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Fort Hays State women’s golf finished 10th on its home course in the FHSU Invitational, the first mandatory MIAA event of the season. The Tigers shot 730 as a team. Central Oklahoma won the tournament with a 611 at Smoky Hill Country Club, a par-71 layout.

Abby Schmidtberger led the way for Fort Hays State, carding two rounds of 88. She finished in a tie for 38th individually. Samantha Hobson shot rounds of 87 and 91 to tie for 41st overall. Quillen Eichhorn finished 51st with rounds of 91 and 96. Megan DeWerff had rounds of 93 and 96, finishing one spot behind Eichhorn in 52nd. Hadley Tharp tied for 57th with scores of 105 and 96. Sage Alquist played as an individual and shot two rounds of 103. The Tigers finished eighth out of the 10 MIAA teams competing, but there were also two non-MIAA teams in the tournament.

Central Oklahoma won the event by 21 strokes over Northeastern State (632). Lindenwood was third with 636. Lindsey Bensch of Central Oklahoma, the medalist for the tournament, was tied for fourth, four strokes back of the lead entering the final round. By carding a 1-over par 72, she jumped teammate Marla Souvannasing for the top spot after Souvannasing shot 78 on the second day following a first day 72. Bensch competed in the tournament as an individual, so she did not figure into the team scoring for Central Oklahoma. Had she competed among the five team scorers, Central Oklahoma would have shot 12 strokes better and would have won by 33.

Next week, the Tigers head to Oklahoma City for the RCB Bank Classic, hosted by Central Oklahoma.