Hoof Prints - Jan. 9, 2014
January 9, 2014 – Hoof Prints Article
Hello Mustang Fans!
Next Monday, SMSU will be back in session and the spring semester begins. It is a busy time of the year for all our in- and off-season sports as they all will be utilizing our indoor facilities for workouts. Our spring sports join the winter sports as they start training for their season. All this activity will begin on Monday and continue through the end of the spring semester.
This weekend the SMSU Indoor Track and Field program will compete in their first NCAA Division II competition as they head to Minnesota State University Mankato to compete in the Minnesota State Alumni Open this Saturday at 11:00 a.m. We wish Coach Wolf, the coaching staff and our student-athletes the best of luck this weekend.
We are just a little over a month away from the Gold Rush Raffle which will be held on Friday, February 14 in the Conference Center Ballroom. Last year, the Gold Rush Raffle raised just over $53,000. This year, the committee has set a goal of raising over $75,000 with all proceeds from the Gold Rush Raffle going to aid the Mustang Booster Club’s effort to support SMSU Athletic Scholarships. The Mustang Booster Club contributed $100,000 to athletic scholarships in 2012-13. The SMSU Department of Athletics and the Mustang Booster Club look forward to hosting the mid-winter social event everyone looks forward to attending.
For all your information on SMSU Athletics and the Gold Rush Raffle, go to SMSUmustnags.com.
Upcoming SMSU Athletics Events
The SMSU Men’s Basketball team (9-5, 6-2 NSIC) and Women’s Basketball team (2-10, NSIC 0-8) will head north on Friday competing at St. Cloud State with the women’s game at 6:00 p.m. and the men at 8:00 p.m.. Saturday, both teams will travel to Duluth to take on UMD with games times at 4:00 p.m. and 6:00p.m.
The Mustang Women’s Basketball team is coming off a couple of losses to NSIC north opponents, Northern State and Minnesota State Moorhead. St Cloud State is 8-4 overall and 4-4 in the NSIC while UMD is 7-5 overall and also 4-4 in the NSIC.
The Mustang Men’s Basketball team is coming off two impressive wins over Northern State and Moorhead last weekend. The St. Cloud Men’s Basketball team is 9-3 overall with a 5-3 record in the NSIC. UMD posts a 5-7 overall record with a 3-5 record in the NSIC.
The SMSU Wrestling team (3-2) will wrestle at home this Saturday in an NSIC dual match versus Minot State in the PE Gym at 4:00 p.m.
The SMSU Wheelchair Basketball team (3-9) will have its next competition on January 17-18 when they travel to Urbana-Champaign, IL to compete in the University of Illinois Tournament. The Mustangs will battle the University of Illinois, University of Arizona and Wisconsin – Whitewater on the weekend.
Good luck to all our Mustang Teams this week!
Go Mustangs!
We did not have a correct response to last week’s Mustang Hoofprint’s Trivia Question: What was the first athletic competition held in the Recreation Athletic (R/A) Facility at SMSU? The first athletic event played in the R/A Facility was the SSU/Burger King Classic Volleyball Tournament played in mid-September as part of an NSIC Crossover.
Hoofprints Trivia Question (please put this in a box with the title on top)
In the history of the program, the SMSU Wrestling team is a perfect 4-0 against which NSIC school?
The first person to email me at MustangHoofPrints@SMSU.edu with the correct answer to this question will receive an SMSU t-shirt.
