The Missouri Western women’s golf team sits in a tie for 10th place firing a 336 on the first day of the Drury University Fall Shootout which is being play at Silo Ridge Country Club in Bolivar, Mo. The Griffons are tied with Rockhurst and Southern Indiana. Shelby Stone is the top player for the Griffons firing a round one total of 80 which puts her in a tie for 18th place.

The leader of the event is California-PA with a 302 which is three strokes better than host school Drury University (305). Western is the top team out of the MIAA as they lead Truman State (337) by one stroke. They are one stroke behind Upper Iowa (335) and five strokes back of Nebraska-Omaha (331) for 8th place.

The leaders of the event are Dianne Luke and Kim Thomas of California-PA both shooting 73’s.

Casi Webb fired an 84 tying for 46th place while Natalie Bird shot an 85 putting her in a tie for 50th position. Kristen Cooley and Lauryn Huske Davies finished firing an 87 and 95 respectively.

The Griffons will play the final round of the event Tuesday.

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Senior golfer Logan Gilliland fired a one over 73 in the first round of the Pittsburg State University Invitational putting him in a tie for 7th place. As a team the Griffons sit in a tie for 7th firing a day one total of 310 at the Crestwood Country Club.

Washburn fired a first round 288 taking a two stroke lead over Central Missouri (290) and a five stroke lead over host school Pittsburg State (295). Lindenwood sits in 4th with a 297, Arkansas Tech University fifth with a 304, Southwest Baptist is in 6th with a 308 and Fort Hay State is tied with the Griffons with a 310.

Individually Joe Migdal of Central Missouri fired a four under 68 which is one stroke better then Washburn’s Nate Hoeflin and Pittsburg State’s Justice Valdivia.

Kenney Stone sits in a tie for 20th after firing a 76 while Derek Hawkins sits in a tie for 38th with a 79. Tyler Gast and James O’Brien shot an 82 and 83 respectively. Scott Sheldon is playing individually for the Griffons firing an 81.

Western will play the final round of the event Tuesday.

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The Missouri Western soccer team fell 1-0 in a defensive battle against non-conference opponent Wayne State College in Wayne, Neb. Western managed nine shots with just two being on goal falling to 1-2 on the season.

The Griffons out shot the Wildcats in the first frame 5-to-3 and had two corner kicks to one for the Wildcats. Junior goalie Kelley Voigts had one save in the first frame and five in the contest.

The Wildcats put more pressure on the Griffons in the second half taking six shots with five on goal which included the only goal of the game by Alexa Romek in the 77th minute of action. The goal marks her second of the season as it was off a deflection in front of the net.

Ashley Juravich had four shots while K.C. Ramsell had three shots with one on goal for Western. Voigts played all 90 minutes falling to 1-2 on the season.

Macy Hagen, McKenna Adams and Alex Mathers all had two shot with both of Mathers being on goal. Goalie Jessica Stringer had two saves as the Wildcats improve to 2-1 on the season.

Western returns to action on Sunday, September 18 when they travel to Emporia, Kan. to take on the Emporia State Hornets in their first MIAA contest of the season. Game time is set for 1:00 pm from ESU Pitch.

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Missouri Western fell in the night cap on day one of the  UNK Fall Classic presented by Runza and Best Western against host and 5th ranked Nebraska-Kearney, 3-0 (25-10, 25-17, 25-14). Western was led by senior Tahler Johnston with nine kills while junior Stephanie Hattey had 18 set assists and 11 digs. The Griffons fall to 3-3 on the season.

Western struggled in the first set against the high powered Lopers. UNK used runs of 6-0 and 7-0 to claim the 25-10 victory in the opening set. The Griffons played better in set two scoring six straight points claiming an early 8-2 victory. With the score tied at two Western scored five of their six straight points off freshman Brooke Cousino’s serve.

The Lopers battled back tying the score at 10, 11, 12 and 13 before taking control and pushing their lead to 20-15 winning seven of nine points. The Griffons got just two points the rest of the set falling 25-17.

Set three belonged to the Lopers as they opened up an early 12-5 lead. The rest of the set was close with the Lopers out scoring Western 13-9 claiming 25-14 victory in set three and the sweep in the match.

The Griffons hit just .010 in the match with 25 kills while the Lopers hit .319 with 39 kills. Western had 40 digs to the Lopers 48 and had 24 set assists to the Lopers 36.

UNK improves to 7-0 on the season being led by Ariel Krolikowski and Ellie Pesavento with 10 kills apiece. Jenna Touzee had 33 set assists while Markeya Dubbs finished with 13 digs.

Western will close out the UNK Fall Classic tomorrow, Saturday, September 10 with two matches. Western will take Black Hill State University at 2:00 pm and #10 Wayne State College (Neb.) at 6:00 pm.

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Missouri Western opened up the UNK Fall Classic presented by Runza and Best Western with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-23 and 25-23) victory over the Chadron State Eagles. Western hit .231 in the match with freshman Shelby Corkill leading the charge with 13 kills. Western improves to 3-2 on the season. Western plays their second match of the classic at 8:00 pm against host school #5 Nebraska-Kearney.

The Griffons dominated set one jumping out to an 11-4 lead. They kept up the pressure scoring 11 of the next 20 points extending their lead to 22-13. The Eagles won six of the next nine points but a kill by Alex Behnke gave Western the set one victory 25-17.

Western started strong in set two scoring the first six points off Stephanie Hattey serves which included one ace. The Eagles came back nicely claiming their first lead of the match at 11-10 after and attack error by Tahler Johnston. Western took control once again regaining the lead at 13-12 on a kill by Meredith McCormick smash. Western pushed their lead to 21-16 and held on to take a two set advantage winning the set 25-23.

Set three would be a back and forth battle as neither team got ahead by more than three points. With the score tied at 20 Western took control winning five of the final eight points with Johnston getting the final two kills giving Western the 3-0 match victory and a 25-23 victory in the set.

Johnston was the only other Griffon in double digit kills getting 11 in the match. Hattey had 41 set assists and 14 digs while Johnston and Faubel each recorded 12 digs.

The Eagles fall to 3-2 on the season as Mallory Irvine led the charge with 11 kills. Michaela Schmitt had 28 set assists while Mollie Jones had 12 digs.

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Spratt Stadium is the place to be in St. Joseph this Saturday night as Griffon Football takes on Central Missouri at 6:00 PM in front of a live television audience to over 1 million homes throughout MIAA country.

In addition to a great football match-up, Saturday night is also the annual United Way Day at Spratt Stadium.

Beginning at 5 PM when stadium gates open members of MWSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will be selling 50/50 raffle tickets for just $1.00 apiece with the winner taking home half the pot and the other half  being donated to United Way.  The ticket drawing will be done at the end of the third quarter.  Fans will also have the opportunity buy limited edition Griffon Gold “Live United” t-shirts in support of the United Way cause.  The shirts will be sold inside the main Spratt Stadium concourse.

Tickets for the game are $10 for adults, $5 for youth (ages 7 thru high school) and senior citizens while children 6 and under are FREE.  All area youth 13 and under may pick up a free ticket to this game or any Griffon home game this season from the customer service counter at the St. Joseph Hy-Vee via the Hy-Vee Youth Ticket Program  Tickets may be purchased in advance from the Griffon Ticket Office located in Looney Complex Room 229 or by calling 816-271-4481.  Tickets will go on sale beginning at 4 PM at the stadium box offices on game day.

Wear your gold Saturday night, support the Griffs and help out a great cause in the United Way.

In addition, Griffon Athletics welcomes all families of Western students who are in attendance as part of Family Day Activities and we are also pleased to host all St. Joseph & surrounding area elementary school students free of charge on Elementary School Night with the Griffs.

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Led by a 16-over-par 232 from junior Tyler Gast that tied him for 13th place, the Missouri Western State University Griffons finished in 7th place as a team after 54 holes of the Missouri Intercollegiate, played Tuesday and Wednesday at the Porto Cima Golf Club.

Western shot rounds of 326 -312-321 for a total 959 finishing in 7th place, four strokes back of sixth place Rockhurst. The winner of the event William Woods fired rounds of 303-296-309 for a total of 908 eight stokes better then second place finisher Central Missouri. Lindenwood finished third with a 923, Drury fourth with a 941 and Missouri-St. Louis fifth with a 948.

Gast jumped 16 spots from 29th to 13th in the final round firing a one over 73 finishing the three rounds with a 232. Justin Taylor of William Woods won the event firing a 1-under-par 215 (70-69-76) finishing four strokes ahead of Shawn Vanderwal of Drury who fired a 219 (72-76-71) including the low round of the tournament 71.

Freshman, James O’Brien finished in a tie for 32nd firing a 240 (85-73-82) while junior college transfer Kenny Stone tied for 48th firing a 247 (78-90-79). Senior, Logan Gilliland tied for 52nd with a 249 (84-78-87) while freshman Scott Sheldon finished in a tie for 67th with a 256 (84-82-90).

Western returns to action on Monday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 13 when they take part in the Pittsburg State University Invitational. The event will be played a Crestwood Country Club in Pittsburg, Kan.

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