SMSU Athletics

September 26, 2013 – Hoof Prints Article

Hello Mustang Fans!

The SMSU fall sports gave our Mustang Fans a lot to be proud of last weekend. Mustang Football, Women’s Golf, Women’s Soccer and Volleyball all put worth a great effort and had great success. SMSU was 5-0 last week with SMSU Women’s Golf finishing in 3rd Place in the fourteen team Mustang Invite hosted by SMSU at the Marshall Golf Club.

This week for the first time in the program’s history, the SMSU Women’s Soccer team was ranked #18 this week in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Continental Tire Division II Top 25 Poll. Congratulations to Head Coach, TJ Buchholz, his staff and our student-athletes for all the hard work and dedication it has taken to elevate Mustang Women’s Soccer to a national ranking.

Next week is Homecoming on the campus of SMSU featuring the theme, “Paint the Town Brown & Gold”. There are a great number of activities planned throughout the week. You can see the full schedule of events at SMSU.edu.

This Week in SMSU Athletics

The #18 SMSU Soccer team (6-0, 3-0 NSIC) will concludes a five-game homestand hosting  St. Cloud State, on Saturday, at 1:00 pm. On Sunday, the Mustangs will welcome Minnesota Duluth to The Schwan’s Regional Event Center also with a 1:00 pm start time.

SMSU is currently tied for first place in the NSIC standings with Augustana, Minnesota State and Minnesota Duluth. The Mustangs look to make it five straight over the Huskies on Saturday. UMD presents a much different challenge trying to overcome a 21 game drought against the Bulldogs dating back to 1996.

Congratulations to Megan Kilroy and Brienna Dehkes who were named NSIC Players of the Week. Megan was honored as the Defensive Player of the Week, while Brienna was the NSIC Goalkeeper Player of the Week.

The SMSU Football team (2-1 NSIC, 0-0 NSIC South) will head north this weekend to face off with Bemidji State University (1-2 NSIC, 0-0 NSIC North) on Saturday, with kickoff set for 1:00 pm at BSU's Chet Anderson Stadium. The Mustangs will be looking to grab their third win in a row in the NSIC. SMSU will also be looking to break a 12-game losing streak to BSU. The Mustangs beat Minot State last Saturday 37-21, while Bemidji State lost to Augustana 24-0 in Sioux Falls.

The #9 SMSU Volleyball team (8-3, 3-0 NSIC) is at home on Friday and Saturday playing host to two NSIC
opponents, Northern State and Minnesota State Moorhead. The Mustangs went 3-0 in their first NSIC matches of the
season and are in a three way tie for first place with Concordia and UMD.

Congratulations to Abby Thissen and Whitney Burmeister who were named NSIC Players of the Week. Whitney was honored as the Defensive Player of the Week, while Abby was the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week.

The Mustang Women’s Golf team finish in third place at the 14-team Mustang Invite played at Marshall Golf Club on Saturday and Sunday. SMSU finish one stroke back from second place finisher Concordia. Minnesota State won the Mustang Invite shooting a 620 (+44).

Rachel Patnoe had SMSU's low-round on Sunday with a 7-over 79 to finish tied for 30th at 166 (+22). Marissa Campeau, who shot a season-low 79 on Saturday, carded a 10-over 82 on Sunday to finish tied for 14th overall at 161 (+17). Abby Gruber tied for 22nd at 164, following a 12-over 84 on Sunday. Dana Wagner had a strong showing today with a 9-over 81 to record a 27th place finish at 165. Becky Koepp tied for 57th with a 178, following today's round of 94. Megan Will shot an 89 today and finished tied for 52nd at 177, while Trisha Kienitz shot her second straight 91 and tied for 64th at 182.

In two weeks, the Mustangs will compete in the NSIC Fall Championship on October 5-6 at The Classic at Madden's in Brainerd, MN.

The SMSU Women's and Men's Cross Country teams return to competition this Saturday at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota. The race takes place at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course located in St. Paul, MN. The women's 6,000-meter race begins at 9:50 am, while the men's 8,000-meter race will start at 11:30 am.

I would like to wish all of our teams the best of luck this weekend!

Go Mustangs!

Congratulations to Megan Kassel Mattison for providing the correct answer to last week’s Mustang Hoofprint’s Trivia Question:  What SMSU Goalkeeper holds the career record for saves on the Mustang Women’s Soccer team? Lora Moldenhauer recorded 521 career saves in goal for the Mustangs from 2000-03.

Hoofprints Trivia Question (please put this in a box with the title on top)

What SMSU Volleyball player holds the record for career service aces?

The first person to email me at MustangHoofPrints@SMSU.edu with the correct answer to this question will receive an SMSU t-shirt.