NASHVILLE - The Trevecca Nazarene University softball team (41-11, 23-3 Great Midwest) is the top seed at the 2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championships, which are set for May 1-4, 2024 at Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio.
2024 Great Midwest Championship Central
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Trevecca faces No. 8 Malone University (28-18, 13-13 Great Midwest) at 11:00 AM (CT) to open the championships at the Firestone Stadium in Akron.
Trevecca defeated Malone in their regular season doubleheader, 8-0 and 10-2, in Nashville April 5. The Trojans hold a 13-5 advantage in the series and have won the last four meetings.
This is the second meeting all-time for the two teams in the postseason. Malone won that only previous meeting, 3-1, at the 2019 Great Midwest Championships, ending the Trojans season.
The Trojans lead the Great Midwest this season in hitting (.324), fielding (.972), and are third in earned run average (2.29).
2024 GREAT MIDWEST SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
GM 1 - 11:00 AM - No. 1 Trevecca (41-11, 23-3 Great Midwest) vs. No. 8 Malone Univ. (28-18, 13-13 Great Midwest) - Stadium
GM 2 - 11:00 AM - No. 4 Northwood Univ. (31-18, 17-9 Great Midwest) vs. No. 5 Univ. of Findlay (30-18, 17-9 Great Midwest) - Field 2
**2024 All-Great Midwest Softball Awards Presentation / Senior Student-Athletes Recognition - Stadium
GM 3 - 1:30 PM - No. 2 Hillsdale College (34-12, 20-4 Great Midwest) vs. No. 7 Tiffin Univ. (28-22, 14-12 Great Midwest) - Stadium
GM 4 - 1:30 PM - #3 Ohio Dominican (33-11, 19-7 Great Midwest) vs. #6 Cedarville Univ. (22-29, 15-11 Great Midwest) - Field 2
Thursday, May 2, 2024
GM 5 - 9:00 AM - L G1 vs. L G2 - TBD
GM 6 - 9:00 AM - L G3 vs. L G4 - TBD
GM 7 - 11:30 AM - W G1 vs. W G2 - TBD
GM 8 - 11:30 AM - W G3 vs. W G4 - TBD
GM 9 - 2:00 PM - W G5 vs. L G8 - TBD
GM 10 - 2:00 PM - W G6 vs. L G7 - TBD
Friday, May 3, 2024
GM 11 - 9:00 AM - W G7 vs. W G8 - Stadium
GM 12 - 9:00 AM - W G9 vs. W G10 - Stadium
GM 13 - 2:00 PM - W G12 vs. L G11 - Stadium
Saturday, May 4, 2024
GM 14 - 9:00 AM - W G11 vs. W G13 - Stadium
GM 15 - 11:30 AM - (if necessary) – Stadium
GREAT MIDWEST CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Trevecca owns six regular season Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championships. The Trojans won the first four regular-season titles and postseason championships. Then a fifth regular season title in 2021 and a sixth in 2024.
ALL-TIME TREVECCA NOTES
The Trojans are assured of their 24th consecutive winning season, dating back to the 2000-2001 season. The first winning season came in the Trojans first season, 22-20, in 1991-1992, but next winning season didn't come until the 2000-2001 season and the program continues that winning tradition again with the 2023-24 season.
This is the twelfth season for Trevecca with an NCAA Division II schedule.
989-584-3 All-time Record (NAIA/NCAA - 33 Seasons)
389-170 Overall - NCAA Era (12 years)
33-20 Postseason - NCAA Era (12 years)
50-win Seasons - 2
40-win Seasons - 8
30-Win Seasons - 17
30-Win Season in NCAA Div. II Era (12 years) - 8
NCAA MIDWEST REGION APPEARANCES
The Trojans were the first Great Midwest team to reach the region level and also are the first to win games at the NCAA level.
Trevecca first reached the NCAA championships in 2015 and didn't waste time, going again in 2016. Following the break for COVID, note the Trojans started the year 15-3 and were No. 10 when COVID interrupted their season, the Trojans returned to the region in 2021 and 2022.
BEN TYREE BY THE NUMBERS
Ben Tyree is in his 16th year leading the Trevecca softball program. The veteran coach owns eleven 30-win seasons, eight in the Div. II Era.
Tyree holds the most wins in Trevecca history and has more Great Midwest wins than any other coach in league history.
Overall: 542-229-2
Conference: 246-70-1 (177-53 Great Midwest)
Postseason: 52-28 (33-20 D2 Era)
500-wins - in 2023
400-win - in 2020
30-win Season - 11
40-win Seasons - 5
His teams have won the regular season conference championship nine times and the postseason conference tournament six times.
Fifteen of his 16 seasons have produced 21 wins or more
*2020 season 15-3 due to the COVID-19
Great Midwest Coach of the Year – four times
Coach of the Year – seven times (w/ NAIA years)
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