RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - With all collegiate sports on hiatus, the Great American Conference looks back at some the best moments from years past.
MAY 5
2019 - Arkansas Tech becomes the first GAC school to repeat as champion at the Softball Championships as the Golden Suns defeat Southeastern Oklahoma State, 5-1. Outfielder Ashton Sangster earns Tournament MVP honors |
STORY
2019 - On day two of the GAC Baseball Championships, Harding eliminates defending champion Southern Arkansas, 8-6. SAU had won all five previous GAC Championships contested in Enid, Oklahoma. Arkansas-Monticello knocks out Southwestern Oklahoma State when David Reyna scores on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning |
HU |
UAM
2018 - On the opening day of the GAC Baseball Championships, the top two seeds losing their opening games as Southwestern Oklahoma State defeats Arkansas-Monticello and Arkansas Tech beats Southern Arkansas. In the nightcap, Oklahoma Baptist scores three times in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to defeat Henderson State, 11-4 |
SWOSU |
ATU |
HSU
2018 - Day three of the GAC Softball Championships features three shutouts. In game one, Arkansas Tech's Megan Goodnight blanks Southern Nazarene to send the Golden Suns to the final. In the second game, Southern Arkansas' Victoria Taylor improves to 28-0 with a 1-0 win that eliminates reigning champion Harding. In the finale, SNU's Katelyn Brown becomes the first pitcher that season to record a complete-game shutout against Southern Arkansas as she limits the potent Mulerider offense to only two hits in a 1-0 Crimson Storm win |
STORY
2017 - On day two of the GAC Softball Championships, Harding secures a spot in the final for the second-straight year as Autumn Humes throws her second shutout of the tournament, a 4-0 win against Southern Arkansas. Southern Nazarene wins two more elimination games - both in extra innings - before falling to Southern Arkansas in the final game of the day |
STORY
2017 - On the first day of the Baseball Championshio Best-of-3 opening round series, No. 1 Southern Arkansas and No. 3 Arkansas-Monticello each walked off with game one wins. Harding pulled off the lone upset of the day as the Bisons defeated No. 2 Arkansas Tech and Henderson State's Bryant Haralson, the league's Pitcher of the Year, set the Reddies' single-season strikeout record as his 11 punch out increased his total to 105, five more than the Bert Owens' total from 2002 |
SAU |
UAM |
HU |
HSU
2016 - Arkansas Tech and Southern Arkansas open play at the NCAA Division II Softball Central Regionals with shutout wins. The Golden Suns' Jalissa Gum improves to 20-2 as she strikes out 13 in the 6-0 win. SAU's Kimmy Beasley limits Central Oklahoma to three base runners in a 2-0 win |
ATU |
SAU
2015 - Arkansas Tech moves up two positions to take second at the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Super Region #3 Championships and qualify for the NCAA National Championships. For the second-straight round, the Golden Suns post the lowest score of the day. Rebecka Surtevall finishes fourth in the individual competition |
STORY
2015 - Southeastern Oklahoma State's Zach James moves into a tie for first place at the NCAA Division II Central/Midwest Regional after two rounds of the play. The Savage Storm lead the five GAC teams at the event as they sit in the second, followed by Southwestern Oklahoma State in fifth |
STORY
2015 - Henderson State eliminates Southeastern Oklahoma State - thanks to a six-run seventh inning - to advance to the final of the GAC Baseball Championship for the first time in program history |
STORY
2014 - Arkansas Tech avenges its loss to Harding at the GAC Women's Tennis Championships by defeating the Lady Bisons, 5-4, in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Central Region Championships |
STORY
2014 - All the GAC women's golf team finish the second round of the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Super Region #3 Championships inside the top five led by Henderson State, who shared second place. Arkansas Tech's Rebecka Surtevall finishes the round in a tie for second place |
HSU |
ATU
2014 - Henderson State posts the top score amongst the four GAC men's golf schools participating at the NCAA Division II Central/Midwest Regional as the Reddies finish the first round in a tie for fourth place. Southeastern Oklahoma State's Marcos Sevilla produces the low round of the day, a 4-under 68 to lead the individual race |
HSU |
SE
2014 - Arkansas-Monticello wins twice and Southern Arkansas eliminates top-seeded Arkansas Tech on day three of the GAC Baseball Championships. In the first game, UAM rallies against Ouachita's Davis Ward, the league's Pitcher of the Year, in a 12-6 win against the Tigers. In game two, SAU's Trevor Rucker doubles home Josh Rodriguez in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 6-5 win. In the finale, the Weevils hand Harding its first loss of the tournament thanks in large part to a grand slam by Bronson Gillam |
STORY
2013 - Following the second day of the GAC Baseball Championships, Arkansas-Monticello finishes as the lone undefeated school as the Weevils defeat Henderson State, 12-8. Arkansas Tech avoids elimination by defeating Southern Arkansas and Harding eliminates Southwestern Oklahoma State |
UAM |
ATU |
HU
2013 - Led by Kendall Earp's 6-over par 78, Henderson State leads four GAC schools at the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Super Region #3 Championships by tying for fourth |
STORY
2012 - Southeastern Oklahoma State and Southern Arkansas improve to 2-0 at the GAC Baseball Championships as the Savage Storm defeat Arkansas Tech, 7-4, while the Muleriders eliminate Southwestern Oklahoma State, 8-4. Earlier in the day, Ouachita wins the tournament's first elimination game with a 5-3 win against Henderson State |
SE |
SAU |
OUA