Alysha Overturf

2009 Iowa Conference Softball Tournament
Thursday, April 30-Saturday, May 2
Central College--Pella, Iowa
A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex softball field

Tournament bracket

Tournament program

Tournament seeds
(overall record, league record)
1. Central (36-6, 13-3)
2. Wartburg (36-6, 12-3)
3. Coe (34-10, 12-4)
4. Luther (33-9, 10-5)
5. Simpson (26-17, 7-8)
6. Dubuque (13-25, 5-11)

Tournament schedule/results

Thursday, April 30
Game 1 10 a.m. #4 Luther 7, #5 Simpson 5
Game 2 noon

#3 Coe 8, #6 Dubuque 0 (6 innings)
Game 3 2 p.m. #4 Luther 5, #1 Central 2
Game 4 4 p.m. #3 Coe 2, #2 Wartburg 0
Friday, May 1
Game 5 10 a.m. #1 Central 4, #6 Dubuque 0
Game 6 noon #2 Wartburg 2, #5 Simpson 1
Game 7 2 p.m. #3 Coe 3, #4 Luther 1
Game 8 4 p.m. #1 Central 5, #2 Wartburg 3
Saturday, May 2
Game 9 noon #4 Luther 8, #1 Central 5
Game 10 2 p.m. #3 Coe 11, #4 Luther 6
Game 11 4 p.m. if necessary
Tournament champion receives automatic berth in 59-team NCAA Division III Softball Championships at one of eight first-round sites May 7-11.

NCAA Division III Softball Championships finals to be played May 15-19 in Montclair, N.J.

2009 Iowa Conference standings

Conference Overall
Team W L W L
xy-Central 13 3 36 6
x-Wartburg 12 3 36

6
x-Coe 12 4 34

10
x-Luther 10 5 33 9
x-Simpson 6 8 25 16
x-Dubuque 5 9 12 26
Loras 4 11 13 16
Cornell 4 10 19 20
Buena Vista 0 12 6 24

x-Iowa Conference tournament qualifier
y-Iowa Conference champion

2008 Iowa Conference tournament results
May 1-3 at Lynes Field, Wartburg College, Waverly

2008 seeds (conference record)
#1 Wartburg (15-1) #4 Luther (10-6)
#2 Simpson (13-3) #5 Central (8-8)
#3 Coe (11-5) #6 Cornell (7-9)

 

 

 

Tournament scores
Game
Teams
Results
1
 #4 Luther vs. #5 Central
2
 #3 Coe vs. #6 Cornell
3
 #1 Wartburg vs. #4 Luther
4
 #2 Simpson vs. #3 Coe
5
 #6 Cornell vs. #4 Luther
Luther, 3-2 (Cornell eliminated)
6
 #5 Central vs. #2 Simpson
Central, 9-4 (Simpson eliminated)
7
#1 Wartburg vs. #3 Coe
8
 #4 Luther vs. #5 Central
Luther, 2-1 (Central eliminated)
9
 #3 Coe vs. #4 Luther
Coe, 1-0 (Luther eliminated)
10
 #1 Wartburg vs. #3 Coe
Wartburg, 6-1 (Coe eliminated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past Iowa Conference tournament champions

Year Site Winner
1984 Waverly Buena Vista
1985 Waverly Central
1986 Waverly Central
tournament not held from 1987-2005
2006 Fort Dodge Wartburg
2007 Fort Dodge Wartburg
2008 Waverly Wartburg

Iowa Conference champions

Year School Year School
1983 Buena Vista 1997 Simpson
1984 Buena Vista 1998 Simpson
1985 Luther 1999 Simpson
1986 Central, Luther (tie) 2000 Central, Coe (tie)
1987 Luther 2001 Wartburg
1988 Luther, Simpson 2002 Central
1989 Simpson 2003 Central
1990 Central 2004 Central
1991 Central 2005 Coe
1992 Buena Vista 2006 Wartburg
1993 Central 2007 Luther
1994 Buena Vista 2008 Wartburg
1995 Buena Vista 2009 Central
1996 Buena Vista, Central (tie)    

Central College conference tournament history

Won 12, lost 8

1984 at Waverly
May 5  William Penn               L, 2-1
            Simpson                       W, 3-2
            Upper Iowa                  W, 6-5

1985 at Waverly (first place)
May 3  Wartburg                      W, 2-1
            Luther                          W, 1-0
May 4  William Penn               W, 4-2

1986 at Waverly (first place)
May 2  Dubuque                      W, 2-0
            Simpson                       W, 6-3
May 3  Luther                          W, 3-2

2006 at Fort Dodge
May 4  Buena Vista                 W, 4-1
            Coe                              L, 4-1
May 5  Simpson                       L, 4-3

2007 at Fort Dodge
May 3  Simpson                       L, 4-3
May 4  Coe                              L, 3-1

2008 at Waverly
May 1  Luther                          L, 6-4
May 2  Simpson                     W, 9-4
May 3  Luther                          L, 2-1

2009 at Pella
April 30  Luther                        L, 5-2
May 1  Dubuque                      W, 4-0
May 1  Wartburg                      W, 5-3