FHSU Athletics

Fort Hays State men’s soccer had seven players named to the Daktronics All-Central Region Team, released on Monday (Nov. 24). The Tigers had four first-team selections and three second-team selections, grabbing the same number of honors as they did last year. Earning first-team honors were midfielders Tanner Bgrock and Diego Cabral, forward Michael Cole, and defender Eric Hymer. Earning second-team honors were goalkeeper Kent Freund, defender Carlos Linares, and midfielder David Lucio. The Daktronics All-Region Team is voted on by sports information directors within the Central Region for men’s soccer.

Brock, a senior from Winfield, Kan., earns Daktronics All-Central Region First Team honors for the third consecutive year in the midfield. Voted as the MIAA Player of the Year by MIAA Coaches, Brock tied for the team lead in points with 18, finishing the season with six goals, including three game-winners, and six assists.

Cabral, a senior from Asuncion, Paraguay, earned all-region first team honors for the fourth consecutive year. A two-time Daktronics All-America selection in the midfield, Cabral finishes his career as the all-time leader in points at FHSU with 84 (24 goals, 36 assists). This year he finished with four goals and a team-best 10 assists to tie for the team lead in points (18).

Cole, a junior from Round Rock, Texas, earned all-region first team honors for the first time after earning second-team honors in each of his first two seasons at FHSU. He was an All-MIAA First Team selection this year at forward and finished the year tied for the team lead in points with seven goals and four assists. The seven goals led the team.

Hymer, a senior from Overland Park, Kan., earned first-team honors at defender for the third straight year. He was also an All-MIAA First Team selection at defender for the third straight year, anchoring a defense that allowed 1.1 goals per match and just 23 goals overall. He helped the Tigers post seven shutouts this year.

Freund, a senior from Garland, Texas, earned second-team honors at goalkeeper for the second time in his career. He finished the season with a 1.08 goals against average and posted a record of 10-5-4 with 79 saves and six shutouts. He was tabbed All-MIAA First Team by MIAA coaches earlier this year.

Linares, a senior from Aurora, Colo., grabbed the first all-region honor of his career as a defender. He adds the honor to his All-MIAA Second Team selection from earlier in the year. Linares joined Hymer as the defensive anchors on the field for three straight years and allowed just 1.1 goals per match and helped the team post seven shutouts.

Lucio, a junior from Wichita, Kan., earned his first all-region nod in the midfield. He finished the year with nine points, tallying three goals and three assists. He played over 1,500 minutes and had two game-winning goals. He was selected to the All-MIAA Second Team earlier this year.

Below is the entire Daktronics All-Central Region Team for 2014…

First Team

Pos	Name	School	Yr	Hometown
GK	Jackson Biles	Northeastern State	So.	Norman, Okla.
F	Juan Peralta	Northeastern State	Sr.	Tulsa, Okla.
F	Tinashe Chigede	Ouachita Baptist	Fr.	Tulsa, Okla.
F	Edgar Pineda	Southern Nazarene	Sr.	Mustang, Okla.
F	Michael Cole	Fort Hays State	Jr.	Round Rock, Texas
MF	Jordan Schmoker	Northeastern State	Sr.	Catoosa, Okla.
MF	Tanner Brock	Fort Hays State	Sr.	Winfield, Kan.
MF	Diego Cabral	Fort Hays State	Sr.	Asuncion, Paraguay
MF	Ignacio Pizarro Romero	Lindenwood	Sr.	Santiago, Chile
D	Adam Schmoker	Northeastern State	Sr.	Catoosa, Okla.
D	Terence Smith	Northeastern State	Sr.	Ontario, Canada
D	Crosby Lee	Northeastern State	Jr.	Golden, Colo.
D	Eric Hymer	Fort Hays State	Sr.	Overland Park, Kan.

Second Team

Pos	Name	School	Yr	Hometown
GK	Kent Freund	Fort Hays State	Sr.	Garland, Texas
F	Ricardo Palomino	Northeastern State	Fr.	Puebla, Mexico
F	Blake Rodgers	Southern Nazarene	Sr.	Yukon, Okla.
F	Justin Todd	Northeastern State	Fr.	Coppell, Texas
F	Andre Hayne	Lindenwood	Jr.	Vitoria, Brazil
MF	Hayden Rasmussen	Northeastern State	Fr.	Coppell, Texas
MF	Jacob Stevens	Harding	Sr.	Arlington, Texas
MF	Leandro Pena	Upper Iowa	Jr.	Lavras, Brazil
MF	David Lucio	Fort Hays State	Jr.	Wichita, Kan.
D	Carlos Linares	Fort Hays State	Sr.	Aurora, Colo.
D	Chance Miller	Northeastern State	Jr.	Broken Arrow, Okla.
D	Gehrig Haberstock	Harding	Sr.	Waynesville, Mo.
D	Phillip White	Harding	So.	Tulsa, Okla.

Central Region Player of the Year:  Jordan Schmoker, Northeastern State Sr., MF (Catoosa, Okla.)

FHSU Athletics

Fort Hays State had three women named to the Daktronics All-Central Region Soccer Team, released on Monday (Nov. 24). Earning first team honors as a defender was Mallory Diederich, while second team selections went to Kristen Thompson at goalkeeper and Hailey Davey at forward. The Daktronics All-Region Team is voted on by sports information directors within the Central Region for women’s soccer.

Diederich has played every minute for the Tigers in 2014, totaling 1,887 minutes in 20 starts. A native of Topeka, Kan., she scored three goals with two assists for a total of eight points. A junior center back for the Tiger defense, Diederich she was an All-MIAA First Team selection. She will now be placed on the All-America ballot after earning first team honors.

Thompson, redshirt-freshman from Manhattan, Kan., also went the distance for FHSU throughout the season, playing all 1,887 minutes at goalkeeper for the Tigers. She finished the year with just a 0.62 goals against average and recorded 11 shutouts, both school records. She posted a record of 13-5-2 in her first year between the pipes. She adds this honor to an All-MIAA Third Team selection.

Davey, a senior from Evergreen, Colo., ranked second for the Tigers in points with 20, totaling five goals and a team-best 10 assists. She tied the FHSU single-season record for assists and game-winning goals (4). She also set single-game records for assists twice on the year with three against Sioux Falls and Northwest Missouri State. She started all 20 matches for FHSU and earned All-MIAA First Team honors.

Below is the Daktronics All-Central Region Team for 2014…

Daktronics Central Region Player of the Year
Southwest Baptist junior forward Karla Jamison (Kansas City, Mo.)

Daktronics All-Central Region First Team:

Pos	Name	School	Yr	Hometown
GK	Ana Dilkes	Central Missouri	Fr.	Wichita, Kan.
D	Emily Eldridge	Central Missouri	So.	Bucyrus, Kan.
D	Mallory Diederich	Fort Hays State	Jr.	Topeka, Kan.
D	Abby Rhodes	Central Missouri	So.	Olathe, Kan.
D	Megan Helberg	Minnesota Duluth	Sr.	Lakeville, Minn.
MF	Kate Jamison	Southwest Baptist	Jr.	Kansas City, Mo.
MF	Madie Edwards	Upper Iowa	Jr.	Crystal Lake, Ill.
MF	Whitney Snow	Southwest Baptist	Fr.	Camdenton, Mo.
MF	Bekah Stewart	Southern Nazarene	Sr.	Miami, Okla.
F	Maureen Stormont	Minnesota Duluth	Sr.	Stillwater, Minn.
F	Karla Jamison	Southwest Baptist	Jr.	Kansas City, Mo.
F	Julie Ireland	Central Missouri	Jr.	Lake St. Louis, Mo.
F	Haley Hatcher	Ouachita Baptist	Jr.	Maumelle, Ark.

Daktronics All-Central Region Second Team:

Pos	Name	School	Yr	Hometown
GK	Kristen Thompson	Fort Hays State	Fr.	Manhattan, Kan.
D	Margaret Glutz	East Central	Sr.	Santee, Calif.
D	Quinn Tookey	Central Oklahoma	Jr.	Colleyville, Texas
D	Amy Bolton	Southwest Baptist	So.	Sheffield, England
D	Charlotte Eastman*	Southwestern Oklahoma State	Jr.	Salisbury, England
D	Emily Burch*	Northeastern State	Jr.	Frisco, Texas
MF	Nicole Pond	Central Missouri	Jr.	Peculiar, Mo.
MF	Jessica Lynch	Northwestern Oklahoma State	Jr.	Dublin, Ireland
MF	Autumn Hayes	Southwest Minnesota State	Sr.	La Crescent, Minn.
MF	Allie Macdonald	Northern State	Jr.	Hartford, S.D.
F	Sarah Stram	Bemidji State	So.	Elk Grove Village, Ill.
F	Miranda Cadena	Southwest Minnesota State	Jr.	Highland, Calif.
F	Hailey Davey	Fort Hays State	Sr.	Evergreen, Colo.
F	Hannah Pyle	Central Missouri	So.	Lenexa, Kan.

* Tie in voting

FHSU Athletics

No. 23 Fort Hays State saw its NCAA Men’s Soccer Championships run come to an end on Sunday, Nov. 23 in the NCAA Quarterfinals, dropping a 3-2 contest to Quincy in Tahlequah, Okla.

FHSU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half of the Super Region 3 Final, but couldn’t hold on as Quincy sent off 22 shots (compared to FHSU’s 10) in the game.  FHSU had seven shots on goal, while QU had 12 shots on goal.

Michael Cole got things started for the Tigers in the 21st minute, giving FHSU a 1-0 lead at 20:03. Maurizio Costa traveled down the right side of the box before finding a slot with his pass into the box, where Cole waited to put it away from 10 yards out.   The goal was Cole’s seventh of the season and his second of the NCAA Tournament.

Just 1:25 later, Cole again made an impact on the game by assisting in Austin Clifton’s sixth goal of the year. Inside the box on the left side, Cole hit a low cross to Clifton mid-box, where a one-touch from Clifton sent the Tigers to a 2-0 advantage.

Quincy fought for an answer over the final 25 minutes of the first half, firing eight shots and controlling the ball for a majority of the time.  FHSU’s defense, however, was up to the task and stuffed several runs late to hold the Hawks at bay.  Inside the final minute, QU launched four shots (including one off the post) and had two corner kicks, but the Tigers hung on and set the game to half, up 2-0.

In the 54th minute, QU again had a chance, but strong play from keeper Kent Freund kept the shutout intact.  The Hawks’ Artan Emini took two shots inside the box, but diving stops from Freund on both attempts left QU empty.

The Tigers’ shutout, however, came to an end soon after on Ethan Venvertloh’s seventh goal of the season.  Venvertloh took a cross from Jake Bond inside the box at 54:16 and headed it past Freund, cutting the deficit to one (2-1) with just over 35 minutes to play in regulation.

FHSU found itself all square with QU soon after, when Jordan Roberts settled himself near the far post, waiting for a cross from Pete Condol.  Once there, Roberts’ header was on target for the equalizer in the 62nd minute.

In the 83rd, Quincy completed the comeback to take a 3-2 lead.  Xhovani Dokaj took a thru ball from Steve McAnany, countering an FHSU attack and sent it past Freund from the top of the box.

Needing a goal to force overtime, FHSU pushed to find the answer in the final seven minutes, but couldn’t overcome QU’s three second half goals and fell in regulation.

Costa led the team with three shots (all on goal) for the afternoon, while Freund came up with nines saves on the day.

The Tigers finish the year 11-6-4 after reaching the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season and say goodbye to a senior class that helped build the program from scratch. Tanner Brock, Diego Cabral, Freund, Eric Hymer and Carlos Linares were part of the program’s inception in 2011, and will leave Fort Hays State with a 45-22-11 record of the first four years.

QU advances as the Super Region 3 Champions to the NCAA Championships Final Four in Louisville, Ky., held Dec. 4-6.

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

Fort Hays State held Bethel scoreless for 6:17 of the first half and without a field goal for 10:19 in building a 41 point lead and defeat the Threshers 103-54 Saturday afternoon at Gross Coliseum. Bethel hung with the Tigers early, trailing 10-8, but FHSU responded with a 25-2 run including 22 unanswered to take control.

With the win, the Tigers improve to 2-2. The game counts as an exhibition for the Threshers who were playing their third road game in three days.

Mark Johnson Postgame Interview

James Flemming Postgame Interview

James Fleming and Achoki Moikobu both came off the bench to lead the Tigers in scoring with 18 points. Dom Samac added 11.

Game Highlights

 

 

FHSU shoots 56-percent inlcuding 7-of-18 from 3-point range.

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

Fort Hays State raced out to 9-0 lead over the first 3 1/2 minutes Saturday against Cameron University, then added a pair of 12-0 runs in building a 32 first half lead and defeat the Aggies from Lawton, Oklahoma 93-52 at Gross Coliseum. Cameron hit just one of their first 12 shots and missed their first seven 3-point attempts as the Lady Tigers built a 33-4 early lead.

Cameron closes the game on a 21-9 run after the Lady Tigers led by as many as 53 in the second half. The win is the second straight for the Lady Tigers as they improve to 3-1. Cameron, playing their third straight road game to start the season, falls to 0-3.

Tony Hobson Postgame Interview

 

Game Highlights

 

 

Kate Lehman records her first double-double of the season, scoring 26 points and pulling down 14 rebounds. She also had eight blocked shots. Chelsea Mason hit 5-of-10 three-point shots and added 23 points off the bench. Keriann Shaw scores 10.

FHSU shoots 52-percent from the floor including 7-of-17 free throws and 6-of-6 free throw shooting.

FHSU Athletics

No. 23 Fort Hays State drew with No. 12 Northeastern State, 1-1, on Friday evening in the NCAA Championship, but advanced with a 3-2 penalty kick advantage in a shootout.

The Tigers (11-5-4) advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Championships on Sunday, Nov. 23, where they will face off with No. 5 Quincy at 2 p.m. from DeLoache Field.

Michael Cole got the scoring started for FHSU in the 50th minute, breaking away from the Northeastern State defense before rifling a shot from the upper left corner of the box.  Cole’s attempt cleared the keeper and found net, giving FHSU a 1-0 lead.

In the 63rd, however, NSU answered.  After a free kick was awarded the RiverHawks, a long cross into the box found Paul Samia, who fired at the net before his shot was deflected by FHSU goalkeeper Kent Freund. The deflection fell into the control of Crosby Lee, who finished on a rebound to the low post.

After 110 minutes of play left the game tied, the teams headed to a shootout where Anthony Hernandez, Maurizio Costa and Diego Cabral hit penalty kicks for the Tigers.

NSU’s first two attempts in the shootout went wide left, and though Tanner Brock’s first attempt was blocked by goalkeeper Jackson Biles, Hernandez’s attempt was good – giving FHSU a 1-0 advantage.  The RiverHawks tied the shootout in the next round, 1-1, after Jordan Schmoker hit on his attempt (and Biles again came up with a save on Mauricio Castorino’s turn) before grabbing a 2-1 advantage on Juan Peralta’s goal.

Costa answered Peralta with a make of his own, setting up the fifth round of PK’s, tied 2-2. Kent Freund made his mark in the shootout on Ricardo Palomino’s shot, diving to his left to stop Palomino’s shot and giving FHSU a chance to clinch – which Cabral did, putting it past the keeper for the 3-2 shootout victory.

Freund had four saves on the day, playing all 120 minutes while helping the Tigers advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history.

Cole and Castorino led the team with two shots for the day, as Cole had FHSU’s only shot on goal.

Fort Hays State and Northeastern State remained even in the series history, moving the overall record to 3-3-5 in 11 matches between the teams in the last four years.

Quincy reached the Elite Eight with a 3-0 victory over Saginaw Valley State in the first game of Friday’s action.