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Mules host Riverhawks without starting QB
No. 21 Central Missouri Mules football will play their first home game of the 2018 season against the Northeastern State Riverhawks.
The Mules will be without All-American quarterback Brook Bolles who suffered an undisclosed injury in last week’s 20-16 loss to No. 5 Fort Hays State. Sophomore Kyle Bradley will lead the Mules offense against the Riverhawks Thursday. Bradley went 6-23 for 62 yards with an interception in relief of Bolles against Fort Hays State.
The Riverhawks opened the season with a 34-7 loss to Emporia State. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, at Walton Stadium
Top ranked Jennies start 2-0
Led by forward Jada Scott, Jennies soccer started the 2018 season 2-0 with wins over Southwestern Oklahoma State and Augustana.
Neither game was easy for the Jennies as SWOSU took a 2-0 lead forcing Central Missouri to score three consecutive goals with the game winner coming from Scott. Augustana mounted a comeback on the Jennies who had taken a 2-0 lead before Scott came through again with a double overtime winner. Scott was named the MIAA Offensive Player of the Week for her two game winners and five total points in the Jennies first two contests.
The top ranked Jennies continue a four-game homestand 3 p.m. Thursday when they take on St. Cloud State with kick off at the South Recreation Complex.
Volleyball enters AVCA top 10
Following a 4-0 start to the season, Jennies volleyball competed in the Colorado Premier Challenge with a field full of ranked teams.
The Jennies defeated then No. 17 Missouri Western and then No. 3 Lewis, but dropped matches to No. 2 Concordia St. Paul and No. 11 West Florida making their season record 6-2. Sophomores Audrey Fisher and Ally Offerdahl swept the MIAA awards for the second straight week. Fisher once again earned honors as the week’s top hitter while Offerdahl earned her fourth specialist of the week honor.
The Jennies will compete in the Newman Crossover in Wichita, Kansas, Thursday and Friday. Their first match with the Newman Jets is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Mules and Jennies take sixth in first meet
Both the Mules and Jennies runners were in action at the Southwest Baptist Invitational over the weekend with each team finishing sixth out of nine teams.
Amy Marx and Mariah Elmore were the top finishers for the Jennies taking 10th and 15th, respectively. Nick Vector and Ryan Skopec finished in 15th and 29th for the Mules.
Central Missouri’s next meet is set for Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin, Missouri.

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