After allowing an early Nebraska-Omaha goal, Fort Hays State men’s soccer scored the next three, winning 3-1 over the Division I opponent on Friday (Oct. 14) on the road in Omaha, Neb. The game was a battle of first year programs as the Mavericks also added soccer this season.

The win was the first over a Division I opponent in the Tigers first game ever against that level. With the win the Tigers upped their record to 8-2-1 on the season and increased their unbeaten streak to eight games, including four straight wins.

The Tigers’ only senio Travis Patzner scored FHSU’s first goal and his first of the season to tie the game at 1-1 at 13:06. The Patzner goal came from 10 yards away in the center of the box.

The scoring ceased until 53:45 when Tigers leading scoring Ricardo Yeverino, who was tied for 13th in Division II before today’s game, buried a shot to the low left corner of the goal, giving the Tigers a 2-1 advantage and Yeverino goal No. 11 on the season. Diego Cabral’s pass set up the goal.

The Tigers were not done offensive. Tomas Mares continued his hot play, scoring at 71:52 to increase the FHSU lead to 3-1. The goal was Mares fourth in the last three games. Cabral notched his second assist of the game on the goal, bringing his season total to eight, a team high.

The host Mavericks got on the scoreboard early, tallying their lone goal at 5:41 on a shot by Vance Rookwood from 18 yards out.

The Tigers return home for a three-game homestand. In the first of the three home games, FHSU welcomes Oklahoma Wesleyan on Tuesday (Oct. 18) to the FHSU Soccer Stadium for a 4 p.m. kickoff.

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The Fort Hays State Tigers allowed a late goal with less than two minutes left in the game, falling 2-1 to No. 12 ranked Central Missouri on Thursday night (Oct. 13) at the FHSU Soccer Stadium.
 
The Jennies scored first in the 29th minute on an Alyssa Rhodes header off a pass from Carly Stanley. The score remained 1-0 in favor of UCM at the end of the first 45 minutes.
 
The Tigers notched the equalizer in the 66th minute on a header by junior Cindy Benitez, her fourth goal of the season. Benitez knocked in a rebound off a shot from Jamie Babyak, who was credited with the assist on the goal.
 
After a back-and-forth physical end game, the contest looked like it was headed to overtime; however, the visiting Jennies tallied the game winner at 88:34. Becky Lackey scored on a long pass from Alyssa Rhodes for the 2-1 final score.
 
The Tigers were just the fourth team this season to score a goal on the No. 12 UCM team. FHSU dropped to 4-8-1 on the season and 1-5 in MIAA play.
 
Fort Hays now travels to Northwest Missouri State on Saturday (Oct. 15) at 11 a.m. in Maryville, Mo.

Fort Hays State football coach Chris Brown held his weekly news conference Tuesday evening following practice. The 2-4 Tigers are coming off a 38-17 loss at home to then No. 8 Pittsburg State.

FHSU hosts Central Missouri this Saturday night in a regionally televised game on the MIAA Television Network (Eagle Cable Channel 15). Kickoff is at 6pm with the Fort Hays Auto Sales Pregame Show at 5pm on Tiger Radio Mix 103.

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The Fort Hays State women’s golf team closed out the fall on a high note, winning the Park University Invitational in Parkville, Mo., on Tuesday (Oct. 11). The Tigers sat in second place after the first round, three strokes back of Grand View University, but roared past GVU on Tuesday for a 12-stroke win. The tournament was at The Deuce at the National Golf Course, a par-70 layout.

Samantha Nielsen led the tournament after the first day with her lowest round of the year, a 74. She slipped to a second place finish, but still shot in the 70’s with a 79 on day two. Ana Laura Gomez of Bellevue University jumped Nielsen for the individual title, shooting 73 on the second day. She was just two strokes back of Nielsen entering the second day after a first round 75.

The Tigers had two more top 10 finishers, including Jordan Nixon, who tied for seventh and Samantha Hobson, who tied for ninth. Nixon backed up a first-round 82 with an 83, shooting 165 for the tournament, and Hobson improved three strokes on the second day with an 82, shooting a total of 167 for the tournament.

Kiley Johansen remained steady with two rounds of 85. She tied for 12th. Carmen Thompson figured into the scoring for FHSU on the second day with an 84, following a first day 91. She tied for 19th.

Fort Hays State won three of the five tournaments it played in during the fall season. The team resumes action in the spring, which will include the MIAA Championships in April. The Tigers defeated both MIAA opponents competing in the Park Invitational, which included Missouri Western (3rd) and Northwest Missouri State (6th).

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The Fort Hays State men’s golf team could not hold onto its tournament lead on the second day of competition at the Park University Invitational in Parkville, Mo. The Tigers led by five strokes after an opening round team score of 289, but a 300 on the second day coupled by a 282 from Grand View University allowed GVU to take the team title by 13 strokes. The tournament was held at The Deuce at the National Golf Course, a par-70 layout.

Also unable to hold onto his first round lead was Tom O’Keeffe, who shot a 5-over par 75 on the second day after a first round 2-under par 68. Yousaf Khan of Grand View posted the lowest score of the tournament on the second day with a 5-under par 65, coming from nine strokes down to clip O’Keeffe by one stroke overall after a first day 77. Aaron Ahrendsen of Grand View tied O’Keeffe for second with rounds of 70 and 73.

Trey Herman was right behind O’Keeffe and Ahrendsen, shooting a 4-over par total of 144 for the tournament after rounds of 71 and 73. Kevin Quinley had a rough second day, shooting 80 after a first round 73. He tied for 15th, but did not figure into the team score on Tuesday.

Markus Hilger and Austin Maxwell each contributed to the team score in the second round. Hilger shot 77 for the second straight day to finish 18th at 154, and Maxwell was just one stroke back of Hilger overall after rounds of 80 and 75. He tied for 19th.

Individuals competing in the tournament from Fort Hays State included Jacob Hoover and Adam Gorjiyan. Hoover shot rounds of 78 and 84 to tie for 27th. Gorjiyan shot rounds of 87 and 84 for 44th.

The Tigers are now finished with the fall season and resume action in the spring.

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