By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
The Fort Hays State women’s soccer team won 1-0 over Northwestern Oklahoma State on Monday (Sept. 5). The Tigers scored on a corner kick in the first half to take the lead and the defense kept the Rangers out of shooting position to secure the win and their third shutout of the season. FHSU improved to 3-0-1 on the year and NWOSU took its first loss of the year falling to 2-1-1.
Fort Hays State made its presence known on offense in the first half taking 11 shots and placing three on goal. The game-winning goal came from Gracen Chaney as she expertly bent a corner kick between the posts where it bounced off of the keeper’s mitts into the net. The Tiger defense locked down the Rangers holding them to only three shots in the first half with none of them on target.
FHSU finished with 17 shots, putting five on target, while NWOSU managed six shots with two placed on goal. Keeper Isabel Robben picked up a pair of saves in her third shutout effort of the season and Rachel Brown managed four for the Rangers.
The 3-0-1 start for the FHSU women is their best since 2016, when they started 4-0. A win in the next contest would match the start of the 2016 squad, which tied in their fifth game that season
The Tigers will be on the road next week as they take on Nebraska-Kearney on Friday (Sep. 9) before taking on one of their in-state rivals Emporia State on Sunday (Sep. 11). Both matches are non-conference, part of three-match span of non-conference games against MIAA teams.
Saturday
The Fort Hays State
women’s soccer team defeated Wayne State (Neb.) 1-0 in the home opener on
Saturday (Sep. 3). After entering halftime scoreless, the Tigers found the net
early in the second half and held off the Wildcat attack to secure the win.
FHSU improved to 2-0-1 on the year and Wayne State fell to 0-2-1.
There was plenty of action in the first half despite no goals scored as the
Tigers took nine shots and put five on target, while the Wildcats managed a
pair of shots with one placed on goal.
FHSU struck quickly in the second half when Montserrat
Diaz passed to Hannah
Mares, who chipped the ball back to Diaz accelerating past a
defender. Diaz knocked the ball past the keeper in a one-one-one situation for
her first goal as a Tiger. The Tiger defense kept the Wildcats at arm’s length,
led by keeper Isabel
Robben who secured three saves on the day compared to seven by
Sidney Truman of WSC. Robben and the Tigers posted their second shutout of the
season, both which have been against opponents from the NSIC.
The Tigers finished with a season-high 14 shots and placed eight on goal, while
the Wildcats lined up eight shots and put three on target.