SPEARFISH, S.D. – It was a second half goal that downed the Black Hills State University women's soccer team for the second time in as many matches this weekend, as they fell to CSU Pueblo by a 2-1 decision on Sunday afternoon at the Black Hills Power Sports Complex. The action got off to a quick start with each team finding the back of the net within the first 11 minutes of play, including defender Ainsley Wilson finding the back of the net for her first career goal, however, it was a 49^th minute goal in the early stages of the second half that lifted the ThunderWolves past the Yellow Jackets.
 
QUICK DETAILS
Score: Black Hills State 1, CSU Pueblo 2
Team Records: Black Hills State 4-4-2 (1-3-0 RMAC), CSU Pueblo 2-4-3 (1-1-1 RMAC)
Attendance: 174
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• In an evenly played first half that saw both teams tally four shot attempts, it was Black Hills State who struck first in the seventh minute as they took advantage of a set play off a corner kick. Ainsley Wilson found the back of the net for her first career goal on the play, coming up from her defensive position and getting a header on the ball off the assist from Bria Sargent in the corner.
• It was then moments later that CSU Pueblo evened the score at one apiece in the 11^th minute when Jenna Elledge scored her first goal of the season for the ThunderWolves, taking in a pass forward from Mara Ganjje and then outracing a pair of Yellow Jacket defenders and placing the ball into an open net as Karsyn Fraser-Slothower came up and challenged her attack.
• Minutes into the second half, CSUP netted the game-winner off a corner kick set play of their own, with Cameron Farthing's pass connecting with Carlia Johnson, who then headed the ball into the goal in the 49^th minute for the 2-1 lead.
• The Yellow Jacket's offensive attack never slowed in the second half as they held a 12-1 advantage in shot attempts in the half, which included shots-on-goal by Peyton Hill in the 48^th minute, Katy Vinton and Lawsen Quist in the 58^th minute, and Whitney Hansen in the 85^th minute. Of the several scoring opportunities, one of the better looks of the afternoon that were not on target was a shot by Leah Day in the 86^th minute that went off the top woodwork and was a matter of inches from finding the back of the net.
• Black Hills State held the advantage in shots (16-5), shots-on-goal (5-3), and corner kicks (6-2), while CSU Pueblo held the edge in saves (4-1).

BLACK HILLS STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS
Ainsley Wilson: 1 goal, 1 shot, 1 assist
Bria Sargent: 1 assist
Whitney Hansen: 4 shots, 1 shot-on-goal
Katy Vinton: 3 shots, 1 shot-on-goal
Aubri Roth: 3 shots
 
UP NEXT
Black Hills State will go on the road next weekend for a pair of matches against top-20 nationally-ranked opponents, starting with a visit to No. 13 UCCS at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 10, at Mountain Lion Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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