BY CAYDEN SANDERS
PHOTOS BY CORYN HAHN
Prior to returning home on Saturday, FHSU men’s soccer had been on a three-game road trip through both Texas and Oklahoma. FHSU dropped one match and earned a tie in two non-conference games before playing to a tie against Rogers State in FHSU’s first Great American Conference game of the season on Thursday.
The Newman Jets entered FHSU Soccer stadium as Fort Hays’ second conference foe of the season. The Tigers used a bevy of goals to win 3-1.
FHSU and Newman had a scoreless game until the 43rd minute of the match when FHSU’s Segun Idowu scored off of a rebound in the keeper’s box. It was Idowu’s first goal of the season.
“We were looking to get a goal early in this match and it didn’t happen, we were happy that we got one. It is better late than never,” Tiger Head Coach Gerry Cleary said.
Less than 15 minutes into the second half, the Tigers scored again as Haruya Iwasaki put the ball in the back of the net. Less than two minutes later, the Jets scored their fourth season goal.
“I didn’t see what happened in this play,” Cleary said, “All I know is that we were attacking, and within a second a goal is scored.”
Fort Hays scored their final goal in the 61st minute of the match, as Anders Sandsto hit a wide-open shot.
The Tigers move to 3-1 on the season with a record of 3-2-3 and will be back in action this week at home, hosting conference opponents Ouachita Baptist on Thursday and Harding University on Saturday. The game against Ouachita Baptist will start at 7 p.m. at FHSU Soccer Stadium.
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