PULASKI, Tenn. – Playing in its final TranSouth Athletic Conference competition, the Martin Methodist Baseball Team ensured it went out on top as it rallied for two wild, thrilling victories to upset Bethel (Tenn.) University and win the 2013 TranSouth/Gulf Coast Unaffiliated Group Tournament at the East Campus Friday afternoon.

JACKSON, Tenn. - Top-seeded Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) University played its way out of the losers bracket, winning five straight games to claim the 2013 TranSouth/Gulf Coast Unaffiliated Group Tournament championship and earn an automatic bid to the NAIA National Softball Championships Opening Round.

FHU defeated Bethel (Tenn.) University, 8-4 and 2-1, to claim the championship.  The finish of the tournament was delayed until Saturday due to heavy rain on Friday, suspending the first game in the second inning with Freed-Hardeman leading 6-0.

This is the second year for the West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex to host the TranSouth Conference postseason tournament.  This year's tournament will take place in Complex D, which has four fields.  Wednesday and Thursday's games will see two fields in use before going down to one field on Friday.

PULASKI, Tenn. – For the final time in the league's 17-year history, the TranSouth Athletic Conference has announced its All-TranSouth baseball awards. Each of the Conference's five teams are represented with a total of 29 student-athletes honored. The TranSouth baseball coaches selected the All-Conference Team, as well as recognizing the nine best defenders in the league on the TranSouth's Gold Glove team, by a vote in the coaches' meeting prior to the postseason tournament for the Unaffiliated Group tournament at Martin Methodist Conference in Pulaski.

Springfield, Mo. –The No. 8 Bethel Wildcats captured the AMCW/HAAC/TSAC Unaffiliated Conference Championship Saturday in Springfield Missouri, defeating Graceland University 5-3. The title match followed an earlier 5-2 win Friday over Missouri Valley. The championship was made up from teams from the American Midwest Conference, Heart of America Conference, and the TranSouth Conference.

ATHENS, Ala. -- Bethel University cruised to its second women's golf championship in two weeks with its victory here Tuesday in the NAIA Qualifying Tournament that included six teams from the TranSouth Athletic Conference and the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.