Nicole Lograsso, SDSU's senior goalkeeper has been named to the Summit League Player of the Week for her performance last week. Lograsso started the week making 14 saves in a 2-0 loss to Minnesota on Aug. 26. Her 11th career shotout came against Darke and tied her for first all-time in SDSU’s history.
She had 26 saves and recorded a .897 save percentage.
Here are expanded capsules for last week.
Creighton 3, SDSU 2 2OT
The Jacks opened the season against Creighton on August 24 at Omaha. The Jacks found themselves down early after goals by Creighton’s Emily Orbell in the 20th minute of play and Mary Zapapas in the 32nd minute put the Jacks in a 2-0 deficit at half. The Jacks got on the board in the 46th minute as Erin Kasmarik netted her first goal of the season off a pass from Kellyn Farrell. The Jacks tied it up as Danni Healy picked up a rebound off the goalie in the 67th minute and slipped it past to tie it up at 2-all ending the scoring in regulation. It was not until the second overtime when Macy Mauer knocked in a header off a corner kick to give the Blue Jays a 3-2 victory in the 105th minute of play.
Offensively for the Jacks, Healy had four shots including two on goal. Kasmarik, Farrell and Chelsea Goosen had three shots a piece, with Farrell contributing the assist on both Jackrabbit goals. Nicole Lograsso faced five shots on goal and came up with three saves for the Jacks.
Minnesota 2, SDSU 0
The Jacks opened their home schedule on a windy August 26 against Minnesota at Fishback Soccer Park, in front 365 fans. Unfortunately for the Jacks, Minnesota took away the home field advantage from the Jacks by using the wind to put them on the scoreboard.
Tamara Strahota put the Gophers on the board in the 21st minute as her shot found the net giving Minnesota a 1-0 early lead. Minnesota’s Katie Bethke goal in the 85th minute put the game away giving Minnesota a 2-0 decision.
“Niki played a phenomenal game for us,” said head coach Lang Wedemeyer. “I just don’t think we played as smart as we needed to against Minnesota. Right now, I feel that a lot of our senior players are playing hesitant. Almost like they are sort of worried about this being their last year and they are almost trying too hard by not playing with a little bit of freedom.”
For the Jacks, the defense spent a majority of the team pressuring the Gophers. Lograsso was one save shy of her saves record stopping 14 shots in the game. Offensively, Farrell and Kaitlin Justice had shots-on-goal for the Jacks.
“Playing in the wind is always frustrating,” said senior defender Kelly Larson. “But we are used to it. We were not as organized as we are should have been. We were not as clean as we should have been. We make our mistakes and learn from them to get them out of our system. It’s business from here on out.”
SDSU 2, Iowa 1
The Jacks wrapped up a tough four game stretch on August 31 at the University of Iowa.
Iowa’s Keli McLaughlin started the scoring in the 8th minute of play on a shot that got past Lograsso in net putting Iowa up 1-0 early. Steph Peterson’s goal tied it at 1-all in the 64th minute of play. Kelsey Ferguson put the Jacks up 2-1 with her goal, assisted by Emily Quigley, in the 80th minute.
Lograsso and her defense only faced five shots on goal with four saves and is second place on SDSU’s all-time saves list with 205. Kellyn Farrell and Kayla Braffet lead the Jackrabbit offense with three shots and Kelly Larson had two shots for the Jacks. Vanessa Paswaters, Tory Schiltgen and Emily Quigley all had assists on Jackrabbit goals.
The Jacks finally got a taste of victory over a Big Ten Conference opponent as they had been 0-4-1 in the past against Big Ten competition. The Jacks record now stands at 2-2 on the season and host the Jackrabbit Invitational September 12 and 14.
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