By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
Fort Hays State Women’s Soccer improved to 6-3-3 overall and 3-2-1 in the MIAA with a 2-1 win over Newman University on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 13). The Tigers scored the first two goals of the match before Newman scored late to cut the margin in half. The Jets fell to 0-11-1 overall and 0-6 in the MIAA with the loss.
The Tigers picked up their first goal in the 30th minute on a crossing pass from Sullivan Kelly that found the head of Sydney Cotter inside the box. It was Cotter’s third goal of the season, tying for the team lead. FHSU held a slight 9-8 shot advantage over NU in the opening half even while going into a steady breeze. FHSU keeper Tatum Hoge and Newman keeper Carla Apodaca each made five saves in the opening half.
Fort Hays State extended its lead in the 79th minute when Gracen Chaney perfectly bent a corner kick up over a leaping keeper and into the net. It was her second goal off a corner kick this season, and proved to be the game winner.
Newman kept formulating chances late in the game and cashed in on a long pass from Kinsey Logan to Delphine Sosu, who won a 1-on-1 situation with Hoge in the 85th minute. But the Tiger defense held off every other late charge from the Jets for the win.
FHSU finished with a 20-15 advantage in shot count. Hoge finished with eight saves for FHSU, while Apodaca had seven for Newman.
The Tigers remain at home for their next three matches. Next up is Northwest Missouri State on Friday, October 18 at 7 p.m.
Friday
EDMOND, Okla. – Fort Hays State fell to Central Oklahoma by a score of 5-2 on Friday afternoon (Oct. 11) in an MIAA contest. An early red card on the Tigers aided the Bronchos in having an offensive advantage for the majority of the contest. FHSU moved to 5-3-3 overall and 2-2-1 in the MIAA, while UCO improved to 5-4-2 overall and 2-1-2 in the MIAA.
Central Oklahoma scored its first goal 21 minutes into the match when a ball saved by Tiger keeper Mackenzie Caldwell rebounded perfectly to Jada Ryan of UCO right in front of an open net. About nine minutes later, UCO had a breakaway opportunity and their player was tripped up by Caldwell in the box in a 1-on-1 situation. The officials decided to issue a red card for the foul, which denied the goal-scoring chance for the Bronchos. With the foul, Tatum Hoge entered the game at goalkeeper and FHSU had to play a player down the final 60 minutes of the match.
Madison Linavong of UCO cashed in the penalty kick and then Tatum Tallal added a goal in the 34th minute, helping push the lead to 3-0 by halftime.
Even being a player down the rest of the match, the Tigers showed enough grit to score twice on the Bronchos. UCO went up 4-0 after a Becca Tweedy goal in the 47th minute, but Taylor Hill responded a minute later with a goal off a long pass from Laila Cook. Twedy scored another goal in the 52nd minute, but the Tigers countered again with a Sydney Cotter goal shot from outside the box in the 61st minute.
The Tigers had seven saves overall in the match, three by Hoge in relief and Caldwell with four in the early going. All eight shots for FHSU in the contest were on goal.