SMSU Athletics

Febraury 5, 2015 – Hoof Prints Article
 
Hello Mustang Fans!
 
Last weekend brought back a lot of memories and familiar faces to SMSU and the Marshall community for the SMSU Hall of Honor Ceremony. Congratulations to former football and baseball player Joe Dittrich (1977-81); men's basketball player Jacob Fahl (1999-2003); baseball player Chad Hess (1994-97); golfer Laura (Lundbohm) Hulsebus (2000-04); football player Nate Rudolph (1996-99); football and baseball player Gary Schleper (1982-87); community member and supporter of SMSU athletics Brian Brandt; and the 2000-01 women's basketball team.
 
It an enjoyable weekend where many stories were told, friendship were rekindled and great achievements were recognized. We would like to congratulate all our inductees for their accomplishments during their time at SMSU. We would also like to thank our inductees for their hard work and commitment to building the foundation of SMSU Athletics. Their contributions have helped to shape who we are, and where we are going as an athletic department. It was a wonderful weekend and we appreciate all the family members, friends and community members who attended the ceremony last Saturday.
 
Following the SMSU Hall of Honor Ceremony, the inductees and their family and friends were able to take part in the Hawaiian Night festivities. Once again, our students came out in full force to cheer on the Mustang Women’s and Men’s Basketball teams to two victories. It was a great collegiate environment filled with school spirit and tradition as displayed by our students and all the fans who attended the games. Thank you to all the fans who came to this weekend’s games and helped to create a fun and electrifying atmosphere in the R/A Facility.
 
It is Gold Rush Raffle Week and you can feel the buzz around town. We have a handful of Gold Rush Raffle Tickets left, which means we will be sold out again this year. Thank you to all who have purchased a ticket in support of the Mustang Booster Club and the SMSU Department of Athletics.
 
 The event will be held this Friday in the SMSU Conference Center beginning at 6:00 pm with a social, drinks and appetizers. To kick-off our program, we will hear from a student-athlete speaker at 7:00 pm and the reverse raffle will start shortly after the speakers conclude. It is a wonderful event that raises money for SMSU Athletic Scholarships through the Mustang Booster Club. If you have any questions about the event or would like to inquire about purchasing one of the last Gold Rush Raffle Tickets, please call Jennifer Graven at 507-537-6233.
 
The SMSU Baseball program hosted the 7th annual "Super Supper" fund raising event this past Monday to help support the SMSU baseball program. Mustang Baseball partnered with The Hitching Post of Marshall in this great fund raising event. Coach Blanchard and the SMSU Baseball program would like to thank everyone who came out to eat at The Hitching Post on Monday. Your generosity helped to raise over $3,800 for the Mustang Baseball program.
 
Yesterday was national signing day for our SMSU Women’s Soccer and Football programs. Head Women’s Soccer Coach, TJ Buchholz, announced the signing of ten student-athletes for the soccer program. Head Mustang Football Coach, Cory Sauter, announced the signing of forty high school football players and seven transfers who decided to continue their academic and athletic career at SMSU. Congratulations to the coaches of both programs on recruiting a talented and well-rounded group of student-athletes to SMSU.
 
For the latest information on Mustang Athletics go to SMSUmustangs.com.


This Week in SMSU Athletics
 
The SMSU Men’s Basketball team (10-12, 6-10 NSIC) will continue NSIC competition this weekend playing to North Division opponents. On Friday, the Mustangs will take on Bemidji State (8-14, 4-12 NSIC) with game time scheduled for 8:00 pm in the BSU Gymnasium. Southwest will then head to Crookston, MN, to battle the Golden Eagles (6-14, 4-12 NSIC) with the contest starting at 6:00 pm in Lysaker Gymnasium. The Mustangs went 1-1 last weekend losing to St. Cloud State on Friday before coming back with an impressive Hawaiian Night victory 78-59 over UMD.
 
The SMSU Women’s Basketball team (3-17, 3-13 NSIC) will head north this weekend meeting up with Bemidji State (5-16, 2-14 NSIC) on Friday for a 6:00 pm tip-off. The Mustangs will turn around on Saturday and play Minnesota Crookston (9-11, 8-8 NSIC) with the contest beginning at 4:00 pm. Southwest went 1-1 last weekend losing to St. Cloud State on Friday. Last Saturday, the Mustangs held on to beat UMD 71-68 before a great Hawaiian Night crowd.
 
The SMSU Wrestling team (6-7, 1-3 NSIC) will also head north this weekend competing at Minot State (5-11, 2-3 NSIC) on Friday with the dual beginning at 7:00 pm. On Saturday, the Mustangs will travel to the University of Mary (1-11, 0-4 NSIC) for a 2:00 pm dual. Southwest went 1-1 last week with a loss to #10 Upper Iowa and winning on the road at Northern State 31-10.
 
The SMSU Wheelchair Basketball team (3-27) will host a tournament in the PE Gym this weekend. On Saturday, SMSU will play Sioux Falls at 8:00 am, Madonna Magic at 11:00 am and the Rolling Timberwolves at 2:00 pm in pool play. On Sunday, the teams will be seeded with 1 vs 4 playing at 8:00 am, 2 vs 3 at 9:30 am, 3rd Place game at 11:00 am and the championship game will be played at 12:30 pm. It will be an exciting weekend of basketball on the campus of SMSU.  
The SMSU Women’s and Men’s Indoor Track & Field teams were split this past weekend competing in three different invites around the upper Midwest. The Mustangs continued their success last weekend with strong performances at the Wayne State Invite, while others competed at the Buena Vista (Iowa) Invite and the Jack Johnson Invite at the University of Minnesota.

At the Wayne State Invite, Kim Shabino led the Mustangs winning the 200-meter with a time of 26.84, finishing second in the 60-meter with a time of 8.09 and recording a third place finish in the 400-meter (1:03.61)

Jen Keohen won the 3,000-meter with a time of 11:31.34, while Eisha Oden earned a second place finish in the 400-meter, crossing the line at 1:02.05..

On the men's side, Chris Kveseth won the 400-meter with a time of 52.89. Dallin Finley placed second in the 60-meter with a time of 7.14, with Michael Rivera crossing the line in fourth place at 7.18. In the 200-meter, Finley again placed second with a time of 23.47, with teammates Zach Jones placing fourth at 23.50 and Ben Ryan, fifth at 23.57. Jones earned a third place finish in the long jump with a mark of 6.43m, while Cole Jalivay reached 6.35m to finish in fourth.

Ben Tonsager recorded a toss of 15.39m to place fifth in the shot put, while Alex Weis also recorded a fifth place mark in the weight throw with a toss of 15.6m.

At the Buena Vista Invite, Amanda Grengs finished sixth in the 1,000-meter with a time of 3:13.71, with Savannah Ramirez placing eighth at 3:23.31. Grengs also ran strong in the 1-mile with a time of 5:24.86 to place third, while teammate Paige Yi crossed the finish line in fifth place with a time of 5:34.14.

On the men's side at BVU, Alex Bloomquist  (2:36.15) and Ewert Jansen van Rensburg (2:37.39) both ran strong in the 1,000-meter, finishing third and fourth respectively. 

At the University of Minnesota Invite, competing mostly against Division I competition, SMSU's Will Hanson earned a fourth place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.15, while Alejandro Sanchez ran a 1:55.39 in the 800-meter to finish fourth. The women’s and men’s teams have now competed on four consecutive weekends and will take a week off before returning to action on February 14 at the South Dakota State Invite.
The SMSU Women’s Tennis team was in action this past weekend competing on Sunday versus the University of St. Thomas at the Anderson Athletic & Rec Center. The Mustangs lost the match 9-0 to St. Thomas. Southwest returns to action this Friday taking on Minnesota State to open NSIC action. The match will take place at the West Hills Tennis & Fitness Center in Owatonna, MN, starting at 7:00 p.m.
I would like to wish all our teams the best of luck this weekend!
 
Go Mustangs!
 
No one was able to provide the correct answer to last week’s Mustang Hoofprint’s Trivia Question: How many Mustang Women’s Basketball players have been inducted into the SMSU Hall of Honor? SMSU has inducted ten individuals into the Hall of Honor who played women’s basketball for the Mustangs with a number of them being multi-sport student-athletes; Jo Buysse (VB &SB), Char Nelson (VB & Track), Rhoda Lint (VB), Debbie Thompson (VB), Jenai Hutchinson (VB), Lillie Brown, Cindy Olson, Andrea Schreier, Julie Thein and Nancy Trebbensee.
 
Hoofprints Trivia Question (please put this in a box with the title on top)
 
Name the student-athlete and year SMSU had the first National Qualifier in Track & Field?
 
The first person to email me at MustangHoofPrints@SMSU.edu with the correct answer to this question will receive an SMSU t-shirt.