Six members of the Nebraska Wesleyan University softball team were named to the 2008 All-Independent softball team that was announced Wednesday (May 29). NWU seniors Ashley Tiedgen and Mollie Seim were named to the AD3I First-Team. Klancy Nixon, Kelsey Worley and Marcia Kennedy all were named to the Second-Team. Megan Beckstead was named to the Third-Team.

Six members of the Nebraska Wesleyan University softball team were named to the 2008 Great Plains Athletic Conference Softball All-Conference team that was announced Tuesday (May 6). NWU senior shortstop Klancy Nixon and senior catcher Mollie Seim were both selected on the All-GPAC First Team. Senior Ashley Tiedgen was named to the All-GPAC Second Team as an utility player, while Kelsey Worley, Megan Beckstead and Marcia Kennedy received honorable mention All-GPAC. 

Nebraska Wesleyan University senior softball player Ashley Tiedgen has been named the Association of Division III Independents softball Player-of-the-week for the week of April 14-20, 2008.

Ashley Tiedgen threw a no-hitter in game one while going 3-3 at the plate as Nebraska Wesleyan defeated Mount Marty College, 8-0, in six innings in game one of a GPAC doubleheader on Wednesday night in Lincoln. NWU also used the run-rule to defeat the Lancers, 9-0, in five innings in game two.

Klancy Nixon drove in Ashley Tiedgen with the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift Nebraska Wesleyan to a 6-5 victory over the University of Sioux Falls in the first game of a GPAC softball doubleheader on Sunday afternoon (Apr. 13) at University Place Park in Lincoln, Neb. NWU then rolled past USF, 8-0, in five innings in the second game.

Nebraska Wesleyan University athletes swept the Association of Division III Independent's (AD3I) weekly awards for the week of March 31-April 6. John Rust was named the baseball Player-of-the-Week, while Klancy Nixon was the softball Player-of-the-Week. In addition, both Rust and Nixon were also named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Players-of-the-Week. Rust also was named the NAIA Region III Player-of-the-Week.

Nebraska Wesleyan pitchers held Buena Vista to a combined eight hits as the Prairie Wolves swept the Beavers in a softball doubleheader on Sunday (Apr. 6) at University Place Park in Lincoln, Neb. NWU won game one, 6-3, then shut out BVU, 6-0, in the second game.

The Nebraska Wesleyan softball team split games with Briar Cliff University on Saturday (Mar. 29) to finish a home weekend of Great Plains Athletic Conference action with a 1-3 record. NWU defeated BCU 3-2 in game one, but dropped the second game 2-1. On Friday night, the Prairie Wolves lost to Doane 5-3 in game one, then the Tigers took a wild second game 13-12.

Nebraska Wesleyan pounded out 26 total hits and scored 18 runs as the the Prairie Wolves swept past Cornell College in the 2008 home opener on Saturday (Mar. 22) at University Place Park in Lincoln, Neb. NWU won by scores of 12-6 in game 1 and 6-4 in game 2.