Kansas City Dominant in Victory Over South Dakota

Thursday, October 19

Kansas City, Mo.

7:00 PM

Kansas City

3-6-7, 2-3-2

South Dakota

7-5-4, 3-3-1

South Dakota

Kansas City

Photo by: Syd Siemens

Kansas City Dominant in Victory Over South Dakota

10/19/2023 9:47:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Goals from Anderson, Jennings and a clean slate from Moore sealed the win

KANSAS CITY, MO - Kansas City Women's Soccer (3-6-7, 2-3-2) picked up a key Summit League victory this evening over South Dakota (7-5-4, 3-3-1) by a score of 2-0. Things were even for most of the first half, but Caijah Anderson's goal right before the half gave the Roos the lead heading into the break. Not wasting any time, Kansas City added another goal right after halftime from Anna Jennings. That was all the Roos needed, as they held on for their first shutout conference win.

KEY MOMENTS

21' / 0-0 | KC put together a nice string of passes that led to Jennings landing a shot on goal, but South Dakota made the save to keep things scoreless.
38' / 0-0 | Kayda Kamolz hit a through ball that found Maya Prehm in the box, but her shot sailed just high. The Roos continued to threaten as the first half winded down.
43' / 1-0 | Alisha Sandoval hit a free kick off a South Dakota defender in the box. The shot bounced back out to the top of the box, where Anderson rocketed one home in the bottom right corner, giving the Roos the lead right before intermission.

What a SHOT from @anderson_caijah ??#ROOUP | #DeclareKC https://t.co/Zc3LoVDb5k pic.twitter.com/CaoEYrLK8X
— Kansas City Women's Soccer (@KCRoosWSoccer) October 20, 2023
46' / 2-0 | Picking up where they left off, Brianna Castleberry hit a corner kick into the box that led to a Sophia Smith header. The ball was deflected right to Jennings for a tap-in goal that doubled the lead.
86' / 2-0 | South Dakota got a shot on goal late as they tried to cut into the deficit, but Riley Moore calmly made the save to preserve the shutout.

STATS TO NOTE

Tonight's two-goal victory marked the first multiple-goal win the Roos have had over a Summit League team since rejoining the conference back in 2020.
Sandoval's assist at the end of the first half was her first of the season and her first assist as a Roo.
Riley Moore put up her second clean sheet of the season in the win. She earned the other in the Roo's 0-0 draw against North Dakota on Sept. 24.
Kansas City picked up its second Summit League win tonight, surpassing last year's season total.

UP NEXT
Kansas City concludes its regular season at home against South Dakota State (11-3-1, 4-1-1) on Sunday at 12 p.m. for Senior Day.