The third NCAA tournament appearance for the softball team ended on Saturday with a 10-0 four and a half inning loss to Franklin. The Panthers saw their tournament schedule postponed on Friday due to rain, but the tournament organizers brought forward a new schedule that extended play to Monday.
The softball team suffered an 8-0 defeat in six innnings during the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday. The loss broke Greenville's 13-game winning streak.
The softball team has been placed in the NCAA regional hosted by Hope in Holland, Mich. The Panthers qualified for their third straight NCAA national tournament by winning the championship of the SLIAC tournament on Saturday.
The softball team became just the third program in conference history to win three consecutive SLIAC tournaments when they defeated Westminster 4-2 in the championship game of the tournament on Saturday.
The softball team advanced to the championship game of the SLIAC tournament for the fifth consecutive year with a 6-0 shutout win over Westminster on Friday.
The softball team received a complete game shutout from Maegan Stone in the circle as they defeated Fontbonne 3-0 on Thursday night and set up a winner's bracket game with Westminster on Friday.
The softball team picked up two victories that kept them in the race for their first SLIAC league championship when first place Westminster came to Panther Field on Thursday. Greenville won game one 7-4 and took the second game 4-3.
The softball team won their fifth and sixth consecutive games with a 17-2 five-inning victory in game one, followed by an 8-7 extra-innings victory in game two.
The softball team kept pace in their efforts to clinch a spot in the SLIAC tournament with two wins over Principia on Tuesday. The Panthers won game one 6-2 before taking game two in five innings by a 10-1 score.
The softball team won once in their doubleheader against Fontbonne on Wednesday night. Greenville lost 5-1 in game one and earned a 7-6 triumph in game two.
The softball team was only able to play one game of its scheduled doubleheader against MacMurray on Wednesday, but the one they played went the Panthers way as Greenville grabbed a 11-1 five-inning win.
The softball team opened their 2018 SLIAC schedule with a loss followed by a win against Webster on Wednesday. Greenville fell 11-9 in game one and won game two 9-8.
The softball team fell in both ends of a doubleheader against No. 9 Luther on Saturday as they took a 14-1 loss in five innings in game one, followed by an 8-2 loss in game two.
The softball team dropped a pair of games to Buena Vista on Friday afternoon in Greenville. The Panthers fell 13-5 in six innings of game one before losing 9-8 in the second game.
The softball team ended their opening trip to Memphis with a split of two games on Saturday. They topped Covenant 5-1 in the first game before falling 4-2 to Rhodes in game two.
The softball team opened their 2018 season with a 13-2 win over Covenant in a game shortened to five innings and followed it with a 9-1 loss to Rhodes in five innings.
Two-time defending tournament champions, Greenville University have been tabbed as the 2018 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference softball favorites.
Head coach Buddy Foster will add a total of eight newcomers to Greenville University's defending NCAA Division III national tournament qualifying softball team. Of the eight, six are from Illinois, one from Tennessee, and one from Missouri. Six will enter as freshmen, and two are transfers.