Rising star Jackson seals 2-1 victory for Commodores over San Francisco

Kathy YuanDanae O'Halloran (9)

Vanderbilt started out the half possessing and pushing forward, having a close shot 10 minutes in from sophomore Brook Colangelo that was punched away for a corner. San Francisco’s back line managed to deal with the danger well, pushing Vandy back to the half to regroup.

Two minutes later, after mounting pressure from the away side, freshman Izzie Lueken had a long shot from the middle third that was easy for Vanderbilt keeper Kaitlyn Fahrner to catch.

It proved far too easy at times for USF’s midfield to slot it through the Vandy defence, and early in, Lueken released midfielder Jessica Nakae from across the pitch. Nakae took it down the line and crossed it in,…