Fort Hays State Softball will begin its 2026 season this weekend (Feb. 13-15) at the Cherokee Nation D2 Softball Festival in Tahlequah, Okla. The Tigers are set to take on five teams from the Great American Conference at the event. Live coverage may be limited throughout the event, but any live coverage links will be provided on the FHSU Softball Schedule Page.

Live Coverage
- Live stat updates for the first 3 games of the weekend will be provided on the FHSU live stats page every half inning.
- As of now, the game vs. Arkansas-Monticello on Saturday will not have live coverage. Score updates will be provided on X (Twitter).
- Live stat updates for the game vs. Harding will be provided from Harding's live stats page. Harding may also have a live stream available, pending venue infrastructure.
 
Fort Hays State is coming off a 24-21 season in 2025, making its third-consecutive appearance in the MIAA Tournament. The Tigers have a lot of new faces on the squad this year, coupled with experienced veterans. The Tigers look to replace the void left by two of their stronger pitchers in program history, Savanah Egger and Morgan Schmidt, but they have several key pieces of their offense back this year.
 
The Tigers are scheduled to start the season with three-straight tournament weekends before jumping into doubleheaders, which will dominate the schedule from March to the end of the regular season.
 
Alexis Mohr is the top returner by batting average after hitting .316 in 2025. She led the team in doubles (9) and tied for the team lead in RBIs (22). Her younger sister Lilly Mohr hit .309 as a freshman and led the team in home runs with seven and extra-base hits with 15. Paige Thexton, Lilliana Ramirez-Johnson, Kaydawn Haag, and Abbey Duarte are all regular starters who also return from last year. The Tigers also get back two-time All-MIAA performer Peyton Shepard and Hannah Green, who were both sidelined with injuries last year.
 
Korryn Johnson is the top returning pitcher for FHSU after posting a 5.88 ERA and 13 strikeouts in a limited 13.2 innings of work last year.
 
Adrian Pilkington is in her 12^th season leading the Tigers. She has 245 wins, most of any coach in program history.
 
The Opponents
East Central
2026 Record: 2-6
2025 Record: 17-27
Series Record: FHSU leads 4-3
Notes: FHSU won the last meeting between the schools in 2024 by a score of 9-4 in Edmond, Okla…Five of the seven previous meetings have been in the state of Oklahoma, but all seven games in the series history have been neutral-site contests.
 
Southern Arkansas
2026 Record: 10-0
2025 Record: 43-10 (NCAA Tournament participant)
Series Record: SAU leads 5-2
Notes: FHSU knocked off SAU last year in Shawnee, Okla. by a score of 6-2. Though SAU was unranked in that meeting early in the season, the Muleriders eventually held a No. 12 national ranking going into the NCAA Tournament…All seven previous meetings between the teams have been at neutral venues, four times in Oklahoma and three times in Arkansas.
 
Southwestern Oklahoma State
2026 Record: 2-7
2025 Record: 22-25
Series Record: FHSU leads 6-5
Notes: SWOSU won last year's meeting with FHSU by a score of 3-2 in Wichita Falls, Texas…Both teams are .500 against each other on their home fields, but FHSU holds a slight 3-2 edge in neutral site meetings.
 
Arkansas-Monticello
2026 Record: 5-3
2025 Record: 17-31
Series Record: Tied 3-3
Notes: UAM has won the last three meetings with FHSU, but the teams will be meeting for the first time since 2019…All previous meetings have been at neutral venues, with five of the six being meetings in Bentonville, Arkansas…FHSU is looking for its first win over UAM since 2014.
 
Harding
2026 Record: 4-5
2025 Record: 39-18 (NCAA Tournament participant)
Series Record: HU lead 1-0
Notes: Harding won the only meeting ever with FHSU back during the 2018 season in Hays by a score of 8-0. This will be the first neutral meeting between the teams.