AKRON, Ohio – The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) has announced information regarding the 2025 Softball Championships. The eight-team tournament will be played at Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio from Wednesday, April 30 to Saturday, May 3.
 
Tickets for the event are available through the G-MAC TICKETING SITE. Cash will NOT be accepted on-site. The All-Tournament Pass is $45 with $15 tickets on a per day basis. Students and children under 5 are free. All games will be live streamed on the GREAT MIDWEST DIGITAL NETWORK. Parking at the venue is free.
 
The Malone University softball team made the G-MAC Tournament with a 24-18 overall record and 10-14 mark in conference play. As the eight seed, the Pioneers will square off with the top-seeded Tiffin University Dragons in game one on Wednesday at 12:00 P.M. A win means Malone would wait until Thursday to play again, but a loss sets up an elimination game on Wednesday at 5:00 P.M.
 
The Pioneers needed to take one from the University of Findlay in the regular season finale to even make the postseason. In that doubleheader, Mia Rose pitched a three-hit shutout and Lacie Quarles had the go-ahead single to help give Malone a 3-0 win.
 
Rose and Allie Weilnau led a pitching staff that had a 2.57 ERA, the second-lowest in the G-MAC. The staff had a league-high 3.47 strikeout-to-walk ratio as well. The senior Weilnau compiled a 14-7 record while in the circle. Along with her abilities as a pitcher, Rose was also dominant in the batter's box. She led the team with a .405 batting average and 1.030 OPS with four homeruns.