Fort Hays State Softball will begin its 2025 season this weekend in Texas (Feb. 7-8). The Tigers play a pair of games on both Friday and Saturday in Wichita Falls at the Mustang Round Up, hosted by Midwestern State University. The Tigers will take on schools from three different conferences, including the Great American Conference, Lone Star Conference, and the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
Live streaming and stats will be available for the first day of games with Fort Hays State playing at Midwestern State's home facility Mustangs Park. Streaming is available on FloCollege at a cost, while live stats will be provided for each game Friday.
 
FloCollege subscriptions are available for $19.99 per month (covers FHSU's 2 games on Friday). Reminder that subscriptions recur every month, so you must cancel your subscription after the games to avoid being charged every month. FHSU is not scheduled to play any more games against Lone Star Conference opponents this year, which uses the FloCollege streaming platform.
 
Fort Hays State's two games on Saturday will not have any coverage, streaming or live stats, since the games will take place at Holliday High School in the neighboring town of Holliday, Texas. Score updates will be provided for the two games on the FHSU Softball X social media account.
 
WEEKEND SCHEDULE FOR FHSU
Friday, February 7
FHSU vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State – 10 AM (Live links provided above)
FHSU vs. Cameron – 3 PM (Live links provided above)
 
Saturday, February 8
FHSU vs. Southwestern Oklahoma State – 1:30 PM (Score updates on X)
FHSU vs. Southwest Baptist – 3:30 PM (Score updates on X)
 
TICKETS – DAY 1 ONLY
See ticket prices for games on Friday at Mustang Park
 
Fort Hays State is coming off a 28-25 record in 2024 when it qualified for the MIAA Tournament and advanced to the quarterfinals with an opening round win. It was the second-straight year and third time in the last four years the Tigers qualified for the conference tournament.
 
Fort Hays State went 4-0 on its season-opening trip to Wichita Falls last year, when they played three of the four opponents they open up with this year. Southwest Baptist is the only team the Tigers did not face at the Mustang Round Up last year.
 
THE OPPONENTS
Northwestern Oklahoma State
2024 Record: 17-33
2025 Record: 2-2
Series History: FHSU leads 6-3-1
Series Notes
- Fort Hays State won all three games it played against Northwestern Oklahoma State last year. FHSU won 9-1 in Wichita Falls at the Mustang Round Up before sweeping a doubleheader in Alva, Oklahoma by scores of 8-0 and 9-5.
- Northwestern Oklahoma State is the only school FHSU has ever played to a tie with, which occurred in 2022 due to lightning occurring with a game tied 6-6 in the sixth inning.
- FHSU is 2-0 against NWOSU when the teams have played in Wichita Falls (2023 and 2024).
- Savanah Egger threw a six-inning shutout against NWOSU last year in Alva in an 8-0 win.
- Morgan Schmidt was the winning pitcher in 2 of the 3 meetings with NWOSU last year.
 
Cameron
2024 Record: 30-23
2025 Record: 0-0
Series History: CU leads 11-5
Series Notes
- Fort Hays State snapped a long 11-game losing streak to Cameron last year at the Mustang Round Up by a score of 1-0. Savanah Egger threw a complete game shutout with eight strikeouts, while yielding just two hits.
- Fort Hays State won the first four games in the all-time series history before Cameron went on an 11-game streak from 2006-2022.
 
Southwestern Oklahoma State
2024 Record: 16-33
2025 Record: 2-2
Series History: FHSU leads 6-4
Series Notes
- Fort Hays State has won 5 of the last 6 games with SWOSU, including a 4-0 win at the Mustang Round Up last year.
- Morgan Schmidt threw a complete-game shutout against the Bulldogs last year in Wichita Falls with five strikeouts.
- One of Morgan Schmidt's two career no-hitters was against SWOSU.
- Fort Hays State's last four wins against SWOSU were all shutouts.
- FHSU is 2-0 against SWOSU in Wichita Falls.
- Madison Pierce and Regan Curry each recorded RBIs in the 4-0 win over SWOSU last year.
 
Southwest Baptist
2024 Record: 19-31
2025 Record: 1-3
Series History: FHSU leads 18-11
Series Notes
- Fort Hays State and Southwest Baptist will be meeting for the first time since 2019. The last time the teams met, SBU was still a member of the MIAA. The Bearcats are now a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
- FHSU won three of the last four meetings between the schools, sweeping a doubleheader in 2018 in Hays and then splitting a doubleheader in 2019 in Bolivar, Mo.
- This will be the first neutral site meeting between FHSU and SBU since 2017 and the schools have never played against each other in Texas.
- FHSU holds a 3-2 advantage in neutral site games with SBU.
 
TIGER NOTES
- Savanah Egger holds a career ERA of 2.57 with 38 wins, 56 compete games, 16 shutouts, and 429 strikeouts in 482 innings pitched.
- Morgan Schmidt holds a career ERA of 4.13 with 20 wins, 18 complete games, 6 shutouts, and 297 strikeouts in 274.1 innings pitched. She has 2 career no-hitters.
- Regan Curry was the MIAA Gold Glove selection at shortstop last year, committing just six errors in 175 chances for a .966 fielding percentage.
- Madison Pierce is the active career leader for FHSU in home runs (8) and RBIs (67).
- Fort Hays State was one of the best defensive teams in the nation last year with a .972 team fielding percentage. The Tigers ranked 21^st nationally in fielding percentage.
- Fort Hays State has 13 newcomers on its roster to open the 2025 season.