By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
RUSSELVILLE, Ark. – Fort Hays State Men’s Soccer will be the No. 3 seed in the four-team GAC/MIAA Tournament, held November 4 and 6. The tournament will be in Bethany, Oklahoma for a second straight year as Southern Nazarene claimed a second-straight regular season title to host the tournament. FHSU will face Rogers State in the semifinals.
This year’s semifinal matchups will be the same as last year, the only difference being that FHSU and Rogers State swap seeds this year. Last year FHSU was the No. 2 seed going into the tournament, but holds the No. 3 seed this year. Fort Hays State claimed the GAC/MIAA Tournament title last year in Bethany, defeating Rogers State and Northeastern State.
Fort Hays State and Rogers State played to a draw in both regular season meetings. Southern Nazarene defeated Northeastern State twice in the regular season.
The Friday semifinal between FHSU and Rogers State will be at 3 p.m., with the Southern Nazarene vs. Northeastern State semifinal following at 6 p.m. The final on Sunday is slated for 1 p.m.
The winner of the GAC/MIAA Tournament will receive an automatic bid into Super Regional 3 of the NCAA Tournament.
Thursday
Fort Hays State played to a scoreless draw with No. 19 ranked Rogers State on Thursday (Oct. 27). FHSU finished the regular season 8-4-6 overall and 6-2-3 in conference play, while RSU moved to 8-3-5 overall and 6-1-3 in GAC play with one contest left.
Both squads put together long stretches of accurate passes to set up offensive opportunities, but neither were able to find the net. The final shot count was 16-13 in favor of the Hillcats. With seven saves in the match, Kieran Brown now has the most career saves in FHSU men’s soccer history with 204. Kent Freund previously held the record with 198. Brown also collected his 19th career shutout.