2019 SCAC Softball Headlines
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Emerald Doria Named New Southwestern University Softball Head Coach
July 12, 2019GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Southwestern University Pirates athletic department has found its next head softball coach, hiring Emerald Doria from the coaching staff of 2019 Conference USA regular season champion Louisiana Tech University. -
Trinity's McCullough Selected SCAC Woman of the Year
June 26, 2019LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- In exclusive voting by the senior woman administrators of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, Molly McCullough of Trinity University has been selected the 2019 SCAC Woman of the Year.
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Abby Martin Appointed Trinity Softball Coach
June 20, 2019SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Director of Athletics Bob King has announced the appointment of Abby Martin as head coach of the Trinity Tiger softball team.
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SCAC Announces Spring Academic Honor Roll Recipients
June 19, 2019LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced its Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll today for the 2019 spring term and 586 student-athletes made the list.
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TLU Softball coaching staff named NFCA DIII National Coaching Staff of the Year
June 18, 2019LOUISVILLE, Ky. – First-time national champion Texas Lutheran University was voted the winner of the 2019 NFCA Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year award, the Association revealed on Monday.
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UST Names Angela Froboese as Head Coach of New Softball Program
June 14, 2019HOUSTON, Texas – The University of St. Thomas will field a varsity softball team for the first time in 2021, and already has a head coach that will begin building the program.
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TLU Named NFCA West Region Coaching Staff of the Year
June 11, 2019LOUISVILLE, Ky. – First-time national champion Texas Lutheran University led the eight teams voted as 2019 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Regional Coaching Staff of the Year honorees, the Association revealed on Monday.
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SCAC Announces Team Sportsmanship Awards for Spring 2019
June 07, 2019LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Eleven Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference programs were recognized by the league as the Spring 2019 Sportsmanship Teams in their respective sports.
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Jurden collects TLU's 40th Academic All-America® award
June 05, 2019SEGUIN, Texas – Texas Lutheran sophomore outfielder Kelly Jurden has been named the 40th Academic All-American® in school history.
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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! Texas Lutheran Claims NCAA Division III Softball Title
May 27, 2019TYLER, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs captured the 2019 NCAA Division III Softball Championship on Monday afternoon with 12-4 and 6-1 wins over the Emory Eagles at Suddenlink Field.
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Texas Lutheran will play for NCAA Division III National Championship
May 26, 2019TYLER, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs will play for an NCAA Division III Softball National Championship after defeating Trine (Ind.) 6-3 Sunday afternoon in the semifinal round of the double-elimination championship tournament at SuddenLink Field.
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Texas Lutheran stays perfect at D3 World Series, hangs on to defeat Eastern Connecticut State 7-6
May 25, 2019TYLER, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs are a perfect 2-0 after two games at the NCAA Division III Softball Championship Finals after hanging on to defeat Eastern Connecticut State 7-6 Friday night at SuddenLink Field.
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SCAC Announces 2019 Spring All-Sportsmanship Teams
May 24, 2019LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) today announced its 11th annual spring All-Sportsmanship teams.
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Texas Lutheran's DeAnna Hernandez wins NCAA D3 Softball Elite 90 award
May 23, 2019TYLER, Texas -- DeAnna Hernandez, a junior at Texas Lutheran University, is the recipient of the Elite 90™ award for the 2019 NCAA Division III Softball Championship.
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TLU's Jurden captures All-America honor, New Balance/NFCA Golden Shoe award
May 23, 2019TYLER, Texas -- Texas Lutheran sophomore Kelly Jurden was named Wednesday to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Second Team and picked up the NFCA's Golden Shoe Award for NCAA Division III.
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Oliveira powers Texas Lutheran to 7-1 victory over Williams at D3 Softball Championships
May 23, 2019TYLER, Texas -- Kayla Oliveira won her 16th game in the circle and belted a two-run homer to help Texas Lutheran's cause as the Bulldogs opened the 2019 NCAA Division III Softball Championship Finals with a 7-1 victory Thursday over Williams (Mass.).
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Super Regional Champions! Texas Lutheran advances to D3 Softball World Series
May 19, 2019MCMINNVILLE, Ore. -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs won the 2019 NCAA Division III Softball Championship McMinnville, Ore. Super Regional and advanced to the D3 College Softball World Series for the first time in school history with a 5-2 victory Sunday over Linfield (Ore.).
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Linfield Defeats TLU Before Weather Halts Winner-Take-All Game
May 18, 2019MCMINNVILLE, Ore. -- Texas Lutheran and Linfield College will resume the NCAA Division III Softball Super Regional in McMinnville, Ore. at noon pacific / 2 p.m. central Sunday.
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TLU Bulldogs take first game of Super Regional with wild 6-5 victory over Linfield
May 17, 2019MCMINNVILLE, Ore. -- Eighth-ranked Texas Lutheran rallied from two runs down in the seventh, put up four runs in the 10th, and then held on for a 6-5 Super Regional victory over fifth-ranked Linfield (Ore.) Friday at Del Smith Stadium.
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Trinity Earns Record Eighth Straight SCAC Presidents' Trophy
May 16, 2019LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- After earning championships in four of the league's eight spring sports and second-place finishes in two more, the 2018-19 SCAC Presidents' Trophy will remain in San Antonio as Trinity University captured its conference-record eighth consecutive all-sports title.
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Eight SCAC Softball Players Named to NFCA All-Region Team
May 16, 2019LOUISVILLE, 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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Southwestern Head Softball Coach Angela Froboese Steps Down
May 15, 2019GEORGETOWN, Texas – Southwestern University Pirates Softball Head Coach Angela Froboese has stepped down, ending her 11-year tenure as the only head coach the softball team has ever known.
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TLU Softball one win from regional championship after 6-1 victory over ETBU
May 12, 2019MARSHALL, Texas -- Eighth-ranked Texas Lutheran Bulldogs will play for an NCAA Division III Softball Regional Championship today after a 6-1 victory Sunday afternoon against second-ranked East Texas Baptist.
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Bulldogs win NCAA DIII Regional Championship
May 12, 2019MARSHALL, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs are NCAA Division III regional champions after a pair of wins Sunday at the Marshall, Texas Regional at East Texas Baptist University.
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TLU's Jurden among 25 up for D3 National Player of the Year honors
May 11, 2019SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran sophomore outfielder Kelly Jurden is one of the 25 softball players named as a contender for the 2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III Player of the Year honor, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced.
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Southwestern's Meyer, Texas Lutheran's Jurden Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Recognition
May 10, 2019LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Southwestern University junior pitcher Bailey Meyer and Texas Lutheran sophomore outfielder Kelly Jurden both advanced to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® national ballot after each was named Thursday to the Google Cloud Academic All-District® Softball First Team.
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Oliveira tosses two-hit shutout as Bulldogs open NCAA regional with 2-0 victory
May 10, 2019MARSHALL, Texas -- Junior right-hander Kayla Oliveira tossed a two-hit shutout of sixth-ranked Birmingham-Southern to lead eighth-ranked Texas Lutheran to a 2-0 win Friday at the NCAA Division III Softball Championship's Marshall, Texas Regional.
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Purchase Texas Lutheran University Softball Winners Gear
May 10, 2019Congratulations to the 2019 SCAC Softball Champions, the Bulldogs of Texas Lutheran University. Celebrate this year's title with your own piece of championship merchandise.
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Texas Lutheran Bulldogs Open NCAA Regional Tournament Against Birmingham-Southern
May 06, 2019INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- 2019 SCAC Tournament Champions, the Texas Lutheran University Bulldogs, will head to Marshall, Texas to take on the 2012 SCAC Tournament Champions, the Birmingham-Southern University Panthers, this weekend in the opening round of the 2019 NCAA Div. III Softball Tournament.
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Trinity Softball Head Coach Brandi Dolsen Resigns
May 03, 2019SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Trinity Director of Athletics Bob King announced that Head Softball Coach Brandi Dolsen has resigned her position in order to spend more time with her family.
