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The 17th-ranked Tiger softball team moved to 29-5 overall on the season with a doubleheader sweep of Panhandle State in Hays on Tuesday (Apr. 2). Kellsi Olsen delivered a walk-off single in the seventh inning of game one for a 2-1 win, then the Tigers won by run-rule in game two 9-1 as Maddie Holub broke the single-season record for home runs at FHSU with her 14th.

Game 1: Fort Hays State 2, Panhandle State 1

Fort Hays State's bats struggled in game one, but Kellsi Olsen's two hits in the game were big in lifting the Tigers over the Aggies. Olsen led off the third inning with a triple down the right field line and she came in to score on a RBI single by Bianca Adame to give FHSU a 1-0 lead.

After OPSU tied the game in the top of the sixth with a two-out double, Olsen kept the Tigers from having to go to extra-innings as she delivered a walk-off two-out single to right field in the seventh to score Amanda Vaupel from second. Vaupel led off the inning with a single and moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jenna Lang.

Other than back-to-back hits surrendered in the sixth that produced Panhandle State's only run, Maddie Holub dominated in the pitching circle with 14 strikeouts and just three hits and one walk allowed. She moved to 15-1 overall on the season with the complete game win. With her seventh strikeout in the game, Holub reached 800 strikeouts for her career as a pitcher at FHSU.

Game 2: Fort Hays State 9, Panhandle State 1

Fort Hays State grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first inning with five consecutive singles. Amanda Vaupel had a RBI single and Tori Beltz had a two-RBI single in the inning.

The Aggies plated a run in the second due to a Tiger error, but Fort Hays State put the game away in the fourth with six runs, fueled by a three-run home run by Maddie Holub and a two-run home run by Vaupel. Courtney Dobson also had a RBI single in the inning. Holub's home run was the 14th of the season, which set a new single-season record for home runs in a season at FHSU, passing Jessika Anastos' 13 in 2008.

Paxton Duran moved to 12-4 on the season by throwing 4.0 innings, allowing just three hits and two walks with three strikeouts. The run she allowed was unearned. Jordan Jones pitched the final inning in the run-rule win, recording a strikeout with two hits allowed.

Fort Hays State hosts Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri State in key MIAA doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday (Apr. 5-6) in Hays. Missouri Western is currently one of three teams from the MIAA in the national rankings, which also includes FHSU and Central Oklahoma. Missouri Western is just one game back of FHSU and Central Oklahoma in the MIAA standings.