FHSU Athletics

Fort Hays State women’s golf finished fifth at the Virginia McCoy Intercollegiate held by Park University in Parkville, Mo. Samantha Hobson led the way for FHSU at The Deuce at the National Golf Club, a par-70 layout, by finishing fourth individually.

Hobson, much like her performance last week at the UNK Invite, vaulted up the leaderboard with a strong second round. She shot a four-over par 76 on Tuesday after shooting 84 on Monday. The improvement saw her move from ninth to fourth in the individual standings, carding a total of 160. She was 12 strokes off the winning pace of 148, shot by Damla Bilgic of Iowa Western Community College.

Hobson finished 21 strokes ahead of  Quillen Eichhorn, the next finisher for FHSU. Eichhorn shot rounds of 90 and 91 for a total of 181 and a 22nd-place finish. Abby Schmidtberger tied for 23rd, two strokes back of Eichhorn with rounds of 92 and 91. Megan DeWerff bounced back from a first-day 96 to shoot 88 the next and finish in a tie for 26th. Hadley Tharp also competed, shooting rounds of 107 and 94 to finish in 43rd.

FHSU finished fifth as a team, shooting a total of 708. Iowa Western won the tournament with a 661, followed by Ottawa University at 684 and Truman at 687.

The Tigers return to action in two weeks at the MIAA Championships in Lawrence, Kan., at Alvamar Golf Course (April 20-21).