2021 SCAC Softball Headlines
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Pitching Trio of Grissom, Mulvey and Soultz Highlight 30th Anniversary Softball Team
September 30, 2021LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- A list of 34 former student-athletes, led by a trio of aces who were each honored three times in their respective careers as conference Pitcher-of-the-Year – Taylor Grissom of Texas Lutheran University, Erin Mulvey of Trinity University and Megan Soultz of DePauw University – highlight an impressive group selected to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s 30th Anniversary softball team. -
Whitney Patterson Named Centenary Interim Head Softball Coach
August 02, 2021SHREVEPORT, La. -- Whitney Patterson has been named Interim Head Softball Coach, Director of Athletics David Orr announced last Friday.
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Texas Lutheran's Jurden Named Academic All-American for Third Time
July 28, 2021SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Softball standout Kelly Jurden is a First Team Academic All-American® for the second time and an Academic All-American for the third time overall.
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Austin College's Longaker Selected SCAC Co-Woman of the Year
July 12, 2021LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- In exclusive voting by the senior woman administrators of the conference, Ally Longaker of Austin College has been selected Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Co-Woman of the Year.
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Colorado College's Aragon-Menzel Selected SCAC Co-Woman of the Year
July 12, 2021LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- In exclusive voting by the senior woman administrators of the conference, Isabelle Aragon-Menzel of Colorado College and Ally Longaker of Austin College have been selected Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Co-Woman of the Year.
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TLU Places School-Record Five Student-Athletes on CoSIDA Academic All-District Softball Team
July 02, 2021SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Softball, the NCAA Division III national runner-up in 2021, placed a school-record five student-athletes on the Academic All-District 8 First Team for NCAA Division III Softball.
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SCAC Names 2021 Woman of the Year Finalists
July 01, 2021LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference today announced the five finalists for the 2021 SCAC Woman of the Year award. The award recognizes the conference’s senior female student-athlete who has best distinguished herself throughout her collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletic excellence and service and leadership.
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SCAC Announces 2020-21 Academic Honor Roll Recipients
June 25, 2021LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced its 2020-21 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll today and 1,506 student-athletes made the list.
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TLU Softball Coaching Staff Named 2021 NFCA West Region Coaching Staff of the Year
June 10, 2021LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The coaching staff of Texas Lutheran Softball has been named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) West Region Coaching Staff of the Year.
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SCAC Announces 2020-21 All-Sportsmanship Teams
June 09, 2021LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) today announced its 13th annual All-Sportsmanship teams. A total of 144 student-athletes were selected to the 2020-21 squad in the league’s 19 sponsored sports.
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Texas Lutheran's Chassety Raines Named NCAA DIII Softball Elite 90 Award Winner
June 04, 2021SALEM, Va. -- Texas Lutheran University's Chassety Raines is the recipient of the 2021 NCAA Division III Softball Elite 90 award.
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TLU's Quest for Back-to-Back National Championships Comes up Short Against Virginia Wesleyan
June 01, 2021SALEM, Va. -- Texas Lutheran's quest for a second consecutive NCAA Division III Softball National Championship ended in the last possible game of the 2021 season - in an 9-1 loss to two-time national champion Virginia Wesleyan in the winner-take-all third game of the national finals series.
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Texas Lutheran Drops First Game of National Championship Series 4-2 to Virginia Wesleyan
May 31, 2021SALEM, Va. -- Monday at the NCAA Division III Softball Championship Finals, Texas Lutheran dropped the first game of the best 2-of-3 series 4-2 to Virginia Wesleyan as the Marlins made four first-inning runs hold up at Moyer Sports Complex.
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Texas Lutheran Softball to Play for Second Consecutive NCAA D3 National Championship
May 30, 2021SALEM, Va. -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs will play for a second consecutive NCAA Division III Softball National Championship after dispatching Birmingham-Southern College 9-1 in five innings Sunday in the championship's semifinal round.
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Texas Lutheran Takes Down No. 1-ranked DePauw 7-4 in National Championship Tournament
May 29, 2021SALEM, Va. -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs remained unbeaten in the NCAA Division III Softball National Championship Finals with a 7-4 victory Saturday over top-ranked and finals top-seed DePauw (Ind.).
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Hernandez, Snow Key Three-Run Rally in 7th as Bulldogs Edge Tufts 4-3 in National Finals Opener
May 27, 2021SALEM, Va. -- At the 2021 NCAA Division III Softball National Championship Finals, defending national champion Texas Lutheran edged Tufts (Mass.) 4-3 as pinch-hitter Laura Hernandez delivered a game-tying home run and Rebecca Snow capped the three-run, seventh-inning rally with a walk-off single.
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Texas Lutheran's Jurden, Snow, Strother Garner NFCA All-America Honors
May 25, 2021LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For the first time in program history, the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs have three National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Americans, and two of the honorees - Kelly Jurden and Rebecca Snow - were named to the First Team.
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Texas Lutheran Wins Second Consecutive Regional Championship, Returns to NCAA D3 National Finals
May 23, 2021SEGUIN, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs (32-4) are returning to the NCAA Division III Softball national finals and will play in defense of their 2019 national championship after defeating Emory & Henry (Va.) 10-2 in five innings Sunday for the Seguin, Texas Regional Championship.
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Two Victories Saturday Send Texas Lutheran to Regional Championship Final
May 22, 2021SEGUIN, Texas -- Regional top-seed Texas Lutheran defeated Christopher Newport (Va.) 4-2 and Emory & Henry (Va.) 5-0 on Saturday and will play Sunday for a return trip to the NCAA Division III Softball Championship Finals.
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Trinity Wins 10th Straight SCAC Presidents' Trophy Title
May 21, 2021LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- After earning titles in 13 of the league's 19 officially sponsored sports, Trinity University cruised to its record 10th straight Southern Athletic Conference Presidents' Trophy crown.
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TLU Softball Opens Defense of National Title with 21-3 Regional Tourney Win
May 21, 2021SEGUIN, Texas -- Defending NCAA Division III national champion Texas Lutheran showed Friday - in a 21-3 regional tournament victory over Cedar Crest (Pa.) - that the Bulldogs are not quite ready to give up the title.
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Texas Lutheran's Kelly Jurden named finalist for 2021 Schutt Sports/NFCA DIII Player of the Year
May 20, 2021LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Texas Lutheran outfielder Kelly Jurden has been named a finalist for the 2021 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III Player of the Year award.
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TLU Set to Host Six-Team NCAA Softball Regional
May 17, 2021SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Softball, the No. 1-ranked team and defending national champion of NCAA Division III, will host an NCAA Softball Regional this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at TLU's Ed Kruse Stadium - Morck Softball Field.
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Four TLU Bulldogs Headline Softball All-Tournament Selections
May 14, 2021LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Headlined by four Texas Lutheran University Bulldogs, the conference office today announced the 2021 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Softball All-Tournament Team.
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Nine SCAC Softball Players Named to NFCA All-Region Team
May 14, 2021LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eight total players from the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference were named to the 2019 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III All-West Region Team, highlighted by a pair of first-team honorees from Texas Lutheran in sophomore Kelly Jurden and freshman Casey Martin.
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Texas Lutheran's Raines Earns SCAC Softball Elite 19 Award
May 13, 2021LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- In an announcement made today from conference headquarters, Texas Lutheran University's Chassety Raines was named the 2021 SCAC Softball Elite 19 award winner.
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SCAC Announces All-Conference Softball Team
May 06, 2021LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – In exclusive all‐conference voting by the head coaches of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), Texas Lutheran University teammates Kelly Jurden and Ashlyn Strother were selected SCAC Player‐ and Pitcher-of‐the‐Year, respectively, while TLU head coach Wade Wilson was named SCAC Coach‐of‐the‐Year.
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Snow's Walk-Off gives Texas Lutheran Seventh Straight SCAC Softball Crown
May 03, 2021KERRVILLE, Texas – Rebecca Snow delivered a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give top-seeded Texas Lutheran University a 2-1 victory over fifth-seeded Centenary College in the championship game of the 2021 SCAC Softball tournament Monday afternoon at Mountaineer Softball Field.
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Centenary Eliminates Trinity in Game 1 of modified SCAC Softball Championship
May 02, 2021KERRVILLE, Texas – Jaymee Wilkinson and Kaylea Patridge combined to go 7-for-8 with four RBI and two doubles as fifth-seeded Centenary defeated third-seeded Trinity, 8-3, in an elimination game at the 2021 SCAC Softball Tournament on Sunday evening at Mountaineer Softball Field.
