The Shenandoah Mustangs and head coach Ty Ratliff were feeling good about how the season was going well as the Mustangs had won back-to-back games by a total score 98-14. But after last Friday night’s loss to Underwood 49-0 it knocked the Mustangs down to reality. Coach Ratliff said this is one that got away early and quickly from his Mustangs squad, but one his team can learn and grow from.

The Mustangs had lots of missed tackles a week ago that helped Underwood have some big explosive plays and Coach Ratliff knows the defense has to make routine plays tonight for his team to get back into the win column.

Coach Ratliff knows in a even matchup like his Mustangs have tonight on the road at Red Oak, which ever defense makes a couple splash plays will put themselves in the best position to win.

For the Mustangs to bounce back after a shutout loss Coach Ratliff said it all comes down to one main component.

Shenandoah will kickoff at 7:00pm Friday night as the Mustangs are on the road to take on the 2-3 Red Oak Tigers. Listen to the full interview with Coach Ratliff below.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa track and field welcomes 19 student-athletes to the men’s program as part of the 2023 recruiting class, Director of Iowa Track and Field Joey Woody announced Thursday.

“I’m extremely excited about the 2023 men’s track and field and cross country recruiting class,” Woody said. “My staff did a tremendous job recruiting the best talent from Iowa and around the world to find the right athletes who will be immediate contributors to our program. Our recruiting class includes athletes who will cover all event areas for our men’s program. We graduated many Big Ten medalists, NCAA qualifiers and All-Americans, but I feel very confident in these newcomers,” Woody added. “They have the elite talent and ability to fill many of those holes to keep our program at the top of the Big Ten and NCAA. I’m very impressed with how our incoming freshman and transfers have already shown their maturity, hard work ethic, and commitment to winning team championships.”

This year’s incoming class represents five states, including nine athletes from the state of Iowa. The Hawkeyes also welcome one student-athlete from Jamaica and one from Nigeria.

SPRINTS:
Zidane Brown
Yonkers, New York
Ohio State University
20.77 (200M)
45.75 (400M)

Elijah Morris
Washington, Iowa
Washington High School
21.53 (200M)
47.62 (400M)

Josh Pugh
Montgomery, Illinois
Yorkville High School
45’10 (Triple Jump)
10.94 (100M)
47.50 (400M)

HURDLES:
Kai Graves-Blanks
Upland, California
Montverde Academy
13.64 (110H)
37.33 (300H)

Nicholas Gorsich
Marion, Iowa
Linn-Mar Marion High School
14.17 (110H)
51.80 (400H)

Miles Granjean
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston Township High School
13.60 (110H)
10.74 (100M)
21.79 (200M)

Isaac Lewis
Compton, California
Long Beach Wilson High School
37.43 (300H)
48.34 (400M)
1:21.45 (600M)

MID-DISTANCE:
James Fingalsen
Mason City, Iowa
Mason City High School
48.47 (400M)
1:54.70 (800M)

Carson Lane
Johnston, Iowa
Johnston High School
1:54.31 (800M)
4:17.81 (1600M)

Caleb Levy
Gurnee, Illinois
Warren High School
49.32 (400M)
1:51.55 (800M)

Chase Lovercheck
Lagrange, Wyoming
Portland State University
1:19.73 (600M)
1:49.51 (800M)

Rivaldo Marshall
Kingston, Jamaica
Indian Hills Community College
1:17.94 (600M)
1:47.35 (800M)

DISTANCE:
Luke Knepp
Bettendorf, Iowa
Pleasant Valley High School
4:17.45 (1600M)
9:10.92 (3200M)

Flynn Milligan
West Des Moines, Iowa
Dowling Catholic High School
9:23.17 (3200M)

Miles Wilson
Hiawatha, Iowa
Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School
4:16.33 (1600M)
9:13.03 (3200M)

THROWS:
Duke Faley
Dubuque, Iowa
Dubuque Wahlert High School
58’2 ¾ (Shot Put)
195’1 (Discus)

MULTIS/JUMPS:
Canaan Burnett
IMG Academy
11.18 (100M)
21’3 (Long Jump)
6’4 ¾ (High Jump)
140’0 (Javelin)
EVENTS: MULTIS

Will Davidson
Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Mount Pleasant High School
10.86 (100M)
14.10 (110H)
21’5 (Long Jump)
EVENTS: MULTIS

Precious Ugo Irivi
Warri, Nigeria
College of Commerce
51’6 (Triple Jump)
EVENTS: JUMPS

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (4-7-1, 1-3 Big 12) earned its first Big 12 victory of the season on Thursday night, as a game-winning-goal from Salomé Prat in the 86th minute lifted the Cyclones over Houston (6-5-1, 0-4 Big 12) in the two schools’ first-ever meeting.

Thursday’s action started slow, as the two teams combined for just one shot in the first 20 minutes of action. After both squads settled in, Iowa State found itself being the aggressor in the latter part of the first half.

The Cyclones outshot Houston 5-2 in the first stanza and drew six corner kicks to UH’s one but were unable to convert chances into points, as each team would enter the break scoreless.

Houston Came out of halftime firing, as Aryanna Jimison rifled a shot from way downtown that just missed the net but set the offensive tone for the Cougars.

A few minutes later, Jimison converted on a deep shot off a free kick, squeaking one past Avery Gillahan to put the Cougars up 1-0. Houston would be the more aggressive side in the second half, outshooting the Cyclones 9-6 and earning a 5-0 corner kick advantage.

Though Houston had the statistical advantage, Iowa State converted where it mattered. The Cyclones chipped away at the Houston backline, eventually breaking through on a free kick in the 72nd minute. Mira Emma pooched a ball into the box to Lauren Hernandez, who fed it to Olvia Edwards for the game-tying goal.

Edwards picked up her first goal of the season while Hernandez notched her first assist and Emma tallied her third assist.

Iowa State’s late-game mentality shone through in the final ten minutes as a few chances at the net finally paid off in the 86th minute. After handling a Houston run, Hanna Reid launched a ball downfield, hitting Prat in stride, who snuck one past the Houston keeper to give the Cyclones the advantage.

Prat recorded her third career game-winning goal as the Cyclones earned three points in the Big 12 standings.

Fannon’s Thoughts 

“We’ve played really well for so long, and it’s been difficult to be in moments where we know we should have won the game, and we found ways not to. I was confident we weren’t going to do that tonight, even when we went down one-nil in a really crazy way. The fight and the spirit and the dedication and the ability to be in a game as tight as this and to come back and win it shows a really incredible development in our team.”

Goals 

Iowa State: Olivia Edwards (1) – 72’, Salomé Prat (3) – 86’

Houston: Aryanna Jimison (2) – 50’

Assists

Iowa State: Lauren Hernandez (1), Mira Emma (3), Hanna Reid (1)

Houston: Cordelia Cross (1)

Up Next 

Iowa State will be back in action on Monday, October 2, when it hosts sixth-ranked BYU. The Cyclones and Cougars will meet for the first time ever, and BYU will be the second ranked program to grace the Cyclone Soccer Complex this season. Monday’s match is set to start at 6 p.m. and will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – University of Iowa women’s soccer handled Purdue, 4-0, at Folk Field on Thursday night to earn its first conference victory this season. Iowa improves to 7-1-3 overall and 1-1-2 in Big Ten Conference play.

The Hawkeyes posted their eighth shutout this season, already the most for an Iowa team since 2019. Iowa has allowed just three goals through 11 contests (0.27 GAA), the fewest allowed by a Big Ten team this season.

Scoring came early and often in the first half, getting rolling in the 18^th minute when junior Kenzie Roling drilled her third goal of the year on a fastbreak pass from seventh-year player Josie Durr.

Roling threaded a fastbreak ball cross-field to the bottom left corner, earning a friendly bank off the bar to thwart the diving Purdue goalkeeper. Her 10 points lead the Hawkeyes offensively this season.

Four minutes later, senior captain Maggie Johnston put Iowa up, two-nil, on the second goal of her Iowa career. Johnston tapped in a free-kick ball dropped into the box by fellow captain Samantha Cary.

Iowa scored for a third time in the period on another free kick, this time on a first pass from midfield by freshman Eva Pattison, who launched the hockey pass to senior Kelli McGroarty at the top of the box.

McGroarty sent the ball forward on a header to set up sophomore Kellen Fife with a one-on-one look at the goalkeeper. Fife drilled the shot, giving Iowa its second set-piece score and a commanding, 3-0, lead heading into the break.

The Hawkeyes put up seven more shots in the second half, connecting for the final time with ten minutes left to play on a score from senior Rielee Fetty. The play marked a career-first goal for Fetty, as well as a career-first assist for freshman Sofia Bush.

Iowa outshot Purdue, 15-8, and tallied a 9-1 advantage in shots on goal. The 4-0 margin of victory is Iowa’s greatest against a Big Ten opponent since downing Nebraska by the same score on Oct. 16, 2022.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH DAVE DIIANNI

“I thought we were pretty opportunistic. We were pretty tight the last couple of weeks. We rank third in the country in goals against. We try to impress upon them to rely on good defending and working hard together. The goal opportunities will come. We scored two on set pieces, or at least reruns. We hadn’t done that yet this year. When you see the ball go in the back of the net once, you gain a little confidence. You saw momentum just kind of roll there, fortunately for us…

I am very proud of our team’s effort and resilience, coming on the road and playing in front of a big crowd. Our mentality to attack today for 90 minutes as a team was the difference in the game.”

HAWKEYE NOTABLES

• Goalkeeper Macy Enneking picked up her 17^th career shutout, ranking third in program history. Enneking ranks fifth in the Hawkeye record book with 20 career victories (.700 win percentage).
• The Hawkeyes earned their first win at Folk Field since 2017; the series against Purdue moves to 11-7-5 in favor of Iowa.
• Nine Hawkeyes registered offensive points.
• Both Johnston and Fife connected on their second career goals and first goals this season; Fetty’s goal was a career first.
• Thursday’s result makes the third contest this season in which Iowa has scored three or more goals.
• 2 for the Money: The Hawkeyes are undefeated in their last 43 games when scoring two goals or more. Dating back to the 2017 season, Iowa has a record of 40-0-3 when scoring two goals or more. That includes a 5-0-0 record this season, 4-0-2 in 2022, 9-0 in 2021, 2-0 in 2020, 13-0-1 in 2019 and 5-0 in 2018. The Hawkeyes won their final two games in 2017 when scoring two-plus goals. The last time Iowa lost a game while netting at least two goals was Oct. 1, 2017, at Michigan State (L, 3-2).
• 90 Tracker: Freshman Millie Greer (8) was the only Hawkeye to play the entirety of Thursday’s contest. The following position players have recorded at least one 90-minute outing this season: Samantha Cary (8), senior Rielee Fetty (4), senior Maggie Johnston (4), junior Kenzie Roling, sophomore Kellen Fife and freshman Eva Pattison. Nine substitutes checked in against Purdue.

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes return home on Oct. 1 to host Rutgers for the annual Pink Game for breast cancer awareness. Kickoff is set for noon at the Iowa Soccer Complex.