Illinois Wesleyan

IWU History in NCAA Softball Tournament (through June 16, 2025)
(20 appearances, 57-47 overall, .548 winning percentage)

2025 (3-2)
defeated Bethany Lutheran, 6-3 (in Bloomington, Ill. - Regional Website)
defeated Nebraska Wesleyan, 6-1 (in Bloomington, Ill.)
Regional Championship - defeated Bethany Lutheran, 5-3 (in Bloomington, Ill.)
lost to Linfield, 2-0 (in McMinnville, Ore. Super Regional)
lost to Linfield, 11-0 (in McMinnville, Ore. Super Regional)

2024 (1-2) (in Oshkosh, Wis.)
defeated Wartburg, 4-1 (in Oshkosh, Wis. - Regional Website)
lost to UW-Oshkosh, 1-0 (in Oshkosh, Wis.)
lost to Saint Benedict, 8-3 (in Oshkosh, Wis.)

2022 (0-2) (in St. Joseph, Minn.)
lost to Wartburg, 5-2 (in St. Joseph, Minn. - Regional Website)
lost to Saint Benedict, 8-0 [5 innings] (in St. Joseph, Minn.)

2019 (6-3) - Fifth Place, NCAA Division III
defeated Otterbein, 15-0 (5 innings) (in Bloomington, Ill. - Regional Website)
defeated Milwaukee School of Engineering, 4-1 (in Bloomington)
Regional Championship - defeated Calvin, 8-0 (in Bloomington)
lost to Carthage, 2-0 (Super Regional, Bloomington, Ill. - Super Regional Website)
defeated Carthage, 1-0 (Super Regional)
defeated Carthage, 4-1 (Super Regional final)
lost to Trine, 1-0 (NCAA Final Round, Tyler, Texas)
defeated Randolph-Macon, 5-3 (NCAA Final Round)
lost to Eastern Connecticut State, 1-0 (NCAA Final Round)

2018 (9-4) - Second Place, NCAA Division III, National Runners Up
defeated Thomas More, 4-0 (in Bloomington, Ill. - Regional Website)
defeated Transylvania, 1-0 (in Bloomington)
Regional Championship - defeated Transylvania, 2-1 (in Bloomington)
lost to Wis. Whitewater, 1-0 (Super Regional, Bloomington, Ill. - Super Regional Website)
defeated Wis. Whitewater, 7-0 (Super Regional)
defeated Wis. Whitewater, 3-0 (Super Regional final)
defeated Rowan, 5-1 (NCAA Final Round, Oklahoma City, Okla.)
defeated Texas-Tyler, 3-2 [10 innings] (NCAA Final Round)
lost to Luther, 5-2 (NCAA Final Round)
defeated Luther, 5-1 (NCAA Final Round)
lost to Virginia Wesleyan, 6-1 (NCAA Final Round)
defeated Virginia Wesleyan, 5-4 [8 innings] (NCAA Final Round)
lost to Virginia Wesleyan, 3-1 (NCAA Championship Game)

2017 (6-3) - Fifth Place, NCAA Division III
defeated Otterbein. 3-2 (in Alma, Mich. - Regional Website)
defeated Alma 4-3 (in Alma, Mich.)
Regional Championship - defeated Alma, 4-1 (in Alma, Mich.)
lost at Tranylvania, 3-1 (Super Regional, Lexington, Ky.)
defeated Transylvania, 4-3, 8 innings (Super Regional)
defeated Transylvania, 6-2, 11 innings (Super Regional final)
defeated St. Catherine, 7-0 (NCAA Final Round, Oklahoma City, Okla.)
lost to St. John Fisher, 2-1 (NCAA Final Round)
lost to Virginia Wesleyan, 6-0 (NCAA Final Round) [Va. Wesleyan won national championship two days later]

2016 (5-3) - Seventh Place, NCAA Division III
defeated Hanover. 7-2 (in Bloomington - Regional Website)
defeated Washington U. 3-1 (in Bloomington)
Regional Championship - defeated DePauw, 3-0 (in Bloomington)
lost at Luther, 4-0 (Super Regional, Decorah, Iowa)
defeated Luther, 8-7 (Super Regional)
defeated Luther, 3-0 (Super Regional final)
lost to Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, 2-0 (NCAA Final Round, Salem, Va.)
lost to Rowan, 3-1 (NCAA Final Round)

2015 (0-2) (in Bloomington, Ill.) - Regional Website
lost to Alma, 1-0 (8 inn.)
lost to Anderson (Ind.), 7-4

2014 (4-2) (in Bloomington, Ill.) - Regional Website
defeated Lake Forest, 5-1
defeated Anderson, 14-0 (6 inn.)
Regional Championship - defeated Lake Forest, 3-2
lost to Wisconsin-Whitewater, 6-5 (Super Regional, Bloomington, Ill.)
defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater, 6-3 (Super Regional)
lost to Wisconsin-Whitewater, 6-3 (Super Regional final)

2013 (1-2) (at Whitewater, Wis.)
defeated Benedictine, 7-6 (8 inn.)
lost to North Central, 7-4
lost to Carthage, 4-3

2012 (3-2) (in Bloomington, Ill.) - Regional Website
defeated St. Norbert, 4-1
defeated Wis.-Eau Claire, 2-1
lost to Linfield, 3-0
defeated Carthage, 2-1
lost to Linfield, 6-2

2010 (3-2) (at Indianola, Iowa)
defeated Fontbonne, 3-2
lost to St. Thomas, 3-2
defeated U. of Chicago, 7-0
defeated Simpson, 2-0
lost to St. Thomas 6-1

2009 (3-2) (in Bloomington, Ill.) - Regional Website
defeated St. Norbert, 1-0
defeated Alma, 6-3
defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater, 4-1
lost to Coe, 4-3
lost to Coe, 3-1

2008 (1-2) (at Eau Claire, Wis.)
lost to Simpson, 1-0
defeated Ripon, 3-0
lost to Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1-0

2007 (1-2)
defeated St. Norbert, 8-6
lost to Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 3-0
lost to Coe, 5-1

2003 (5-2) - Third place, NCAA Division III 
defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2-1
defeated U. of Chicago, 4-2
Regional Championship - defeated U. of Chicago, 3-2 (11 innings)
defeated Muskingum, 9-2
defeated Emory, 1-0 (8 inn.)
lost to Salisbury State, 5-3 (10 inn.)
lost to Central (Iowa), 8-3 [Central won national championship next day]

2002 (1-2)
lost to Washington U., 4-1
defeated Eureka, 8-3
lost to Webster, 9-6

2001 (3-2)
defeated U. of Chicago, 4-3
lost to North Central, 9-4
defeated Carroll, 6-3
defeated North Central, 10-2
lost to North Central, 5-2

2000 (2-2)
defeated Anderson, 6-4
lost to Muskingum, 4-2
defeated Wittenberg, 5-4
lost to Anderson, 5-4

1996 (0-2)
lost to Chapman, 3-0 [Chapman was defending champion and went on to finish second in 1996]
lost to Calvin, 5-0

1994 (0-2)
lost to Central (Iowa), 6-0 [Central was defending champion]
lost to Simpson, 5-0


IWU History in CCIW Softball Tournament (through May 11, 2025)
(28 appearances, 70-31 overall, .693 winning percentage)

2025 at Illinois Wesleyan (3-0)
Illinois Wesleyan 6, North Central 1
Illinois Wesleyan 13 , Millikin 3 (6 inn.)
Illinois Wesleyan 4, Augustana 2

2024 at Illinois Wesleyan (3-0)
Illinois Wesleyan 6, Millikin 0
Illinois Wesleyan 6, Augustana 3
Illinois Wesleyan 4, Millikin 2

2023 at Illinois Wesleyan (2-2)
Illinois Wesleyan 6, Augustana 2
Millikin 8, Illinois Wesleyan 0 (5 inn.)
Illinois Wesleyan 4, Augustana 3
Millikin 3, Illinois Wesleyan 0

2022 at Millikin (3-0)
Illinois Wesleyan 9, Carrol 1 (6 inn.)
Illinois Wesleyan 2, Millikin 0
Illinois Wesleyan 3, North Central 2

2021 at Illinois Wesleyan (3-2)
Illinois Wesleyan 4, Wheaton 1
Illinois Wesleyan 4, Carthage 1
Millikin 1, Illinois Wesleyan 0
Illinois Wesleyan 7, North Central 3
Millikin 8, Illinois Wesleyan 0 (5 inn.)

2019 at Illinois Wesleyan (3-0)
Illinois Wesleyan 2, Wheaton 0
Illinois Wesleyan 7, Carthage 3
Illinois Wesleyan 3, Carthage 1

2018 at Illinois Wesleyan (4-1)
Carthage 1, Illinois Wesleyan 0
Illinois Wesleyan 6, Carroll 0
Illinois Wesleyan 13, North Central 3 (5 inn.)
Illinois Wesleyan 3, Carthage 0
Illinois Wesleyan 7, Carthage 4

2017 at Millikin (3-0)
Illinois Wesleyan 8, Carthage 0 (5 inn.)
Illinois Wesleyan 5, Millikin 0
Illinois Wesleyan 1, Millikin 0

2016 at Illinois Wesleyan (1-2)
Illinois Wesleyan 7, Carthage 6 (8 inn.)
North Central 2, Illinois Wesleyan 1
Wheaton 2, Illinois Wesleyan 0

2015 at Illinois Wesleyan (3-1)
Illinois Wesleyan 6, Augustana 3
Illinois Wesleyan 6, Wheaton 0
Augustana 4, Illinois Wesleyan 3 (10 inn.)
Illinois Wesleyan 9, Augustana 2

2014 at Illinois Wesleyan (3-0)
Illinois Wesleyan 3, Carthage 2
Illinois Wesleyan 4, Augustana 2
Illinois Wesleyan 10, Augustana 9

2013 at Carthage (1-2)
North Central 7, Illinois Wesleyan 6
Illinois Wesleyan 5, North Central 2
Carthage 4, Illinois Wesleyan 3

2012 at Illinois Wesleyan (3-0) - Tournament Web Site
Illinois Wesleyan 4, Elmhurst 2
Illinois Wesleyan 7, Millikin 0
Illinois Wesleyan 7, Carthage 5

2010 at Carthage (4-1)
North Central 5, Illinois Wesleyan 0
Illinois Wesleyan 4, Carthage 0
Illinois Wesleyan 11, North Central 5
Illinois Wesleyan 7, Augustana 4
Championship - Illinois Wesleyan 3, Augustana 2

2009 at Illinois Wesleyan (4-1) - Tournament Web Site
Illinois Wesleyan 1, Carthage 0
North Central 8, Illinois Wesleyan 6 (13 innings)
Illinois Wesleyan 7, Carthage 0
Illinois Wesleyan 1, North Central 0
Championship - Illinois Wesleyan 5, North Central 3

2008 at Illinois Wesleyan (0-2)
Augustana 4, Illinois Wesleyan 2
Carthage 5, Illinois Wesleyan 0

2007 at Illinois Wesleyan (2-2)
Illinois Wesleyan 8, Carthage 0
Augustana 4, Illinois Wesleyan 1
Illinois Wesleyan 8, Carthage 0
Championship - Augustana 6, Illinois Wesleyan 0

2006 at Augustana (2-2)
Millikin 3, Illinois Wesleyan 2
Illinois Wesleyan 5, North Central 1
Illinois Wesleyan 7, Millikin 0
Championship - Augustana 3, Illinois Wesleyan 2

2004 at Augustana (1-2)
Illinois Wesleyan 2, North Central 1
Augustana 9, Illinois Wesleyan 3
North Central 7, Illinois Wesleyan 5

2003 at Illinois Wesleyan (3-0)
Illinois Wesleyan 10, Augustana 2
Illinois Wesleyan 5, Carthage 4
Championship - Illinois Wesleyan 3, Millikin 1

2002 at Illinois Wesleyan (3-0)
Illinois Wesleyan 5, Wheaton 4
Illinois Wesleyan 2, Augustana 1
Championship - Illinois Wesleyan 8, Millikin 1

2001 at North Central (3-1)
Illinois Wesleyan 1, Carthage 0
Illinois Wesleyan 5, Augustana 2
North Central 5, Illinois Wesleyan 2
Championship - Illinois Wesleyan 4, North Central 2

2000 at North Central (3-0)
Illinois Wesleyan 5, Carthage 3
Illinois Wesleyan 4, North Central 3
Championship - Illinois Wesleyan 3, Carthage 2

1999 at North Central (2-2)
Illinois Wesleyan 4, Carthage 2
North Central 9, Illinois Wesleyan 1
Illinois Wesleyan 10, Millikin 0
Championship - North Central 5, Illinois Wesleyan 2

1998 at Carthage (0-2)
Carthage 4, Illinois Wesleyan 0
Wheaton 7, Illinois Wesleyan 6

1997 at Illinois Wesleyan (3-1)
Illinois Wesleyan 4, Augustana 3
Illinois Wesleyan 6, Elmhurst 2
Milllikin 6, Illinois Wesleyan 2
Championship - Illinois Wesleyan 5, Millikin 4

1996 at Augustana (3-1)
Illinois Wesleyan 3, North Central 1
Illinois Wesleyan 9, Augustana 8 (12 innings)
North Central, Illinois Wesleyan 2
Championship - Illinois Wesleyan 3, North Central 1

1995 at Illinois Wesleyan (2-2)
Illinois Wesleyan 5, Wheaton 0
North Central 6, Illinois Wesleyan 3
Illinois Wesleyan 5, Millikin 2
Championship - North Central 7, Illinois Wesleyan 2

1987 at North Central (0-2)
North Central 1, Illinois Wesleyan 0
Wheaton 5, Illinois Wesleyan 4