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.

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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
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