SDSU Soccer claims first win of season

VARUN BISHT Sports Reporter

The South Dakota State Soccer team went 1-0-1 this weekend defeating the University of Northern Iowa Panthers 3-0 on Friday, Aug. 26 and playing in a 1-1 draw with the Kansas Jayhawks on Sunday.

The Jacks scored all three goals in the first half on Friday against UNI. Senior forward Shelby Raper scored in the second minute. Followed by Junior Tori Poole in the 15th minute and senior Madison Yueill in the 32nd minute. On Sunday, SDSU fell behind in the first half but tied it up with a Madison Yueill free kick in the 81st minute. The game then went to overtime where neither team scored.

SDSU is now 1-2-1 on the season and has two games this week. On Thursday, they will be heading to Grand Forks, North Dakota, to take on University of North Dakota. While on Sunday they will return home to face Creighton University.