Needing three wins to reach the MCC Championship game, the Pilots came up short against Taylor University after beating Huntington University by the score of 8-4 to start the day. 

The Pilots had 11 hits including home runs by Kelsey Ericksen and Natalie Newell and triples by Holly Weaver and Brookelyn Smith to beat the foresters 8-4.

The No. 1 seeded Bethel College softball team suffered an upset to No. 4 seed Marian University on day one of the MCC Tournament from Marion, Ind.

The Pilots opened the tournament with a convincing 11-3 win over Taylor University.

By Chad Waller, NAIA Director of Communications & Sports Information

Jordyn Brown (pictured on right) of Concordia (Ore.) has been tabbed as the NAIA National Softball Player of the Week and Natalie Newell of Bethel (Ind.) has been named the NAIA National Softball Pitcher of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Hardy and Kim were chosen based on their performances from April 23 - 29 out of a pool of conference player of the week selections among 24 conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings. This is the final weekly award for the 2012 season.

Freshmen Natalie Newell earned the Mid-Central College Conference Pitcher of the Week award for the third time this season it was announced on Monday.