FHSU Athletics

Fort Hays State women’s golf finished seventh as a team at the Nebraska-Kearney Spring Invite, held March 30-31 at Awarii Dunes Golf Course in Axtell, Neb. The Tigers were led by a fourth-place finish by Samantha Hobson, who tied the lowest round of the tournament with a 3-over par 75 on Tuesday.

Hobson shot rounds of 84 and 75 for a total of 159. She was seven strokes off the winning pace of 152 by Samantha Crawford of Nebraska-Kearney, who shot two rounds of 76. Hobson was only one stroke back of second place.

Abby Schmidtberger tied for 35th with rounds of 94 and 84. Megan DeWerff and Quillen Eichhorn tied for 37th. DeWerff shot rounds of 93 and 91, while Eichhorn shot rounds of 98 and 86. Hadley Tharp figured into the team scoring on day one with a 97, and then shot 96 on day two.

FHSU shot 704 as a team. Nebraska-Kearney won its home tournament with a total of 633, nine strokes ahead of Missouri Western at 642.

The FHSU women return to action on April 6-7 at the Virginia McCoy Intercollegiate, hosted by Park University in Parkville, Mo. The tournament will be held at The Deuce at The National.