Fort Hays State (24-22, 8-14 MIAA) at
Northeastern State (8-33, 3-19 MIAA)
**TIME AND LOCATION CHANGE**
Friday, April 26 - 2 PM (DH)
Broken Arrow, Okla. - Broken Arrow High School

Fort Hays State at
#12 Rogers State (36-10, 19-3 MIAA)
Saturday, April 27 - 11 AM (DH)
Claremore, Okla. - Diamond Sports Complex

Fort Hays State goes on the road to complete its 2024 regular season this week, facing Northeastern State on Friday (April 26) and Rogers State on Saturday (April 27) in MIAA play. The Tigers are looking to clinch a spot in the 10-team MIAA Tournament, which will be played next week in Edmond, Okla. FHSU enters the week at 24-22 overall, 8-14 in the MIAA. Northeastern State is 8-33 overall and 3-19 in the MIAA, while Rogers State is 36-10 overall and 19-3 in the MIAA. Rogers State will host Nebraska-Kearney on Friday before facing FHSU on Saturday.
 
Fort Hays State enters the final week of MIAA play alone in 10^th in the MIAA standings. The Tigers are two games behind Missouri Southern, Missouri Western, and Central Missouri, all tied for seventh in the standings at 10-12. The Tigers are currently two games clear of Newman and Nebraska-Kearney for the 10^th spot, so they are looking for a strong showing this week to lock up a tournament spot.
 
The MIAA Tournament this year expanded to 10 teams and will be a single-elimination tournament, instead of an eight-team double elimination format it had been for several years in the past. The 7-10 seeds play on the first day of the tournament for a chance to move into the quarterfinal stage of the bracket the next day.
 
Northeastern State Series Notes
Series Record: Tied 12-12
-FHSU and NSU split the conference doubleheader last season in Hays.
-NSU won three of the last four games, which included a sweep in the last doubleheader played between the teams in Tahlequah in 2022.
-FHSU is looking for its first win in Tahlequah since the 2016 season. NSU has won the last five games between the teams on its home field.
-Peyton Shepard and Adysen Burghart each had two RBIs in the 5-4 win against NSU last season. Savanah Egger threw a complete game in that contest.
-Aubrey Martinez drove in the only run for FHSU in the 7-1 loss to NSU last year.
 
Rogers State Series Notes
Series Record: RSU leads 10-2
-FHSU and RSU split the conference doubleheader last season in Hays.
-FHSU snapped a five-game losing streak to RSU with its win in game two of last year's doubleheader.
-Seven of the 10 wins for RSU in the series history have been shutouts.
-Savanah Egger threw a 3-hit shutout against a then No. 8 ranked Rogers State team last year in Hays in a 1-0 win.
-FHSU has never scored more than three runs in a game against RSU. They have been held to less than three in the last six games between the teams.
-FHSU's only two wins in the series history have been in Hays. The Tigers are 0-7 in Claremore.
 
Tiger Notes
· Savanah Egger ranks 16th nationally in complete games with 19. She went the distance in 19 of her 23 starts this season. She leads the MIAA in complete games.
· Loren Beggs has 48 doubles for her career at FHSU, which is second-most in program history. She is only one behind the record of 49 set by Hallie McMillen in 2009.
· Peyton Shepard has 37 career stolen bases, which is third-most in program history. She is only six shy of second-place on the list.
· Peyton Shepard leads FHSU with a .385 batting average. She has a team-high 60 hits on the season and leads the team in stolen bases with 18. Shepard leads the team in multi-hit games this season with 20.
·  Carly Stuke leads the team in extra-base hits with 11, followed by Loren Beggs with 10. Beggs leads the team in RBIs with 25, followed by Stuke with 21. Beggs is the team leader in home runs with three, while Stuke, Shepard, and Audrey Gillespie all have two.
· FHSU has has 20 sacrifice flies for the season, which leads the MIAA and ranks 7^th in NCAA Division II. Lilliana Ramirez-Johnson has 4 this season, which is third-most in the MIAA.
· FHSU reached at least 20 wins in a season for the fourth-straight year. The streak could have been six-straight years had it not been for the COVID-shortened 2020 season when FHSU went 15-13 through mid-March. The Tigers also won at least 20 in 2019.
· Loren Beggs is closing in on the all-time games played record at FHSU of 226 set by Sara Breckbill in 2022. Breckbill played in 226 games as a Tiger and Beggs is currently at 223.