in action on Sunday when the host the Golden Eagles in the series finale at noon.
