FHSU Athletics

Fort Hays State women’s golf sits in 10th place after the first day (Sept. 29) of the FHSU Invitational, being held at Smoky Hill Country Club in Hays, a par-71 layout. A mandatory event for MIAA schools, all 10 teams from the conference and a pair of non-conference teams are competing at the event. The Tigers shot 359 as a team on the first day.

Central Oklahoma leads the way as a team, shooting 305 on day one. Marla Souvannasing of UCO leads as an individual after carding a 1-over par 72. One shot behind her is Alanna Haynes of Lindenwood, who shot 73, helping her team to second place in the standings six shots back of UCO. Central Oklahoma had four players shoot in the 70s (which includes one player competing as an individual), while Lindenwood (311) had three (one individual included) and Northeastern State (316) had two. Altogether, 10 players shot in the 70s in the opening round.

Leading Fort Hays State was Samantha Hobson, who carded 87. Abi Schmidtberger is one stroke back of her after an 88. Quillen Eichhorn shot 91, Megan DeWerff shot 93, and Hadley Tharp shot 105. Sage Alquist is competing as an individual and she shot 103.

A shotgun start at 9 am will be used once again on Tuesday for the final round.