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Washburn University soccer returned home from a two-game road trip to record its first tie of the season, a 0-0 draw with Missouri S&T Sunday afternoon at Yager Stadium.
Raegan Wells
The scoreless affair for both teams is the first for the Ichabods since the 2015 season when Washburn tied with Rockhurst University after two overtimes.
The Ichabods outshot the Miners 10-4 in the game but were unable to put one in the back of the net for the first time all season.
Defensively Washburn kept Missouri S&T in check, especially early on, holding the visitors to just one shot in the first half and one shot on goal in the entire match.
In goal, Raegan Wells recorded one save in the scoreless game. It was her second straight solo shutout and third in four games on the year.
After taking four shots in the first 45 minutes the Ichabods' offense perked up in the second half with six shots, but still came up empty.
The defensive game was also a physical one as six yellow cards were called in the second half, three against each side, including three inside the final five minutes of the game.
Khloe Schuckman paced Washburn with four total shots in the game, with one coming on goal.
Jaedyn Johnson was the only other Ichabod with more than one attempt as she logged the other shot on goal.
In goal for the Miners, Viktoria Johnson recorded two saves in a solo shutout effort.
Olivia Olson recorded the only shot on goal while Sydney Gratz had the most shots with two.
With the draw, the Ichabods begin the season unbeaten through four games for the second consecutive year.
Washburn will stay at home for a 6 p.m. contest against Emporia State Friday.
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Washburn University soccer, off to a 3-0 start to the 2022 season, will return home Sunday for a 1 p.m. contest at Yager Stadium against former conference foe Missouri S&T.
The Ichabods will be facing Missouri S&T for the first time since 2012.
Riley Wells
Jaedyn Johnson
Washburn moved its winning streak to three games with a 2-0 win over Augustana on Friday in Sioux Falls, S.D. The win was the second straight road win for the Ichabods.
This is the second straight season that the Ichabods have begun the season with three straight victories.
Through three games, Washburn has outscored its opponents 10-3, with seven goals coming in the second half.
After scoring five goals in the second half against William Jewell, the Ichabods continued the scoring streak. In just the second minute of the match, Riley Wells took the ball herself down the middle of the field, shooting and scoring into the left side of the net for her first career goal to make it 1-0.
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CLEVELAND, Tenn. – No. 2 Washburn volleyball wrapped up its non-conference tournament schedule and moved to 8-0 on the season with wins over Saint Leo and Trevecca Nazarene on Saturday at the Lee Invitational.
Halle Meister had a big day for Washburn in the Lee Invitational on Saturday, helping the Ichabods improve to 8-0 on the season. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The Ichabods took a 25-8, 21-25, 25-19, 25-16 win over Saint Leo and a 25-20, 25-20, 25-21 win over Trevecca Nazarene to complete their tournament appearance.
It was all Washburn in the opening set against Saint Leo as the Ichabods led start to finish. Washburn closed out the set with four straight points, including three kills from three different Ichabods.
The Washburn offense hit .481 with 14 kills while the Lions had six kills and six attacking errors in the frame.
It was a different story in the second set as the Lions found their groove offensively and benefitted from Ichabod miscues.
Washburn led 3-2 before Saint Leo (4-3) put together a 10-3 run to go in front, 12-6.
Trailing 14-9, Halle Meister knocked down a kill for WU to spark a 5-0 rally to knot up the score.
The Lions continued to attack and captured eight of their final 11 points by way of kills and evened the match at one game apiece with a 25-21 victory.
In the third set, Saint Leo led 7-4 when Bella Limback's kill started a 5-1 stretch for the Ichabods to put them on top, 9-8.
The Lions scored the next point before Washburn broke the tie with six unanswered points to go up, 15-9, and held on to the lead for the rest of the set.
Meister hammered down her fifth kill of the set to finish off the 25-19 win. The Ichabods knocked down 18 kills in the set compared to the Lions' eight.
It was a battle early again to start the fourth as Saint Leo held an 8-6 advantage when Washburn put together a run of four kills from three different Ichabods and a service ace by Jalyn Stevenson to take its first lead of the set at 11-8.
The Lions pulled within one at 11-10 and 12-11 but that would be as close as they would get as the Ichabods extended their lead and won the match-clinching game, 25-16.
The Ichabods finished the match hitting .343 and the Lions had a .246 hitting percentage.
Washburn led in kills, 61-42, and landed 14 service aces, which was 10 more than Saint Leo. The Lions had the advantage in blocks, 7-3.
Three Ichabods finished in double-figure kills, led by Meister's career-high 16 while hitting an impressive .565.
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Topeka West senior star Lenny Njoroge ran a high school cross country race for the first time since the 2020 season on Saturday, turning in a dominating performance in the Manhattan Invitational at Warner Park.
After earning Class 5A state medals as a freshman and sophomore, Njoroge missed the entire '21 cross country season after suffering a broken leg in a club soccer match before returning to action Saturday and posting a 42-second individual victory.
Njoroge clocked a five-kilometer time of 16 minute, 00.8 seconds, with Wamego junior Harrison Cutting second in 16:42.8.
le Viking freshman Jack Walker was 22nd in 18:07.0 and senior Landon Stuke 28th in 18:27.8.
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Hayden's football team got the test it expected from two-time defending Class 1A state champ Olpe in Friday night's season-opener, but the Wildcats combined some timely offense with stingy defense to end the Eagles' 26-game win streak with a 21-7 win at Hayden.
Hayden senior JC Cummings (38) celebrates his second-quarter touchdown in Friday's 21-7 Wildcat victory over Olpe. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Hayden's defense brings down Olpe quarterback Truman Bailey in Friday's 21-7 Wildcat win at Hayden. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Hayden got a pair of interceptions from seniors JC Cummings and Dylan Foster and also recovered a fumbled punt before taking a 7-0 halftime lead on a 20-yard touchdown run from Cummings to cap a three-play scoring drive with 31 seconds left in the opening half.
The Wildcats boosted their lead to 14-0 on their first drive of the second half, with sophomore quarterback Jett Wahlmeier hitting sophomore Jensen Schrickel on a deep post pattern for the TD.
Hayden finished its scoring with an 83-yard scoring run from senior Ethan Florence with 8:56 left in the game.
Olpe used a long 14-play drive to get on the scoreboard late in the game on a 2-yard quarterback sneak from Truman Bailey.
Unofficially, Wahlmeier passed for 118 yards on a 10 of 12 performance with one interception while Hayden rushed for more than 230 yards.
Hayden's defense limited Olpe to 77 rushing yards while Bailey passed for 86 yards with two interceptions.
WASHBURN RURAL 49, WICHITA EAST 42 -- Both offenses ruled the night, combining for 91 points, but it was a late defensive stand that allowed Washburn Rural to escape with a hard-earned 49-42 non-league road win.
Washburn Rural trailed on four diffferent occasions, including 42-33 late in the contest, but the Junior Blues scored the final 16 points to pull out the victory.
Junior JC Heim blocked a punt and senior Walker Thompson pounced on the ball in the end zone to give Rural an early 6-0 advantage.
Junior quarterback Branton DeWeese hit senior Lukas Hanks for a touchdown pass and junior Titan Osborn caught a 2-point conversion pass to put Rural in front 14-8 at tne end of the first quarter.
The game was knotted at 22 at the half and the scorefest continued in the second half.
