MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Fort Hays State volleyball team struggled to find a rhythm Friday evening (Oct. 4) against No. 10 Northwest Missouri State, falling to the Bearcats in three sets (12-25, 11-25, 9-25). The Tigers move to 6-8 overall and 3-3 in MIAA play while NWMSU improves to 12-1 on the year and 5-0 in league action.
Northwest Missouri State captured four of the first five points and never looked back, leading for nearly the entire match. The Tigers held a slight lead in the second set, leading as late as 7-6 before a four-point Bearcat run gave the home team the lead for good.
The Tigers were held to a -.099 attack percentage while the Bearcats countered with a .326 swing rate. NWMSU made things tough for the Tigers at the net, blocking seven attempts on the night.
Seven different Tigers recorded a kill, led by four from Delaney Humm. The sophomore tied with senior Abbie Hayes with a team-best 10 digs on the day. Katie Darnell totaled 11 assists while Taylor White added four.
The Tigers will look to bounce back Saturday (Oct. 5) when they take on No. 13 Central Missouri. First serve is set for 3 p.m. from Warrensburg, Mo.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Hays High girls golf team finished in second place at the 18-team Hutchinson Invitational Thursday at the Carey Park Golf Course. The Indians shot a 350 and were four shots back of Garden City.
Two Indians placed in the top 20. Taleia McCrea shot an 81 and was seventh. Katie Dinkel fired an 86 and placed 17th.
Team Results
1. Garden City – 346
2. Hays High – 350
3. Maize South – 355
4. Andale – 356
5. WInfield – 360
6. Buhler – 361
7. Salina South – 370
8. Manhattan – 377
9. Maize – 379
10. Goddard Eisenhower – 385
11. Derby – 391
12. Great Bend – 392
13. Valley Center – 409
14. Hutchinson – 410
15. Ark City – 406
16. Dodge City – 412
17. Newton – 422
18. Haysville Campus – 424
Top 20 Medalists
1. Morgan Brasser-Andale – 69
2. Alyssa McMillen-Garden City – 73
3. Lexie Ridder-Maize – 77
4. Elly Bertholf-Winfield – 79
5. Britney Wessley-Maize South – 79
6. London Love-Maize South – 80
7. Taleia McCrae-Hays High – 81
8. Reaghan Martin-Hutchinson – 81
9. Nina Frees-Salina South – 82
10. Mati Newman-Valley Center – 82
11. Haley Miller-Buhler – 83
12. Iaela Albers-Andale – 84
13. Mallory Seirer-Newton – 85
14. Brooklyn Blasdel-Maize – 85
15. Grace Yi-Garden City – 85
16. Andi Siebert-Manhattan – 86
17. Katie Dinkel-Hays High – 86
18. Camri Gage-Ark City – 87
19. Lauren Specht-Buhler – 87
20. Emma Fleischman-Goddard Eisenhower – 87
CLAY CENTER, Kan. – The TMP-Marian girls golfers finished in third place at the Clay Center Invitational held at the Clay Center Country Club Thursday. Wamego won the team title with a 177. Concordia finished second with a 196 and the Monarchs right behind at 198.
Jenna Romme led TMP with a 42 and finished third. Abby Heimerman shot a 47 and placed ninth.
Team Results
1. Wamego – 177
2. Concordia – 196
3. TMP-Marian – 198
4. Salina-Central – 205
5. Clay Center Community – 229
6. Council Grove – 233
7 Manhattan – 243
HAYS – The Hays High volleyball teams goes 1-2 at their own quadrangular Thursday at the Hays High gym. The Indians dropped their first match to Salina 25-23, 15-25, 23-25; the fell to Abilene 20-25, 19-25. They won their final match against Norton 25-20, 25-18.
Tasiah Nunnery had 11 kills and nine assists against Salina South. Sierra Bryant added six kills and had three solo blocks.
Nunnery had five kills and seven assists and Sierra Bryant added five kills against Abilene.
In the Norton match, Kaitlin Suppes had nine assists and Brooklyn Schaffer seven digs.
The Indians are now 11-7 on the season. They play in Great Bend Saturday.
The TMP-Marian football teams returns home for a week five matchup with the Phillipsburg Panthers as both teams look to bounce back from losses last week to open district play.
Last Friday the Monarchs fell to Hoisington 42-12.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Defensive back Morris Claiborne returned to the practice field with the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday after serving his four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.
The Chiefs also welcomed back wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who has been sidelined since Week 1 with a collarbone injury, and running back Damien Williams, who has been nursing an ankle injury.
It’s unclear how much they will play when the Colts visit Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.
The trio’s return to the practice field is promising for the Chiefs, who remain unbeaten at 4-0 despite missing some of their key players. The only ones out are left tackle Eric Fisher with a groin injury and linebacker Dorian O’Daniel with a sore hamstring.
EMPORIA, Kan. – Ten days after defeating Emporia State inside Gross Memorial Coliseum, the Fort Hays State volleyball team bested the Hornets on their home court Tuesday (Oct. 1), 3-1 (25-22, 17-25, 26-24, 25-22). The Tigers move to 6-7 overall and 3-2 in MIAA play with the win, while ESU dips to 4-9 on the year and 0-5 in league action.
The Tigers used a 9-2 run in the heart of the opening set to open up an 18-12 lead before the Hornets battled back to tie things up. Isabelle Reynolds broke up the Hornet rally with a kill before Morgan Christiansen tacked on another point for the Tigers. After ESU closed within 22-21, freshmen Christiansen and Delaney Humm tallied consecutive kills to give the Tigers a chance at set point. The Hornets fought off the first point before a setting error gave FHSU the 25-22 victory.
The teams traded points early in the second set before the Hornets extended a 17-8 lead thanks to an 8-1 run. Fort Hays State clawed back within four, 19-15, before ESU scored on six of the final eight rallies to level the match, 1-1.
After Emporia State slowly built a 17-13 lead in the third set, the Tigers responded by scoring six of the next eight points to level the frame at 19-19. The home team went on another run, stretching out a 23-20 lead before Fort Hays State scored four-straight to reach set point. The Hornets tied things up at 24 momentarily, but kills from Christiansen and Kylie Brown propelled the Tigers to a 26-24 win.
Emporia State once again started strong in the fourth set, scoring the first four points before leading by as many as six, 13-7. But a Hornet service error triggered a big run for the Tigers, who scored 13 of the next 14 points to build a commanding 20-14 lead. Two ESU errors and three kills from Delaney Humm helped the Tigers close within one before Humm and Tatum Bartels combined for a block to tie the set at 14-14.
Bartels gave FHSU its first lead of the frame with a kill before Katie Darnell was credited with a service ace on a rotation error. Morgan West joined the party with a kill to stretch the lead to 17-14 before Humm tacked on two more kills. Emporia State managed to close within one later in the set, 23-22, before back-to-back kills from Reynolds and Humm ended the match.
Emporia State outhit the Tigers on the day, .191-.170. Both sides were busy at the net on defense, with the Hornets totaling eight blocks and FHSU recording seven.
Humm led the Tigers with 17 kills on 48 swings (17-9-48) while adding 15 digs for her seventh double-double of the year. Reynolds and Christiansen added 11 kills each, with Christiansen leading the team with four blocks (one solo). Katie Darnell tossed up 38 assists, adding 13 digs and two service aces. Libero Abbie Hayes paced the Tigers with 16 digs.
The win gives the Tigers a winning conference record for the first time since the end of the 2016 season.
The Tigers will continue their road trip over the weekend when they head to Missouri for a pair of conference matches. First up is a Friday night meeting with 10th-ranked Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Mo. First serve is set for 6 p.m.
HILLSBORO, Kan. – The TMP-Marian volleyball team ran their win streak to 16 matches Tuesday with a three set win in Hillsboro. The Monarchs dropped the first set 15-25 then won 28-26 and 25-17.
EDMOND, Okla. – Fort Hays State Women’s Golf finished in a tie for 12th place at the UCO Classic in Edmond, Okla. (Sept. 30-Oct. 1). The Tigers sat in sixth after shooting 321 in the first round, but slipped to 12th after a 344 in the second round. The tournament took place at The Golf Club of Edmond, a par-71 layout.
Kira Mestl held the lead through 18 holes of the tournament, shooting a 73 (+2) on day one. It turned out to be the fifth-lowest round of the tournament after champion Susana Olivares of Central Oklahoma shot 68 on day two and three others shot 72. Unfortunately, Mestl slipped into a tie for 26th with an 86 on day two.
Taylor DeBoer improved three strokes on day two and finished at 161 strokes, carding rounds of 82 and 79. She tied for 35th two strokes back of Mestl. Kate Peterka had rounds of 82 and 85, tying for 55th. Madison Roether shot rounds of 84 and 94, tying for 78th. Riley Hunter also competed for FHSU, shooting rounds of 91 and 101.
Central Oklahoma rallied from two strokes down after day one to win its home tournament by seven strokes over Arkansas Tech. The Bronchos were the only team to shoot sub-300, posting a 295 on day two. Arkansas Tech remained consistent with 304 each day. Fort Hays State tied Arkansas-Monticello for 12th.
The Tigers close out the fall portion of their schedule next week at the Midwest Classic in Warrensburg, Mo. (Oct. 7-8), hosted by Central Missouri.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State moved up one spot in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll, checking in at No. 21 on Tuesday (Oct. 1). The Tigers are now 4-3-1 overall on the season, but undefeated in GAC play so far at 3-0-1.
Fort Hays State is coming off a 1-0-1 performance on the road last week. The Tigers tied Ouachita Baptist 2-2 and then handed Harding its first loss in GAC play with an 8-1 blowout win.
Fort Hays State is the only GAC team represented in the Top 25, while Northeastern State and Rogers State are just outside looking in among the teams receiving votes. FHSU defeated Northeastern State and Rogers State earlier this season. Two of Fort Hays State’s losses on the year are to Top 25 teams (No. 3 Maryville and No. 23 Eastern New Mexico).
Fort Hays State plays just one match this week, taking on Newman University at home on Saturday (Oct. 5).
Below is the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll for October 1, 2019:
Rank
School
Prev
W-L-T
1
Adelphi University
1
7-0-0
2
Azusa Pacific University
3
7-0-0
3
Maryville University of St. Louis
6
8-0-0
4
Gannon University
8
5-0-0
5
California State University-Los Angeles
7
7-0-0
6
University Of West Florida
11
6-0-0
7
Francis Marion University
12
4-0-1
8
Mercy College
9
7-0-1
9
Lake Erie College
13
8-0-0
10
Texas A&M International University
RV
5-0-1
11
Florida Tech
25
6-0-0
12
Wingate University
RV
4-0-2
13
Midwestern State University
19
6-1-0
14
West Chester University
17
5-1-1
15
Wilmington University
18
8-0-0
16
Young Harris College
2
5-1-0
17
Lynn University
5
5-0-1
18
California State University-San Bernardino
15
3-1-1
19
West Texas A&M University
4
4-1-0
20
University Of Charleston
24
5-2-0
21
Fort Hays State University
22
4-3-1
22
Bellarmine University
RV
5-0-2
23
Eastern New Mexico University
9
7-1-0
24
Simon Fraser University
20
3-1-0
25
Palm Beach Atlantic University
14
5-1-1
Also receiving votes: Northeastern State University, Tiffin University, Queens University Of Charlotte, California State University Chico, Assumption College, Rogers State University.
