The Fort Hays State women’s soccer team scored in the first minute and never looked back as they win their home opener 6-0 win over McPherson College Wednesday night at the FHSU Soccer Complex.

Sade Humphrey put the Tigers on the board early. Kylie Watson added a goal 15 minutes later. The Tigers added four goals in the second half as they improve to 2-1 on the season.

Alexis Aiman scored two goals and added an assist, just missing a hat trick when one of her shots hit the post in the second half.

The Tiger defense allowed just one Bulldog shot and that came in the 73rd minute.

Fort Hays State is back at home Friday against Midland University at 6pm.

Fort Hays State head football coach along with selected players held their weekly news conference following practice Tuesday. The Tigers, who dropped their opener at Emporia State, host No. 15 Washburn Saturday night at 7pm in the Eagle Communications Kickoff Classic at Lewis Field.

Chris Brown
Chris Brown 9-4-12

Keke Paul
Keke Paul 9-4-12

Ed Smith
Ed Smith 9-4-12

Aaron Burton
Aaron Burton 9-4-12

Hawk Rouse
Hawk Rouse 9-4-12

The Fort Hays State men’s golf team competed over Labor Day weekend in Axtell, Neb., at Awarii Dunes Golf Club. Fort Hays State took third out of the eight teams competing in the event.

This year’s event was match play. Teams were set up in a blind draw eight-team bracket. FHSU drew Central (Neb.) Community College in the first round of play. The first team to secure three team points wins the match and moves on to the next round in the bracket. If matches end in a tie, each team gets half a point. If the teams end in a 2.5-2.5 point tie the No. 1 players from each team have a sudden death playoff to decide the team that moves on.

The FHSU men got off to a hot start with sophomore Trey Herman going 4 holes up through 4 holes and freshman Mark Cunningham got an early advantage as well going 3 holes up through 6 holes played. Travis Kleweno, Luke Gordon, and Nick VonLintel all started off their matches up in the first 5 holes. The final tally in the morning match on Sunday was FHSU 4-1 over CCC. Herman closed out his match early 7 holes up with 5 holes to go. Freshman Mark Cunningham closed out his match 7 holes up with 6 to go. Kleweno closed out his match 2 up with 1 to go. Gordon closed his match out 3 up with 2 to go. The only loss in the morning went to VonLintel who fought a hard match but ended up 2 holes down with 1 to go.

In the afternoon matches FHSU drew the Nebraska-Kearney B-Team. FHSU did not start out quite as hot and had to battle through the matches to stay around even with each of it’s opponents. Herman pushed ahead won his match 2 holes up with 1 to go to win FHSU’s first point. Mark Cunningham halved his match where he was up all day when his opponent made a lengthy putt to halve the match on the final hole. That gave FHSU only one and a half points for the afternoon session. Travis Kleweno, Luke Gordon and Nick VonLintel each lost their afternoon matches down 2 holes with 1 to go, 1 down with 0 holes to go, and 6 down with 5 to go, respectively. Kleweno and Gordon both went down to the final 2 holes but fell just short. UNK-B won the afternoon session 3.5 to 1.5.

On Monday FHSU played for 3rd place against the Nebraska-Kearney C-Team. Trey Herman won his match 3 up with 2 to go. Mark Cunningham won his match 4 up with 3 to go. Travis Klewono won his match 2 up with 1 to go. Luke Gordon lost his match 2 down and Nick VonLintel lost his match 3 down with 2 to go. FHSU won the Monday match 3-2 to take third place in the event.

The Tigers play their first MIAA sanctioned event of the year at the Pittsburg State Invitational next week, September 10-11 at Crestwood Country Club in Pittsburg, Kan.

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The Fort Hays State men’s soccer team jumped into the national rankings after beginning its season 2-0 with a road win at Colorado Christian and a neutral site win against South Dakota School of Mines. The Tigers enter the national rankings for the first time in their young program history at No. 13 in the first regular season poll. The Tigers received votes in the preseason rankings.

The Tigers were close to breaking into the rankings in the program’s first year of 2011, reaching the receiving votes section, however they never broke into the top 25.

Fort Hays State is the top ranked team nationally from the Central Region. MIAA foe Northeastern State also jumped into the national rankings this week at No. 20, also with a 2-0 start to the season.

Fort Hays State is also the top ranked team in the NSCAA Central Region Rankings, with Northeastern State just behind. The Tigers and Riverhawks are the only teams in the region to start 2-0.

The Tigers host the FHSU Soccer Classic this weekend at the FHSU Soccer Stadium in Hays. Northeastern State is also part of the two-day event, but does not play the Tigers. The two will meet finally on September 20 here in Hays in conference play.

Below is the complete NCAA Division II Top 25 for September 4, 2012…

Rank	School	Prev.	W-L-T
1	Fort Lewis	1	2-0-0
2	Lynn	2	1-0-0
3	Franklin Pierce	3	1-0-0
4	Flagler	5	1-0-0
5	Seattle Pacific	11	2-0-0
6	Southern New Hampshire	7	1-0-0
7	Simon Fraser	9	2-0-0
8	Saginaw Valley State	22	2-0-0
9	Mars Hill	17	2-0-0
10	University Of Tampa	NR	2-0-0
11	Colorado Mines	NR	2-0-0
12	University Of Charleston	25	1-0-1
13	Fort Hays State	RV	2-0-0
14	Gannon	NR	2-0-0
15	Rockhurst	6	1-0-1
16	Midwestern State	14	1-0-0
17	Rollins	20	1-0-0
18	Clayton State	NR	2-0-0
19	Grand Canyon	NR	2-0-0
20	Northeastern State (Okla.)	RV	2-0-0
21	Quincy	NR	2-0-0
22	LIU Post	13	2-0-0
23	Millersville	4	1-1-0
24	West Texas A&M	NR	2-0-0
25	Saint Leo	NR	2-0-0

Records are as submitted by the regional rankers and reflect the current 2012 record through Sept. 2
Also receiving votes: Wingate, California Baptist, Ohio Dominican, St. Thomas Aquinas, Coker

– FHSU Sports Information –

The Fort Hays State women’s golf team finished third at the Nebraska-Kearney Invitational which wrapped up Monday at the Awari Dunes Golf Course in Axtell, Nebraska.

The Tigers show a 661 for the two rounds, 17 shots behind first place Missouri Western.

Samantha Hobson shot a seven-over 79 in the final round and tied for third along with teammate Carmen Thompson who was in second place following Sunday’s first round. Both finished with a 16-over 160, ten shots off the pace.

The FHSU women return to action next week in Bolivar, Mo., at the Drury Lady Panther Fall Shootout on Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 10-11).

T3 Carmen Thompson 77-83 160
T3 Samantha Hobson 81-79 160
T13 Megan DeWerff 91-81 172
T22 Natalie Bethel 86-94 180
T26 Kaycee Beilman 92-93 185

Fort Hays State freshman forward Kylie Watson delivered FHSU Women’s Soccer to its first victory of the season with a goal in the first overtime period to break a scoreless tie with CSU-Pueblo. She found the net with 5:16 remaining in the extra period on a pass from Jordan Hester. FHSU moved to 1-1 on the year with the victory.

Watson’s goal was the first of the season for the Lady Tigers after falling 1-0 in their opener two days earlier at UC-Colorado Springs.

The Tigers finally broke through on their 31st shot of the match. Ten of their shots in the match were saved by CSU-Pueblo goalkeeper Savannah Thompson. FHSU outshot CSU-Pueblo by 16, 31-15.

Nicole Barnaba picked up the shutout win for the Tigers in goal playing the entire match. She had five saves on the day, which included four in the second half. Opponents have yet to score on either FHSU keeper this season, since the Lady Tigers lost by striking the ball into their own net on the only goal scored in the match with UC-Colorado Springs. That gave Rachael Schaad a tough-luck loss on Friday.

The Lady Tigers return home for their first home match of the season against McPherson College on Wednesday at 7 pm. That will be the start of a four-match home stand for FHSU. The Lady Tigers play two more non-conference matches before starting MIAA play with defending conference champ Central Missouri on September 14.

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The FHSU men’s soccer team moved to 2-0 on the season with a 3-2 win over South Dakota School of Mines on Saturday, September 1 in Lakewood, Colo. Joe Albright knotted the score at 2-2 before the end of the first half and then Tomas Mares scored his second goal of the afternoon in the 52nd minute to lift the Tigers to victory.

South Dakota Mines opened the scoring just over eight minutes into the match on a goal by Bennett Medeck. Mares would provide the first goal for the Tigers to even the score at 1-1 at the 30:40 mark of the first half.

The Hardrockers pushed back in front just over eight minutes later on a goal by Hunter Reece at the 39:14 mark, but the lead would be short lived as Albright  put in a goal for the Tigers on an assist from Jared Bailey just one minute and 23 seconds later at the 40:37 mark.

Mares delivered the Tigers to their first 2-0 start in school history with his second goal at the 51:34 mark of the second half, the only scoring in the half after four goals between the teams in the first half.

Fort Hays State outshot South Dakota Mines 18-8. Ryan Pakiesser moved to 2-0 in goal with back-to-back wins to open the season. He allowed two goals and had three saves. His counterpart, Cole Smith of South Dakota Mines, allowed three goals and had just one save.

FHSU returns home to host the FHSU Soccer Classic (Sept. 7 and 9) with University of Sioux Falls and Colorado Mesa coming to town to face the Tigers.

– FHSU Sports Information –

The Tigers are off to their best start since 2004 after going 4-0 at the Oklahoma Panhandle Tournament this weekend. On Saturday (Sept. 1), Fort Hays State won two five-set matches up its record to 4-0 this season.

Fort Hays State def. Fort Lewis 3-2 (25-15, 28-26, 15-25, 19-25, 15-7)

The Tigers started the morning match strong, winning the first two sets. Set one saw the Tigers win seven of the first eight points to build a 7-1 advantage. Kylee Hoagland totaled two kills in the early run. Fort Lewis could not close the gap in set one, trailing by at least four points the whole set. FHSU finish the set with a big run, winning five straight points to go up 24-14. Sara Hewson closed set one with a kill.

Set two was much closer. After falling behind 5-3, FHSU scored six points to go up 8-5, highlighted by a Hewson kill. The Tigers opened up the lead to six at 13-7; however, the Skyhawks hit six of the next seven points to only trail 14-13. After the Tigers went up 23-20, Fort Lewis knotted the score at 24-24. The score tied again at 25-25 and 26-26 before the Tigers score two straight for the set two win.

In the third set, the score was close early on, but the Skyhawks scored eight of nine points to go up 17-9 after the score was 9-8. The Tigers scored five straight points after a change at setter when Lauren Lorenz entered, however, Fort Lewis score eight of the last nine points to close out set three.

The fourth set was similar to set three. It was even early at 5-5 then the Skyhawks went on a run of seven points. The Tigers could not get back into the set even after a late run, dropping 25-19.

In the crucial fifth set, it was all Tigers from the start. FHSU scored the first six points on two Kayla Zoglman aces, two Hoagland kills and a Taylor Mares kill. Up 9-4, the Tigers went back-to-back on kills from Hewson and Jenna Ulrich then went up 12-4 on a Skyhawks error. The Tigers closed out the match with two kills from Ulrich and a kill from Hoagland.

Fort Hays was very impressive in set five, totaling 11 kills and hitting .524 without an error on 21 total attacks.

Ulrich led the offense with 15 kills, seven blocks and a .538 hitting percentage. Hoagland followed with 14 kills and Hewson totaled 12 kills. Zoglman had 43 of the 52 assists for the Tigers, and on defense, Weinman’s 30 digs were a team-high.

Fort Hays State def. Southern Arkansas 3-2 (23-25, 25-19, 25-15, 21-25, 15-12)

In a close first set, the Tigers fell 25-23 as the Muleriders scored the final two points after being tied at 23. The Tigers seemed to be on the verge of winning the set, going up 19-15, but SAU won six straight points to take a 21-19 advantage. Fort Hays State tied it back up at 22 and 23 before SAU won the last two points.

The Tigers took control of set two after being even at 18-18. FHSU totaled six points in a row, including a kill by Jenna Ulrich, Kayla Zoglman and Sara Hewson. Hewson scored the set point, giving the Tigers the 25-19 win.

It was all Fort Hays in set three as the Tigers pulled out to an early 9-4 advantage that forced SAU to call timeout. The timeout did not seem to help as the Tigers pushed the margin to 11 at 21-10 on a Hewson ace. Two Kylee Hoagland kills brought the set to 24-15 and Taylor Mares put down a kill for the set, 25-15.

FHSU dug themselves into an early hole in set four as Southern Arkansas tallied the first six points aided by four Tiger attack errors. The Tigers did close the gap, tying the set at 17-17. After keeping it even at 20-20, SAU totaled five of the last six points for the 25-21 set win.

Hoagland and Ulrich were key in set five, both putting down three kills. The Tigers pushed out to a 10-6 lead after kills from Hoagland, Ulrich and Mares. Ulrich ultimately put the match away with a kill and a 15-12 set win.

Ulrich, Hoagland and Mares all reached double figures in kills with 12 apiece from Ulrich and Hoagland and 11 from Mares. Ulrich continued her great hitting percentage, hitting .478 for the match. Zoglman had 42 assists to lead the Tigers, and Makenzie Weinmanhad 18 digs. Hewson also hit double figures in digs with 11.

The Tigers travel to the Colorado Mesa Tournament next weekend (Sept 7-8). On Friday, Fort Hays starts with Texas Woman’s at 10 a.m. then plays Grand Canyon at 12:30 p.m. and Colorado Mesa at 7 p.m.

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Emporia State scored touchdowns on their first two possessions then scored 21 unanswered  in the second half after Fort Hays State pulled within eight and beat the Tigers 41-18 Thursday night at Welch Stadium.

Chris Brown Postgame
FHSU Coach Interview 8-30-12

Game Highlights
FHSU Game Highlights 8-30-12

The Hornets racked up 534 yards of offense and overcame three turnovers in the win. Senior quarterback Tyler Eckenrode threw for a career-best 414 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score.

The Tigers were held to just 303 yards. Anthony Sheppard started the game at quarterback and threw for 91 yards on 8-of-13 passing. Tarean Austin entered in the second series of the second half and engineered a touchdown drive. He finished with 92 yards passing, completing 8-of-18 and a touchdown. He also ran for a score late in the game.

Tarean Austin Postgame Interview
Tarean Austin Postgame 8-30

Aaron Burton Postgame Interview
Aaron Burton Postgame 8-30

The home team has now won the last seven in nine of the last 11 in the series.

Fort Hays State football coach Chris Brown and selected players held their weekly news conference Tuesday evening. The Tigers open the 2012 season at Emporia State Thursday evening at 7pm. Listen on Tiger Radio Mix-103 and on-line at www.hayspost.com beginning at 6pm with the Fort Hays Auto Sales Pregame Show.

Chris Brown
Chris Brown 8-28-12

Andre Smith
Andre Smith 8-28-12

Kyle Perry
Kyle Perry 8-28-12

Layton Hickel
Layton Hickel 8-28-12

Fort Hays State played to a scoreless draw at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kan., on Sunday evening. The teams opted to play overtime, but neither team could find the net after 110 minutes. Kansas Wesleyan is ranked No. 23 in the preseason NAIA national rankings.

Nicole Barnaba played the first half in goal, then Rachel Schnaad entered and kept the Coyotes from scoring in the second half and overtime. Schaad had nine of the 12 saves between the two goalkeepers.

Fort Hays State put seven shots on goal. Six were saved by Emily Tielrooy, who played the entire game in goal for KWU. Kansas Wesleyan doubled up Fort Hays State in shots for the game, 24-12.

Fort Hays State finished 2-0-1 in its exhibition contests. The season begins on Friday, August 31 on the road at UC-Colorado Springs, then the Lady Tigers stop in Pueblo, Colo., two days later for a match with CSU-Pueblo. The first regular season home contest is on September 5 against McPherson College.

The Fort Hays State Tigers got a final tuneup prior to their season opener at Emporia State next Thursday with a scrimmage Wednesday afternoon at Lewis Field.

Hear what head coach Chris Brown as well as offensive coordinator Justin Schrieber and defensive coordinator Cooper Harris thought.

Chris Brown
Chris Brown 8-22-12

Justin Schreiber
Justin Schreiber 8-22-12

Cooper Harris
Cooper Harris 8-22-12

Fort Hays State football coach Chris Brown held his first weekly news conference of the season Tuesday evening. Listen coach Brown’s comments along with cornerback Keke Paul, offensive lineman Matt Erbert and linebacker A.J. Woodall below.

Chris Brown News Conference
Chris Brown 8-21-12

Keke Paul
Keke Paul 8-21-12

Matt Erbert
Matt Erbert 8-21-12

A.J. Woodall
A.J. Woodall 8-21-12