University of Mary (7-14) at
Fort Hays State (14-6)
Sunday, March 16 – 12 PM (DH)
Hays, Kan. – Fleharty Family Field
 
Northwestern Oklahoma State (6-16) at
Fort Hays State
Tuesday, March 18 – 1 PM (DH)
Hays, Kan. – Fleharty Family Field
 
Fort Hays State Softball returns to action with a pair of early week non-conference home doubleheaders. The Tigers will host the University of Mary on Sunday (Mar. 16) for a pair of games starting at 12 p.m., then welcome Northwestern Oklahoma State to town on Tuesday (Mar. 18) for a pair starting at 1 p.m.
 
The Tigers are coming off a 3-1 trip to Colorado last week, where they split with UC-Colorado Springs and swept Adams State. The Tigers averaged just over eight runs per game in their three wins.
 
The Tigers will face Mary for the first time since 2023 when they won a neutral contest in Topeka, Kan. The Tigers are 4-1 against the Marauders all-time. This will be the first-ever doubleheader between the schools since the previous five contests were all neutral site games.
 
Fort Hays State has already seen Northwestern Oklahoma State once this season, the season opener in Texas. FHSU won that contest 3-2. FHSU swept a doubleheader from NWOSU in Alva last year. The Tigers are currently on a four-game win streak against the Rangers and hold a 7-3-1 record in the matchup all-time.
 
Madison Pierce continues to lead the Tigers in batting average (.431), extra-base hits (6), and runs (13). She is tied for the team lead in RBIs with Lexi Mohr, each with 13. Lilly Mohr has a team-best four home runs after hitting a pair in the first game against Adams State last week.
 
Morgan Schmidt leads the Tigers in the pitching circle so far with a 7-2 record and 2.03 ERA. She has struck out 73 batters in 58.2 innings of work. She and Savanah Egger have combined for 13 wins this season.