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A Winning Season
Date Opponent Result
March 17-18 Emporia (Kan.) Tournament
March 17 Kansas Newman W, 19-0
March 17 Oklahoma City L, 3-1
March 17 Truman State L, 7-3
March 25-26 at Simpson Tournament
March 25 Loras W, 10-1
March 25 Wartburg W, 11-2
March 25 William Penn W, 7-0
March 26 St. Ambrose W, 2-0
March 26 Marycrest Int’l W, 12-0
March 26 Simpson W, 9-1
March 29 La Crosse W, 8-3/W, 6-0
April 1 Winona State L, 3-1/W, 1-0
April 5 St. Thomas W, 1-0/L, 1-0
April 8 at Macalester W, 10-1/W, 16-3
April 9 at Eau Claire L, 3-2/W, 10-0
April 11 St. Olaf W, 10-0/W, 8-0
April 13 Augsburg W, 9-1/W, 8-0
April 17 at Bethel W, 18-0/W, 10-0
April 18 at Carleton W, 7-0/W, 9-0
April 21 at Gustavus W, 5-2/W, 4-1
April 22 Concordia L, 1-0/W, 7-0
April 25 Hamline W, 15-5/W, 6-0
April 27 at St. Kate’s W, 11-4/W, 14-1
May 2 at River Falls W, 7-4/W, 8-1
May 3 St. Benedict W, 8-0/W, 9-0
May 12-14 NCAA Midwest Regional
May 12 Benedictine W, 5-4
May 13 Central-Iowa W, 3-0
May 14 Coe W, 4-3
May 18-21 NCAA National Tournament
May 18 Ithaca W, 5-1
May 19 College of New Jersey W, 7-0
May 20 Chapman W, 4-3
May 21 Chapman W, 5-0
did not walk a batter and struck out
two in the national title-clinching
win over Chapman, winning for the
seventh straight time in the postseason
and running her unbeaten
string to 18 straight starts. “To actually
reach this point, something
we’ve been aiming at for so long, it’s
hard to put into words.” Their
actions, however, spoke volumes.
Appearing in their first-ever
Alum returns to
coach alma mater
to national title
St. Paul native John Tschida ’90 came to Saint Mary’s
University in 1986 and stayed for 14 years. After an
outstanding career as a shortstop for
Cardinals baseball, he served as
assistant baseball coach and spent
the last six most-productive seasons
heading the women’s fastpitch softball
team.
Since taking over the program
in 1995, Tschida’s teams have been
nationally ranked each year, and led
the nation in winning percentage twice. Over the past
four years, his teams posted an 84-4 MIAC record and
won the conference title three times, with four straight
NCAA tournament appearances.
Tschida has compiled a 207-45 career record in six
years at SMU — ranking him second in NCAA Division
III history in career winning percentage (.821). He has
been named conference coach of the year four of the last
six years.
His record speaks for itself. What really sets Tschida
apart from all other coaches is his preparation. And all
the hard work by players and coaches finally paid off this
past season.
But when the presentations were over, the individual
awards had all been handed out and the Saint Mary’s Uni-
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