KANSAS CITY, Mo. –Fort Hays State will be the No. 7 seed for the MIAA Softball Tournament and open with No. 2 seed Northwest Missouri State in the opening round. The Tigers tied for sixth with Central Missouri in the final standings but the Jennies owned the tiebreaker and get the higher seed.

The MIAA Tournament has a new home this year, the famed ASA Hall of Fame Stadium complex in Oklahoma City. The tournament will be held Thursday through Saturday (April 28-30). Hall of Fame Stadium is home of the NCAA Division I Softball World Series. The stadium field has three other fields next to it, so all four fields will have opening round games on Thursday starting at 5 pm.

Missouri Western went 23-3 in the league and won the MIAA regular season title and shored up the top seed. The Griffons will face eighth seeded Southwest Baptist in the opening round.

Third seeded Central Oklahoma will open their tournament against sixth seeded Central Missouri. In the final first round match-up it is fourth seeded Pittsburg State taking on fifth seeded Northeastern State.

Complete schedule below…

Thursday, April 28, 2016
Game 1: #1 Missouri Western vs. #8 Southwest Baptist (Stadium)      5 p.m.
Game 2: #4 Pittsburg State vs. #5 Northeastern State (Field 2)             5 p.m.
Game 3: #3 Central Oklahoma vs. #6 Central Missouri (Field 3)           5 p.m.
Game 4: #2 Northwest Missouri vs. #7 Fort Hays State (Field 4)           5 p.m.
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 (Field 2)                                   7:30 p.m.
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 (Field 3)                                   7:30 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 (Field 4)                            7:30 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 (Stadium)                         7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 29, 2016 
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8 (Field 2)                               11 a.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7 (Stadium)                          11 a.m.
Game 11: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10 (Field 4)                       1:30 p.m.
Game 12: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 (Stadium)                      4 p.m.
Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 12 (Field 4)                        6:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 30, 2016
Game 14: Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13 (Stadium)                  11 a.m.
Game 15: Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 14 (Stadium)                     1:30 p.m. (If neccessary)