Hoof Prints - Oct. 9, 2014
October 10, 2014 – Hoof Prints Article
Hello Mustang Fans!
It is Homecoming Week at SMSU! This year’s Homecoming theme is “Rise of the Mustangs”, and we still have a host of events you and your family can attend throughout the week. Today’s schedule of events features the Alumni Awards Luncheon at noon in the Conference Center Upper Ballroom and the University Gala beginning at 6:00 pm in the R/A Facility. Here is what on tap for Homecoming on Saturday October 11, 2014:
7-10:30am 30th Annual Lions Club pancake feed, Fire Hall
8 am 5K run/walk and 10K run, Schwan Regional Event Center
10am Parade line-up, Lyon/Jewett Sts. checkpoint
10:45amA Alumni Parade Hospitality Tent featuring breakfast at Memorial Park (Main and East College Dr)
11am Homecoming parade, Lyon Street to Main Street
12pm SMSU Softball Alumni Game, Softball Field
1pm Women’s Tea, Student Center, Women’s Center lobby
1pm Soccer vs. Bemidji State, Schwan Regional Event Center
2-6pm Homecoming Tailgate/Family Fun Fest, R/A Facility parking lot area/Green Lot
6pm Kickoff, Mustangs vs. Upper Iowa, Schwan Regional Event Center
9pm 176 Key Dueling Pianos, Event Center at Bello Cucina
As part of the Homecoming festivities, the SMSU Athletics Department will host the 9th annual "Celebration of Excellence" on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 11:00 am in the upper level of the SMSU Conference Center.
The event will honor student-athletes and teams from the 2013-14 academic year. Student-athletes that earned All-NSIC accolades, Academic All-NSIC honors, national qualifiers, all-region honorees, seniors and team MVPs will be honored.
Rachel Patnoe, a 2014 graduate and former golfer, will be this year's senior student-athlete speaker. Patnoe was honored as the NSIC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year last spring. The event is free and open to the public and will include snacks and beverages. The social begins at 11:00 am, followed by the ceremony starting at 11:30 am. To reserve a spot for the event please call 507-537-7271.
For all your information on Homecoming and SMSU Athletics, go to SMSUmustangs.com
This Week in SMSU Athletics
SMSU Women’s Soccer team (6-4, 5-2 NSIC) went 2-0 on the road last weekend with a 5-1 victory at SCSU on Saturday and a thrilling overtime win against UMD 2-1 on Sunday. The Mustangs will be at home this weekend taking on two NSIC opponents.
SMSU will host Bemidji State (4-6, 3-4 NSIC) on Saturday with the contest beginning at 1:00 pm in the Schwan Regional Event Center. On Sunday, the University of Minnesota, Crookston (4-3-3, 3-2-2 NSIC) is in Marshall to battle the Mustang at 1:00 pm.
The Mustang Football team (1-4) lost to MSU last Saturday 14-56 in Mankato, MN. Southwest will return to the Schwan Regional Event Center this Saturday as we will welcome the undefeated Upper Iowa University Peacocks (5-0) to the Schwan Regional Event Center for a 6:00 pm kick-off.
The #7 SMSU Volleyball team (11-5, 6-2 NSIC) went 2-0 last weekend with victories of Minot State and the University of Mary. Southwest hit the road this weekend heading to Moorhead, MN to compete against MSU Moorhead (7-9, 2-6 NSIC) at 7:00 pm tonight. The Mustangs will turn around on Saturday and take on Northern State (12-4, 5-3 NSIC) at 3:00 pm in Aberdeen, SD. This is an important road swing for SMSU with their next five matches being on the road in the NSIC.
The SMSU Women’s Golf team placed fifth after the first two rounds of the 12-team NSIC / US Bank Women's Golf Championship played at the Classic at Madden's. The Mustangs ended the first half of the tournament shooting a 716 with the final two rounds to be played on April 25-26, 2015, at Dacotah Ridge Golf Club in Morton, MN.
Augustana leads the championship with a score of 648, and holds an 18-shot lead over Concordia-St. Paul (666). Freshman Sierra Langlie from Augustana is the individual leader, shooting rounds of 77 and 78 for a 155 (+11), to hold a seven-shot lead. Here is how the Mustangs finished:
Ashley Bixby leads all SMSU players with a 28-over-par 172 (82-90) and is currently in 12th place in the 60-person field. Alax Floyd is tied for 19th overall with a 33-over 177 (87-90). Lauren Kerr shot SMSU's low round on Sunday, with a 13-over 85 and is tied for 26th overall with a score of 36-over 180 (95-85). Becky Koepp is tied for 36th with a 43-over 187 (99-88), while Dana Wagner is in 44th place with a 52-over 196 (99-97). The next competition for the Mustangs will be on the team’s spring trip March 12-13, 2015, in Buckeye, AZ.
The SMSU Women’s and Men’s Cross Country teams were in action last Saturday at the South Dakota State Classic held at Edgebrook Golf Course in Brookings, SD. The women’s team finished 5th overall in the non-DI category of teams competing in the race. The Mustangs were led by freshmen Savannah Ramirez who placed 5th in the race running a 20:02.
The men’s cross country team finished in 1st place overall in the non-DI category of competitors and were led by Alejandro Sanchez who ran a 26:48 taking 1st place for the Mustangs. Evan Bonneson finished in 4th place and Blake Wooten in 5th. SMSU is competing this Saturday in McCook Lake, SD at Briar Cliff College (IA) with the races beginning at 10:00 am and 10:45 am.
I would like to wish all of our teams the best of luck this week!
Go Mustangs!
Many tried, but no one was able to provide the correct answer to last week’s Mustang Hoofprints Question: The SMSU Volleyball team is undefeated verse two teams in the NSIC. Can you name the two NSIC schools? The SMSU Volleyball program never lost to three NSIC teams, not two. Upper Iowa (17-0), Mary (13-0) and Minot State (3-0). This would be Mary and Minot’s records against SMSU prior to last weekend’s contests.
Hoofprints Trivia Question (please put this in a box with the title on top)
Who was the 2012-13 Female Scholar-athlete of the Year recognized at last year’s Celebration of Excellence?
The first person to email me at MustangHoofPrints@SMSU.edu with the correct answer to this question will receive an SMSU t-shirt.
