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TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods held the Tigers to 124 yards of total offense in the second half as the Ichabod defense pitched a shutout in the second half of their 28-14 win over Fort Hays State. With the win, the Ichabods improve to 5-1 and 3-1 in the MIAA and will travel next weekend to face Nebraska-Omaha before returning home to take on Pittsburg State on homecoming on Oct. 17.

After the Tigers scored on a 30-yard touchdown strike from Mike Garrison to O.J. Murdock to take a 7-0 lead, the Ichabods responded with a 6-play 33 yard drive with Steve Ivanisevic connecting on a 44-yard field goal with 31 seconds to play in the first half.

James Walker pushed Fort Hays State up 14-3 on a 1-yard run capping the Tigers' second 80-yard drive of the first half.

Washburn cut the lead to 14-10 on a 1-yard plunge by Vershon Moore on a fourth and goal from the Tigers' one. Moore had 27 yards on the ground during the 10-play, 54-yard drive with 5:18 to play in the opening half.

The Tigers were forced punt leaving the Ichabods with 1:13 on the clock and Dane Simoneau was 4 of 7 on the drive guiding the Ichabods from their own 20 to the Tigers' 2-yard line. Ryan Mertz collected the final pass of the drive setting up a Ivanisevic 19-yard field goal to end the half with Washburn trailing 14-13.

The Ichabods took the first possession and turned the ball over on a pick by Michael Walker at the Tigers' 2-yard line. After two rushing plays for 1-yard each by James Walker, the Tigers Mike Garrison dropped back to pass and was sacked in the end zone by Eric Lawrence for a safety with 11:14 on the third quarter clock and putting Washburn in front for good 15-14.

The Ichabods would add two more scoring strikes through the air - both from Simoneau to Drameagon Powers. The first was a 5-yard strike with 9:46 to go in the third quarter. The second was a 51-yard connecting with 10:36 to go in the game.

Simoneau finished with 398 yards passing, the fourth-highest single-game total in Washburn history. He was 20 of 36 with two interceptions and two touchdowns. Powers recorded five catches for 109 yards with the two scores. On the ground, Moore had 23 carries for 89 yards and one score.

Zach Watkins had 16 total tackles to lead the Ichabod defense with eight solo stops and a tackle for loss. Michael Krajicek had 13 stops. Lawrence finished with six stops and the sack and Ben Bianchino had four stops with two sacks for 14 yards.

Washburn recorded 23 first downs in the game with 15 coming through the air. The Ichabods had 517 yards of total offense and averaged 7.0 yards per play. The Tigers had 320 yards of total offense with 221 coming through the air.