Posted: Jun 28, 2017
The Bellevue University softball program has qualified for nine NAIA National Tournaments, including four out of the last five seasons. The Bruins qualified for the NAIA National Tournament in 1998, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017.
Beginning in 2016, the Bruins moved from the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC) to the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA).
Conference Affiliations
Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC) -- 1997-2015
North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) -- 2016- present
Year | Head Coach | Record | Pct. | Conference Regular Season |
Pct. | Conference Tournament |
Conference | Postseason |
2017 | Michala Cimino | 50-16 | .758 | 20-6 (1st) | .769 | 2nd | NSAA | NAIA National Tournament |
2016 | Michala Cimino | 34-20 | .630 | 19-5 (2nd) | .792 | 3rd | NSAA | -- |
2015 | Michala Cimino | 41-14-1 | .741 | 17-3 (1st) | .850 | 1st | MCAC | NAIA National Tournament |
2014 | Michala Cimino | 36-17 | .679 | 16-4 (2nd) | .800 | 1st | MCAC | NAIA National Tournament |
2013 | Michala Cimino | 42-11 | .792 | 14-3 (2nd) | .824 | 1st |
MCAC | NAIA National Tournament |
2012 | Michala Cimino | 44-16 | .733 | 13-1 (1st) | .929 | 2nd | MCAC | -- |
2011 | Michala Cimino | 32-19 | .627 | 12-0 (1st) | 1.000 | 1st | MCAC | NAIA National Tournament |
2010 | Michala Cimino | 32-17 | .653 | 10-0 (1st) | 1.000 | 1st | MCAC | NAIA National Tournament |
2009 | Ed Lehotak | 29-13 | .690 | 12-0 (1st) | 1.000 | 2nd | MCAC | -- |
2008 | Ed Lehotak |
29-14 | .674 | 9-3 (2nd) | .750 | 1st | MCAC | Region IV Tournament |
2007 | Ed Lehotak | 34-8 | .810 | 13-1 (1st) | .929 | 1st | MCAC | NAIA National Tournament |
2006 | Ed Lehotak | 22-28 | .440 | 7-9 (5th) | .438 | DNQ | MCAC | -- |
2005 | Ed Lehotak | 39-31 | .557 | 12-4 (3rd) |
.750 | 1st | MCAC | Region IV Tournament |
2004 | Ed Lehotak | 43-16 | .729 | 14-2 (2nd) | .875 | 4th | MCAC | Region IV Tournament |
2003 | Ed Lehotak | 32-16 | .667 | 14-2 (2nd) | .875 | 1st | MCAC | Region IV Tournament |
2002 | Ed Lehotak | 40-11 | .784 | 10-2 (1st) | .833 | 1st | MCAC | Region IV Tournament |
2001 | Ed Lehotak | 27-28 | .482 | 8-2 (2nd) | .800 | 1st | MCAC | Region IV Tournament |
2000 | Ed Lehotak | 56-12 | .823 | 10-2 (1st) | .833 | 2nd | MCAC | NAIA National Tournament |
1999 | Ed Lehotak | 43-16 | .729 | 8-0 (1st) | 1.000 | 1st | MCAC | Region IV Tournament |
1998 | Ed Lehotak | 46-13 |
.780 | 8-2 (2nd) | .800 | 1st | MCAC | NAIA National Tournament |
1997 | Ed Lehotak | 31-16 | .660 | 7-1 (1st) |
.875 | 2nd | MCAC | Region IV Tournament |
Totals | -- | 782-352-1 | .689 | 253-52 | .830 | -- | -- | -- |