SUWANEE, Ga. - DePauw earned its third SCAC title in the last four years and the program's fifth straight trip to the NCAA Championship over the weekend after defeating Trinity 3-2. Haley Buchanan grooved a pitch over left-center field with two outs and two on for what proved to be the game changing play of the tournament.

- AROUND THE SCAC -

Austin College did not play last week after closing out its season with a record of 15-25, 6-10 in league play.

Birmingham Southern swept Berry College on the road this weekend to wrap up the season, winning 8-5 and 8-2 to end the year at 25-9 overall after finishing with the best record in the East Division. Overall this season, the Panthers out-scored their opponents 263-92 and out-hit them 329-218, and hit .345 as a team. Junior Ashley Bice led the team batting .453, while sophomore Brittany Berkopec led with 38 RBI. The pitching staff, consisting of juniors Ronni Ferris and Beth Lefler, combined for a 2.30 ERA and nine shutouts. They struck out 177 batters in 222.1 innings with a .251 opponent batting average.

Centre opened the week with their final regular season double header on Tuesday, April 19 against Spalding at home in Danville, Ky. Centre took the first game by a score of 2-1. Spalding tied the second game up at five all in the top of the fifth inning, but the Colonels were able to score two runs in the bottom of the inning and hold Spalding off in the seventh to take the 7-5 win. The Colonels then traveled to Greencastle, Ind. to participate in the SCAC Softball Championship. Centre entered the tournament as the #3 seed in the East and they faced Millsaps, the #2 seed in the West, in the opening round. The Colonels pulled off the upset taking the game 8-4. Due to inclement weather the Colonels had to play their second game, where they would face the #1 seed in the East, DePauw, on Saturday, April 23. The Tigers were too much for Centre, as they took the game 9-0 in five innings. Following the Southwestern vs. Millsaps game, the Colonels then faced the #2 seed in the East, Rhodes. Centre was able to pull off their second upset of the tournament by beating the Lynx 4-0. During their third match of the day, the Colonels competed against Southwestern, the #1 seed from the West. The Pirates used a strong first inning to eventually take an 11-5 win over Centre, but the Colonels would take fourth place in the tournament. The Colonels finished the season with an overall record of 17-23 and during the regular season they went 5-11 in the conference.

#20 DePauw won its third SCAC title in the last four years after winning all three games at this year's tournament. The Tigers opened with a 9-0 win over Centre before topping Trinity 4-1 in the winner's bracket and again by a 3-2 score in Sunday's title game. Haley Buchanan's three-run homer lifted DePauw from a 2-0 deficit against Trinity to the conference title. For the weekend, the Tigers batted .319 led by Brianne Weeks at .625 (5-8) including the senior's first career homer. Jen Kosinski batted .500 (3-6), while Emma Minx hit .444 (4-9) and shared the team lead with Buchanan as each had four RBI. Emily Bichler posted a 3-0 record with a 1.11 earned run average. Bichler held opposing hitters to just a .219 average. The Tigers have already broken the team record of 27 home runs set last year as they have 32 this season. Buchanan's 10 homers this year has tied the school record set by Amy Hallett last year. Kosinski set the team's single-season record with 18 doubles and Minx holds the career marks with 11 triples and 18 homers. DePauw wraps up its regular season this Saturday when it hosts Washington-St. Louis in a doubleheader before making its fifth straight NCAA appearance.

Hendrix did not play last week. The Warriors closed out its season with at record of 12-27, (1-15) in SCAC play.

Millsaps fell 8-4 to Centre on Friday and 8-0 to Southwestern on Saturday in the 2011 SCAC Softball Tournament in Greencastle. The Majors' first game on Friday was delayed by storms for almost five hours in the middle of the seventh inning. The Colonels took an 8-3 lead into the bottom of the inning, but the Majors only managed one run in the frame.Southwestern scored in the first inning and never looked back on Saturday. They scored their eight runs off 11 hits. The Majors had just two in the game ending the season 16-24.Emily Spicer (OF) was named to the First Team All-SCAC while Megan Yglesias (1B) made the Second Team.

Rhodes fell to Trinity 3-0 and Centre 4-0 in the SCAC Tournament over the weekend. The Lynx closed out their season 25-17 record, 10-6 in conference play.

Sewanee did not play this week. The Tigers finished the year with a 4-16 overall record and a 0-14 record in conference play.

After a rain-soaked Friday that delayed the Pirates' first game at the SCAC Conference Tournament as the #1 seed in the West the Southwestern University softball team had a barrage of games on Saturday. They opened the tournament with an early morning game against Trinity. An errant throw late in the game allowed the Tigers to score the go-ahead and steal the win from SU, dropping the PIrates into the loser's bracket. Southwestern's bats woke up in the next two contests as they easily handled Millsaps and Centre 8-0, 11-5 respectively. The wins pitted the Pirates against the Tigers once again for a shot at the SCAC Championship. SU's bats went quiet once again as Trinity defeated Southwestern 7-1 to end the Pirate's run at a repeat. SU sits at 29-15 on the year after the weekend and will have to wait until May 2nd to find out if they will make the NCAA Regionals.

Despite coming in as the No. 3 seed in the SCAC West Division, Trinity got on a hot streak and made it all the way to the SCAC Championship against hosting DePauw University. The TU Tigers finished second, though, as DePauw claimed the title with a 3-2 win. Trinity opened the tournament with a 3-0 shutout win over Rhodes College, highlighted by a 12-strikeout performance from pitcher Colbie Devost. By the end of the tournament, Devost, who is in her first season pitching for the Tigers, would break the school record for single-season strikeouts. She finished with 164 strikeouts this season, breaking the previous mark set by Erin Mulvey in 2007. After the opening win, Trinity faced off against Western Division rival Southwestern – a team that the Tigers had already lost to four times this season. Things were different in the tournament, though, as Trinity earned a 2-1 win in the first meeting, then later won 7-1 over Southwestern to advance to Sunday’s SCAC Championship game. Trinity also lost 4-1 to DePauw on Saturday, finishing 3-2 in the tournament.

To view the entire SCAC Fastpitch Weekly for week ten, click here.