Softball

  • Four NCAA Div. III championships
  • 24 NCAA playoff berths
  • 12 national finals appearances

All-time scores

Coach Babe Tysseling

1974

4-9 overall
Date Opponent Location Result
April 9 William Penn Oskaloos L, 11-8
April 12 Grand View Pella L, 17-5; L, 20-5
April 16 Drake Pella W, 14-3; W, 9-0
April 20 Northwestern Pella L, 8-2
April 25 Grand View Des Moines W, 13-3
  Wartburg Des Moines L, 3-1
  Grand View Des Moines L, 5-4; L, 21-14
April 29 William Penn Pella L, 10-8
May 2 Simpson Pella W, 9-1
  Graceland Pella L, 11-1

 

1975

2-11-1 overall
Date Opponent Location Result
April 16 Grand View Pella W, 5-4; L, 18-17
  William Penn Pella L, 14-9
April 21 Simpson Pella T, 8-8
April 25 Drake Pella L, 20-4; W, 10-3
April 28 William Penn Oskaloosa L, 9-3
April 30 Grand View Des Moines L, 7-6
May 2 *Iowa State   L, 10-1
  *Drake   L, 14-4
May 5 Simpson Indianola L, 17-11; L, 15-9
May 9 Graceland Pella L, 13-1; L, 11-4
*district tournament

1976

4-16 overall, 1-2 state tournament
Date Opponent Location Result
April 7 William Penn Oskaloosa L, 9-5
April 10 Iowa Wesleyan Pella W, 10-6
  Iowa Pella L, 21-1
April 15 Drake Des Moines L, 13-10
      W, 15-9
April 16 Wartburg Pella L, 24-4
  Grand View Pella L, 19-18
April 19 William Penn Pella L, 9-8
  Iowa Wesleyan Pella W, 10-4
  Drake Pella L, 17-0
      L, 16-11
April 29 Simpson Pella L, 9-7
      L, 9-1
May 1 Grand View Des Moines L, 14-9
  William Penn Des Moines L, 9-8
May 5 Wartburg Waverly L, 4-0
      L, 13-9
  *Drake   L, 9-8
  *William Penn   W, 14-4
  *Mount Mercy   L, 29-0

*state tournament

1977

11-12 overall, 1-2 district, 1-2 state tournament

Date Opponent Location Result
April 2 Wartburg Pella W, 8-6
      L, 7-1
April 6 William Penn Pella L, 6-2
April 9 Grand View Pella L, 11-3
  Drake Pella L, 16-7
April 10 Simpson Pella W, 9-3
April 15 Drake Des Moines L, 8-6
      W, 6-4
April 16 Wartburg Waverly W, 5-4
      L, 5-4
April 23 Simpson Indianola W, 5-1
      W, 12-8
April 25 William Penn Oskaloosa L, 5-2
      W, 12-11
April 26 Kansas State Des Moines L, 11-0
  Simpson   W, 6-3
      W, 8-7
April 29 *Drake Des Moines W, 6-5
  *Iowa State   L, 4-0
April 30 *Drake Des Moines L, 5-4
May 6 &Mount Mercy Cedar Falls L, 2-0
  &Loras   L, 1-0

*district tournament
&state tournament

1978

7-15-2 overall, 1-2 district, 0-2 state tournament

Date Opponent Location Result
April 1 Drake Pella L, 5-0
  Grand View Pella L, 2-1
  Simpson Pella L, 13-5
April 3 Iowa   L, 6-0
  Marycrest   W, 9-2
April 5 Wartburg Waverly W, 2-1; W, 3-2
April 13 Grand View Des Moines L, 1-0; T, 3-3
April 15 William Penn Pella W, 4-3; L, 7-0
April 21 Wartburg Waverly W, 2-0
  Simpson Waverly W, 8-4
April 22 Grand View Des Moines L, 2-0
  William Penn Des Moines L, 2-0
April 24 William Penn Oskaloosa L, 1-0; T, 1-1
April 28 *Drake Pella W, 4-3
April 29 *Graceland Pella W, 11-7
  *Iowa State Pella L, 3-0
May 4 &Northern Iowa Cedar Falls L, 4-2
  &Buena Vista Cedar Falls L, 7-5

*district tournament
&state tournament

1979

4-6 overall, 0-2 district

Date Opponent Location Result
April 7 William Penn Pella L, 5-3
  Graceland Pella L, 1-0
  Simpson Pella L, 6-5
April 11 Drake Des Moines W, 1-0
April 16 Simpson Indianola W, 4-1; W, 2-0
April 23 Graceland Lamoni L, 4-0; W, 7-0
April 27 *Drake Des Moines L, 9-0
  *Simpson Des Moines L, 7-2

*district tournament

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