FHSU Athletics
TOPEKA, Kan. – Fort Hays State played only one game on Saturday at the Washburn Invitational. The first contest against Rockhurst was canceled due to lingering weather-related issues from the night before. The Tigers fell in their only contest of the day to Drury University by a score of 3-1. The Tigers are now 3-5 overall for the season.
Fort Hays State took the early advantage in the game with its lone run in the third inning. Lilly Mohr and Kaydawn Haag singles, a Hannah Green sacrifice bunt, and a Peyton Shepard RBI single manufactured the run.
FHSU pitcher Solana Carpenter kept the Panthers hitless through three innings and gave up just one hit in the fourth. She ran into trouble in the fifth as three extra-base hits did all of the scoring damage for Drury. Kaley Adzick doubled, Reece Anderson tripled her home to tie the game, and then Emma Niemczyk homered to put the Panthers up 3-1. Carpenter threw a complete game, allowing six hits with three strikeouts.
Adzick, the pitcher for Drury, moved to 2-1 on the season scattering five hits with five strikeouts.
Fort Hays State is scheduled to play one more game at the Washburn Invitational on Sunday. The Tigers will take on Minnesota State at 11 a.m., which is an hour later than the original start time posted for the weekend. The game will be at Gahnstrom Field.