news from the TranSouth website http://www.transouth.org/ 2012-05-17T20:20:48-06:00 text/html 2012-05-10T12:27:37-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Gregory Ruff http://www.transouth.org/article/1369.php HENDERSON, Tenn. - Life University, Marietta, Ga., has joined the TranSouth Athletic Conference, according to TranSouth Commissioner Charlie Smith. The addition of Life brings conference membership to six for the 2012-13 school year.<br /><br />Visit Life University <a href="http://www.liferunningeagles.com/index.aspx">Here</a><br /><br /> text/html 2012-05-08T07:33:38-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Jo Jo Freeman http://www.transouth.org/article/1368.php <span style="font-weight: bold; ">LEBANON, Tenn.</span> - Martin Methodist remained 21st in the seventh and final regular season NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll announced Monday by the national office. <div><br /></div> text/html 2012-05-04T15:18:54-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Claire Cook http://www.transouth.org/article/1367.php <P>KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Martin Methodist College is very proud to announce that Jessy Christopher, a basketball student-athlete and accounting and sport management major, has been awarded the 2012 Emil S. Liston Award, as announced by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics today.</P> text/html 2012-05-04T09:24:57-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Claire Cook http://www.transouth.org/article/1357.php <div>PULASKI, Tenn. -- The 2012 TranSouth Conference Softball Championships will be held at a neutral site this year in Jackson, Tennessee, at the West Tennessee Healthcare Sportplex. The tournament will begin Wednesday, May 2, and conclude Friday, May 4.</div>&nbsp; <div>The neutral site will allow the double elimination tournament to hold two games at a time through the first games on Friday. Following those games, the tournament will return to a single-game schedule for the semi-final and final games.</div> text/html 2012-05-03T13:16:39-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Steven Aldridge http://www.transouth.org/article/1344.php <div>JACKSON, Tenn. - The 2012 TranSouth Conference Baseball Championship Tournament will be played at Fesmire Field on the campus of Union University. The tournament will begin Monday, April 20 and extend through Thursday, May 3. This is the second straight year for Union to serve as the host.</div>&nbsp; <div>The top six teams in the final TranSouth standings will participate in the tournament with three games being played each of the first three days at noon, 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The championship game(s) Thursday will be played at noon and the if necessary game will be played at 3:30 p.m.</div>&nbsp; text/html 2012-05-03T13:13:26-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Gregory Ruff http://www.transouth.org/article/1366.php <div><span style="font-style: italic;">Originally Published in the Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Nashville City Paper </span></div> <div><div> By <a href="mailto:editor@nashvillecitypaper.com">Jerome Boettcher</a> </div> </div> <div><a href="http://nashvillecitypaper.com/">http://nashvillecitypaper.com</a> <br /> <br /> As Brett Barry and Joey Bradley wrapped up the final hole of the TranSouth Athletic Conference golf tournament last week, the rivals and good friends realized their day wasn't over.<br /> <br /> But it could have been.<br /> <br /> Both carded a three-round total of 213 for a three-under par and were 11 strokes ahead of the next golfer. A sudden-death playoff would determine the champion. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.tnutrojans.com/article/1961.php">Companion Article on tnutrojans.com</a><br /> <br /> So after playing the previous 54 holes together, the two trotted back out to the 18th hole at Canebrake Country Club in Athens, Ala. Bradley, a senior at Trevecca Nazarene, saved par to finish one stroke ahead of Barry, a junior at Union University, and atop the 42-golfer field with the best two-day score. <br /> <br /> The championship, however, belonged to Barry. Bradley was ineligible to hoist the trophy.<br /> <br /> When Trevecca applied for membership into NCAA Division II for the second time last June - it was accepted shortly thereafter - the Trojans were declared ineligible for NAIA postseason play and athletic awards for the 2011-12 season. The TranSouth Conference followed suit, backing the decision on the league level.</div> text/html 2012-05-02T10:11:00-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Gregory Ruff http://www.transouth.org/article/1365.php PULASKI, Tenn. -- Martin Methodist College, Director of Athletics, Jeff Bain is enthusiastic to announce his new men's basketball coach, Scott Combs. Coach Combs will assume the position immediately with the RedHawks once he gets clearance from Austin Peay State University where he has served as a men's basketball assistant coach for the past 12 years. During his tenure at APSU he has helped lead the Governors to two NCAA and two NIT tournament appearances, in addition to four OVC Conference Championships.<br /><br /> text/html 2012-05-01T20:32:10-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Claire Cook http://www.transouth.org/article/1364.php <p>PULASKI, Tenn. - The 2012 TranSouth Conference softball postseason honors have been released. Union University standout Shelby Lamb was voted as the TranSouth Player of the Year, as Union also claimed Pitcher and Freshman of the Year awards in hurling duo Brooke Thomas and Kelly Robey, and the Coach of the Year nod with Heather Hall. Martin Methodist's Veronika Fukunishi was named Newcomer of the Year, as the first and second team all-conference awards were also announced. These awards will be presented during a ceremony following Wednesday's 5:00 pm games in the conference tournament, which starts Wednesday, May 2 at the West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex in Jackson, Tennessee.</p> text/html 2012-05-01T17:34:19-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Jo Jo Freeman http://www.transouth.org/article/1363.php <span style="font-weight: bold; ">LEBANON, Tenn.</span> - Cumberland's men remained 16th and Martin Methodist's women dropped four spots to 21st in the sixth edition of the NAIA Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll released Tuesday by the national office. <div><br /></div> text/html 2012-04-30T16:22:44-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Claire Cook http://www.transouth.org/article/1362.php <P>PULASKI, Tenn. -- The TranSouth Conference's Player of the Week awards for the week ending April 29, 2012 have been released. </P> text/html 2012-04-30T16:10:26-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Claire Cook http://www.transouth.org/article/1361.php <p>PULASKI, Tenn. - The TranSouth Scholar Athletes list for softball has been released and 59 players have earned the academic award. To be considered for the TranSouth Scholar Athlete award, a student-athlete must have a 3.0 GPA and must be at least a sophomore academically. To earn the NAIA Scholar Athlete award*, a student athlete must have a 3.5 GPA, be at least a junior academically, and must have completed one full year at their institution. Union University and Blue Mountain College led the league, each boasting nine scholar athletes. </p> text/html 2012-04-29T19:30:39-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Steven Aldridge http://www.transouth.org/article/1360.php <div>JACKSON, Tenn. - The 2012 TranSouth Conference Baseball postseason honors have been released. Cumberland University standout Mike Mandarino was voted as the TranSouth Player of the Year. Jonathan Estes of Freed-Hardeman University was voted as the TranSouth Coach of the Year. The first and second team all-conference awards were also&nbsp;announced, along with the TranSouth Conference Rawlings Gold Glove team. These awards will be presented during a ceremony prior to game three in the conference tournament, which starts Monday, April 30 at Union University's Fesmire Field.</div>&nbsp; text/html 2012-04-26T22:10:13-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Steven Aldridge http://www.transouth.org/article/1359.php JACKSON, Tenn. - The TranSouth Scholar Athletes list for baseball has been released and 107 players have earned the academic award. To be considered for the TranSouth Scholar Athlete award, a student-athlete must have a 3.0 GPA and must be at least a sophomore academically. To earn the NAIA Scholar Athlete award*, a student athlete must have a 3.5 GPA, be at least a junior academically, and must have completed one full year at their institution. text/html 2012-04-26T10:12:00-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Jo Jo Freeman http://www.transouth.org/article/1352.php The 2012 NAIA Qualifying Tournament for the TranSouth Conference takes place April 27-28 in Norcross, Ga., at The Racquet Club of the South. Nine men's teams and 10 men's teams are in the field, including Xavier [LA] University, Martin Methodist, Cumberland University, Bethel University, Milligan College, Tennessee Wesleyan, Reinhardt University, Columbia [SC] College, Bluefield College and SCAD-Atlanta.<div><br /></div> text/html 2012-04-26T08:06:03-06:00 http://www.transouth.org/ Gregory Ruff http://www.transouth.org/article/1351.php <span style=" ">ATHENS, Ala. - The Union University men's golf team saved their best golf for the final round as they led wire-to-wire to claim their third straight TranSouth Conference Men's Golf Championship. Union's Brett Barry won medalist honors and was voted as conference player of the year for the second straight season. Blue Mountain coach Danny McKenzie was named the TranSouth Coach of the Year, while Joel Conway of Martin Methodist was named the TranSouth Freshman of the Year.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.transouth.org/article/1339.php">Championship Home Page</a><br /><br /></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.398965846801243.95379.143256015705562&amp;type=3">2012 Championship Photos</a><br /><br />