WSC athletics recap: volleyball, football, women's soccer, women's golf, XC

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One final cross-division outing was on the docket for Wayne State College as the NSIC South visited the NSIC North on Oct. 10 ahead of their bye week.

From Bemidji, MN, the visiting Wildcats controlled the Beavers from the start which led to a 45-13 victory.

Wayne State College has now won four straight to improve to 6-1 overall (5-1 NSIC).

Dawson Forgy finished with a team-high 17 carries and one score followed by Brennan Hayes on 10 rushes with two scores. Both ran for 84 yards.

Wayne State returner Brayden Chaney was named Northern Sun Conference Football Special Teams Player of the Week following his performance in Saturday’s 45-13 NSIC road victory at Bemidji State.

A 6-0, 185 pound fifth-year player from Gretna HS, Chaney had a 70-yard punt return for touchdown in the second quarter of Saturday’s win and finished the game with three punt returns for 78 yards.

His 78 punt return yards Saturday were the seventh-most in a single game by a Wildcat punt returner and his 70-yard punt return was the ninth-longest in school history.

 

Wayne America versus North Dakota was on tap inside Rice Arena for #2 Wayne State College.

WSC made quick work of University of Mary (25-12, 25-17, 25-14) and Minot State (25-14, 25-15, 25-14) on Oct. 9-10.

The second ranked team in DII volleyball is on a 13-match win streak and now sit 19-1 (11-0 NSIC).

Two-match leaders were Chloe Hanel with 25 kills and seven blocks (one solo); Molly Romano dished out 62 assists to go along with five blocks (one solo) as Reese Johnson posted a team-high 16 digs.

 

A split weekend with one road and one home match were on the Wayne State College women's soccer schedule with five regular season home matches remaining.

First from Marshall, MN on Oct. 9, WSC suffered a 1-0 loss before ending their home match with Sioux Falls on Oct. 11 in a 0-0 draw.

The Wildcats are now 4-6-3 (3-4-3 NSIC).

Morgan Mancuso placed seven of 12 shots on goal to lead WSC over two matches.

 

A three-day Central Region fall preview is in the books for the Wayne State College women's program which also marked two of three straight meets in Nebraska.

From the Meadowlark Hills, Golf Course in Kearney, action began on Oct. 11 and lasted through Oct. 13.

WSC tied for ninth among the 21 teams with 18-hole scores of 299, 302 and 305 to total a 54-hole score of 906.

Camryn Johnson landed in the top 10 individually in a tie for eighth following scores of 69/77/73 totaling a 219 which marks a new school record in 54-hole scoring by two strokes (Stancikova last Spring).

 

A pair of ninth place finishes highlighted the third meet of the season for Wayne State College women's and men's cross country.

From Sioux Center, IA on Oct. 10, the WSC women finished eighth (187 pts) while the Wildcat men took 11th (285 pts).

In the women's division, Addison Bertrand collected a ninth place medal in 22:43.3.

During men's action, Lucas Frazier led the Wildcats with a ninth place medal during a time of 25:33.66.

 

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