Greetings, Comet Nation!
It was a great weekend for our fall tradition, the Farmers Bowl, this past Saturday. We also have Comet VB on the road in action, plus Comet Softball up in Canada for a doubleheader up there. Let’s get to the results!
The Farmers Bowl Day started off with the Farmers Bowl 5K, won by Comet MBB player Konrad Bueckers in a time of 19:33. A full list of results is up at this page here.
The Farmers Bowl parade rolled through downtown Mayville, en route to the college around 10:30am.
Captain Comet rolled on his Comet Cruiser and followed alongside the WBB team, who were all piled up and around a truck for their part in the parade.
Our Comets then took on the Warriors of Sterling College in the Farmers Bowl. It was a tough battle throughout the day, as the Comets took on the #14 team in the pre-season ranks in the NAIA. Things were close to start, with the Comets only down 23-12 at the half. Sterling answered with some more scores and found themselves ahead 44 to 24. The Comets made a charge with two more scores and some 2 point conversions to close the gap to 44-40, but it was not enough to capture a victory in the end.
Some bright spots for the Comets are the performances from new QB #18 Creighton Pfau, who in two games is now leading the country with 495 yards/game as an average, with 830 of those 990 total yards in passing! Pfau is also a basketball player for the Comets, coming out of West Fargo, ND, and is in his first season of playing football here. Both Comet squads are fortunate to have such a talent!
With great passing comes great receiving efforts too, and Joshua Portillo had a great game of 144 yards on 8 catches and 1 TD. Trent Momon had 114 yards on 5 catches. Adrian Carillo had 65 yards, and Jacob Lawrence had a nice collection of 61 yards and a TD in the end.
Defensively, Douglas Koepplin led with 12 tackles and Donte Stevens had 8, followed by Jason Holmes with 7 and an INT.
Catch your full recap here at MSUComets.com!
Our Comets will take on Dakota State down in Madison, SD this Saturday.
Comets Volleyball battles 4 Teams in Nebraska
Our Lady Comets Volleyball squad took to the road again, facing Mount Marty & Dakota Wesleyan on Friday, followed by McPherson College and William Penn on Saturday down in Omaha, NE.
The Comets fell to MM in 4 sets, winning 25-15, then falling 17-25, and two back to back losses of 23-25.
DWU was also a tough one, losing 26-28 in a close one, then 19-25 and 15-25.
Saturday’s action against McPherson was tight throughout, in a 25-18 win, 15-25 and 16-25 losses, coming back with a 28-26 win and falling shy in the final 5th set, 14-16.
WP was their final matchup in a 0-3 battle, falling 23-25, 19-25 and 22-25. All in all, there were a lot of close sets that could have went the Comets’ way over that weekend stretch.
Catch all the individual stats of our Comets at MSUComets.com!
Comet Softball Wins Big Doubleheader in Fall Ball Action Over Conference Foe
Our Lady Comets Softball team traveled up to Brandon, Manitoba to take part in a special opening game ceremony for the new Ashley Neufeld Softball Complex there. Neufeld was a former Dickinson State softball player who passed away a few years ago. The Comets were honored to take part in the first games against DSU, who have been a tough foe for the Comets in recent years. The Comets came out with two victories on the day, with 14-6 and 8-0 victories to come home with! A Job Well Done, Lady Comets!
Thanks to all who came and supported the Farmers Bowl Auction on Saturday, too! Thousands of dollars were raised to help support the MSU Foundation for student scholarships here!
Hail To Our Comets!
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