February 12, 2015 – Hoof Prints Article Hello Mustang Fans!
The Gold Rush Raffle was a huge success again this year with the SMSU Conference Center Ballroom packed with supporters of SMSU Athletics and the Mustang Booster Club. We had a lot of new faces at the event and we hope everyone had an enjoyable evening. We would like to thank everyone who attended the event for their generosity and the positive energy that you brought to the Gold Rush Raffle last Friday. The roar of conversation in the room all evening was incredible and is always a sign of our supporters having a great time. Once we have the final numbers, we will share with the community what the fund raising total was for the night.
We would like to thank the SMSU Department of Athletics coaches and staff members for all their hard work before, during and after the event. We would also like to thank Aramark, Public Safety, the Student Center Staff, Scheduling Office and the Maintenance Staff for their support of the Gold Rush Raffle. We would like to thank the Gold Rush Raffle Committee for their hard work as we prepared for the event last Friday. Finally, we need to thank Karen VanKeulen, Ken Mukomela, Brian Gruhot and all the individuals who assisted them in selling 496 of the 600 Gold Rush Raffle Tickets. It is the dedication and passion of the individuals mentioned above that allow us to successfully host an event of this magnitude. The Gold Rush Raffle has become a wonderful community event that we are proud to host.
For the latest information on Mustang Athletics go to SMSUmustangs.com.
This Week in SMSU Athletics The SMSU Men’s Basketball team (12-12, 8-10 NSIC) went on the road last weekend and came away with two big wins at Bemidji State and Minnesota Crookston. The Mustangs will complete the four-game road swing this weekend heading to #2 Augustana College (23-1, 17-1 NSIC) on Friday at 8:00 pm at the Sioux Falls Arena. Saturday, Southwest will travel to Wayne State College (5-19, 2-16 NSIC) with tip-off scheduled for 6:00 pm. SMSU starts the weekend tied for 5
th place in the NSIC South Division and 9
th overall.
The SMSU Women’s Basketball team (3-19, 3-15 NSIC) will finish-up their four-game road trip this weekend battling Augustana College (16-9, 10-8 NSIC) on Friday with the contest starting at 6:00 pm. The Mustangs will head to Wayne State on Saturday to take on the Wildcats (21-3, 15-3 NSIC) with the game time scheduled at 4:00 pm. Southwest went 0-2 last weekend on the road at Bemidji State and Crookston. SMSU currently is in 8
th place in the NSIC South Division and 16
th overall.
The SMSU Wrestling team (8-7, 3-3 NSIC) pulled out two NSIC road victories last weekend at Minot State and the University of Mary. The Mustangs will be at home for two NSIC duals with weekend. Southwest will welcome #2 ranked St. Cloud State (14-2, 5-0 NSIC) to the PE Gym on Friday with the dual starting at 7:00 pm. On Saturday, SMSU will host MSU Moorhead (4-5, 0-4 NSIC) in their final dual of the NSIC regular season with a start time of 3:00 pm. SMSU is currently in 5
th place in the NSIC.
The SMSU Wheelchair Basketball team (7-28) went 4-1 last weekend in the SMSU Tournament beating the Sioux Falls Wheelers and the Madonna Magic each twice. The Mustangs only loss of the tournament came at the hands of the Rolling Timberwolves. Southwest will be back in action this weekend as they head to the University of Illinois to compete in four contests. On Friday, the Mustangs will play Missouri at 12:00 pm. Saturday, SMSU will battle Edinboro (PA) at 9:00 am, Wisconsin Whitewater Women at 10:45 am and Wisconsin Whitewater Men at 2:15 pm.
The SMSU Women’s and Men’s Indoor Track & Field teams are back in action this Friday and Saturday at the South Dakota State University Invite in Brookings, SD. The Mustangs will begin on Friday with the field and running events at 2:00 pm. On Saturday, the events will begin at 9:30 am with all the events taking place in the Sanford-Jackrabbitt Athletic Complex.
The SMSU Women’s Tennis team (0-2, 0-1 NSIC) opened the NSIC season with a 8-1 loss to MSU Mankato last Friday. The Mustangs have two NSIC matches this Saturday versus USF (0-0, 0-0 NSIC) at 1:30 pm and Augustana (2-1, 0-0 NSIC) at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. On Sunday, Southwest will be back in action for a non-conference match versus Gustavus (0-0) with the contest starting at 8:30 am also on the campus of Gustavus.
This weekend, SMSU Softball opens their 2015 season with four non-conference games in Rochester, MN in the RCTC Dome. On Friday, the Mustangs open with Jamestown College (ND) in a doubleheader beginning at 3:00 pm. Southwest will continue play on Saturday at 10:00 am with a doubleheader versus Dakota Wesleyan (SD). SMSU finished last season 15-30-1 overall in Head Coach, Jamie Dunn’s first season.
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: Name the student-athlete and year SMSU had the first National Qualifier in Track & Field? In 1973, Chuck Thompson was SMSU’s first national qualifier in the Discus placing 13
th in the NAIA Outdoor Championships.
Hoofprints Trivia Question (please put this in a box with the title on top)
In 1983, what female student-athlete finished 2
nd in the NAIA National Championships in the Heptathlon?
The first person to email me at
MustangHoofPrints@SMSU.edu with the correct answer to this question will receive an SMSU t-shirt.
