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Griffons bounce back with 45-7 win over Missouri Southern

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ST. JOSEPH – It was an impressive rebound for the Missouri Western football team as the Griffons ran through Missouri Southern for a 45-7 home opening win Thursday night at Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium to earn Matt Williamson his first win as head football coach.

After being held to 209 yards last week in a 14-3 loss at Nebraska-Kearney, the Western offense exploded for 468 yards against Missouri Southern. The defense continued its stellar play, holding Missouri Southern to one touchdown and 282 yards, just 3.5 yards per play. The defense also forced four Lion turnovers, two interceptions and two fumbles.

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
Only one of Missouri Western’s seven scoring drives went more than five plays. That was an eight-play, 48-yard drive in the third quarter that resulted in a Tyler Basch 28-yard field goal. The Griffons’ first three scoring drives were three plays or less. No scoring drive took more than 3:04 off the clock. Don Marino and Corey Bertini weren’t asked to do much through the air, replacing the injured Skyer Windmiller, but the quarterback duo combined to go 10-for-15 with three touchdown passes and 157 yards. Joshua Caldwell carried the ball just 14 times, but scored on three of those carries and averaged more than ten yards per carry to end the game with 142 yards rushing.

RUN, RUN, RUN
The Griffons had 47 official carries for 311 yards. Bertini netted 52 yards on 10 carries. Marino had 43 yards on seven carries. It was the team’s highest rushing total since going for 329 against Nebraska-Kearney on opening night of the 2016 season. Caldwell had TD carries of nine, 31 and 27 yards.

QBs DELIVER
Marino finished 6-of-9 through the air for 110 yards and two touchdowns in his Griffon debut. He connected with Austin Burau for a 57-yard touchdown in the third quarter and threw a six-yard fade to Nino Johnson for a score in the fourth quarter. Bertini threw one touchdown pass and was 4-of-6 through the air for 47 yards. Bertini got 38 of those yards on his one TD pass to Dijuan Ussery in the first quarter.

DEFENSE SOLID AGAIN
The offense’s efficiency meant Missouri Southern ran 19 more plays (81), than the Griffons, but they gained 186 fewer yards than Missouri Western. Southern was 4-of-17 on third down and only made it into the red zone once, resulting in the Lions’ only score of the night. Along with the four turnovers, MWSU also had four sacks. Through eight quarters, the defense has given up 10 points and limited opponents to 276 yards per game. Jabbar Miles had a team-high eight tackles with an interception. Jonathan Owens had the other interception to go with his seven tackles. Kyle Dumler had seven tackles, with 2.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks.

UP NEXT
Missouri Western (1-1) travels to No. 13 Central Missouri (1-1) on Sept. 16. Central Missouri lost 35-6 at Fort Hays State Thursday night.

— MWSU Athletics —

No. 1 Bearcats hang on to defeat Washburn 20-14

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By David Boyce

TOPEKA, Kan. – The momentum shifted heavily against Northwest Missouri State. Washburn could smell a shockwave-type upset, knocking off the No. 1 ranked team and ending the longest current winning streak in all of college football.

The Ichabods had just scored a touchdown and forced a fumble. They got the ball to the Northwest 12 and faced fourth and one midway through the third quarter. Trailing by five points, Washburn went for it. Northwest’s defense rose to the occasion and stopped the Ichabods.

Amazingly, the Bearcats won that pivotal moment playing without senior defensive linemen Caleb Mather, Bobby Gruenloh and Ben Spaeth, who all missed the game because of injuries.

“It was huge, absolutely huge,” Northwest coach Rich Wright said of the defensive stop. “We told our kids on the sidelines (during a timeout) about the long count. I said you got to wait and go on movement. I am proud of those young kids who started on the defensive front tonight. I had four kids tonight who collectively started one game in their college career, and that was last week.”

After the stop, Northwest regained control of the game and hung on to win 20-14 over Washburn Thursday evening at Yager Stadium. Northwest, 2-0, increased its winning streak to 32 straight games. Washburn dropped to 1-1.

“We needed this. We needed this,” said Northwest senior running back Cameron Wilcox, who finished with 69 yards and one touchdown. “I trust my guys, and they trust us, and we came out with a win.”

At the start of the third quarter, Northwest put together an efficient 78-yard drive that culminated with a 14-yard touchdown pass from senior Zach Martin to junior Shawn Bane to increase the Bearcats’ lead to 12-0.

“That team (Washburn) is a good football team,” said Northwest senior quarterback Zach Martin, who completed 30 of 40 passes for 238 yards and a touchdown. “They are physical. It is good for us to play in a long football game. Everyone has to play for the whole distance. We will have experience playing in this type of game when it comes to crunch time.”

Undaunted by the 12-point deficit, Washburn answered with a touchdown drive and closed to 12-7. On the ensuing kickoff, the Ichabods forced a fumble and got the ball at Northwest 20 with 8:50 left in the third quarter.

After the scaring moment that saw Northwest nearly lose the lead midway through the third quarter, the Bearcats settled down. Washburn stopped Northwest, but the Ichabods returned the favor.

Early in the fourth quarter, Northwest put together a 10-play, 87-yard scoring drive. The big play was a 42-yard run by senior Jordan Grove that put the ball at the 3. Three plays later, Northwest scored when Wilcox leaped into the end zone. A two-point conversion gave Northwest a 20-7 lead.

“We had to get something going,” said Grove, who finished with 65 yards rushing. “We were moving the ball in the first half, but we had lulls and couldn’t keep it going. Finally, in the second half, the O-line dug in and were physical and opened some holes for us and we took advantage of it.”

Washburn, though, refused to go away. The Ichabods scored a touchdown with 4:32 left and pulled to within six.

Northwest still needed to make a few plays to secure the win. Wilcox got it started with a 32-yard burst up the middle that put the ball at Washburn’s 48. The Ichabods once again tightened their defense and forced a punt with 2:40 left.

An overly enthusiastic Washburn team ran into the Northwest punter. The 5-yard penalty gave Northwest a first down. Grove and Wilcox put together two nice runs to give the Bearcats another first down with 1:43 left.

“Those boys up there really blocked,” Wilcox said of his offensive line. “They put themselves on the line for us. We got to follow them and make plays, and that is what we did.”

Washburn got the ball back at its 14 with 18 seconds left. It was highly improbable that the Ichabods could go 86 yards with so little time left. And they didn’t.

For the first time in nearly two years, Northwest needed to make plays in the waning minutes to win a football game. The last time the Bearcats had a single-digit victory was Sept. 26, 2015, when they beat Central Oklahoma 23-16 at Bearcat Stadium.

“Moving forward, we are looking to put together a complete game next week,” Wright said.

In the first half, Northwest faced one of its sternest challenge in the last four years and still went into halftime with a 5-0 lead. And that speaks to the formidable defense by the Bearcats.

Early on, there was no indication that the first half was going to be so close. Northwest stopped the Ichabods on three plays and forced a punt. Starting at its 21, Northwest methodically moved down field and got inside the 10.

Facing fourth and goal from the 2, Northwest was stopped one-yard shy of the goal line. The stop showed that the Washburn defense was determined to match the Bearcats.

But Northwest defense is special. The Bearcats shutout a high-powered Emporia State team last week and quickly made a winning play against Washburn. On Washburn’s next offensive play, the Bearcats tackled Washburn running back in the end zone for a safety.

“We knew we were going to be young on the defensive line while we are trying to get everybody healthy,” said junior defensive end Austen Eskew. “You just got to get off the ball, get in your gap and do your assignment. That is what coach preached all week.

“We had some busts, but we are young and battled hard, and that can overcome a lot of errors. I feel this was a big confidence booster for the young guys, including myself, without those three seniors we have there. They were leaders all week, and they did what they could to get us ready.”

Northwest got the ball back in good field position but was unable to move the ball. That became the theme for the rest of the first half. Northwest went into the second quarter ahead 2-0.

The Bearcats finally put together a scoring drive midway through the second quarter. They had to earn each yard. It took Northwest 12 plays and 6 minutes, 32 seconds to go 34 yards, setting up a 29-yard field goal by junior Brett Garner with 5:36 left in the second quarter.

A quarterback change by Washburn ignited the Ichabods’ best drive of the game. Washburn started at its 50 and moved to the 27 before the drive stalled. Washburn attempted a 47-yard field goal that fell short.

The defense by Northwest was simply stellar. The Bearcats allowed only 43 total yards and three first downs in the first half.

— Northwest Athletics —

Chiefs stun Patriots 42-27 in season opener

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — There were big plays all over the field. The Chiefs, not the Patriots, were making them.

Rookie Kareem Hunt, after fumbling on his first NFL carry, scored three times and set an NFL mark to help Kansas City stun New England 42-27 on Thursday night in the season opener. Hunt’s 239 yards in his pro debut were a record since the 1970 merger.

Alex Smith threw two long touchdown passes and became the first quarterback with 300-plus yards, four TDs and no interceptions against coach Bill Belichick. The 42 points were the most the Patriots have allowed in Belichick’s 17-plus seasons.

Coming off their sensational Super Bowl rally to a fifth Lombardi Trophy, the Patriots faded badly in the second half. A raucous sold-out crowd of 65,878 celebrated the unveiling of yet another championship banner, and there was plenty of talk about Tom Brady leading them to a 19-0 record.

After Week 1, though, they are winless.

“I just think we need to have more urgency and go out there and perform a lot better,” Brady said “It’s a winning attitude, a championship attitude you have to bring every day. We had it handed to us on our own field.”

It was the first time the Patriots lost at Gillette Stadium when leading at halftime, a span of 82 games. They were no match for the Chiefs in the last two periods.

Tyreek Hill scored on a 75-yarder and Hunt put the Chiefs in front with a 78-yarder to punctuate Kansas City’s charge after trailing 17-14 at halftime. Hunt also had a 58-yard scamper and finished with 141 yards rushing and 98 receiving. Hill had 133 yards through the air, and Smith went 28 for 35 for 368 yards and four touchdowns and no interceptions.

Brady, the 13th quarterback to start an NFL game at age 40, didn’t look too spry. He struggled mightily in the second half and didn’t throw for a touchdown, finishing 16 for 36 for 267 yards.

“Just a very poor effort and we’ll have to do a lot better,” Brady said. “Didn’t make a lot of plays tonight, actually.”

Patriots newcomer Mike Gillislee scored on three short runs, becoming the first player since Terrell Owens of Philadelphia in 2004 to score three touchdowns in his debut with a new team.

And Kansas City aided the Patriots’ cause with 15 penalties for 139 yards. Yet, in the end, the Chiefs looked like world-beaters.

At the beginning, it seemed like an extension of February’s Super Bowl. Riled up, Brady and the Patriots tore through the opposing defense as if it belonged to, well, the Falcons, scoring in nine plays, with Gillislee surging in from the 2.

One play later, they were at it again as Hunt fumbled. The Patriots took over at the Kansas City 32 and appeared to go up 14-0 on Rob Gronkowski’s diving catch. Then a replay review overturned the score, with NFL headquarters — which now makes final decisions on such reviews — determining the ball hit the ground as Gronk came down in the end zone.

Gillislee was stopped on fourth-and-inches at the KC 10 and the Chiefs, looking very much like the host team, marched 90 yards in 12 plays. Hunt made up for his early gaffe by gaining 25 yards on the tying drive, which Smith capped with a sharp 8-yard pass to Demetrius Harris.

The teams traded long touchdown drives, New England going 82 yards to Gillislee’s second TD, the Chiefs covering 92 yards at the end of the half before Hunt ran in with a 3-yard swing pass.

Stephen Gostkowski’s 25-yard field goal was the margin for New England’s halftime edge.

But the crowd’s fervor was silenced with Hill’s long touchdown on which prized free agent addition cornerback Stephon Gilmore was torched. Hunt sped down the middle behind linebacker Kyle Van Noy and DE/LB Cassius Marsh to put Kansas City in front for good.

SHORT YARDAGE

New England failed twice in the first quarter on short-yardage runs, by Gillislee and Super Bowl hero James White, and again in the fourth period, by Gillislee. If anyone proclaimed the Patriots were missing RB LeGarrette Blount, who scored 18 TDs last season and was a beast in such situations, well, Gillislee, who came from Buffalo as a restricted free agent, ran in for a pair of 2-yard touchdowns and a 1-yarder.

ROGER, ROGER

Not only did the crowd revel in the video highlights from the Super Bowl, the fans booed vigorously when Commissioner Roger Goodell was shown talking on the sideline Chiefs owner Clark Hunt during warmups. A website distributed thousands of towels featuring Goodell’s face adorned with a clown nose, and many fans also had T-shirts with the caricature. Goodell watched the game from a suite, but not with Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

INJURIES

Kansas City’s star safety Eric Berry was carted off with 4:56 remaining with an undisclosed injury.

The Patriots lost perhaps their best defensive player, linebacker Dont’a Hightower, in the third quarter with a knee injury. His absence showed on Hunt’s long TD reception. … WR Danny Amendola left in the fourth quarter with a head injury. He’s projected as New England’s slot receiver with Julian Edelman out for the season.

UP NEXT

Chiefs: Host Philadelphia on Sept. 17.

Patriots: Visit New Orleans on Sept. 17.

— Associated Press —

Herrera blows 9th inning lead as Royals lose to Minnesota

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Twins had seen the scenario that faced them Thursday night play out seemingly countless times over the past few weeks: They rally down the stretch only to come up short in the ninth.

The outcome was far different this time.

Jorge Polanco drove in the go-ahead runs off ailing Kansas City closer Kelvin Herrera with two outs in the ninth, and Minnesota rallied to beat the Royals 4-2 on Thursday night in a game that could have massive implications on the American League wild-card race.

“It was really good to see us get over the hump in one of these games. We’ve been putting pressure on to the last out,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “Guys put together some really nice at-bats.”

Herrera, who has been dealing with a mild forearm strain, inherited a 2-1 lead before giving up a pair of singles and a walk. Brian Dozier hit a tying sacrifice fly to the warning track, and after Joe Mauer was walked intentionally, Polanco lined a single up the middle for the lead.

Trevor Hildenberger (3-2) earned the win with a scoreless eighth in relief of Twins starter Kyle Gibson, while Matt Belisle handled a perfect ninth to pick up his sixth save.

“Any time you can go seven innings without striking anybody out, your defense is playing good,” Gibson said. “And hats off to the offense. That’s why we won the game. The offense didn’t give up.”

Herrera (3-3) squandered a solid night from Sam Gaviglio, who was recently claimed off waivers from the Mariners, and the rest of the Kansas City bullpen. Gaviglio allowed only a homer from Robbie Grossman and three other hits in five innings before a trio of relievers got the game to the ninth.

“We had it lined up the way we wanted it to line up,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.

The loss was especially devastating for the roller-coaster Royals given their place in the crowded AL wild-card race. They began the night 2 1/2 games back of the Twins with 24 games to play.

“That’s a tough loss right there in the last inning,” the Royals’ Alcides Escobar said. “Just come back tomorrow, keep playing hard and win the series.”

Gaviglio and Gibson matched each other through four scoreless innings before Grossman drove a 3-2 pitch from the Royals’ new starter into the bullpen in right field with one out in the fifth.

Alex Gordon singled in Escobar in the bottom half, and Whit Merrifield’s hard-hit single gave Kansas City a lead that would stand until the ninth.

Max Kepler started the Twins’ go-ahead rally with a single. Then, after Eduardo Escobar struck out, Jason Castro singled and Grossman walked to set up Dozier, whose deep fly ball tied the game.

Polanco followed with the eventual game-winning hit.

“It was a pretty big game,” Yost acknowledged. “It looked like we had everything lined up to win it but we just didn’t win it.”

STATS AND STREAKS

The Twins are 10-6 against the Royals this season. They were 4-15 against them last season. … Herrera has not recorded a save since Aug. 16 at Oakland. … Gibson has a 1.69 ERA in his last four starts. … Mauer reached safely five times for the second time this season.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Twins 3B Miguel Sano (left shin) did light running but hit off a tee rather than taking batting practice after experiencing soreness. He has been on the DL retroactive to Aug. 20. “We’ll see if he can get on the field (Friday),” Molitor said.

Royals 3B Cheslor Cuthbert was out of the lineup while dealing with a gallbladder issue. … LHP Danny Duffy (left elbow impingement) and RHP Joakim Soria (left oblique strain) threw off the mound. “Both did OK,” Yost said. “They’re making progress.” … 3B Mike Moustakas was the DH to give his achy right knee a rest. “He’s playable,” Yost said, “or he wouldn’t be in there.”

UP NEXT

Royals RHP Ian Kennedy and Twins RHP Ervin Santana meet in a rematch of last Sunday, when neither factored into Kansas City’s 5-4 victory. Kennedy allowed four runs, two earned, in 5 2/3 innings while Santana yielded four runs in 6 2/3 innings.

— Associated Press —

St. Louis gets blanked in series finale at San Diego

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dexter Fowler struck out against Brad Hand with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, capping the San Diego Padres’ 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night.

Hand allowed singles by Stephen Piscotty, Randal Grichuk and Carson Kelly to load the bases in the ninth inning before getting Fowler to whiff on a slider in the dirt. Hand got his 16th save.

Jose Pirela had a run-scoring infield single in the first inning, and that was all the cushion Clayton Richard (7-13) and relievers Craig Stammen, Kirby Yates and Hand needed. Richard got 11 groundball outs while allowing five hits and striking out five in six innings.

Wil Myers added his 25th homer of the season, a two-run shot in the seventh.

After Stammen struck out two in the seventh, Greg Garcia and pinch-hitter Breyvic Valera singled, with Valera’s being his first in the majors. Manuel Margot then made a running catch on pinch-hitter Tommy Pham’s sinking line drive in center.

Lance Lynn (10-7) tiptoed around trouble in the first, allowing a run on three infield hits, an error by Alex Mejia and a walk. Pirela’s slow roller to third scored Margot after he opened the inning with a hit.

Lynn lasted through the sixth, giving up six hits and three walks, with three strikeouts on 118 pitches.

It was the second straight start the Cardinals failed to support Lynn. He pitched eight scoreless innings for the first time in three years but didn’t prevail against the San Francisco Giants last week.

The Cardinals got a rare runner in scoring position when Paul DeJong doubled in the first. He didn’t advance, though, and Richard induced double plays in the second and fourth innings. That gave Richard 27 groundball double plays, tying teammate Luis Perdomo for the most in the NL.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: 2B Kolten Wong (sore back) is expected to return this weekend. … 3B Matt Carpenter (right shoulder strain) should be back in the lineup Friday.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: Luke Weaver (4-1, 2.50) faces the Pirates as St. Louis kicks off a six-game homestand. Weaver is one of five rookies to have double-digit strikeout games this season. His 90 strikeouts through his first 17 career games are the most ever by a Cardinal.

Padres: RHP Jordan Lyles (0-2, 6.71) is making his second start of the season and his first on the road. He tossed a season-high 4 1/3 innings in his Padres debut last week, getting a no-decision after allowing two runs on six hits to the Dodgers.

— Associated Press —

Chiefs release Spiller, Devey in bookkeeping maneuver

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs released running back C.J. Spiller and offensive lineman Jordan Devey in a move that allows the team to sign them following their season opener without guaranteeing their contracts.

Kansas City plays at New England on Thursday night.

Spiller and Devey are both veterans whose contracts would have become guaranteed for the entire season had they been on the 53-man roster for the Chiefs’ first game. But the Chiefs apparently did not need them against the Patriots and made what amounts to a bookkeeping maneuver.

In the case of Spiller, the move makes particular sense. He’s had a lengthy history of injuries and the prospect of a non-guaranteed contract would be much more palatable to the Chiefs.

The move leaves them with only running backs Kareem Hunt and Charcandrick West on the roster.

Western’s Shi Qing Ong earns weekly MIAA golf honor

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Another top-ten finish in the decorated young career of Shi Qing Ong led to another honor for the Missouri Western women’s golfer.

The junior was named MIAA Women’s Golf Co-Athlete of the Week after tying for seventh place at the Central Region Fall Preview at Prairie Highlands Golf Club in Olathe, Kansas earlier this week. Ong and Fort Hays State’s Hannah Perkins were the highest MIAA finishers at the event. Ong finised the event with a 2-over-par 74 in both rounds of the challenging regional event.

Ong was named the 2016-17 MWSU Female Student-Athlete of the Year after winning MIAA Women’s Golfer of the Week honors four times. She was also named WGCA All-Region and first team All-MIAA after ten top-ten finishes last season. She was named MIAA Freshman of the Year following a stellar 2015-16 campaign.

— MWSU Athletics —

Perez homers twice as Royals rout Tigers 13-2

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DETROIT (AP) — Salvador Perez homered twice as the Kansas City Royals broke open a close game to rout the Detroit Tigers 13-2 on Wednesday night.

The Royals broke a 2-2 tie with four runs in the seventh, then scored seven in the eighth. Perez drove in three runs, while Whit Merrifield had three doubles and three RBI. Alcides Escobar had four hits, falling a homer short of the cycle.

Jason Hammell (8-10) got the win, giving up two runs, nine hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out six while winning for the third time in four starts.

Tigers starter Matthew Boyd pitched six-plus innings, allowing four runs, seven hits and two walks while striking out four.

Perez gave the Royals a 1-0 lead in the second inning with his 23rd homer. The home run was Kansas City’s 169th of the season, setting a franchise record. Escobar made it 2-0 later in the inning with an RBI triple.

The Tigers got on the board after an error by third baseman Mike Moustakas in the fourth inning. With runners on the corners and one out, he misplayed what looked like an inning-ending double play ball, allowing James Hicks to score from third.

Ian Kinsler tied the game in the fifth, hitting his 15th homer. It was his 16th straight solo homer, with his last multi-run home run coming on Sept. 28, 2016, against Cody Anderson of the Cleveland Indians.

Escobar led off the seventh with a double and Alex Gordon blooped an RBI double down the left-field line, ending Boyd’s night. Warwick Saupold allowed a third straight double, this one to Merrifield, giving the Royals a 4-2 lead.

Lorenzo Cain singled home Merrifield, and Melky Cabrera doubled to move Cain to third and bring Jairo Labourt out of the Tigers bullpen. A passed ball gave Kansas City a 6-2 lead, but Labourt struck out Eric Hosmer and, after an intentional walk, got Moustakas to hit into an inning-ending double play.

Moustakas, who had been noticeably limping in the field, left the game after the inning with a sore knee. He’s listed as day to day.

The Royals put the game away with their seven-run eighth, including two runs on Merrifield’s third double and two more on Perez’s second homer. Tigers rookie Joe Jimenez gave up five runs in the inning while only recording one out.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: RHP Joakim Soria (oblique) and LHP Danny Duffy (elbow) both threw short bullpen sessions on Wednesday. If they have no soreness, they will throw again on Friday with the hopes of returning before the end of the regular season.

Tigers: RHP Anibal Sanchez (calf) could pitch this weekend against the Blue Jays. Sanchez left Tuesday’s start after being hit by a groundball on his fifth pitch of the night, so he could pitch with fewer than four days’ rest.

UP NEXT

Royals: Kansas City returns home Thursday to start a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins. Sam Gaviglio (3-5, 4.62) will make his Royals debut after being claimed on waivers from Seattle on Friday, while Kyle Gibson (9-10, 5.33) starts for Minnesota.

Tigers: Detroit is off on Thursday before starting a three-game series in Toronto on Friday. Buck Farmer (3-2, 7.18) starts for the Tigers against an undetermined Blue Jays starter.

— Associated Press —

MWSU women’s golf finishes 7th at Central Region Fall Preview

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OLATHE, Kan. – The Missouri Western women’s golf team shot a 622 in the final round of the Central Region Fall Preview at Prairie Highland Golf Club. The Griffons finished seventh and they finished just eight strokes away from a third place finish.

Shi Qing Ong led MWSU with a 2-over-par 74 in the second round and finished 4-over-par 148 for seventh place in the event. Chong Yong was tied for ninth place with a 150 after she shot a 78 in the second round. Tiffanie Yabut carded a 158 as Katie Irvin ended her tournament with a 167. Jenna Kosmatka rounded out the MWSU score card with a 173.

Augustana’s Hannah Hankinson won the individual championship with a 5-under-par 139 as the Vikings claimed the team title with a 588.

Missouri Western travels to the Northeastern State University Women’s Golf Classic on Monday, Sept. 11 and Tuesday, Sept. 12 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest Missouri State soccer falls to Rockhurst 3-1

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The Northwest Missouri State University soccer team fell to Rockhurst University, 3-1, on Wednesday at Bearcat Pitch in Maryville, Mo.

– Northwest falls to 1-1 on the year while Rockhurst improves to 2-0.

– Danielle Wolfe scored her first goal of the season in the 46th minute off an assist from Izzy Romano.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest had 19 total shots with 10 coming on goal. Rockhurst had 26 total shots with eight on target.

– Madi McKeever had a team-high five shots with three coming on goal.

– Danielle Wolfe, Emily Madden and Romano each had three shots.

– Ashley Malloy made five saves.

– Rockhurst scored goals in the 64th, 78th and 82nd minutes.

Key Northwest Sequence
– In the second half, Northwst played a ball down the left side of the field. Romano took the ball and found Danielle Wolfe near the end line. Wolfe took a shot that curled past the keeper and into the far side of the net to give the Bearcats a 1-0 lead.

Up Next
– Northwest will have the weekend off before heading to St. Joseph, Mo., to take on Missouri Western on Friday, Sept. 15, at 6 p.m. in a non-conference matchup. The Bearcats return home on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 12:30 p.m. to face UCM in a non-MIAA match.

— Northwest Athletics —

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