BROOKINGS, S.D.— The South Dakota Coyotes women's soccer team dropped a 3-2 decision Thursday night to South Dakota State after a physical matchup in the Interstate Series presented by First Interstate Bank.
The first half of play back and forth until Taryn Hettich found the back of the net to give the Jackrabbits a 1-0 lead. The Jacks continued the pressure with another goal just nine minutes later. The Coyotes outshot the Jacks in the first, putting up eight compared to South Dakota States 6. Both keepers from USD and SDSU had three saves in the first half, and both finished with five total.
The Coyotes came out to start the second half hot with Klarissa Vega finding the back of the net from an assist from Brooke Conway and Brooklynn Pollmiller.
South Dakota State responded just six minutes later, increasing the Jacks lead to 3-1.
Gabbie Ryan responded 20 minutes later off an assist from Riley Reed and Sadie Strait to put the Yotes within one. The Coyotes attacked continued for the rest of the half but couldn't find the back of the net.
The Coyotes finished the match with 19 total shots and five on goal. Vega led the team in both categories with nine shots and three on target.
The Coyotes move to 6-5-5 overall and 3-2-3 in Summit League action.
South Dakota is back in Vermillion next week on Thursday, October 29th to take on North Dakota State at 6:00 p.m. and on Sunday, November 1st at 1:00 p.m. against North Dakota to close out the Summit League regular season play.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Stay up to date with all things Coyotes by following South Dakota Soccer on X (Twitter) @SDCoyotesWSOC and Instagram @sdcoyoteswsoc #GoYotes
