FHSU Sports Information

TOPEKA, Kan. – For the third-straight season, the FHSU women’s soccer team is kicking off the 2017 season with a shutout over Southwest Minnesota State. The Tigers matched up with the Mustangs in Topeka and captured a 6-0 victory to go up 1-0 on to start the season. Fort Hays State now has defeated SMSU in four-straight season openers.

It took under 10 minutes for the Tigers to get on the board as Catalina Hernandez netted the go-ahead goal at 5:56 into the game for the first goal of the season for FHSU. Just sixteen minutes later, last season’s leading scorer for the Tigers, Eden Stoddard, found the back of the net as she put FHSU up 2-0 at the 21:58 mark. The final goal in the first 45 came at the feet of Darby Hirsch with an assist by Savannah McClease just seven minutes after Stoddard’s goal.

The second half was much the same for the Tigers as they netted three additional goals. Silvana Romero started off the half with a short cross goal assisted by Stoddard seven minutes in to go up 4-0 over the Mustangs. Stoddard then got in on the action by recording her second goal of the game assisted by Alexa Franks with just under 25 minutes left to play. The final goal of the night for the Tigers saw Franks netting her own with an assist from freshman Olympia Katsouridis at the 83 minutes mark.

The Tigers were able to muster up a dominating offensive match as they recorded 15 shots with 10 on goal led by Stoddard with four. The Mustangs attempted four shots as well, with just one hitting on target.

Kristen Thompson for the Tigers picked up her first win of the season between the pipes with her one save.

Next up for FHSU is another contest in Topeka as they meet up with Upper Iowa on Saturday (Sept. 2) at 2 p.m.