FHSU football coach Chris Brown and selected players meet with the media Tuesday (10/2).

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Cameron Owens
Cameron Owens

Tarean Austin
Tarean Austin

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Layton Hickel
Layton Hickel

The Fort Hay sState men’s soccer team dropped to No. 18 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division II Men’s National Poll released today (Oct. 2) by the NSCAA. The Tigers were ranked No. 9 last week, but went 1-1 in this week’s matches, including a 1-0 loss to now No. 10 Lindenwood.

The Tigers, currently 8-2 and 4-1 in the MIAA, are ranked for the fifth straight week, a streak that dates back to the first regular season poll. FHSU was unranked in the preseason poll.

FHSU went 1-1 last week with a 7-0 record-setting win over SBU and a 1-0 loss to Lindenwood. The seven goals are the most scored in a single game for FHSU and the largest margin of victory. Five Tigers scored in the win. In the loss to Lindenwood, the Lions scored the only goal in the 58th minute and shutout the Tigers.

For the first time all season, the Tigers fell in the Central Region ranking, moving to No. 2. Lindenwood jumped to No. 1 with Northeastern State third and Truman fourth.

FHSU is one of two MIAA teams ranked as Lindenwood leaped to No. 10 after being No. 21 last week. Northeastern State received votes in the poll.

This weekend, the Tigers welcome two non-conference foes to the FHSU Soccer Stadium.Eastern New Mexico plays FHSU on Friday (Oct. 5) at 2 p.m. and then No. 11 West Texas A&M takes the pitch at 12 p.m. on Sunday (Oct. 7).

 

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Kansas City, Mo. — Southwest Baptist’s Phillip Miller earned MIAA Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors while Gentry Linscott earned MIAA Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors for week five.

MIAA Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week 
Gentry Linscott, Fort Hays State 
Linscott helped the FHSU women to a winning effort in the ESU Invitational in Emporia, Kan. The Tigers had 42 teams points defeating Baker by 24 points overall to win the race. Linscott earned a fourth place overall finish with a time of 18:22 on the 5K course. She was the first runner to scored a team point in the race as she trailed unattached runners. She was 22 second off the race winning pace. The junior is from Effingham, Kan. where she competed at Atchison County High School.

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Kansas City, Mo. — Fort Hays State’s Sade Humphrey earned MIAA Women’s Soccer Athlete of the Week honors for week number five.

MIAA Women’s Soccer Athlete of the Week
Sade Humphrey, F, Fort Hays State 
Humphrey scored four goals in three games for the Tigers, putting in two against Friends and one each in games against Washburn and Emporia State. She had the game winning goal in FHSU’s wins over Friends and Emporia State. The game winner against Friends came in the first half as she found the right post from the left side for the goal. The game winner against Emporia State came three minutes into the second half as she deflected the ball into the goal off a corner kick. She finished the week with a total of ten points with four goals and two assists as she had goals on four of her nine shots during the week. The 5-6 senior forward is a native of Salina, Kan. where she competed at Salina Central High School before transferring to FHSU from Newman University.

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Kansas City, Mo. — Fort Hays State’s Jenna Ulrich was named the MIAA Hitter of the Week while Nebraska-Kearney’s Kaleigh Anderson earned Specialist of the Week honors for week five.

MIAA Hitter of the Week
Jenna Ulrich, MH, Fort Hays State 
Ulrich was highly instrumental in giving FHSU it’s first ever conference win over Emporia State, snapping a 13 match losing streak to the Hornets on Saturday. Ulrich put up one of the best individual performances for FHSU in it’s NCAA history, putting down 18 kills in the four set win over the Hornets without committing an error in 30 attempts. It marked the most kills by a Tiger with no errors in the rally scoring era passing the old mark of 15 kills set by Amber Zogleman in 2003. It also marked the most total kills without an error in any era since 1998 when Julie Stanley had 19 kills without an error against Mesa State. Ulrich also added seven kills in a loss to #3 Washburn, a match in which two of the sets were decided by only two points. She had six blocks against Washburn and five against Emporia State to average 1.57 blocks per set on the week. She hit a team best .489 over the two matches last week averaging 4.50 points per set. The 6-1 junior middle hitter is a native of Luray, Kan. where she competed at Lucas-Luray High School.

MIAA Specialist of the Week 
Kaleigh Anderson, L, Nebraska-Kearney 
Had a career high 33 digs in the Lopers four set victory over #3 Washburn. The total is seven off the school record and a new record for the Lopers in a four set match. She had 27 digs in the UNK come from behind win over Emporia State on Friday. She averaged 6.67 digs per set on the weekend. The 5-7 senior libero is a native of Lincoln, Neb. where she competed at Lincoln Southwest High School.

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Kansas City, Mo. — Lindenwood’s Ben Gomez, Fort Hays State’s Layton Hickel and Emporia State’s Eli Kuhns earned this weeks MIAA Football Athlete of the Week Awards for the fifth week of play.

MIAA Offensive Athlete of the Week
Ben Gomez, QB, Lindenwood 
Gomez had one of the best passing days in MIAA history as he tied an MIAA record by throwing six touchdown passes against Nebraska-Kearney. He had the third most passing yards in a single game and most against a conference opponent in MIAA history as he threw for 480 yards and finished just 13 yards shy of the MIAA record despite not playing in the fourth quarter. His numbers tied the Lindenwood single game touchdown record and broke the school’s passing yardage record by 35 yards and was the fifth most completions in a single game. He becomes just the third Lindenwood quarterback to have two 400 yard passing games in his career, something he has done in just five games played. The 6-0 junior quarterback is a native of San Juan Capistrano, Calif. where he attended San Clemente High School and played two years at Saddleback Community College prior to joining the Lions.

MIAA Defensive Athlete of the Week 
Layton Hickel, LB, Fort Hays State 
Hickel had a career high 15 tackles as Fort Hays State earned their first win of the season. He had a half sack and forced a fumble in the game as well. His biggest play came after the start of the second half just after FHSU Quarterback Tarean Austin was sacked and fumbled deep in their own territory. Hickle returned the favor when he forced a fumble on the very next play to give FHSU the ball back denying TSU an excellent scoring opportunity deep in Tiger territory. This kept the lead for the Tigers at 21-10 as they would hold on for victory. The 6-3 senior linebacker is a native of Claflin, Kan. where he attended Claflin High School.

MIAA Special Teams Athlete of the Week 
Eli Kuhns, K, Emporia State 
Kuhns tied the Emporia State single game record and long distance record with four made field goals including a 51 yarder in the Hornets 37-26 victory over Lincoln. He was one of three Hornets to hit a field goal on the day as Emporia State broke the MIAA record of six made field goals set in 1985 by Central Missouri against Southeast Missouri. Primarily the long distance kicker for ESU he made field goals of 38, 37, 43 and 51 yards to tie Justin Gray’s 2004 record and Matt Perry’s 2008 record. His 51 yards tied Gray’s school record first set against Pittsburg State in 2002 and tied again by Gray in 2003 and 2004. It is the only field goal in the MIAA of over 50 yards on the season and he is now six of eight on field goals this year with his shortest attempt being from 37 yards. The 6-2 freshman kicker is a native of Copperas Cove, Texas where he attended Copperas Cove High School.

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The Tiger women’s soccer team scored two second half goals and pulled to a 2-0 shutout victory over Emporia State on Sunday at the FHSU Soccer Stadium in Hays. The Tigers moved to 7-3 overall and 3-2 in the MIAA, while ESU dropped to 3-6-1 and 0-4-1 in the MIAA.

After a scoreless first half, the Tigers wasted little time in the second half, scoring in the 48th minute. An Alexis Aiman corner kick was headed by Bethany Keefer to Sade Humphrey who knocked in the goal, her team-high sixth of the season, for a 1-0 Tiger lead.

Ember Albertson added the insurance goal in the 88th minute to push the margin to 2-0. Humphrey sent in a cross from the left side that Albertson tapped in in front of the goal.

The Tigers controlled the second half with 10 shots and held the Hornets to zero shots. For the match, FHSU totaled 15 shots to three from ESU.

Nicole Barnaba got the shutout in goal for FHSU, her fourth of the season in 10 games. She made two saves.

The Tigers return to action on Friday at Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla. for a 4 p.m. match against the Bronchos.

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The Fort Hays State football team amassed 541 yards of total offense as they hold on for a 37-23 victory over Truman State Saturday afternoon at Stokes Stadium in Kirksville.

Chris Brown Postgame Interview
Coaches Interview

Game Highlights
Game Highlights

Tarean Austin’s five-yard touchdown run with 4:38 to play in the first quarter gave the Tigers their first lead of the season. Cornelius Gallon hauled in a 53-yard touchdown pass from Travious Albert to put FHSU up 14-7 one play into the second quarter and helped the Tigers build a 21-10 lead at halftime.

FHSU pushed the lead to 28-10 with 11:14 to play in the fourth quarter folllowing a two-yard touchdown pass from Austin to Treyvious Alexander.

Truman came storming back, taking advantage of an interception and a muffed punt, to score 13 unanswered points to pull within five at 28-23 with 7:33 to play.

The Tigers answered with a 22-yard Drew O’Brien field goal to push the lead to eight at 31-23.

The Bulldogs drove to the FHSU 28 yard line, but Stephen Marcotte broke up a pass on fourth down.

Tarean Austin then put the game away, rushing for a 67 yard touchdown on third and five.

Austin led the Tigers with 136 rushing yards and 140 passing yards, completing 14-of-30. He rushed for two touchdowns and passed for two.

Traveon Albert had over 200 yards of total offense, passing for 53, rushing for 81 and led the Tigers with six catches for 72 yards.

Traveon Albert/A.J. Woodall Postgame Interview
Player Interviews

The victory ends a five-game losing streak for the Tigers who improve to 1-4. They 4-1 Lindenwood for homecoming next Saturday at 7pm.

The No. 9 Fort Hays State men’s soccer team dropped a close 1-0 match to No. 21 Lindenwood on Thursday at the FHSU Soccer Stadium in Hays. The loss drops the Tigers to 7-2 and 3-1 in the MIAA, which drops FHSU to third in the standings, while Lindenwood is 6-1-2 and 3-0-1 in the MIAA.

The lone goal came in the 58th minute off a corner kick. The Lions Craig McTear headed in the corner for the 1-0 Lions lead.

The Tigers managed seven shots in the match, and the Lions totaled 13, including eight in the second half. In a physical match, each team was called for six fouls.

Kent Freund went the whole 90 minutes in goal for the Tigers, making five saves and allowing the one goal. He is 2-1 on the season.

The loss is the first home loss of the season for the Tigers, who were 4-0 at FHSU Soccer Stadium before Thursday night’s match.

Fort Hays State continues its homestand with a match against Southwest Baptist on Saturday at 12 p.m.

Fort Hays State head football coach along with selected players met with the media Tuesday following the Tigers practice. The 0-4 Tigers travel to Kirksville, Mo. Saturday to play the 3-1 Truman State Bulldogs at 1pm. The Fort Hays Auto Sales Pregame Show begins at noon on Tiger Radio Mix-103.

Chris Brown Weekly News Conference
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Basil Bandy
Basil Bandy 9-25

Layton Hickel
Layton Hickel 9-25

Keaton Callins
Keaton Callins 9-25

Drew O’Brien
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Traveon Albert
Traveon Albert

After a perfect 2-0 week, including a win over a top 25 team, the Fort Hays State men’s soccer team jumped to No. 9 in NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division II Men’s Poll released today (Sept. 25). The No. 9 ranking is the highest in the program’s short two-year history. FHSU was No. 15 in last week’s poll.

The Tigers, who are ranked for the fourth-straight week, went 2-0 last week to improve to 7-1 on the season and 3-0 in the MIAA. FHSU won in two overtimes, 3-2, against then-No. 20 Northeastern State.  Tomas Mares, who was named MIAA Men’s Soccer Athlete of the Week, scored the game-winner in the second overtime. The Tigers then defeated Harding, 2-1, on Saturday.

In the Central Regional rankings, the Tigers continue to hold the top spot. No. 21 Lindenwood (5-1-2) moved to No. 2 and Northeastern (5-2) dropped to No. 3.

FHSU is one of two MIAA teams ranked this week. Lindenwood jumped into the rankings at No. 21, while Northeastern State, which was ranked No. 20 last week, fell out of the polls.

The Tigers welcome Lindenwood to Hays on Thursday for a 7pm match.

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Tomas Mares garnered MIAA Men’s Soccer Athlete of the Week honors, announced today (Sept. 25) by the MIAA office. Mares is the first Tiger to earn the honor in the programs short history in the MIAA.

Mares delivered the game winning goal in the second overtime against Northeastern State in a match-up of top 25 teams and the two top teams in the region. Just over a minute into the second overtime Mares controlled a free kick from Carlos Linares from midfield and fired near the top of the box to give the Tigers the win. It was Mares second goal of the game as the Tigers remain unbeaten in MIAA play. The 5-10 senior forward is a native of Tulsa, Okla. and transferred to FHSU after playing at NOC-Tonkawa and Tulsa Memorial High School.

Mares has started all eight games so far in 2012 and ties for the team lead in goals with five and points with 10. Daniel Peralta also has five goals on the season. Of his five goals, two have been game-winners, including the goal against NSU.

The No. 15 Tigers are 7-1 and lead the MIAA standings with a 3-0 record. FHSU continues MIAA play this week, hosting Lindenwood on Thursday (Sept. 27) and Southwest Baptist on Saturday (Sept. 29).

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The FHSU women’s soccer team moved to 5-3 overall on the season with a 6-0 win over Friends University on Monday. FHSU led just 1-0 at halftime, but scored five times in the second half for the runaway victory.

Sade Humphrey and Kylee Loneker each scored two goals, combining for the first four goals scored by the Tigers. Alexis Aiman assisted on two of the goals, and Jordan Hester and Dani Harris on the others.

Ember Albertson had the only unassisted goal for the Tigers in the game. Bethany Keefer scored the sixth and final goal late on a corner kick from Gabrielle Makatura.

The Tigers nearly shut out the Falcons in shots, allowing just one in the game. Fort Hays State had 31 shots in the game, 15 in the first half and 16 in the second half.

Nicole Barnaba picked up the win in goal for FHSU, moving to 3-1 on the season. All three of her wins this year were shutouts.

FHSU hosts Washburn in conference action on Friday at 6 pm at FHSU Soccer Stadium.

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