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Fort Hays State women’s track and field jumped into the USTFCCCA Outdoor National Rankings on Tuesday (Apr. 1) at No. 24. Fort Hays State is one of six women’s teams from the MIAA currently listed in the rankings.

Fort Hays State joins a cluster of MIAA teams that jumped into the rankings this week, including Missouri Southern (No. 23) and Pittsburg State (No. 25). Other teams in the MIAA holding rankings are Central Missouri (No. 8), Lincoln (No. 16), and Central Oklahoma (No. 18).

Below are the outdoor rankings for April 1, 2014.

Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Johnson C. Smith	162.92	CIAA	Lennox Graham (7th)	3
2	Saint Augustine’s	158.46	CIAA	George Williams (38th)	6
3	Angelo State	155.74	Lone Star	James Reid (15th)	1
4	Chico State	134.78	CCAA	Robert Nooney (1st)	2
5	Academy of Art	130.32	PacWest	Charles Ryan (4th)	7
6	Grand Valley State	111.13	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (15th)	NR
7	Texas A&M-Kingsville	104.72	Lone Star	Ryan Dall (6th)	4
8	Central Missouri	104.62	MIAA	Kirk Pedersen (18th)/Kip Janvrin (16th)	12
9	Cal State Stanislaus	87.53	CCAA	Diljeet Taylor (2nd)	5
10	New Haven	84.93	Northeast-10	Shaunnaya Williams (3rd)	8
11	Edinboro	79.74	PSAC	Anne Carlson (2nd)	10
12	Ashland	78.25	GLIAC	Jud Logan (11th)	NR
13	Adams State	73.90	RMAC	Rock Light (1st)	68
14	Western Washington	73.36	GNAC	Pee Wee Halsell (27th)	11
15	West Texas A&M	72.55	Lone Star	Darren Flowers (5th)	21
16	Lincoln (Mo.)	67.54	MIAA	Victor Thomas (13th)	41
17	Wayne State (Neb.)	64.77	NSIC	Marlon Brink (14th)	NR
18	Central Oklahoma	52.34	MIAA	Martha Brennan (4th)	14
19	Indianapolis	50.73	GLVC	Scott Fangman (17th)	NR
20	Alaska Anchorage	49.99	GNAC	Michael Friess (24th)	16
21	Queens (N.C.)	49.94	SAC	Jim Vahrenkamp (2nd)	15
22	Slippery Rock	45.63	PSAC	John Papa (27th)	9
23	Missouri Southern	40.06	MIAA	Patty Vavra (20th)	NR
24	Fort Hays State	40.01	MIAA	Dennis Weber (21st)	NR
25	Pittsburg State	38.95	MIAA	Russ Jewett (28th)	NR
Dropped out: No. 13 Central Washington, No. 17 Millersville, No. 18 Northwest Nazarene, No. 19 SF State, No. 20 Clarion, No. 22 Seattle Pacific, No. 23 Tiffin, No. 24 Clayton State, No. 25 Tampa

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Fort Hays State men’s golf sits in eighth place after the first day of competition at the UCO Classic, being held at the Gaillardia Country Club in Oklahoma City, Okla. Teams played two rounds on Monday at the par-72 venue in the third MIAA sanctioned event of the season.

Fort Hays State struggled in the first round to a team score of 325, but improved by 16 strokes in the second round to record a total of 634 after two rounds. The Tigers are just four strokes back of sixth place, but 19 back of fifth. Central Oklahoma leads the way with a total of 587, followed by Central Missouri at 593 and Northeastern State at 602.

Trey Herman, the leader in the MIAA individual points standings heading into the event, leads the way for FHSU in a tie for 10th individually. He is currently at 7-over par after rounds of 81 (+9) and 70 (-2). Even though he is 10th after two rounds, a solid round on Tuesday would keep him in good position in the standings heading into the MIAA Championship. Very few of the golfers in the top 10 of the points standings are faring any better than Herman after two rounds.

Grant Storey had the low round for FHSU in the first round with a 78. He shot 77 in the second round and is tied for 26th individually at 11-over par. He is the only Tiger to shoot under 80 in both rounds so far. Mark Cunningham II is tied for 42nd after rounds of 82 and 79. Nick VonLintel is 57th after rounds of 84 and 83. Sam Christianson is 65th after rounds of 85 and 94.

The final round of the tournament will be played on Tuesday (Apr. 1).

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Fort Hays State women’s golf finished ninth at the Tiburon Invitational held in Omaha, Nebraska at the Tiburon Golf Club. The tournament was hosted by Concordia University of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Final Results

Fort Hays State finished with a two-day team score of 728, 66 strokes back of team champion Iowa Western Community College. The Tigers were third out of the three MIAA schools competing, finishing behind Nebraska-Kearney and Missouri Western.

Natalie Bethel led FHSU with a two-day total of 176 after rounds of 86 and 90, finishing 19th. Megan DeWerff had rounds of 85 and 94 for a total of 179, tying for 24th. Samantha Hobson finished 29th with rounds of 93 and 90 for a total of 183. Kaycee Beilman carded rounds of 94 and 96 for a total of 190 and tied for 40th. Quillen Eichhorn had rounds of 94 and 105 for a total of 199 and was 49th.

Joana Yanez of Iowa Western won the tournament as an individual with a total of 162.

The final tournament on the 2013-14 slate for the FHSU women is the MIAA Championship, held in three weeks from now (Apr. 21-23) at the Alvamar Golf Club in Lawrence, Kan.

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Fort Hays State sophomore point guard Craig Nicholson was named an honorable mention selection to the Division II Bulletin All-America Team for the 2013-14 season. Nicholson is the 26th All-America selection all-time for Fort Hays State men’s basketball and the first since 2010-11.

This is the second postseason honor Nicholson has received from Division II Bulletin as he was named to the All-Freshman Team for the 2012-13 season.

Nicholson finished the season averaging 17.2 points per game and 7.4 assists per game. He shot 45.5 percent from the field and 80.2 percent from the free-throw line, setting a new single-season school record for free-throws made with 190. His 7.4 assists per game also set a new single-season record at FHSU and his 222 total assists were third most in a season in FHSU history. Nicholson scored in double figures in 25 of 30 games and dished out seven or more assists in 21 games. He posted four double-doubles in points and assists. Through two seasons at FHSU, Nicholson has 904 points and 414 assists. He already ranks third on the all-time assists list at FHSU.

Nicholson joined Josh Gibbs (Central Oklahoma) and DeShaun Cooper (Northwest Missouri State) as All-America selections by Division II Bulletin this season.

2013-14 Division II Bulletin Men’s All-American Team

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Fort Hays State junior center Kate Lehman was named an honorable mention selection to the Division II Bulletin All-America Team for the 2013-14 season.  The nomination was her second All-America honors this season and the fifth All-America selection all-time for Fort Hays State women’s basketball.  Earlier this month, Lehman was named All-America honorable mention by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

Lehman started all 29 games for the Tigers this season, helping the team to its third straight 20-win season, a first in school history.  The center led NCAA Division II with 5.4 blocks per game (155 total) and two triple-doubles.  Lehman’s points per game (16.5) and rebounds per game (11.2) averages led the team in both categories as she totaled 20 double-doubles for the year.  The Newton, Kan., native scored in double figures 25 times this season and hit the double-digit mark in rebounds 23 times.  Additionally, Lehman had at least five blocks (her season average) in 17 games.  Other milestones reached for Lehman this season include:

Season Records (2013-14 season)

• No. 1 in Free Throws Attempted (229)
• No. 1 in Rebound Average (11.2)
• No. 1 in Blocks (155)
• No. 2 in Rebounds (324)
• No. 5 in Free Throws Made (158)

Career Records (2011-current)

• No. 1 in Blocks (374), and No. 7 All-Time in NCAA Division II
• No. 4 in Free Throws Attempted (531)
• No. 5 in Free Throws Made (356)
• Currently No. 5 in Scoring Average (14.5 points per game)
• No. 7 in Rebounds (772)
• Currently No. 7 in Field Goal Percentage (.526)
• No. 9 in Scoring (1,262 points) and the 17th member of the 1,000 point club

Lehman joins Keuna Flax (Central Missouri, First Team), Lizzy Jeronimus (Pittsburg State, Second Team) and Laura Patrick (Emporia State, Honorable Mention) as All-America selections from the MIAA by Division II Bulletin this season.

2013-14 Division II Bulletin Women’s All-American Team

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Fort Hays State junior sprinter Samantha Woodburn was named the MIAA Women’s Track Athlete of the Week for her efforts at the Alex Francis Classic this past weekend in Hays, Kan. She joins Jackie Ziemke of Nebraska-Kearney for the weekly honors, who was named the MIAA Women’s Field Athlete of the Week. Woodburn posted provisional qualifying times in both the 100 and 200 meter dash.

Woodburn won both events at the meet. Her time of 11.90 seconds in the 100 meters currently ranks sixth in NCAA Division II, while her time of 24.05 seconds in the 200 meters ranks her fifth in Division II.

Woodburn was an indoor national qualifier for the Tigers in the 60-meter dash.

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

Kevin Czarnecki went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs helping the Fort Hays State Tigers to a 6-3 win over Emporia State Sunday afternoon at Larks Park. The Tigers win the final two games to split the four-game series with the Hornets. It’s the Tigers third straight series split after losing nine straight conference games. They are how 8-16 in the MIAA. ESU falls to 18-11 and 14-10 in conference play.

The Tigers never trailed, scoring single runs in each of the first four innings in building a 4-1 lead. Emporia State closed the gap to 4-3 on Dean Long’s two-run homer in the fifth. It would stay that way until the seventh when Czarnecki drove in Gus Strunk and Clayton Garland with a  two-out double to left field. He also knocked in a run with a double in the third to give FHSU a 3-0 lead.

Joe Mapes made an emergency start after an injury to Alex Cox and held the Hornets to three runs (two earned) on five hits over five innings for his first win of the season. Nathan Briar threw three scoreless innings, allowing just one hit before leaving with two on and nobody out in the ninth. Gabe Cook coaxed a foul out then got the speedy Justin Harris to ground into a 5-3 double play to end the game and pick up his second save in consecutive games.

Dakota McKaskie takes the loss for the Hornets (3-2) allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits over five innings.

The Tigers scored their first run with two outs in the first when Emporia State second baseman Levi Parker dropped a popup in front of the pitchers mound, allowing Gus Strunk to score from second. An Austin Unrein solo home run to lead off the second made it 2-0. Casey Sedbrook tripled with one out in the fourth then scored on a Nick Hammeke ground out to put FHSU up 4-1.

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