The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 0 – South Dakota State 1
Record: ORU (9-6-1, 4-2-0) – SDSU (10-0-5, 4-0-2)
Location: Fishback Soccer Park (Brookings, South Dakota)

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Oral Roberts women's soccer team fell Friday evening at South Dakota State, 1-0, in Brookings, South Dakota.

Friday night's game started as a defensive battle between ORU and SDSU. Combined the two teams had a total of five shots on goal in the first half, with the Golden Eagles having two. The three shots on goal by the Jackrabbits came in the first 28 minutes with Louisa Ramsauer in goal making saves with the help of the ORU back line. Offensively, Samantha Guzman and Alex Machado each targeted the goal in the 33^rd and 44^th minute, respectively, but both shots were saved.

Coming out of the break, each team had three shots on goal in the final 45 minutes. In the 67^th minute, Guzman had her second shot on goal of the match to try and put her team on the board. Her shot was saved in the bottom right of the net. Jordan Grigsby had a chance in the 74^th minute to score, but her shot was saved in the bottom left of the goal.

South Dakota State scored the lone goal of the match in the 77^th minute. Laney Murdzek connected at the top center of the goal for the 1-0 lead with minutes to play. Murdzek's goal was ultimately the game winner.

ORU's final chance came in the 85^th minute with a shot on goal by Samantha See. See took a shot to the center of the net that was saved for the fifth shot on goal of the night for the Golden Eagles. ORU only had one shot not on goal in Friday's match.

Quote from Head Coach Austin Risenhoover
"To be fair, tonight, SDSU was a little more mature than us. With every failure is a chance to have growth and we learned tonight. I'll be honest, I love this group, we fought, came into a tough environment and played good soccer. We changed systems at half and our kids settled in and did some good things. That's the top of our conference, after tonight, I see we are right there with the best. We will clean up some details and grow. Tomorrow we focus on South Dakota."

Inside the Box Score
- ORU had six total shots with five on goal in the game.
- Louisa Ramsauer played all 90 minutes and recorded six saves.
- The Golden Eagles had four corner kicks in the contest.
- There were 24 fouls in the match and three cards were handed out.

Up Next
ORU will head to Vermillion, South Dakota, for a Sunday showdown with the South Dakota Coyotes at 12 p.m.

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