BILLINGS, Mont. – Neither team was able to find the back of the net in Thursday afternoon's season opener in the Rimrock Classic as Black Hills State University and Carroll College battled to a 0-0 tie. The defensive affair resulted in the second consecutive season-opening shutout for BHSU and was the sixth career clean sheet for goalkeeper Makayla Dannelly.
 
QUICK DETAILS
Score: Black Hills State 0, Carroll 0
Team Records: Black Hills State 0-0-1, Carroll 2-0-2
Attendance: 127
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Black Hills State was forced to fend off a pair of Carroll scoring threats early in the contest as the Saints received a pair of corner kick opportunities in the first ten minutes of action. The first which occurred in the fourth minute went wide and resulted in a goal kick, while the second was corralled by Makayla Dannelly after being headed around inside the box in the seventh minute.
• CC's lone two shots-on-goal also occurred within the first 20 minutes of play, as Dannelly made a save in the 11^th minute when she stopped a shot that went towards the bottom left corner of the net by Deanna Lord. Then in the 18^th minute she snagged a shot off the bounce that was fired toward the center of net by Courtnie Gagnon from the top right side of the box.
• The first scoring opportunity of the game for the Yellow Jackets came in the 20^th minute when Katy Vinton fought off a defender in the right side of the box to fire a shot that rolled towards the center of the net before being picked up by Maria Ackerman in goal for the Saints.
• Hailey Warren in the 24^th minute and Paige Hill in the 37^th minute each added shot attempts that went off target in the first half while Carroll tallied three more shot attempts of their own which went off target.
• The Saints continued to be aggressive on offense throughout the second half as they collected their third corner kick attempt of the contest in the 54^th minute and saw a pair of shot attempts go off target in the 63^rd and 64^th minutes. Then mid-way through the half the Yellow Jacket defense had fend off another pair of Carroll shots in the 73^rd and 81^st minutes, along with a fourth corner kick attempt in the 82^nd minute that was immediately knocked down by Dannelly.
• The lone shot attempt of the second half for Black Hills State occurred in the 85^th minute when Warren weaved through defenders in the box before sending a low roller towards the center of the net which was collected by Ackerman.
• Carroll held the advantage in shots (9-2) and corner kicks (4-0) while the teams were even in shots-on-goal (2-2) and saves (2-2). 

BLACK HILLS STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS
Makayla Dannelly: 2 saves
Hailey Warren: 2 shots, 1 shot-on-goal
Katy Vinton: 1 shot, 1 shot-on-goal
Paige Hill: 1 shot
 
UP NEXT
Black Hills State will close out the Rimrock Classic with a non-conference match-up against UMary on Saturday, September 7. The contest will kick-off at 12 p.m. in Billings, Montana, at the Yellowjacket Soccer Field.
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