Tigers headline NCAA II Central Region Tournament at home
\nFHSU opens tournament against Minnesota-Mankato<\/p>\n
Gross Memorial Coliseum at Fort Hays State University and its 6,814 seats
\nwill host the NCAA II Central Region Women’s Basketball tournament this
\nweekend. The Tigers are the No. 1 seed on their home court for the regional
\nand are ranked No. 4 nationally.<\/p>\n
Three MIAA women’s basketball teams — all from Kansas — are in the
\nregional, and all three are also nationally ranked. No. 2 tournament seed
\nEmporia State is ranked 10th nationally, and Pittsburg State, the No. 3
\ntournament seed, is ranked 13th nationally.<\/p>\n
FHSU’s first-round game will be against No. 8 seed Minnesota State All tickets for the tournament will be general admission. Sales begin at Gates open an hour before game time.<\/p>\n The first round begins at noon Friday, March 1, when Pittsburg State plays At 2:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span>, Emporia State plays No. 7 seed Arkansas Tech University, The Tigers and Minnesota-Mankato are up next, at 5 p.m.<\/span><\/span> The final game of The semi-final round on Saturday<\/span><\/span> begins at 5 p.m.<\/span><\/span> with the Pittsburg The second game, 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span>, is the FHSU-Mankato winner against the Wayne The championship game will be at 7 p.m. Monday, March 16<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n The online ticket link is Dr. Mirta M. Martin, FHSU president, predicts the regional tournament will “This group of student-athletes has already enjoyed phenomenal success She added, “They are also just a whole lot of fun to watch. Wear your Tiger “It’s a privilege to host an NCAA event, and this rewards the success for The FHSU Alumni Association will host Tiger Spirit pregame parties in Eagle Parties will feature family-friendly events and complimentary refreshments, All parties are free to attend but RSVPs are requested to ensure enough FHSU Games\/Party Schedule<\/p>\n Friday, March 13<\/span><\/span> Saturday, March 14<\/span><\/span> Monday, March 16<\/span><\/span> Tigers headline NCAA II Central Region Tournament at home FHSU opens tournament against Minnesota-Mankato Gross Memorial Coliseum at Fort Hays State University and its 6,814… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7349],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18729"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18737,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18729\/revisions\/18737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nUniversity-Mankato, scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday, March 13<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n
\nnoon Tuesday, March 10. Prices are $10 per day for adults and $5 for K-12
\nstudents. Admission for FHSU students is free with a valid student ID, said
\nSports Information Director Ryan Prickett.<\/p>\n
\nNo. 6 seed Northern State University, Aberdeen, S.D.<\/p>\n
\nRussellville.<\/p>\n
\nthe first round, at 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span>, features No. 4 seed Wayne State University,
\nWayne, Neb., against No. 5 seed Harding University, Searcy, Ark. Wayne
\nState is ranked 17th nationally.<\/p>\n
\nState-Northern State winner taking on the Emporia State-Arkansas Tech
\nwinner.<\/p>\n
\nState-Harding winner.<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/fhsuathletics.com\/
\nbe a great event.<\/p>\n
\nunder Coach Tony Hobson and assistants Talia Miller and Kelsie Sorenson,”
\nshe said. “They ran away with the conference championship over the long
\ngrind of the regular season, finished second in the conference tournament
\nand they’re ranked No. 1 in the Central Region. They play with heart, they
\nsupport each other, and they exemplify excellence at its best.”<\/p>\n
\ngold, and let’s pack Gross Coliseum on Friday<\/span><\/span> night to cheer them on to
\nanother victory. Roar, Tigers!”<\/p>\n
\nour women’s program for this season,” said Curtis Hammeke, athletic
\ndirector at FHSU. “It’s a very, very exciting event, one that will bring
\neight teams from across the region to town.”
\n“It’s hard to host, because you have to earn that No. 1 seed,” said
\nHammeke. “So it was a great job by our women’s basketball program to play a
\nlot of good basketball the past month to keep themselves in position to
\nhost. I’m very happy that it came to fruition that we have the opportunity
\nto host.”<\/p>\n
\nCommunications Hall, located inside of the Robbins Center, throughout the
\ntournament, pending advancement.<\/p>\n
\n“adult and kid beverages, prizes and visits by the FHSU cheerleaders, Tiger
\nDebs, Pep Band and Victor E. Tiger,” according to a statement from the
\nAlumni Association.<\/p>\n
\nfood and seating. Register online or by contacting the Alumni Association
\nat 785-628-4430<\/a>, toll-free at 888-351-3591<\/a> or by email at alumni@fhsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nPregame Party @ 2-4 p.m.<\/span><\/span>
\nSponsors:\u00a0 Coldwell Banker Executive Realty – Patty Stull & Rich
\nSieker, Hays
\nFirst Round Game vs. Minnesota State University-Mankato @ 5 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nPregame Party 4:30-6:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span>
\nSecond Round Game @ 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nPregame Party @ 4-6 p.m.<\/span><\/span>
\nThird Round Game @ 7 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"