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MWSU’s Phipps named CoSIDA Academic All-District

Posted on October 27, 2016October 27, 2016

ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western soccer defender Paige Phipps has been named CoSIDA Academic All-District.

The junior defender is a nursing student with a 3.86 cumulative GPA. Phipps has twice been named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll, and in 2014 was also a recipient of the MIAA Scholar-Athlete and MIAA Academic Excellence Awards. The Omaha native was also named honorable mention in 2014.

This season Phipps has helped lead the Griffons to the most wins in program history. She has been a part of the three greatest seasons in program history, each of the last three years. Phipps has played in 13 games this season with nine starts. She’s been credited with three shots and one assist on the season.

Phipps was one of four MIAA representatives on the District 7 team. She’s now eligible for CoSIDA Academic All-American status.

— MWSU Athletics —

Missouri Western drops final non-conference volleyball match at Truman State

Posted on October 25, 2016

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Missouri Western volleyball team lost at Truman State 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-16, 25-19) in their final non-conference match of the season Tuesday night.

After dropping the opening set, Missouri Western would take an early 7-4 advantage to combine with seven kills from Shellby Taylor to even the match at 1-1. However, the Griffons could not carry the momentum and fell in the next two sets.

Taylor would finish, with her season best, 14 kills. Kelsey Olion would add 11 kills as Rachel Friedrichs ended her night with 10 kills. Friedrichs also added two service aces for MWSU. Defensively, Kayla Ruff paced Missouri Western with 20 digs.

The Griffons return to conference play this weekend as they travel to #14 Washburn, Saturday for a 6 p.m. match then head to Emporia State for 2 p.m. Sunday match.

— MWSU Athletics —

MINK League All-Star Game moving to Chillicothe; playoff format changing in 2017

Posted on October 25, 2016October 25, 2016

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The MINK League set the date and location for its third annual all-star game and home run derby.

The contest will be held on Thursday, July 6, but will switch venues this summer. St. Joseph hosted the event each of the last two seasons, but for the first time, it shifts to Chillicothe.

“After all the hard work from my coaching staff and front office that it took to put on two outstanding MINK League All-Star Games, we think the time has come for another city to host this great event,” Mustangs’ CEO and President Dan Gerson said. “The 2017 game will be in Chillicothe. Very high expectations follow along with the 2017 All-Star Game after our great fans welcomed the contest and its players to St. Joseph the last two summers, and showed why Phil Welch Stadium is the premiere venue in the MINK League. We wish them all the best.”

The MINK League playoff format is also changing in 2017.

The new format will allow the top three teams from each division to advance to the postseason with the top team in the North and South Divisions receiving first round byes.

The opening round of the postseason will feature the No. 2 and No. 3 team in each division facing off in a wild card game, with the winner moving on to meet their respective division winners in a one-game divisional playoff.

Winners of the divisional playoff advance to the best-of-three MINK League Championship Series.

Below is the schedule and dates for the playoffs:
July 26: MINK Wild Card Games
July 27: MINK Divisional Playoff
July 28: MINK League Championship Series Game 1
July 29: MINK League Championship Series Game 2
July 30: MINK League Championship Series Game 3 (if necessary)

— St. Joseph Mustangs Press Release —

Missouri State picked fourth in preseason MVC men’s basketball poll

Posted on October 25, 2016

ST. LOUIS – Missouri State’s men’s basketball team was picked fourth, and last year’s conference Newcomer of the Year Dequon Miller was named to the Preseason All-MVC second team today, the Missouri Valley Conference announced early Tuesday at its annual Basketball Tip-Off event.

The Bears, who return four starters and 70 percent of their scoring from last season, were tabbed to finish among the MVC’s top four teams for the third time in five seasons. A preseason poll of league coaches, media representatives and athletics communications staffs has the Bears behind just preseason league favorite Wichita State (413 points), Illinois State (356) and Northern Iowa (348) among The Valley’s 10 teams.

Rounding out the poll are Southern Illinois (228), Indiana State (219), Loyola (179), Bradley (110), Evansville (106) and Drake (73). Wichita State collected 37 of a possible 42 first-place votes with Illinois State (4) and UNI (1) collecting the other five.

“You have to earn it each and every day in this league, no matter where you’re picked,” said Bears’ head coach Paul Lusk. “No matter where you’re picked, everyone’s goal is to win the conference title, and that’s what we strive to do every day in our program.”

Miller is one of 10 players to be named to the MVC Preseason All-Conference Team. First-team selections include Wichita State’s Markis McDuffie, Illinois State’s duo of MiKyle McIntosh and Paris Lee, Indiana State’s Brenton Scott and UNI’s Jeremy Morgan. Morgan was also named the MVC Preseason Player of the Year.

Joining MSU’s starting point guard on the second team are Loyola standout Milton Doyle, WSU’s Shaq Morris, SIU’s Sean O’Brien and Drake’s Reed Timmer.

Miller became just the fifth Bear to receive MVC Newcomer of the Year honors. He was also an honorable mention All-MVC selection during his first season in Springfield and led the Bears in scoring (12.7 points per game), 3-point shooting (57), assists (96) and minutes played (1,110). He ranked among the Valley’s top 10 leaders in all four categories, was the league’s seventh-best scorer (13.4) in conference games and was one of the nation’s top 100 performers in minutes played per game (34.7). He is the No. 3 returning scorer in the MVC this season.

“Dequon is more concerned about winning than any individual accolades,” Lusk said. “But there’s no doubt he has improved since last season, and we look for him to have a great senior season.”

Missouri State’s preseason poll ranking is its best since being tabbed third in 2014-15. The Bears were also picked fourth in 2013-14 under Lusk who enters his sixth season at the helm of the MSU program.

The Bears open the 2016-17 campaign with an exhibition game against Missouri Baptist on Saturday, Nov. 5 at JQH Arena.

— MSU Athletics —

MIAA hands out weekly football awards

Posted on October 24, 2016October 24, 2016

Kansas City, Mo. – Central Missouri’s Garrett Fugate has been named the MIAA Football Offensive Athlete of the Week. Fort Hays State’s Sie Doe, Jr. earned the honor on defensive while his teammate Brandon Brown earned the honor on special teams.

MIAA Football Offensive Athlete of the Week
Garrett Fugate, QB, Central Missouri

Fugate completed 28-of-41 passes for 357 yards and three touchdowns in Central Missouri’s 29-27 win over Washburn. He also added 30 yards rushing. He threw scoring strikes of 13, 37 and 31 as the Mules held off the Ichabods to improve to 6-2 on the season. The 6-3 senior quarterback is a native of Overland Park, Kan. where he competed at Blue Valley Northwest High School.

MIAA Football Defensive Athlete of the Week
Sie Doe, Jr., DL, Fort Hays State

Doe, Jr. had another big weekend with 11 tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble in Fort Hays States 35-27 win over Missouri Western. With the two sacks, Doe tied the single season record at FHSU now with 12 on the season. His record-tying sack was a big key to the win, forcing a fumble on the sack that FHSU recovered with 8:25 to go in the game. The Tigers scored a touchdown just two plays later to gain breathing room with a 28-19 lead. The 6-1 senior defensive lineman is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and came to FHSU after playing at Butte College.

MIAA Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week
Brandon Brown, K, Fort Hays State

Brown averaged 43.5 yards per punt in the 35-27 win for Fort Hays State over Missouri Western. He punted eight times with two resulting in drives starting inside the 20 and three resulting in touchbacks. His longest punt of the game was a 78 yarder for a touchback, tying the second-longest punt in FHSU history. He averaged 54.4 yards on kickoffs with three touchbacks, and went 5-of-5 on extra-point conversions. His only blemish of the day was a missed 41-yard field goal into the wind. The 6-1 junior kicker is a native of Sam Ramon, Calif. where he competed at Chico State and Diablo Valley College after playing at California High School.

— MIAA Press Release —

Kansas State’s Willis named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week

Posted on October 24, 2016

MANHATTAN, Kan. – After climbing up the Kansas State career sack list once again on Saturday in the Wildcats’ 24-21 victory over Texas, senior defensive end Jordan Willis was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.

Willis picked up his first-career Big 12 weekly honor and the second by a Wildcat defender this season. K-State ranks second in the Big 12 with 43 conference player of the week honors since 2011, including six in 2016.

A product of Kansas City, Missouri, Willis filled up the stat sheet as he carded seven tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, a pair of sacks, a forced fumble and a pass breakup. The senior, who leads the Big 12 in both sacks and TFLs, improved his season sack total to 8.0 to rank third in the nation, while he now has 11.5 TFLs this year to stand seventh nationally.

Willis now has 22.5 career sacks as he moved into fourth place in Kansas State history, the most by a Wildcat since Darren Howard set the school record with 29.5 from 1996-99. He also has 34.5 career TFLs, just 4.5 shy of entering the school’s top-10 list that does not include anyone that has played in the last 15 years.

K-State travels to Iowa State this Saturday in an 11 a.m., contest that will be shown nationally on FSN.

— K-State Athletics —

Chiefs hang on to defeat New Orleans 27-21

Posted on October 23, 2016

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes in another efficient outing, Daniel Sorensen returned an interception of Drew Brees for another touchdown and the Kansas City Chiefs held off the mistake-prone New Orleans Saints 27-21 on Sunday.

Spencer Ware ran for 77 yards to go with his 46-yard touchdown reception, and Tyreek Hill made an acrobat 38-yard TD catch to help the Chiefs (4-2) win their ninth straight at home.

Brees got the Saints (2-4) within 24-21 with his touchdown pass to Brandon Coleman with 2:33 left, but the ensuing onside kick went out of bounds. Kansas City added a 41-yard field goal, and the Saints could do nothing in the final 28 seconds to change the outcome.

Brees finished with 367 yards and three TD passes, but much of that offense came while he was trying to rally the Saints. It was actually another uneven performance away from the Superdome for the star quarterback, who was coming off a 465-yard game last week against Carolina.

Meanwhile, the Chiefs showed some mettle after falling into an early 7-0 hole. Ware’s touchdown on a screen pass and Sorensen’s pick-six off a batted ball quickly turned the momentum, and Hill added his long touchdown reception to make it 21-7 at the break.

The Saints drew within a touchdown on Mark Ingram’s catch midway through the third quarter, but the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner fumbled inside the Kansas City 10 with 8:26 left in the game and the Chiefs leading 24-14.

New Orleans got the ball back and eventually scored, but the wasted time proved costly.

LOTS OF LAUNDRY

The Saints struggled with the crowd noise in Arrowhead Stadium, getting flagged for four false starts and a delay of game. They also got hit with two unnecessary roughness penalties, including one with just over two minutes left that kept them from getting the ball back.

REID ROLLS 300

The Chiefs’ Andy Reid coached his 300th game Sunday. Most of those were over his 14 seasons in Philadelphia, where he was 140-102-1. He is now 36-21 in his fourth season in Kansas City.

INJURY REPORT

Saints: LB Dannell Ellerbe (quad), LB Stephone Anthony (hamstring) and CB Delvin Breaux (broken leg) left New Orleans without three defensive starters, while starting LG Andrus Peat (groin) was also out. Backup LG Senio Kelemete later left with a stinger, forcing Tim Lelito into the lineup.

Chiefs: Starting CB Phillip Gaines (knee) was inactive, while RB Jamaal Charles (knee swelling) was active in a limited role. He had just one carry early in the game.

— Associated Press —

Western soccer loses at home to Emporia State Sunday 2-1

Posted on October 23, 2016

ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western soccer team followed a record breaking 10th win of the season on Friday with a disappointing 2-1 loss to Emporia State Sunday at Spratt Stadium.

The Griffons found themselves in a 2-0 hole in the 83rd minute when Cassidy Menke scored her seventh goal of the season to pull her team within one. The goal for Menke tied her for the most goals in a season ever by a Griffon. But it was too little too late as Missouri Western was not able to find the back of the net again, dropping to 10-6 overall and 5-4 in the MIAA. Emporia State improved to 5-4 in the league as well, 7-7-2 overall.

The loss left Missouri Western in a four-way tie for fifth place in the MIAA standings after wins by Washburn, Lindenwood and Emporia State on Sunday.

Statistically, the Griffons controlled the action, out-shooting the Hornets 15-5 overall and 9-3 on goal. The Griffons also earned eight corner kicks to one for Emporia State.

Missouri Western has two remaining regular season games beginning with the final home match of 2016, Friday Oct. 28 against Northwest Missouri State. It will be senior night at Spratt Stadium in addition to the inaugural Trick-or-Treat Movie Night at the stadium. Fans can bring a canned good to the game for entry to the movie shown after the game. Trick or treating and other games will be offered to youth during the soccer game.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest soccer falls on senior day to Washburn 2-0

Posted on October 23, 2016

The Northwest Missouri State soccer team falls to Washburn in Sunday’s Senior Day match, 2-0.

Northwest falls to 4-10-1 overall and 2-7 in MIAA play. The Ichabods improve to 9-6-1 and 5-4 in conference action.

The three Bearcat soccer seniors, Jessica Breyfogle, Ashley Cole and Cassie Phillips, were honored at halftime.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Ashley Malloy with two saves on the afternoon.

– Washburn had four shots on goal to the Bearcats’ 10.

– Northwest earned two corners on the afternoon to the Ichabods five.

– Washburn was called for two offsides. The Bearcats with just one offsides call.

– The Ichabods were whistled for 18 fouls with Northwest being called 16 times.

– Izzy Romano had a team high seven shots on the afternoon.

Key Northwest Sequence
– In the seventh minute, Rachel Roshek sent a cross to the far post. Jessica Breyfogle connected with the pass for a header that was saved by the diving Washburn goal keeper.

– In the 33rd minute, Ashley Cole flicked the ball past a defender to Danielle Wolfe who chipped the ball over the goal keeper but was saved off the line by a Washburn defender.

Up Next
– The Bearcats will hit the road for a 6 p.m. road match at Missouri Western on Friday, Oct. 29, in St. Joseph, Mo.

— Northwest Athletics —

Griffons come up short at Fort Hays State 35-27

Posted on October 22, 2016

HAYS, Kan. – The Missouri Western football team lost its second straight game, 35-27, Saturday afternoon at Fort Hays State.

The loss snapped an 11-game winning streak over Fort Hays State for the Griffons and dropped Missouri Western to 4-4 on the season. The Griffons’ four losses have come by a total of 30 points.

Saturday’s game was Missouri Western’s second lowest scoring total of the season, getting a touchdown off an 8-yard pass from Skyler Windmiller to Patrick Bolton with 43 seconds remaining to avoid the season’s lowest scoring output. Bolton’s touchdown catch gave the Griffons a chance, but just like the prior week, an onside kick attempt was recovered by the opposition.

The Griffons had their chances, gaining 497 yards of offense on 92 plays in the game compared to 463 on 67 plays for Fort Hays State. The Tigers took a 21-19 lead to halftime after Missouri Western missed two point after attempts and a field goal in the first 30 minutes. The teams went scoreless in the third quarter, but five second half sacks by Fort Hays State and three second half turnovers by the Griffons hurt the comeback effort.

Windmiller went over 2,000 passing yards on the season with an 18-30 performance for 231 yards and three touchdowns. The junior threw two interceptions and was sacked five times. Josh Caldwell had his seventh 100-yard game of the season, rushing 26 times for 147 yards and a touchdown. Dijuan Ussery caught four passes for 106 yards and a touchdown, a 70-yarder that put Missouri Western up 12-0 in the first quarter. Brock Broughton and Bolton caught the other TD passes.

Missouri Western travels to Washburn (5-3) next Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff.

— MWSU Athletics —