GOODWELL, Okla. – Fort Hays State set two new NCAA Division II scoring records on Friday  in its season opener. The Tigers set a new record for most points in a set with 38 in the third set of a 3-0 win over UC-Colorado Springs. They also set a new record for points scored in a three-set match with a total of 92, winning 29-27, 25-20, and 38-36 over the Mountain Lions. Both records are for the 25-point rally scoring era, which began in 2008.

The 38 points in a set broke the old record by one of 37 set by Minnesota-Crookston on November 2, 2013 against Augustana (S.D.). The 92 points in the three-set match broke the record of 87, also set by Minnesota-Crookston in that same match in 2013.

Fort Hays State has a knack for setting NCAA Division II records when playing UC-Colorado Springs. Back in 1995 in the side-out scoring era, Fort Hays State set the Division II record for digs in a four-set match with 188. So Fort Hays State now owns three single-game records in the NCAA Division II record book against UC-Colorado Springs.

NCAA records are broken into three categories. Side-out scoring was utilized up until 2000. Rally scoring started in 2001, but sets went to 30 points until 2007. The current 25-point rally scoring format was put into place in 2008, giving the Tigers a record for an era that started its ninth year in 2016.

FHSU is out to a 2-0 start to the young 2016 season and gets back to action on Saturday with two more matches in Goodwell, Oklahoma against Texas-Permian Basin and Oklahoma-Panhandle State.