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TOPEKA, Kan. – Fort Hays State knew its opportunity for hosting an MIAA Tournament match heading into Sunday at Washburn. The Tigers seized their opportunity with a 1-0 win over the Ichabods and leaped Southwest Baptist in the conference standings for fourth place alone.

Cenayda Guzman provided the game winner in the 58th minute as Kelsey Steffens found her in the box in traffic. The goal lifted the Tigers to a victory by the score of 1-0 for the third consecutive match.

Abbie Flax recorded three saves in her team-leading fourth shutout win of the season. She moved to 4-1-1 on the season.

The win pushed FHSU to 7-4 in the conference standings and a total of 21 points. Southwest Baptist tied its final match of the season, dropping the Bearcats behind the Tigers in the standings. As the No. 4 seed, Fort Hays State will host No. 5 seed Southwest Baptist at FHSU Soccer Stadium in the MIAA Tournament First Round on Wednesday night (Nov. 4) at 6 pm.

Below are the first round tournament match-ups on Wednesday.

2015 MIAA Women’s Soccer Tournament First Round (Nov. 4)
No. 7 seed Nebraska-Kearney at No. 2 seed Central Oklahoma – 3 pm
No. 5 seed Southwest Baptist at No. 4 seed Fort Hays State – 6 pm
No. 8 seed Washburn at No. 1 seed Central Missouri – 7 pm
No. 6 seed Missouri Western at No. 3 seed Northeastern State – 7 pm

The semifinals and finals are scheduled for November 6 and 8 respectively, hosted by the highest remaining seed.

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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Fort Hays State led for nearly 60 minutes before a bizarre finish on the road at Northeastern State on Sunday (Nov. 1). The Tigers fell 3-2 as NSU buried two penalty kicks in the final six minutes of the game to escape the 20th-ranked Tigers on its home field.

Anthony Hernandez put the Tigers in front 1-0 in the 11th minute after a nice pass off the heel of Mauricio Castorino. FHSU held that advantage until the 70th minute when NSU’s Trevor Reed scored a header off a free kick.

The Tigers looked as if they would escape with a win when Maurizio Costa buried a penalty kick at 84:01, but then all sorts of chaos ensued.

Only 20 seconds later, the Tigers were whistled for a violation in the box, setting up a penalty kick for Jonathan Guzman who squared the match again.

Then at 87:13, Luis Torres was issued a red card for a play in the box and Guzman scored another penalty kick to put the RiverHawks in front with less than two minutes to play.

Fort Hays State put two shots on net in the final two minutes, but both were saved. Jackson Biles picked up the win in goal for NSU with seven saves. Michael Yantz took the loss for FHSU with four saves.

Even with the loss, Fort Hays State still controls its own destiny in conference play. The Tigers will need to win their final two home games this coming week against Upper Iowa and Lindenwood to win an MIAA Championship. Anything else and they come up short of claiming their first conference crown.

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – After falling down 2-0 against Southwest Baptiston Saturday, Fort Hays State rallied for three straight sets and a 3-2 win over the Bearcats. The Tigers moved to 18-11 overall and 7-7 in the MIAA.

The Tigers dropped the first set 25-18 and the second 25-23 before rallying back. The Tigers stayed alive by taking a closely played third set 25-23. Crystal Whitten provided the set-winning kill.

The Tigers trailed by five early in the fourth set but rallied to tie the set at 14-14. FHSU pushed in front, but SBU kept it close and tied it once again at 22-22. After trading points, Mallory Flagor put down a kill and Ari Johnson delivered a service ace to force the fifth and decisive set with another 25-23 set win.

The Tigers looked to be running away with the fifth set up 7-2, but at 10-6, SBU went on a four-point run to tie it 10-10. The Tigers fought the rally off with a three-point run of their own, going up 13-10. Whitten would go on to provide the match-winning kill for a 15-12 final set win.

Flagor led the Tigers with 17 kills, while Whitten added 15. Sydney Dixon had nine kills and Megan Anderson added eight. Jacobsen stepped in nicely on defense, racking up a team-best 18 digs and three service aces. Hannah Wagy had 48 assists and Flagor added 15 digs for a double-double. Rebekah Spainhour had nine blocks to go with six kills.

Payton White led SBU with 18 kills, Lori Angello had 14, and Kalyn Sotomayor added 12. Anna Stuehm had 53 assists and Taryn Marton led in digs with 22.

The Tigers will play their final four matches of the regular season at home. FHSU hosts Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri State next weekend.

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

HAYS, Kan. – Traveon Albert passed for 212 yards and rushed for another 90 to lead the Fort Hays State Tigers to a 24-7 win over Nebraska-Kearney Saturday afternoon at Lewis Field. The Tigers improve to 6-3 while the Lopers fall to 0-9.

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Game Highlights

 

Derek Kendall-Campbell, who rushed for 45 yards, scored on a one-yard run with 6:54 to play in the second quarter to give the Tigers a 7-0 lead. A 22-yard Drew O’Brien field goal pushed the lead to 10-0 at the half.

Shaquille Cooper, who rushed for 93 yards, capped an 18-play, 67-yard drive with a one-yard plunge to push the lead to 17-0.

UNK used a 66-yard pass to Cougar Williams to set up a one-yard Bronson Marsh run to pull the Lopers within 17-7 with 7:58 to play.

Kendall-Campbell hauled in a 61-yard touchdown pass on the next possession to put the game away. Kendall-Campball finished with 45 rushing yards and 73 through the air.

FHSU finished with 448 yards, 233 on the ground and 215 through the air. The Lopers finished with 242 but just 60 on the ground

NEW YORK (AP) — Their nicknames are Thor, Captain America and the Grandyman, and they’ve helped the New York Mets pull within two games to one in the World Series.

Noah Syndergaard worked six tough innings and David Wright and Curtis Granderson hit two-run homers as the Mets trounced the Kansas City Royals 9-3 in New York. Granderson’s blast put the Mets ahead to stay in the third inning before Syndergaard and the Mets’ bullpen shut down the Royals the rest of the way.

Syndergaard struggled over the first two innings, surrendering three runs and six hits. But he later retired 12 straight batters at one point and capped his performance by working out of a bases-loaded jam to end the sixth. The rookie also had six strikeouts after teammates Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom managed just four Ks in 11 innings of the series.

Wright became the second Met to collect four RBIs in a World Series game, and the first since Rusty Staub in Game 4 of the 1973 Fall Classic. In addition to his first home run of this postseason, the Mets’ third baseman and team captain added a two-run single while the Mets scored four times in the sixth to put the game out of reach.

Granderson was 2-for-5 with three runs scored to help the Mets bounce back from two straight losses in Kansas City.

The Royals managed just one hit off Syndergaard and the Mets’ bullpen after the second inning. Addison Reed, Tyler Clippard and Jeurys Familia each worked a perfect inning of relief to close out the win.

Royals starter and loser Yordano Ventura was reached for five runs and seven hits in just 3 1/3 innings.

Royals outfielder Raul Mondesi Jr. became the first player ever to make his major league debut in the World Series. Mondesi entered as a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning and struck out on four pitches.

The teams get back at it Saturday night in New York. Former Met Chris Young will start for the Royals against Steven Matz, who will be making just his ninth major league start. Young tossed three innings of no-hit relief in picking up the victory in Game 1 of the series.

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State remained alive for a possible first-round home match in the MIAA Tournament as it downed Nebraska-Kearney 1-0 on a cold, rainy night at FHSU Soccer Stadium. With the win, the Tigers moved to 9-7-1 overall and 6-4 in the MIAA. UNK dropped to 4-9-4 overall and 3-5-2 in the MIAA.

The Lopers committed a foul in the box in the 22nd minute and Gabrielle Makatura buried a penalty kick, which proved to be all the scoring FHSU needed in the team’s seventh shutout of the season.

With a wet field and slick ball, both teams were limited in good shot opportunities. FHSU outshot UNK 11-6 in the match.

Making her first appearance in goal for the Tigers, senior Kimi Kaniaupio recorded the shutout win. She saved five shots in the winning effort. Ali Hirschman took the loss for UNK in goal with three saves.

Eight Tiger seniors were honored at halftime of the match, playing in their final regular season home match. Makatura and Kaniaupio were part of the eight, which also included Dani Harris, Kylee Loneker, Mallory Diedrich, Cenayda Guzman, Ember Albertson and Jordon Hester. Loneker, Diederich, and Hester, who are all injured, came out of the match after a minute of action in a nice jesture for three seniors that have made big contributions to the program.

The Tigers close out the regular season on Sunday at Washburn University in the final conference match of the season. The Tigers are tied for fourth in the MIAA standings at 6-4 with Southwest Baptist. SBU has the tiebreak on FHSU for hosting in the first round of the conference tournament if they remain tied after Sunday.