lowed in the first half. The Lancersonly problem was even thoughthey held possession for a majorityof the time, they could not advancethe ball into the box to get clearshots on goal.

“We were missing that last littlepush,” Epp said. “We put every-thing together, except we could notget the ball close enough to thegoal.”

The half remained scorelessuntil 36 minutes into the half andnine minutes left in the matchwhen York scored on a header.

When there was only three min-utes left on the clock Mount Martygot the ball into the box and Jose

Marquez-Garcia snuck the ball justinside the left upright off of a Saenzassist.

Before the match ended Yorkwas able to get one more goal intothe net to end the game 5-2.

“In the second half we used ourwidth much better,” Epp said. “Inthe first half we attacked straightup the middle too many times andthat led to nothing. Using our out-side players gave us better posses-sion and helped us play muchbetter.

“The season is still early, andwe’re playing with a new coach,new system, and a lot of new play-ers,” Epp said. “We are continuingto get better, and when it comestime to play conference games I amhoping all the things we are work-ing on fall into place.”

The Lancers will have a fewmore opportunities to improve be-fore conference season starts.

Their next opportunity is Sept. 14at University of Sioux Falls startingat 8 p.m.

With the Eagles not getting any-thing done on offense themselves,USD added to its lead early in thesecond quarter. Jeremy Blountcaught a 48-yard touchdown passfrom Warren to put the Coyotesahead 14-0.

Blount, a senior receiver andkick returner, equated playing EWUto a 2008 home contest againstrival North Dakota.

“It feels very good. It was one ofthe first times a big game was likethis, since we came up short toNorth Dakota,” he said. “All duringpractice we knew those lineback-ers and safeties couldn’t match upwith me speed-wise.

“It just feels real good, becausewe worked so hard.”

Up 21-7 at halftime, the Coyoteswere in a familiar position: Wouldthey surrender a second-half come-back like they did many times in2010?

“We talked about it at half. Thatteam won a lot of their games lastyear in the fourth quarter,”Meierkort said. “I told the guys,‘They won the national title lastyear, not this year, and they’replaying here in the dome.’”

With the ball to start the sec-ond half, the Eagles marched downthe field again and converted a 21-yard field goal at the 10:18 mark toget win 21-10.

After each team punted, USDwas able to cap an ugly drive —with three penalties, one thatbrought back a potential touch-down — with a 32-yard Kevin Robb

field goal at the 1:24 mark.After the Eagles got a 27-yard

touchdown pass from quarterbackBo Levi Mitchell to Greg Hard latein the third quarter, the USD leadwas down to 24-17.

At the 11:40 mark of the fourthquarter, Robb connected on a 33-yard field goal. With the clock intheir favor, the Coyotes needed astop on defense.

Instead, they got another bigplay.

On a deep pass, Mitchell was in-tercepted by USD cornerback Mar-quis Butler, who returned the ball52 yards. The Coyotes capitalizedwith a 30-yard field goal, cappingthe scoring with 4:23 remaining.

As the final seconds tickedaway, the celebration began.

“Eastern Washington is a fantas-tic football team; will win a lot of

games, but today was our day,”Meierkort said.

One of the biggest stats was the11 rushing yards USD surrenderedto a pass-happy team that gar-nered 369 yards through the air.

Meanwhile, the Coyotes rushedfor 198 yards, led by 85 from ChrisGanious. Warren finished 8-of-15for 126 yards passing, and alsorushed for 59 yards.

As the dust settles on anotherbig win, USD is faced with a similarprospect as last season: How doyou follow up that performance?

“We just don’t want to win thisgame like we did at Minnesota andstay like that,” Blount said. “Wewant to keep it rolling, keep the in-tensity going.

“We don’t want to be satisfiedlike last year.”

CoyotesFrom Page 8

FOOTBALLSATURDAY’S S.D. SCORES

Sioux Falls O’Gorman 24, Sioux FallsWashington 7

SATURDAY’S NEB. SCORESHartington 33, Emerson-Hubbard 6St. Mary’s 52, Clearwater/Orchard 2

SATURDAY’S COLLEGE SCORESBemidji St. 30, Augustana, S.D. 27, OTNebraska 42, Fresno St. 29Minn. St., Mankato 32, Northern St., S.D. 10Minn. Duluth 49, Upper Iowa 22St. Cloud St. 41, Concordia, St.P. 13SW Minnesota St. 48, Mary 45Wayne, Neb. 35, Minn.-Crookston 24Winona St. 48, Minn. St., Moorhead 10

VOLLEYBALLSATURDAY’S S.D. SCORES

Big East Conference TournamentChampionship: Parker def. McCook Cen-

tral/Montrose, 25-14, 25-21, 25-14; Third:Chester def. Sioux Valley, 25-12, 23-25, 25-17,22-25, 15-7; Fifth: Flandreau def. Baltic, 25-22,25-15, 14-25, 25-13; Seventh: Howard def. Gar-retson, 11-25, 25-14, 25-22, 25-20

Lennox TournamentSisseton def. West Central, 25-11, 25-18;

Sisseton def. Lennox, 25-14, 25-13; Sissetondef. Beresford, 25-23, 23-25, 25-21; West Cen-tral def. Lennox, 25-22, 19-25, 25-14

Luverne TournamentBlue Earth, Minn. def. Vermillion, 25-20, 25-

15; Pipestone, Minn. def. Vermillion, 25-17, 13-25; Vermillion def. Southwest Minnesota

Christian, Minn., 25-23, 6-25; Vermillion def.Edgerton, Minn., 25-19, 25-16; Vermillion def.Luverne, Minn., 25-21, 26-24

SATURDAY’S NEB. SCORESDodge Tournament

Dodge def. Bloomfield, 25-23, 25-7; Dodgedef. Omaha Brownell-Talbot, 25-17, 25-16;Omaha Brownell-Talbot def. Bloomfield, 25-14,21-25, 25-21; Shelby def. Omaha Brownell-Tal-bot, 25-14, 25-14; Shelby def. Dodge, 25-13, 25-17; Shelby def. Bloomfield, 25-15, 25-14

Wakefield TournamentLaurel-Concord def. Hartington Cedar

Catholic, 25-23, 23-25, 25-20; Lutheran HighNortheast def. Pierce, 25-18, 25-22; Lyons-De-catur Northeast def. Stanton, 25-23, 26-24;Wakefield def. Stanton, 16-25, 25-21, 25-14;Winside def. Lyons-Decatur Northeast, 25-15,25-21; Pool A: Hartington Cedar Catholic def.Wakefield, 25-23, 25-22; Pierce def. Winside,25-12, 20-25, 25-18; Pool B: Lutheran HighNortheast def. Lyons-Decatur Northeast, 25-6,25-15; Consolation Final: Winside def. Wake-field, 25-20, 25-9; Third: Hartington CedarCatholic def. Pierce, 25-20, 29-27; Champi-onship: Lutheran High Northeast def. Laurel-Concord, 25-17, 25-20

CHEER & DANCEYANKTON INV.

Saturday at YanktonDance

GRAND CHAMPION: Sioux Falls Washing-ton 252.17, Yankton 241.33, Dakota Valley209.87, Brandon Valley 204.67, Sioux Falls Roo-sevelt 196, Watertown 196, Sioux Falls Lincoln193.83, Huron 169.67, Aberdeen Central 162.33,

Gregory 90.67HIP-HOP: Washington 272, Roosevelt

205.5, Watertown 193.5, Dakota Valley 188.6,Lincoln 182, Aberdeen Central 175.5, Huron170, Mitchell 161, Gregory 118

JAZZ: Washington 262.5, Yankton 234,Dakota Valley 226, Roosevelt 219, Brandon Val-ley 196.5, Lincoln 188, Huron 164, AberdeenCentral 159.5

KICK: Yankton 240, Watertown 197.5, Bran-don Valley 188.5

POM: Yankton 250, Brandon Valley 229,Washington 222, Dakota Valley 214.5, Lincoln211.5, Watertown 196.5, Huron 175, Roosevelt163.5, Gregory 154, Aberdeen Central 152

CheerSTUNTING/TUMBLING: Washington 209.5,

Watertown 208.5, Brookings 192, Dell Rapids169.5, Huron 168.5, Roosevelt 158.5, DellRapids St. Mary 152.5, Brandon Valley 133.5

STUNTING/NON-TUMBLING: AberdeenCentral 129, Mitchell 113

CROSS COUNTRYAUGUSTANA MEET OF CHAMPIONS

Saturday at Sioux FallsVARSITY GIRLS

TEAM SCORES: Yankton 30, Brandon Val-ley 86, Sioux Falls Washington 99, Sioux FallsLincoln 111, West Central 120, Sioux Falls Roo-sevelt 122, Watertown 128, Martin County West144

TOP 15: 1, Tamara Gorman, R.C. Stevens15:22.8; 2, Alex Hess, Roosevelt 15:43.4; 3,Jenna Grossenburg, Yankton 15:49.4; 4, KaijaNitz, Brandon Valley 16:12.6; 5, Makayla Hohn,Luverne 16:19.1; 6, Whitlee Larson, Yankton16:21.9; 7, Mindy Kraft, Wessington Springs16:31.9; 8, Shelby Youngblood, R.C. Stevens

16:32.0; 9, Annie Kruse, Yankton 16:35.0; 10,Morgan Larson, Martin County West 16:35.2; 11,Savannah Woods, Yankton 16:39.5; 12, CorynJohnson, Washington 16:47.9; 13, Carly Holm-strom, LIncoln 16:49.1; 14, Cassidy Rodman,Washington 16:52.5; 15, Rylee Homandberg,Beresford 16:59.9

VARSITY BOYSTEAM SCORES: Sioux Falls Roosevelt 30,

Sioux Falls Lincoln 66, Sioux Falls Washington83, Brandon Valley 90, Yankton 122, Rapid CityStevens 171, Luverne 183, Watertown 231,Beresford 240, Martin County West 244

TOP 20: 1, Tanner Ahrendt, Roosevelt17:20.9; 2, Dylan Slaba, Roosevelt 17:43.3; 3,

Ethan Tabbert, Roosevelt 17:43.4; 4, Jase Kraft,Wessington Springs 17:47.8; 5, Nate Schroeder,Lincoln 17:47.9; 6, Kipp Kinsley, Yankton 18:01.35:49; 7, Keegan Carda, Washington 18:04.3; 8,Austin Hogie, Brandon Valley 18:12.4; 9, KyleBurdick, Stevens 18:30.2; 10, Will Lauer, Lincoln18:31.0; 11, Adam Kost, Roosevelt 18:34.6; 12,Brice Cowman, Yankton 18:41.3; 13, BrantGilbertson, Watertown 18:43.3; 14, Derek Swan-son, Brandon Valley 18:45.7; 15, Tyler Slaba,Roosevelt 18:46.6

NIKE HEARTLAND PREVIEWSaturday at Sioux Falls

GIRLS’ DIVISIONTEAM SCORES: Spearfish 35; Sturgis 67;

Garretson 87; Harrisburg 98; Mitchell 126; Lin-coln North Stars (Neb.) 147; O’Gorman 202;James Valley Christian 232; Cheyenne-EagleButte 255; Worthington 265; S.F. Christian 283;Irene-Wakonda 289; Parker 339.

BOYS’ DIVISIONTEAM SCORES: Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 59;

Irene-Wakonda 75; Sturgis 96; O’Gorman 100;Sioux Valley 132; Lincoln North Stars (Neb.) 138;Parker 144; Worthington 180; Harrisburg 248;S.F. Christian 263; Lead-Deadwood 283; Ab-erdeen Christian 291.

WOMEN’S DIVISIONTEAM SCORES: Concordia 41; Doane 59;

Northwestern 63; Sioux Falls 82; Mount Marty130; College of Saint Mary 130; Iowa Lakes CC212.

MEN’S DIVISIONTEAM SCORES: Concordia 24; Mount

Marty 69; Doane 74; USF 101; Northwestern106; Iowa Lakes CC 166

TENNISROOSEVELT GIRLS’ TRIANGULARSIOUX FALLS ROOSEVELT 7, YANKTON 2

SINGLES: Vanessa Rockne Y def. BrittanyKortan 6-3, 6-2; Kara Bunkers SFR def. LexieKlimisch 6-7 (2-7), 0-6; Kasey Shogren SFR def.Leslie Henderson 6-0, 6-1; Abby SeigenthalerSFR def. Dani Gill 6-2, 6-1; Sarah Rockne Y def.Mackenzie VanWoude 6-1, 6-2; Lexy Ronning

SFR def. Sarah Santos 6-1, 6-1DOUBLES: Kortan-Bunkers SFR def. V.

Rockne-Klimisch 6-3, 6-2; Shogren-SeigenthalerSFR def. Henderson-Gill 6-2, 6-2; VanWoude-Ronning SFR def. S. Rockne-Taylor Rothen-berger 6-2, 6-3

JV: McKayla Johnson SFR def. TaylorRothenberger 8-6

ABERDEEN RONCALLI 5, YANKTON 4SINGLES: Vanessa Rockne Y def. Morgan

Gunderson 10-3; Lexie Klimisch Y def. KaylynDieter 10-3; Allison Marnette AR def. Leslie Hen-derson 10-7; Tage Hanson AR def. Dani Gill 10-3; Erica Carrels AR def. Sarah Rockne 10-7;Gaby Imbery AR def. Sarah Santos 11-9

DOUBLES: V. Rockne-Klimisch Y def. Gun-derson-Dieter 10-8; Hanson-Carrels AR def.Henderson-Gill 10-4; S. Rockne-Taylor Rothen-berger Y def. Marnette-Imbery 10-5

JV: Taylor Rothenberger Y def. Erin Dudley8-3

BR. VALLEY GIRLS’ JAMBOREEMILBANK 6, VERMILLION 3

SINGLES: Claire Jones V def. BrandiNiedert 10-2; Valerie Robinson V def. Reba Bar-lund 10-0; Roxanna Bohn M def. Jenny Sun 10-0; Anna Kurtz M def. Abby Weiss 10-2; GretchenBeirsbach M def. Shelby Glover 10-1; BrianaBreske M def. Rose Steinmeyer 10-1

DOUBLES: Jones-Robinson V def. Niedert-Bohn 10-1; Barlund-Kurtz M def. Weiss-Sun 10-0; Beirsbach-Breske M def. Glover-Steinmeyer10-0

Monday, September 12CROSS COUNTRY, PREP Neligh-Oak-

dale Inv. (Creighton, Niobrara-Verdigre, 4:30p.m.)

FOOTBALL, SOPH S.C. East at YHS(4:15 p.m.)

GOLF, BOYS’ Madison Inv. (Parkston,Wagner, 10 a.m.)

GOLF, GIRLS’ O’Neill Inv. (Crofton, 10a.m.)

SOCCER, GIRLS’ Vermillion at S.F.Christian

SOFTBALL, GIRLS’ Yankton at S.F. O’-Gorman (DH, 6 p.m.)

SOFTBALL, GIRLS’ JV Yankton at S.F.

O’Gorman (DH, 6 p.m.)VOLLEYBALL, GIRLS’ Bloomfield at

Wausa; Dell Rapids St. Mary at Marion; Free-man at Scotland

Tuesday, September 13CROSS COUNTRY, PREP Woodbury

Central Inv. (Elk Point-Jefferson, 1 p.m.)GOLF, MEN’S Great Plains Athletic Con-

ference #1 at Fox Run GC (MMC)GOLF, BOYS’ Lennox at YHS (2 p.m.);

Elk Point-Jefferson at VermillionTENNIS, GIRLS’ Mitchell/S.F. Lincoln at

YHS (1 p.m.); Madison Tri. (Vermillion, noon)VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S MMC at Briar

Cliff (7:30 p.m.)

VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S JV MMC atBriar Cliff (6 p.m.)

VOLLEYBALL, GIRLS’ Baltic at Center-ville; Bon Homme vs. Tripp-Delmont-Armourat Tripp (HC); Dakota Valley at Alcester-Hud-son; Freeman vs. Bridgewater-Emery atEmery; Hartington at Wynot; Hartington CedarCatholic at Norfolk Catholic; Irene-Wakondaat Freeman Academy; Laurel-Concord-Co-leridge at Crofton; Lennox at Elk Point-Jeffer-son; Lutheran High Northeast at Creighton;Madison at Bloomfield; Marion at Hanson;Niobrara-Verdigre/Santee at O’Neill St.Mary’s; Parker at Tea; Parkston vs. Corsica-Stickney at Corsica; Platte-Geddes atColome; Ponca/Winnebago at Allen; Ran-

dolph at Neligh-Oakdale; Scotland at AndesCentral; Sergeant Bluff-Luton at Vermilllion;Tri-Valley at Beresford; Viborg-Hurley atGayville-Volin; Wagner at Avon; Wausa atNewcastle

Wednesday, September 14CROSS COUNTRY, PREP Flyer Inv. at

Freeman (Alcester-Hudson, Avon, BonHomme, Ethan-Parkston, Freeman, Gayville-Volin, Irene-Wakonda, Marion, Menno,Parker, Scotland, Viborg-Hurley, 1 p.m.)

SOCCER, MEN’S MMC at Sioux Falls (8p.m.)

SOCCER, WOMEN’S MMC at SiouxFalls (5:30 p.m.)

S C O R E B OA R D A R E A C A L E N DA R

PRESS & DAKOTAN ■ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 PAGE 9

Press&DakotanDA I LY D O S E

BY JEREMY HOECKjeremy.hoeck@yankton.net

First, a short disclaimer: Yes, I predicted the Uni-versity of South Dakota to upset top-ranked and de-fending national champion Eastern Washington.

But there were still lingering doubts on whether ornot the Coyote defense was ready for the challenge.

Guess they were.

In my prediction in Saturday’s Press & Dakotan, Isaid that if USD can take away Eastern Washington’srushing attack, the Coyotes could win. Well, notonly did USD take it away, it limited the Eagles to 11yards on 19 carries.

As the dust settles on the 30-17 win, we’re left towonder: Where do the Coyotes go from here? Dothey fizzle out like they did last year after beatingMinnesota?

First, I would say, it probably vaults USD into thetop 25 in the FCS poll this week. The Coyotes are al-ready a national household name after beating theGophers, but now they’ve proven they can be anFCS force.

Second, it probably gives the players more confi-dence for the Sept. 24 game at Wisconsin. USDwon’t win that one, but at least the thought will bethere in the back of the Badgers’ minds.

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Football: Illinois Routs SDSUCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — South Dakota State has two

more games this season in Illinois but after Saturday, youcouldn’t blame the Jackrabbits if they didn’t come back.

Illinois rolled up 519 yards and held the Jackrabbits to 96in a 56-3 rout.

Jackrabbits quarterback Thomas O’Brien was held to 37yards on 8-of-18 passing with two interceptions, while the Illini(2-0) limited FCS member South Dakota State (1-1) to 25rushing yards on 24 carries.

“We never got any momentum,” South Dakota State coachJohn Stiegelmeier said. “We got one stop on defense, butafter that it was a long day. When they ran the option, I meanholy nutmeg.”

Steigelmeier’s biggest option-related headache was quar-terback Nathan Scheelhaase, who rushed for 93 yards and apair of touchdowns on nine carries before taking a seat on thesideline in the third quarter with the game out of hand.

But there was no shortage of Illini heroes.Reserve tailback Troy Pollard piled up 101 yards and

scored a TD. Freshman tailback Donovonn Young had 65yards and a pair of touchdowns.

NO. 10 NEBRASKA 42, FRESNO ST. 29: LINCOLN, Neb.(AP) — Ameer Abdullah returned a kickoff 100 yards afterFresno State made it a two-point game in the fourth quarter,and Taylor Martinez’s 46-yard touchdown run secured the10th-ranked Cornhuskers’ 42-29 victory on Saturday night.

Martinez ran 15 times for 166 yards and two TDs andpassed for another as the Huskers turned back an upset bidby the Bulldogs, who were four-touchdown underdogs.

Derek Carr threw incomplete to a well-covered A.J. John-son on a 2-point try after his 26-yard TD pass to Josh Harperpulled the Bulldogs to 28-26.

Abdullah, who set a school record with 211 kick returnyards, then made the biggest play of the night to break openthe game.

Fresno’s Robbie Rouse ran 36 times for 169 yards andCarr was 20 of 41 for 254 yards.

Friday High SchoolNIOBRARA-VERDIGRE 54, NEWCASTLE 20: VERDI-

GRE, Neb. — Jacob Bathke and Rylee Klawitter each rushedfor two touchdowns and Niobrara-Verdigre scored 38 first-quarter points in a 54-20 rout of Newcastle last Friday night inVerdigre, Neb.

Bathke scored on runs of 36 and 45 yards for the Cougars(1-1), who led 54-14 at halftime. Klawitter scored on runs of 13and 2 yards.

Owen Pavelka also scored on a 50-yard punt return.Newcastle (0-2) got two touchdown runs from Kyle Mohr

and a 41-yard scoring pass from Mohr to Cody Kneifl.LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE 24, NELIGH-OAK-

DALE 15: NELIGH, Neb. — Kyle Kardell rushed for twotouchdowns and passed for another as Laurel-Concord-Co-leridge beat Neligh-Oakdale 24-15 last Friday night in Neligh,

Neb.Kardell had scoring runs of 6 and 29 yards, and threw a 29-

yard touchdown pass to Mitch Heikes. The other scoring forthe Bears came on a safety by Tyler Schurman in the endzone.

Heikes rushed for 106 yards in the win, while Austin Roachadded 46 yards on the ground.

BLOOMFIELD 26, CREIGHTON 14: BLOOMFIELD, Neb.— Chet Beckman and Alec Wilson combined for over 300yards of rushing and all four touchdowns in a 26-14 Bloomfieldvictory over Creighton Friday.

The Bees scored the final 18 points after trailing 14-8 inthe third quarter.

Wilson rushed for touchdowns of seven and four yards,and caught a 26-yard pass from Beckman for the Bees’ firstscore. He finished with 130 yards on 25 carries.

Beckman had the game-tying touchdown in the third quar-ter, a 60-yard scamper, on his way to a game-high 173 yardson just 16 carries.

Ryan Mitteis and Jacob Morrell had short rushing touch-downs for Creighton.

Defensively, Dominic Lammers had nine solo and nine as-sisted tackles to lead Bloomfield. Max David had nine stops(eight solo) with four tackles for loss.

Bloomfield will put its 2-0 record on the line next week atperennial power Howells. Creighton, 1-2, is off next week andreturns to action Sept. 23 at Randolph.

LancersFrom Page 8

York Women Sneak Past LancersBY CODY BALLsports@yankton.net

If only one of the six shots ongoal by the Mount Marty Lancerswomen’s soccer team would havefound their way into the net the re-sult would have been much differ-ent. The Lancers could have leftthe field with a tie, or possiblyeven celebrated a win. Instead theLancers fell to 0-3 on the seasonafter falling to the York CollegePanthers 1-0.

“We are getting close,” MountMarty Head Coach Nathan Eppsaid. “It is great to see the improve-ments we have made so far thisseason.”

The Lancers started the seasonwith two big losses. In those lossesit seemed that Mount Marty wasback on their heels and not playingaggressive. Saturday’s match was adifferent mentality.

“We really started to attack forthe first time this season,” Eppsaid. “We pushed the ball upfieldand tried to make things happen.Before today we reacted to whatthe other team was doing andplayed mostly defensive soccer.Today we took control and tried tobe the team to make things hap-pen.”

In the first half neither teamwas able to put any goals on theboard.

In the second half the play wascommanded once again by MountMarty. Most notably by the MountMarty midfielders Hannah Miller, ajunior, and Hayley Rutledge, a sen-ior.

“Rutledge and Miller are bothvery talented,” Epp said. “We did-n’t use them enough in the firsthalf. They really distribute the ballwell and are offensive threats aswell as solid defensively.”

Miller was the most aggressive

player on the Mount Marty rosteras she fired three shots on goal.

The lone goal of the game wasscored by York’s Tara New on akick that she flipped with her footbarely over the reach of MountMarty’s goalkeeper Jennifer Nel-son. Nelson ended the game withan impressive eight saves.

Despite the loss the attitude re-mains positive for the Lancers.

“We did a lot of nice thingstoday,” Epp said. “We also de-fended really well. It is great to seethe team starting to understandthe game and what they need to dobetter. Our mentality is that we canwin and today’s game helped usbelieve in that mentality evenmore.”

The Lancers’ next chance to geta win on the record is in Sioux Fallson Sept. 14 as they take on Univer-sity of Sioux Falls. The match is setto begin at 5:30 p.m.

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Yankton’s Jenn Granflaten battles a Sioux Falls

Roosevelt player for possession during their

girls’ soccer match Saturday.

Riders BlankGazelles 2-0

Sioux Falls Roosevelttopped Yankton 2-0 in girls’soccer action Saturday atLewis & Clark Soccer Park.

Roosevelt, 7-0, hasoutscored opponents 34-1so far this season.

Courtney True led theYankton defensive effort,making 19 saves in goal.Danielle Beckman, MorganTessier, Maggie Bisgardand Carly Al-Azzeh con-tributed to the defensivestand, as did midfieldersBrianna Newman andKendall Lillie.

Yankton, now 2-4-1,hosts Watertown (1-4-1)Friday.

LCC Finishes Second, Cedar Third At WakefieldWAKEFIELD, Neb. — Hartington

Cedar Catholic improved to 10-2 onthe season with a pair of prep vol-leyball wins at the Wakefield Invita-tional on Saturday in Wakefield,Neb.

The Trojans beat host Wake-field and Pierce, but lost a three-set match toLaurel-Concord-Coleridge. LCC lostto Lutheran High Northeast in thetournament championship match.

CEDAR CATHOLIC DEF. PIERCE 25-20,29-27: Siera Becker recorded six kills, six digsand four ace serves for the Trojans. Lexi Steffenadded five kills, three blocks and two digs, whileEmily Schrempp had 14 set assists.

CEDAR CATHOLIC DEF. WAKEFIELD 25-23, 25-22: Steffen had nine kills and eightblocks to lead the Trojans, while Kallie Leisehad 18 digs and Schrempp contributed 19 setassists.

No stats were reported for Wakefield.LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE DEF.

CEDAR CATHOLIC 25-23, 24-26, 25-20: In thethree-set loss for the Trojans, Steffen had sevenkills and seven blocks, while Leise added 11digs.

Erin Hochstein had nine blocks and BaileySteffen had seven blocks.

No stats were given for LCC.

Boone Central Inv.ALBION, Neb. — The Crofton Lady Warriors

won one of three matches at the Boone CentralInvitational on Saturday in Albion, Neb.

Crofton (2-5) scored its only win against hostBoone Central, and suffered losses to Wayneand Columbus Lakeview.

WAYNE DEF. CROFTON 25-18, 25-14: Inthe win for the Warriors, Marian Wortmann hadsix kills, five blocks and nine digs, while BridgetArens added five kills and two blocks. KelseyFoxhoven also chipped in with seven digs.

COLUMBUS LAKEVIEW DEF. CROFTON25-19, 25-8: In the loss for the Warriors, Wort-mann had five kills, three blocks and eight digs,while Foxhoven added nine digs and three kills.Rachel Leader recorded eight set assists.

CROFTON DEF. BOONE CENTRAL (NOSCORE): Foxhoven recorded four kills and ninedigs, while Leader had seven set assists. Arensand Melissa Kleinschmit had three kills apiece.

Lennox Inv.LENNOX — Sisseton went 3-0 in the four-

team Lennox Invitational volleyball tournamentSaturday.

Beresford went 2-1 on the day. West Centralbeat Lennox in the other match.

BERESFORD DEF. WEST CENTRAL 2-0:Alison Klostergaard had 18 kills and Krista Hof-fer had 18 digs for Beresford.

SISSETON DEF. LENNOX 25-14, 25-13:Vanna Ihnen had three blocks and Megan Stew-art had six digs for Lennox.

SISSETON DEF. WEST CENTRAL 25-11,25-18: Jessica Weatherstone had 10 kills andJordyn Kirk had six kills for Sisseton.

BERESFORD DEF. LENNOX 2-0: AlisonKlostergaard had nine kills and two blocks,Megan Olson had 14 assists and Krista Hofferhad nine digs for Beresford. Vanna Ihnen hadfour blocks for Lennox.

SISSETON DEF. BERESFORD 25-23, 23-25, 25-21: Jessica Weatherstone had 17 killsand Heidi Hanson had 27 assists for Sisseton.Alison Klostergaard had 14 kills, Megan Olsonhad 21 assists and Krista Hoffer had 34 digs forBeresford.

WEST CENTRAL DEF. LENNOX 25-22, 19-25, 25-14: Vanna Ihnen had four kills and eightdigs, and Taylor Anderson had four kills and fourblocks for Lennox.

Softball: Gazelles Win Two On The RoadHARRISBURG — The Yankton

Gazelles softball team scored vic-tories over Jackson, Minn., andLincoln-Union in a triangular Sun-day in Harrisburg.

The Gazelles travel to SiouxFalls O’Gorman today (Monday).

YANKTON 7, JACKSON 1: Yankton jumpedout to a 7-0 lead on the way to a rout of Jackson.

Karlee Kozak had a triple, two runs scoredand a RBI, and Jessica Wirth and Haley Hinsetheach had a hit and two runs scored to leadYankton. Tayler Hutchison had a hit, a runscored and a RBI, Jaclyn Arens had a hit andAbby Schulte had a RBI in the win.

Maria Rarsche and Blaney Markman had

hits for Jackson.Arens picked up the win, striking out six and

allowing two hits in the five-run contest. MoiraCarlson took the loss.

YANKTON 13, LINCOLN-UNION 4: Yank-ton scored three runs in four different innings fora blowout victory.

Kozak had a double and two singles, threeRBI and a run scored, and Hannah Horn hadthree hits, three runs and a RBI for Yankton.Wirth tripled and singled with three RBI and tworuns scored. Hinseth had two hits and two runsscored. Andi Sprakel had two hits, a run and aRBI. Janessa Ekeren had a triple and a RBI.Hutchison and Schulte each added a hit and aRBI.

Jordan Harmelink went 2-3 with two runs

scored for Lincoln-Union, which has playersfrom Harrisburg, Beresford and Sioux FallsChristian. Sabrina Rasmussen had a double, arun scored and a RBI.

Katie Koletzky picked up the win, striking outfive. Haley Fligge took the loss.

JUNIOR VARSITYYANKTON 12, LINCOLN-UNION 1: Heather Hauer

had a triple and two RBI, and Becky Frick and JennyFeilmeier had doubles to lead Yankton. Madison Danglerhad a hit and a RBI, and Sophie Drotzmann, Alisa Ruz-icka and Paige Thieman added hits in the win.

Dangler struck out five for the win.YANKTON 12, LINCOLN-UNION 1: Feilmeier had

two hits, Dangler had a double and a RBI, and Kalyn Pe-terka had a hit and a RBI to lead Yankton. Ruzicka had atriple, and Thieman and Drotzmann added hits in the win.

Frick struck out four in the three-inning game for thewin.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — SouthDakota senior linebacker AdamBroders and sophomore kickerKevin Robb have each earnedGreat West Conference Player ofthe Week honors, the league an-nounced on Sunday. The honorsbring the total to three of Coyoteplayers who have received thehonor in 2011.

Broders (Bloomfield, Neb.)was named the GWC DefensivePlayer of the Week after keyingthe Coyotes’ 30-17 upset of No.1-ranked Eastern Washington onSaturday. Broders had a game-high 15 tackles, including one fora loss, in the game which saw

the South Dakota defense holdEastern Washington to just 11rushing yards.

Robb (Rapid City) was namedthe GWC Special Teams Player ofthe Week after going 3-for-3 onfield goal attempts in Saturday’swin. Robb connected on field-goal attempts of 33, 33 and 30yards to help the Coyotes pre-serve the win. Robb also con-verted all three extra points onthe day.

South Dakota (1-1) returns toaction Saturday at home againstNorthwestern Oklahoma State.Game time is 4 p.m. at the Dako-taDome in Vermillion.

Broders, Robb Earn GWC Honors