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Women's Soccer
WSOC vs. NDSU
Madisen Martinez

Women's Soccer Caleb Christensen, USD Sports Information

Yotes Travel to Grand Forks

VERMILLION, S.D. -- The South Dakota Coyotes travel to Grand Forks to wrap up the regular season to face North Dakota on Friday and Sunday at 2 p.m. The Yotes are in charge of their own destiny in terms of clinching the final spot in the conference tournament held next week in Omaha. With one win this weekend, USD will lock up the final spot. 

WSOC VS. NDSU    The Rundown
    Opponent: North Dakota 
    Dates: April 9 @ 2 p.m.
                  April 11 @ 2 p.m.
    Site: Bronson Field
    Stream: fightinghawks.com/watch
    Live Stats: Click Here
    Game Notes: USD | Summit League




CONFERENCE RANKINGS 
USD ranks second in goals with 1.86 and second in assists with 1.71 per game. Taylor Cotter is second in the conference and 12th in the nation with seven assists on the season. Seven assists is also tied for second all-time in USD history in a single season. Her 12 career assists rank tied for fifth place all-time in USD history.
 

HOME STRETCH 
The Coyotes enter the final weekend of the regular season. Points per match will be the first metric used to determine field and seeds since all teams did not play the same amount of matches due to cancellations. With that the Yotes currently have 1.57 points per match. If they were to either sweep, win and record a draw, split, or record two draws this weekend the Yotes will clinch the fourth spot.

HOT STREAK 
The Yotes enter this weekend on a four game winning streak and have won six of their last eight with only one loss in the past eight games. USD finished up its final home series with a sweep over NDSU marking a 6-2-0 record inside First Bank & Trust Soccer Complex on the season. 

Goalkeeper Emma Harkleroad earned SL Defender of the Week after recording two shutouts over the weekend against NDSU. South Dakota has only given up three goals in the last five games including a pair of 3-0 shutouts against NDSU.

A LOOK ACROSS THE PITCH
The Fighting Hawks sit in sixth place in the standings and are one of three teams vying for the final tournament spot in Omaha next week. The Hawks were swept by the top three seeds in Denver, SDSU and Omaha while recording a win over NDSU and sweeping Western Illinois and Kansas City. 

UND is 3-3 at home this season and average 1.08 goals per game while giving up 1.75 goals per game. They have put 129 shots on goal this season while their opponent has put 160 on goal. 

North Dakota is led by Megan Wright with three goals while three other Hawks have two goals on the season. In between the pipes, Madi Livingston has let in 21 goals while having a 1.73 goals against average. She has recorded 45 saves on the season. 

SERIES HISTORY 
The Fighting Hawks hold a 13-12-5 record all-time against the Yotes. The Yotes have won the last two of three in the series, but the Hawks won last season's matchup in Grand Forks 2-1. 

CATCHING UP WITH SOCCER


 
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Players Mentioned

Taylor Cotter

#4 Taylor Cotter

F
5' 8"
Junior
Emma Harkleroad

#34 Emma Harkleroad

GK
6' 0"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Taylor Cotter

#4 Taylor Cotter

5' 8"
Junior
F
Emma Harkleroad

#34 Emma Harkleroad

6' 0"
Redshirt Junior
GK