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2012 NCAA® Division III softball regional

 

Welcome to Central College in Pella, Iowa, one of eight sites for the NCAA Division III regional softball championships. Pella is the only six-team bracket in the 61-team field.

NCAA Division III championship digital game program

Game day

NCAA® bracket

Live stats/video

Tournament statistics

 

Schedule

Friday, May 11

Game	Teams	Time/result
Game 1	Luther 8, St. Scholastica (Minn.) 1	Recap Postgame Interviews Pitcher - Becca Girvan Coach - Renae Hartl
Game 2	Wis.-River Falls 6, Central 0	Recap Postgame Interviews Coach - Faye Perkins
Game 3	Coe 3, St. Thomas (Minn.) 0	Recap Postgame interviews Pitcher Ashlee Simon Coach Bob Timmons
Game 4	Central 10, St. Scholastica (Minn.) 2	Recap Postgame interviews Coach George Wares Second baseman Angela Davis

Saturday, May 12

Game	Teams	Time/result
Game 5	Luther 2, St. Thomas (Minn.) 0	Recap Postgame interviews Catcher Kelsey Kittleson Coach Renae Hartl
Game 6	Wis.-River Falls 2, Coe 0	Recap
Game 7	Coe 2, Central 0	Recap
Game 8	Luther 1, Wis.-River Falls 0	Recap

 

Sunday, May 13

Game	Teams	Time/result
Game 9	Wis.-River Falls 3, Coe 1 (9 inn.)	Recap
Game 10	Wis.-River Falls 1, Luther 0	Recap Postgame interview Coach Faye Perkins
Game 11	Luther 3, Wis.-River Falls 2	Recap Postgame interview Coach Renae Hartl

Luther advances to the national finals May 18-22 at Salem, Va.

Pella, Iowa Regional All-Tournament Team
DP - Brianna Hull, Coe
DP - Abbey Strajack, Central
P - Ashlee Simon, Coe
P - Becca Girvan, Luther
P - Rose Tusa, Wis.-River Falls
C - Kelsey Kittleson, Luther
1B - Jordan Overland, Central
1B - Ashley Goettl, Wis.-River Falls
2B - Hayley Buchanan, Wis.-River Falls
SS - Jenna Hoffman, St. Thomas
OF - Shari Huber, Luther
OF - Amanda Ryder, Wis.-River Falls
OF - Merryssa Tiedeman, St. Scholastica

Most Outstanding Player - Becca Girvan, Luther

 

Teams

#2 Central College	#4 Coe College	#1 Luther College
Nickname: Dutch	Nickname: Kohawks	Nickname: Norse
35-8 overall record	34-11 overall record	36-6 overall record
12-4 Iowa Conference 2nd place	9-7 Iowa Conference 4th place	15-1 Iowa Conference 1st place
Coach George Wares	Coach Bob Timmons	Coach Renae Hartl

# 6 The College of St. Scholastica	#3 Univ. of St. Thomas	# 5 Univ. of Wis.-River Falls
Nickname: Saints	Nickname: Tommies	Nickname: Falcons
32-10 overall record	37-7 overall record	30-13 overall record
20-1 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference 1st place	21-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1st place	10-6 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 3rd place
Coach Jen Walter	Coach John Tschida	Coach Faye Perkins

 

NCAA Div. III playoff history

Team	Yrs.*	W	L	Pct.	Titles
Central	24	83	45	.648	4
Coe	12	36	24	.600	0
St. Thomas	20	52	35	.598	2
Luther	13	26	26	.500	0
St. Scholastica	3	2	4	.333	0
Wis.-River Falls	4	3	6	.333	0

*Includes 2012

Regional sites

Alma, Mich. - bracket

Amherst, Mass. - bracket

Newport News, Va. - bracket

Willimantic, Conn. - bracket

Bloomington, Ill. - bracket

Union, N.J. - bracket

Tyler, Texas - bracket


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