{"id":55734,"date":"2020-06-22T10:20:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T15:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=55734"},"modified":"2020-06-22T10:20:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T15:20:13","slug":"2021-spring-conference-schedules-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=55734","title":{"rendered":"2021 spring conference schedules unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8211; The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association wrapped up its week-long 2020-21 schedule reveal by unveiling the conference slates for baseball, softball and tennis on Friday (June 19).<br> <br> The Fort Hays State baseball team will play a three-game weekend set against all 11 conference opponents, including six series in Hays and five on the road. For the 2021 season, each three-game set will be played over two days, including one doubleheader and one single game.<br> <br> With the DII Presidents Council&#8217;s decision to reduce the maximum number of games played to 40, the Tigers can schedule up to seven additional non-conference games. Non-conference matchups and official game dates for league games are to be announced.<br> <br> The conference also announced that the 2021 MIAA Baseball Championship will be an eight-team, double elimination tournament held over four days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  <strong>2021\n  Fort Hays State Baseball Conference Schedule<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  February\n  26-28\n  <\/td><td>\n  Pittsburg\n  State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  5-7\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Central Oklahoma\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  12-14\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Central Missouri\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  19-21\n  <\/td><td>\n  Rogers\n  State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  26-28\n  <\/td><td>\n  Missouri\n  Southern\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  2-4\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Northeastern State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  9-11\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Missouri Western\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  16-18\n  <\/td><td>\n  Northwest\n  Missouri State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  23-25\n  <\/td><td>\n  Washburn\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  30-May 2\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Emporia State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  May\n  7-9\n  <\/td><td>\n  Newman\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Games\n  will played over two days during assigned weekend\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\nThe Tiger softball team will play a standard 26-game conference schedule,\nincluding doubleheaders against all 13 league rivals. The Tigers can schedule\nup to 18 non-league contests to complete its 44-game schedule for the 2021\nseason.<br>\n<br>\nSimilar to baseball, the 2021 MIAA Softball Championship will consist of an\neight-team, double elimination bracket held over four days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  <strong>2021\n  Fort Hays State Softball Conference Schedule<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  12\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Central Missouri\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  13\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Lincoln\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  19\n  <\/td><td>\n  Rogers\n  State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  20\n  <\/td><td>\n  Northeastern\n  State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  26\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Washburn\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  27\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Emporia State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  2\n  <\/td><td>\n  Pittsburg\n  State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  3\n  <\/td><td>\n  Missouri\n  Southern\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  9 or 10\n  <\/td><td>\n  Nebraska-Kearney\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  16\n  <\/td><td>\n  Northwest\n  Missouri State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  17\n  <\/td><td>\n  Missouri\n  Western\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  30\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Newman\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  May\n  1\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Central Oklahoma\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\nThe Fort Hays State tennis team will also face off against each conference\nschool once during the spring season, including four home duals and four road\ncontests. Tentative dates for each matchup are listed below and are subject to\nchange.<br>\n<br>\nTennis was allotted 17 dates of competition throughout the 2020-21 season,\ngiving the Tigers the ability to schedule up to nine dates of non-conference\ncompetition.<br>\n<br>\nThe 2021 MIAA Women&#8217;s Tennis Championship was also modified, moving from an\neight-team bracket held over three to a six-team tournament held over two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  <strong>2021\n  Fort Hays State Tennis Conference Schedule<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  27\n  <\/td><td>\n  Northeastern\n  State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  March\n  28\n  <\/td><td>\n  Central\n  Oklahoma\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  2\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Missouri Western\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  7\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Nebraska-Kearney\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  16\n  <\/td><td>\n  Washburn\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  17\n  <\/td><td>\n  Northwest\n  Missouri State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  23\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Emporia State\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  April\n  24\n  <\/td><td>\n  at\n  Newman\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>\nAdditional non-conference contests, game times and official dates will be\nannounced in the coming weeks &#8211; check back with <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2ffhsuathletics.com&amp;c=E,1,qpQI27G6twOKg26EWyulL6LXLd3oYORo8HFX_UuokD5o2iV6lPqvvO_tLI9XK-PzmMAQr-EcICVmD9SbcFJEmUlfXqca5ZOmt1mlatVKKSs,&amp;typo=1\">fhsuathletics.com<\/a>\nfor all updates.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8211; The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association wrapped up its week-long 2020-21 schedule reveal by unveiling the conference slates&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-55734","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\/55734","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55735,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55734\/revisions\/55735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}