The Tusculum College softball team is well-represented in the latest NCAA Division II statistics report, through games of Sunday, March 27. The Pioneers are ranked in the top 50 in five of the 11 team categories, while five players account for 11 top-50 appearances on the individual leaderboards.

As a team, the Pioneers are 13th in fielding percentage (.973), 19th in triples per game (0.39), 21st in double plays per game (0.45), 25th in earned run average (1.83) and 41st in win-loss percentage (.710) 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 12th in earned run average (0.96), 20th in saves (two), 22nd in fewest hits allowed per seven innings (4.67) and 29th in victories (11) while Searcy ranks 27th in shutouts (four), 45th in victories (10) and 49th in strikeouts (89).

Also ranked are senior second baseman Taylor MacDonald (Scarborough, Ont.), junior outfielder Ashley Burke (North Augusta, S.C.) and sophomore shortstop Lindsey Umberger (Madison, Wisc.). Umberger is 11th in triples (four) and 31st in triples per game (0.13), Burke is 13th in sacrifice flies (three) and MacDonald is 27th in triples (three).

The Pioneers (24-9 overall, 5-1 SAC) return to action Saturday at Red Edmonds Field, hosting Anderson in a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.