MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's soccer team suffered its first loss of the season on Friday as Sioux Falls defeated the Dragons, 1-0 at MSUM's Soccer Field.

MSUM is now 3-1-2 overall and 1-1-1 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference while USF improved to 1-4-1 overall and 1-1-1 in the league.

Both teams finished with 10 shots on the game.  Senior goalkeeper Kennedy Rodgers had five saves in 45 minutes of action while sophomore goalkeeper Kayleigh Sedlacek had one.  

Junior forwards Anna Steadland and Jensen Odegaard  each had three shots, including two on goal for MSUM. Freshman midfielder Kate Weigum and sophomore defender Kaylee Parsons had one shot on goal while freshman forward Mckenzie Ickert and junior midfielder Tomomi Nishihara had shots for MSUM.

USF scored the lone goal of the game in the first half and took a 1-0 lead into halftime. In the second half, MSUM pressured in USF's zone and had chances but was unable to score the tying goal.

MSUM hosts Southwest Minnesota State at 1 p.m. on Sunday for Parents Day.