The Creighton Blue Jays shot 53-percent in the second half including 7-of-12 from three-point range and beat the Fort Hays State Lady Tigers 77-47 in an exhibition game Monday night in Sokol Arena. The 30-point margin was the Bluejays largest lead of the game.

Coach Hobson Post Game Interview part1
Coach Hobson Post Game Interview part2

Fort Hays State closed the first half on an 11-4 run to pull within seven at 26-19 but the Bluejays answered with an 11-4 run to open the second half to quickly push their lead back to 14 points.

FHSU shoots 31-percent for the game and hits just 1-of-13 from three-point range and were just 12-of-21 from the free throw line. Kate Edwards led the Tigers with 12 points and seven rebounds. Kate Lehman and Chelsea Mason both added 11 points.

 

Fort Hays State senior wide receiver Keaton Callins was named the MIAA Special Teams Athlete of the Week on Monday (Nov. 4) for his efforts in the 63-17 win over South Dakota Mines this past Saturday.

Callins triggered the scoring for FHSU against South Dakota Mines with a 60-yard punt return for a touchdown as FHSU set a school record for points in a game against a collegiate team with 63.

He also had a great day at wide receiver, hauling in six passes for 109 yards and one receiving touchdown. His touchdown was a 20-yard reception in the third quarter to extend Fort Hays State’s lead to 42-17. His longest reception of the game was 32 yards and he averaged 18.2 yards per catch.

 

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The 18th ranked Fort Hays State University men’s soccer team dropped a 3-0 road contest to West Texas A&M on Sunday afternoon.

The Tigers close out the regular season at 11-4-2 (6-1-2 MIAA) and will travel to the MIAA tournament as the No. 2 seed this week.

FHSU managed just three shots in the contest, as Drew Wilson, Daniel Peralta and Damion Cooper took aim at the net.  Peralta’s shot was the lone “on-goal” attempt for the Tigers.

Jason Babyak played the entire 90 minutes between the posts for the Tigers, saving five shots.

West Texas A&M (12-3-1) was led offensively with goals by Michael Cooper, Daniel Angloher and Wayne Bruton.  Angloher and Aidan Hamman had assists on the day.

Fort Hays State will play third-seeded Northeastern State in the conference tournament semi-finals on Thursday, Nov. 7 at the College Boulevard Activities Center in Olathe, Kan.  The game, scheduled for 4 p.m., is the third matchup between FHSU and NSU this season.  The first two matches ended in 2-2 and 0-0 draws.

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Kansas City, Mo. – Two undefeated teams remain after some games came down to the wire in week nine of MIAA football.

Central Missouri 56, Nebraska-Kearney 0 
Central Missouri held Nebraska-Kearney to just 223 yards of total offense as they picked up a win on the road. UCM managed 561 yards of total offense as they moved to 5-4 on the season.

For the Mules Hayden Hawk was 23 of 26 for 328 yards and four touchdowns. Ronrei Lloyd caught 12 passes for 188 yards and a touchdown while Anthony Kirkwood added eight catches for 91 yards and two scores. On defense Ricky Spratley and Alex Perlin each finished with six total stops. For the Lopers Romero Cotton carried the ball 15 times for 63 yards. Through the air Bronson Marsh was 8 of 15 for 99 yards. Defensively Tyke Kozeal led all players with 17 tackles while Kellen Werner had 13 stops.

#14 Emporia State 35, #12 Missouri Western 30 
#14 Emporia State had six turnovers including one with less than 20 seconds to pick up a win on the road at #12 Missouri Western. MWSU outgained ESU by more than 100 yards, but could not overcome the turnovers as ESU remained unbeaten.

For the Hornets Brent Wilson was 19 of 32 for 159 yards and three touchdowns. Antonio Brown rushed for 109 yards as Dozie Iwuagwa scored two rushing touchdowns and Kavaski Ervin caught two touchdown scores. Tariq Allen and Josh Monteagudo each had 12 tackles and pulled down an interception. For the Griffons Travis Partridge threw for 298 yards and two touchdowns adding 130 yards on the ground and a score. Stephon Weaver caught 10 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown. On defense John Oglesby had 11 tackles and Michael Jordan and Jorge Belcher each picked off a pass.

#7 Pittsburg State 70, Northwestern Oklahoma State 0 
#7 Pittsburg State held serve at home holding Northwestern Oklahoma State to just 128 yards of total offense. PSU managed 634 yards of total offense as they moved to 8-1 on the year.

For the Gorillas Anthony Abenoja was 10 of 12 for 256 yards and four touchdowns. Jeff Seybold rushed for 125 yards and three touchdowns and John Brown caught four passes for 132 yards with two scores. Defensively Tyler Disney led the way with six tackles and Aries Herrion and Dylan Case each picked off a pass.

Fort Hays State 63, South Dakota Mines 17 
Fort Hays State forced three turnovers as they picked up a win at home over South Dakota Mines. For the Tigers it was their fifth straight win pushing them to 5-4 on the season.

For FHSU Treveon Albert was 11 of 20 for 247 yards and two touchdowns and Edin Kovac also added two TD passes. Albert also added a rushing score as Andre Smith scored twice on the ground and Keaton Callins caught two touchdown passes. On defense Michael Jordan had 10 total tackles to lead the team as well as picking off a pass.

Northeastern State 31, Southwest Baptist 3
Northeastern State racked up 305 yards on the ground as they picked up a win at home over Southwest Baptist. NSU allowed only a field goal to SBU as they picked up their first win of the season.

For the RiverHawks Steven Hopper carried the ball 25 times for 228 yards and three touchdowns. Terrance Dixon added 79 yards rushing and a score. On defense Langston Jones pulled down 16 tackles and Darrain Winston picked off a pass. For the Bearcats Joey Dominguez was 18 of 36 for 166 yards. Derwyn Lauderdale caught 12 passes for 115 yards in the game. Zach Moore led the way on defense for SBU with nine total stops.

Central Oklahoma 49, Lincoln 42 
Central Oklahoma racked up 475 yards of offense as they won a shootout at home over Lincoln. LU added 447 yards of offense to the game as UCO picked up their first win of the year.

Joshua Birmingham carried the ball 29 times for 130 yards and four touchdowns. Adrian Nelson threw for 104 yards and one touchdown which was caught by Connor Pulley and Marquez Clark added a special teams touchdown and had 165 yards receiving.  On defense Kenny Allen has 14 stops and Thomas Hill made 10 tackles. For the Blue Tigers Jacob Morris was 17 of 31 for 200 yards and three touchdowns. He also added 110 yards rushing with one score while Morris Henderson added 181 yards rushing with one touchdown. On defense Markuice Savage had nine tackles while Kendrick Causey and Timmy Dunn added eight stops each.

#2 Northwest Missouri 52, #8 Washburn 21 
#2 Northwest Missouri jumped out to a 28-0 lead and held on to win at home over #8 Washburn. NWMSU racked up 481 yards of total offense and forced six turnovers to remain unbeaten on the year.

For the Bearcats Trevor Adams was 23 of 27 for 306 yards and three touchdowns. Billy Creason had 77 yards on the ground with one score and Brady Bolles rushed for two touchdowns. DJ Gnader led the defense with seven tackles and Bryce Enyard picked off two passes. For the Ichabods Mitch Buhler was 16 of 35 for 194 yards and two touchdowns. Dajuan Beard caught seven passes for 89 yards and Tore’ Hurst and Connor Crimmins pulled in two touchdown grabs. On defense Bryce Atagi led the way with nine total tackles and Cameron Jackson added one and a half sacks.

— MIAA Media Relations —

The Fort Hays State Tigers gained 537 yards of offense and set a school record for points as they win their fifth-straight, 63-17 over South Dakota Mines Saturday afternoon at Lewis Field. The win improves FHSU to 5-4 overall while the Hardrockers fall to 5-4.

Chris Brown Postgame Interview

The Tigers scored their first touchdown on Keaton Callins’ 60-yard punt returns for a touchdown to give the Tigers their first score. DeAndre James 81-yard kickoff return set up Andre Smith’s 11-yard TD run to push the Tigers lead to 14-3 with 3:41 to play in the first quarter.

Ed Willams hauled in a 79-yard TD pass from Treveon Albert with 1:06 to play in the first quarter to push the lead to 21-3. Albert added a 27-yard touchdown run late in the second to give FHSU a 28-10 halftime lead

Treveon Albert / Michael Jordon Postgame Interview

The Tigers opened the third quarter with a seven-play, 58-yard touchdown capped by Andre Smith’s second touchdown run of the game from two yards out. The Hardrockers answered with a 10-play, 75-yard drive  to cut the gap to 35-17.

Game Highlights

The Tigers would score the games final 28 points on a Callins 20-yard catch, a Kenneth Iheme 38-yard run, Zach Gaugham 10-yard catch and Evan Jennings 34-yard catch.

Albert completed 11-of-20 passes for 247 yards and two touchdowns. Callins led the Tigers with six receptions for 109 yards and a score. Edward Smith led the Tigers ground game with 72 yards.

Micheal Jordan led the Tigers defense with 10 tackles and one of their three interceptions. Michael Terry and Zach Nash had the other two.

The Fort Hays State University men’s basketball team earned national recognition Friday by receiving votes in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Top 25 men’s basketball poll.

The Tigers received 12 votes in the preseason version of poll, and is one of two MIAA teams to represent the conference in the poll, joining Northeastern State.  NSU was voted 17th with 166 points.

Metropolitan State of the RMAC topped the poll with 10 first-place votes and 393 overall voting points, followed by Seattle Pacific, West Liberty, Bellarmine and Minnesota State to round out the top five.

FHSU opened its season last Wednesday in a 94-68 exhibition victory over Bethel.  The Tigers travel to Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan., next Tuesday, Nov. 5 to take on Kansas University in an exhibition at 7 p.m.

Regular season play for the Tigers begins Nov. 9-10 at the Southwest Minnesota State Tournament in Marshall, Minn.  FHSU will take on the Mustangs on Saturday (Nov. 9) at 5 p.m., and Upper Iowa on Sunday (Nov. 10) at 2 p.m.

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Below is the complete NABC Division II Top 25 poll…

NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Nov. 1, 2013 – Pre-season poll) Rank       Team (first-place votes)                     Record                   Points                     Pvs 1              Metropolitan State (10)                       32-3                        393                         3 2              Seattle Pacific (2)                                 27-4                        379                         2 3              West Liberty (2)                                    34-2                        355                         1 4              Bellarmine (1)                                      24-8                        335                         14 5              Minnesota State                                   28-5                        318                         6 6              South Carolina Aiken (1)                   25-8                        288                         20 7              Cal Poly Pomona                                28-3                        282                         5 8              Drury                                                      31-4                        262                         7 9              Florida Southern                                  27-6                        227                         8 10           Western Washington                          31-3                        216                         4 11           Findlay                                                   22-8                        211                         22 12           Kentucky Wesleyan                            20-8                        202                         NR 13           Midwestern State                                 22-9                        197                         NR 14           Indiana (Pa.)                                         26-6                        185                         10 15           Lincoln Memorial                                25-6                        172                         13 16           Saint Anselm                                        23-6                        169                         11 17           Northeastern State                              19-9                        166                         NR 18           Southern Indiana                                 23-8                        112                         15 19           Alabama-Huntsville                            25-6                        85                           9 20           Winona State                                        27-8                        80                           NR 21           Winston-Salem State                          21-7                        69                           16 22           Carson-Newman                                 20-8                        61                           NR 23           North Alabama                                    19-9                        57                           NR 24           Livingstone                                           22-7                        41                           NR 25           Harding                                                 22-10                     38                           NR Others receiving votes: Christian Brothers 30, Philadelphia 30, Fort Lewis 27, Augustana (S.D.) 25, Cal State-San Bernardino 20, Montevallo 20, Tarleton State 20, Bowie State 18, Alaska-Anchorage 16, Franklin Pierce 16, Benedict 15, Dixie State 13, Fort Hays State 12, Arkansas Tech 8, Alderson-Broaddus 7, Anderson 5, New Haven 5, East Stroudsburg 4, Florida Tech 4, Stillman 3, Bridgeport 1, St. Cloud State 1. Records are from 2012-13 season.  Previous ranking was final ranking from 2012-13 season.

 

Fort Hays State went on a 23-0 first half run to take control and beat the Bethel Threshers 94-68 in their exhibition opener Wednesday night at Gross Coliseum.

Coach Johnson Post Game Interview 10-30

The Tigers led by as many as 38 in the first half before settling for a 55-22 lead at the break. The Tigers pushed the lead to 44 in the second half before the Threshers went on a 27-10 to close the gap late.

Fleming Post Game Interview 10-30

Fort Scott Community College transfer James Fleming hit 6-of-7 three-point attempts and was 8-for-10 from the floor and led the Tigers with 22 points. Jared Tadlock, a transfer from Miami (Ohio) University went 4-for-4 from beyond the arc and added 19 points. Dwayne Brunson scored 11 and Tomislav Gabric added 10. Achoki Moikobu dished out 10 assists with Craig Nicholson adding seven.

Tiger Highlights 10-30

FHSU shot 52-percent from the floor including 14-of-27 from 3-point range. They did struggle from the foul line where they were just 12-of-20.

The Tigers close out their exhibition schedule Tuesday at No. 6 Kansas.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Defending National Champion Nebraska-Kearney will sit atop the MIAA preseason wrestling poll entering the 2013-14 season. Nebraska-Kearney will be looking to defend their MIAA Tournament Championship while regular season dual champion Central Oklahoma is picked to finish second just three points behind the Lopers.

Nebraska-Kearney had two national champions and seven total All-American while Central Oklahoma had one individual national champion and six total All-Americans. Nebraska-Kearney went 8-2 overall in duals in 2012-13 and finished 4-1 in league duals while the Bronchos where 11-0 in duals and went a perfect 5-0 in league meetings.

Fort Hays State, who finished fourth at last year at the MIAA Championships, is picked to finish third in this season’s preseason poll. The Tigers went 8-7 in duals last season and finished 2-3 overall in league play.

Lindenwood is picked to finish fourth in the league this season just one point behind the Tigers of Fort Hays State. They went 2-7 in duals last year and were 1-4 against MIAA squads.

Central Missouri is picked to finish fifth by the coaches after going 6-6 overall in duals and finishing 2-3 against league opponents. Truman, who had an All-American at the 2012-13 National Championships is picked to finish fourth. The Bulldogs were 6-6 overall in duals and went 1-4 in league play.

Newman, the league newcomer, is picked to finish seventh after going 3-9 last season in duals. The Jets went 1-1 in matches against teams that are currently in the MIAA in duals last season.

The majority of the MIAA teams will take to the mat on either Nov. 2-3 or Nov. 9-10 with most taking part in early season tournaments. The league matches are slated to fire up at the first of the new year.

2013-14 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Nebraska-Kearney (5) 35
2. Central Oklahoma (2) 32
3. Fort Hays State 23
4. Lindenwood 22
5. Central Missouri 14
6. Truman State 11
7. Newman 10

— MIAA Media Relations —

The Fort Hays State volleyball hadn’t won a set over rival Nebraska-Kearney since 2005. They ended that streak on Tuesday night but the Lopers continued their dominance over the Tigers defeating them for the 16th straight match 3-1 at Gross Coliseum, snapping the Tigers six-match win streak. FHSU fals to 12-13 overall and 3-8 in the MIAA while the seventh-ranked Lopers improve to 22-3 and 8-2 in the conference.

Kurt Kohler Postgame Interview

Taylor Mares hit .296 in the match and led the Tigers with 13 kills. Libby Ary recorded a team-high 14 assists while Makenzie Weinman had 18 digs and Jenna Ulrich six block assists.

UNK scored the first three points of the opening set and won it 25-13. The Tigers rallied from a 16-11 deficit in the second with a 7-1 run and win the set 25-22. They raced out to a 5-1 lead in the third but the Lopers used a 12-3 run late to take control and win 25-18. UNK dominated the fourth 25-11.

The Tiger hit .057 for the match compared to UNK’s .264.

Fort Hays State hits the road this weekend for MIAA matches at Central Oklahoma and Pittsburg State.  The Tigers take on UCO at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, and PSU on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m.

No. 18 Fort Hays State University fell, 2-1, to West Texas A&M on Tuesday afternoon in Hays, Kan.

The Tigers drop to 10-3-2 on the year while the Buffs improve to 11-3-1.

FHSU managed just six shots in the game, four of which came in the first half, including Ricardo Yeverino’s 10th goal of the season.  Yeverino had three of the Tigers’ shots, while David Lucio, Diego Cabral and Perry Dicker accounted for the other half.

Fort Hays State took a 1-0 lead just 10:01 into the contest when Daniel Peralta fired a pass from midfield that found Yeverino, who gathered himself on the left half of the box after deking a defender and drilled a shot into the right side of the net.

At half, Fort Hays State led, 1-0.

In the 63rd minute, Eric Gonzalez of West Texas A&M tied the match when his shot from the upper left corner of the box went over goalie Kent Freund’s outstretched hands.  Freund managed to get a fingertip on it, but the ball was already too deep in the net for a save.

The Buffs would take the lead inside the final 10 minutes of regulation.  At 83:26, a cross deflected off an FHSU defender into the lap of Christopher Hutton, who was alone in front of the net.  His shot went past a diving Freund for the lead.

FHSU closes out the regular season this weekend on the road.  The Tigers travel to Southern Nazarene for a 7 p.m. conference matchup on Friday, Nov. 1, before a rematch with West Texas A&M on Sunday, Nov. 3.  Sunday’s match is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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