FHSU Athletics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State Softball will be the No. 10 seed in the 10-team MIAA Softball Championship Tournament, set to begin on Wednesday in Edmond, Okla. The Tigers will take on No. 7 seed Missouri Western in the opening round on Wednesday evening at 5:30 p.m. The tournament will be held at Gerry Pinkston Stadium, home of the University of Central Oklahoma softball team.
This season the tournament expanded to 10 teams and will be a single-elimination format. In past years, the tournament had an eight-team double elimination format.
Due to a suspended game on Saturday, there is still potential that Missouri Western can tie for sixth in the MIAA standings with Emporia State. However, Emporia State holds the tiebreak for the No. 6 seed should the teams finish in a tie. Emporia State and Washburn will resume Game 2 of their conference doubleheader on Monday, which was suspended in the sixth inning on Saturday due to weather.
The winner of the Fort Hays State vs. Missouri Western game on Wednesday will move on to the tournament quarterfinals Thursday night to meet No. 2 seed Pittsburg State at 6:30 p.m. Fort Hays State enters the tournament at 26-24 overall, while Missouri Western is 31-19 overall.
The full tournament bracket is available here. Fans can purchase tickets at the Gerry Pinkston Stadium Box Office or online at the tournament website link above. All nine tournament games will be broadcast live, exclusively on The MIAA Network.