Candis Clark scored with eight minutes remaining, lifting Missouri Southern to its first soccer victory of the season on Friday.
The Lions stopped Fort Hays State 2-1 in an MIAA match at Fred G. Hughes Stadium.
The winning goal came off a corner kick.
Senior Cortney Sanders lofted the ball into the pack in front of the goal and Clark, also a senior, headed it home.
Senior Natasha Lord scored the Lions’ first goal, at the 38:28 mark.
Sade Humphrey answered for Fort Hays at 59:18.
Southern, 1-5-1 overall, improved to 1-2 in the conference. .
Volleyball
Truman State sweeps
Visiting Truman State topped Missouri Southern in an MIAA match at Robert Ellis Young Gymnasium.
The Bulldogs hit .321 for the night and improved to 9-3 overall and 3-1 in the conference with a 25-20, 25-10, 25-23 decision.
Katie Politte led Missouri Southern with 10 kills. Nai Montano and Payton Graves added seven kills each.
Abby Finder had 28 assists and Politte led with eight digs. Callie Whetstone and Graves had three block assists apiece.
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COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Clark's goal lifts Lions past Fort Hays
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MSSU's Green, Reagan earn All-America honors; PSU's Talbert wins discus
Dustin Green and Brittani Reagan gave Missouri Southern two more All-America performances on Friday in the outdoor track and field championships.
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2 Lions earn All-American track honors
Missouri Southern freshmen Kaylee Morgan and Brittani Reagan earned All-America honors in the long jump on Thursday during the first day of the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Neta and Eddoe DeRose Thunderbowl.
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Division II track championships begin today
Almost half of Missouri Southern’s 16 entries are top-8 seeds in this week’s NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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Rutledge retiring after national track and field competition
Patty Vavra knows it’s going to happen at some point during the next school year.
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4 named to MSSU Athletics Hall of Fame
Four former athletes — football player Yancy McKnight, pole vaulter Seth Isringhausen, baseball player Bryce Darnell and volleyball-softball player Stacy Harter Smith — comprise the 2013 class for the Missouri Southern Athletics Hall of Fame, it was announced Tuesday.
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'No one deserved to lose' Southern opener against Mavs
It’s hard to imagine a bigger emotional roller-coaster than the one the Missouri Southern baseball team rode the past week.
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Lions eliminated at regional
After a 14-inning heartbreaking defeat late Thursday night to Minnesota State, there was a question as to how Missouri Southern would respond on such a short turnaround.
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Lions squeezed in 14-inning loss to Minnesota State
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Lions open regional play against top-seeded Minnesota State
For most of March and April, Minnesota State endured a long winter as it gradually made its case for the home-field advantage that goes along with being the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division II Central Region baseball tournament.
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Lions qualify 12 for track nationals
Missouri Southern has qualified a dozen athletes — six men and six women — for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, it was announced Tuesday.
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