NDSU Soccer Advances to Championship with Win Over South Dakota

Thursday, November 12

Tulsa, Okla.

2 p.m.

North Dakota State

8-6-6, 5-3-2

South Dakota

6-8-6, 3-4-3

Team	1	2	Final F
South Dakota	0	0	0
North Dakota St.	1	0	1

NDSU Notes

Photo by: Benjamin Dishong

11/12/2026 5:03:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

TULSA, Okla. – North Dakota State soccer picked up a 1-0 win over South Dakota on Thursday afternoon at the Case Soccer Complex to advance to the Summit League Championship on Sunday.

Morgan Russmann scored the games only goal in the 24^th minute to give the Bison the advantage and Payton Mulberry made six saves to earn the shutout.

NDSU controlled the majority of the first half, leading 10-3 in shots over the first 45 minutes, including eight shots on goal.

On the game's only goal, Hannah Arnold won the ball in the midfield and played a pass to Russmann at the midway line. Russmann then made a run to the top of the box and then fired a shot across the goal and inside the back post for her 10^th goal of the season.

Arnold picked up her 12^th career assist on the play, matching Russmann for seventh in NDSU's Division I era. Russmann's game winner is the ninth of her career, tied for third in NDSU program history. She also moved into fifth outright with 27 career goals. It was also the first postseason goal for a Bison since 2022.

Mulberry's six saves moved her into a tie for seventh all time in saves and helped her secure her 15^th career shutout. The shutout is the first Bison postseason cleansheet victory since 2017.

With the victory, the Bison will play the winner of St. Thomas and Oral Roberts in the Summit League Championship final on Sunday. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Case Soccer Complex.