Fort Hays State hosted its first tournament of the spring season in Arizona, the FHSU Spring Thaw, at Dobson Ranch Golf Course in Mesa. The Tigers finished ninth out of 12 teams that competed in the tournament.FHSU finished with a team score of 736. Minnesota State won the tournament with 313 each day for a total of 626. The Mavericks won by 14 strokes over Lindenwood and topped Western New Mexico by 23 strokes.
Samantha Hobson led FHSU with rounds of 89 and 84 to finish in a tie for 34th. Quillen Eichhorn led FHSU on the first day with an 88, but followed with a 92 to finish in a tie for 47th. Abby Schmidtberger had a rough first round of 103, but improved 17 strokes on the second day with an 86 to finish in 56th. Megan DeWerff tied for 58th, shooting two rounds of 97. Sage Alquist competed and shot rounds of 98 and 97, along with Hadley Tharp, who shot rounds of 104 and 103.
Kanyapak Sethasomponbe from Minnesota State won the tournament as an individual, shooting two rounds of 75 (6-over par total).