The Tusculum College softball team appears throughout the latest NCAA Division II statistics report, through games of Sunday, April 24. The Pioneers are ranked in the top 50 in four of the 11 team categories, while four players account for nine top-50 appearances on the individual leaderboards.

As a team, the Pioneers rank 10th in double plays per game (0.45), 12th in fielding percentage (.973), 30th in triples per game (0.31) and 33rd in earned run average (1.95) among the 300 programs included in the rankings report.

Pioneer senior Erin Searcy (Coolidge, Ga.) and sophomore Elizabeth Johnson (Greenville, Wisc.) are both ranked among the pitching leaders. Johnson is 17th in earned run average (1.16), 26th in shutouts (seven), 38th in both victories (17) and fewest hits allowed per seven innings (5.12) and 40th in saves (two), while Searcy ranks 40th in shutouts (six).

Also ranked are junior outfielder Ashley Burke (North Augusta, S.C.) and sophomore shortstop Lindsey Umberger (Madison, Wisc.). Umberger is sixth in triples (six) and 19th in triples per game (0.13) and Burke is 38th in sacrifice flies (three).

The Pioneers concluded their regular-season schedule with a 32-17 overall record, and finished in fourth place in the South Atlantic Conference with an 11-7 mark. The 32 wins were the most for Tusculum since joining NCAA Division II in 1999.