NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University softball team was picked to finish seventh in the 2025 Gulf South Conference preseason coaches' poll, the league announced on Thursday.
Auburn Montgomery, the defending GSC tournament champion, hauled in four of the 12 the first-place votes but was selected third. Regular season GSC champion, Mississippi College is fourth and is tied with West Florida who is ranked second with three first-place votes. Alabama-Huntsville takes top place according to the coaches with a single first-place nod. Valdosta State is the lone top-5 squad without a first-place vote while West Alabama, claimed one first-place vote in sixth just ahead of the Trojans.
2025 GSC Softball Coaches Preseason Poll
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Alabama Huntsville (1) |
103 |
| 2 |
West Florida (3) |
102 |
| 3 |
Auburn Montgomery (4) |
101 |
| 4 |
Mississippi College (3) |
95 |
| 5 |
Valdosta State |
77 |
| 6 |
West Alabama (1) |
71 |
| 7 |
Trevecca Nazarene |
63 |
| 8 |
Union |
62 |
| 9 |
Lee |
43 |
| 10 |
Montevallo |
40 |
| 11 |
Christian Brothers |
20 |
| 12 |
Delta State |
15 |
First-place votes in parenthesis
Full GSC Preseason Poll Release.
GSC Softball – Preseason All-GSC Team
Katie Bracken, P, JR, UAH^
Alexa Douthitt, INF, JR, UAH*
Lawren Hayes, INF, SR, UAH*
Jada Henderson, C/UTL, SR, UAH*
Chloe Baynes, OF, JR, AUM*
Haley Ann Frank, OF, SR, AUM^
Javaria Smith, OF, SR, LEE
Camryn Bailey, P, JR, MC*
Shelby Samples, OF, JR, MC^
Ashlan Sensing, P, SR, TNU*
Aniston Gano, 1B, SR, VSU^
Marissa Mitchell, SS., SR, UWA*
Madison Wright, P, SR, UWA
Gianna Guerriero, OF, SR, UWF*
Hannah Harper, P/1B, JR, UWF
* First Team All-Conference in 2024
^ Second Team All-Conference in 2024
GSC Newcomer Watch List
Shay Hollingsworth – INF | FR | 5-6 | Huron, TN/Lexington HS
Cadence Jarrett – OF | FR | 5-3 | Mt. Juliet, TN/Green Hill HS
Haylie Brooks – P | FR | 5-9 | Erin, TN/Houston Co HS
2025 PREVIEW
The 2025 Trevecca Nazarene University Softball season kicks off in just nine days. Opening Day sees Trevecca host the Music City Invitational off-campus at nearby Cedar Stone Park in Smyrna. Trevecca plays four games over two days on opening weekend before six straight non-conference games at the UAH Charger Chillout leads the way into GSC play.
After four away games, the first-ever GSC home series is when Montevallo visits the Trevecca Softball Complex at the end of February.
COACH TYREE
Ben Tyree is back for his 17th season as head coach of the Trojans and is looking to guide Trevecca through a new conference schedule and deep into the postseason for the second straight campaign after last year's squad pushed the nation's #2 team Indianapolis to three games in the NCAA Super Regionals.
| YEAR |
OVERALL |
CONF |
POST |
| 2009 |
22-20 |
8-6 |
0-2 |
| 2010 |
45-17 |
11-3 |
7-3 |
| 2011 |
48-4 |
29-1 |
6-1 |
| 2012 |
38-18-1 |
21-7-1 |
6-2 |
| 2013 |
29-12 |
12-0 |
4-2 |
| 2014 |
36-10 |
14-4 |
4-0 |
| 2015 |
40-10 |
20-1 |
6-2 |
| 2016 |
45-17 |
23-3 |
6-2 |
| 2017 |
28-27 |
16-8 |
2-2 |
| 2018 |
30-17-1 |
15-9 |
1-2 |
| 2019 |
31-16 |
17-5 |
0-2 |
| 2020 |
15-3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| 2021 |
27-14 |
14-4 |
5-4 |
| 2022 |
33-17 |
14-8 |
3-2 |
| 2023 |
34-16 |
16-6 |
2-2 |
| 2024 |
47-15 |
23-3 |
6-4 |
|
548-233-2 |
253-68-1 |
58-32 |
A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE
Home Games: 17 (Including DH)
Away Games: 20 (Including DH)
Neutral Site: 10
Conference Games: 33
Total: 47
THE TROJANS BY CLASS
Freshmen = 8
Sophomores = 4
Juniors = 5
Seniors = 4
Total: 21
SCHEDULE
Opening Day sees Trevecca host the Music City Invitational off-campus at nearby Cedar Stone Park in Smyrna. Trevecca plays four games over two days on opening weekend before six straight non-conference games at the UAH Charger Chillout leads the way into GSC play.
After four away games, the first-ever GSC home series is when Montevallo visits the Trevecca Softball Complex at the end of February.
March sees a trip to Florida to face off against West Florida before longtime NAIA rivals Union visits Nashville March 14-15. A longtime G-MAC rival in Kentucky Wesleyan stands next for a mid-week clash before back-to-back weekends against Mississippi College and Christian Brothers close up March.
In April, the Trojans square off against KWC for another two-game midweek series before West Alabama, Delta State, UAH, and Lee University round off the conference slate and the GSC tournament push.
The Trojans' first-ever run at GSC crown begins April 30 with the championship game on May 3.
2024 SEASON RECAP
Trevecca went 15-1 at home this season and 14-5 on the road. Making them 18-9 in neutral site games.
Trevecca opened the season at the UAH Charger Chillout and picked up an early significant win, upsetting the host and the then No. 12 Alabama Huntsville Chargers. TNU went 3-1 over the two-day event which has become a season opening tradition for the Trojans. Their only loss came to then nationally ranked No. 4 Mississippi College.
Next, the Trojans hosted their annual Music City Invitational. The Trojans went 3-1, losing a 1-0 heartbreaker to Drury, then rolling out three straight to close the event.
After a pair of 8-0 wins over Quincy University on campus, the Trojans headed to the Blue Bridge Classic hosted by Kentucky Wesleyan. The Trojans split their four games there, taking a loss to nationally ranked and current No. 2 Indianapolis. The Trojans headed to Jackson, Tenn. to face the former TranSouth/NAIA and future Gulf South Conference foe Union University. The Bulldogs and Trojans split the doubleheader.
The PFX The Spring Games were next, with the Trojans going 5-3 on the trip.
Conference season opened in Ashland, Ohio with a pair of wins over the Ashland Eagles. The Trojans split their doubleheader at Ohio Dominican Univ. for a 3-1 Great Midwest opening weekend road trip.
The Trojans went back to a non-conference doubleheader, again with a former TranSouth/NAIA and future Gulf South Conference foe, at Lee University. The Trojans took two from the Flames.
The next 22 were all in league play starting with four-straight on the Hill. Trevecca took all four, two from Ursuline College and Lake Erie College.
A four-game road trip to Northwood University and Hillsdale College resulted in a split at Northwood and a pair of run-rule wins against the preseason favorite Chargers.
A ten-game home stand followed with the Trojans winning the first nine, taking two from Malone University, Walsh University, Kentucky Wesleyan, and Tiffin University. Trevecca won the first game against the University of Findlay, but the Oilers rallied in the seventh to beat the Trojans, ending their 11-game winning streak.
The final four of the regular season were on the road at Thomas More Univ. and Cedarville Univ., with the Trojans winning all four. After finishing the Great Midwest Athletic Conference tournament 2-2, the Trojans swept through the NCAA Midwest Regionals outscoring their competition 18-3 over three games.
For the first time in school history, the Trojans made the Midwest Super Regionals and ran out of power against the second ranked team in the nation, the University of Indianapolis. Trevecca forced a decisive game three in the series that was delayed due to inclement weather but fell short in the end.
In 2024, the Trojans recorded their 24th consecutive winning season, dating back to the 2000-01 season. The first winning season came in the Trojans first season, 22-20, in 1991-92, but the next winning campaign didn't come until the 2000-01 season and the program continued that winning tradition again with the 2023-24 season.
Trevecca's 47 wins in 2024 ties the 2006 squad for the fourth-most wins in program history and eclipses by two the wins record set in 2016 for a NCAA Div. II team.
POSTSEASON SUCCESS
Trevecca won the first four Great Midwest Athletic regular-season titles and postseason championships and then added a fifth title in 2021 with a sixth coming in 2024. Trevecca finished the season as the No. 2 team in the NCAA Midwest Region in 2024.
MIDWEST REGIONALS
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 is 9-6 all-time in Midwest Regional play.
2015 = 2-2
2016 = 2-2
2021 = 2-2
2024 = 3-0
In 2024, the Trojans swept through their three games at the NCAA Midwest Regional, outscoring their competition 18-3 over trio of games, earning the program's first-ever trip the Super Regional.
In 2021 Trevecca reached the Midwest Regional at Grand Valley State University, going 2-2 at their third regional appearance.
A season later, the 2016 Trevecca squad bested UIndy to open the regional tournament before falling to Grand Valley State University in two of three games.
The Trojans bowed out of their first-ever regional tournament with a 2-2 record, both losses coming at the hands of the Hounds.
