KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Ya’j Vance threw for 346 yards and three touchdowns, but his fourth score of the game was his biggest, a 13-yard scramble on the game’s final play that wrapped up a 36-35 win for Simpson (Calif.) over Southern Oregon.
Monday (Oct. 12), Vance was named PrestoSports NAIA Offensive Player of the Week.
Vance had a favorite target on Saturday, finding Ivan Huerta for all three of his touchdown passes, helping Huerta to a five-reception, 159-yard day receiving. Vance’s first two touchdown passes gave the Red Hawks leads of 9-0 and 16-14, and his longest of the day was a 66-yard pass to Huerta on the Red Hawks’ opening drive in the third quarter to regain a 23-22 lead.
Southern Oregon scored two more times, once at the end of the third and another to start the fourth quarter, but Simpson posted 13 unanswered points to close the game, ending on Vance’s 13-yard run as time expired.
The win was Simpson’s first conference win in program history and first-ever win over SOU. The Red Hawks are 3-3, 1-1 in the Frontier West, and they’ll host No. 11 Carroll (Mont.) Saturday at 1 p.m. PT.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.- The second National Selection Committee STADIONIC Men’s Soccer Top 25 has been released, with Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) taking over the No. 1 spot. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) climbed three places to No. 2, while Cumberland (Tenn.) slipped one spot to third. Life (Ga.) and Indiana Wesleyan rounded out the top five at No. […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The second STADIONIC-NAIA Women’s Soccer National Selection Committee (NSC) Top 25 poll is here along with updated area rating committee (ARC) reports and ranking percentage index (RPI) standings. Keiser (Fla.) continues hold the No. 1 spot this week with a 9-0-2 mark as the sit atop the east ARC. While multiple […]
At Carroll College (MT), character has never been just something celebrated on the sidelines. It has been built into the culture. As the NAIA’s inaugural School of Character, Carroll has long demonstrated what it means to make character an intentional part of the student-athlete experience. Now, that commitment has come full circle. Carroll student-athlete Henry […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Trent Rickard’s 10 points on four goals and a pair of assists led The Master’s (Calif.) to a 2-0 week in a pair of GSAC wins over La Sierra (Calif.) and Soka (Calif.), earning the junior forward PrestoSports NAIA Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week accolades for Oct. 13. The Mustangs […]