#11 Bethel (36-3) at #4 Linfield (44-4) • McMinnville Super Regional
Dates	May 26-27, 2023
Location	McMinnville, Ore. (Del Smith Stadium)
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Set to make its second straight super regional appearance, the No. 11th ranked Bethel University softball team will square off with No. 4 Linfield for the first time in program history in a best-of-three game series. The winner advances to the eight-team finals set to take place in Marshal, Texas at East Texas Baptist University June 1-7.
 
The Royals enter the Super Regional 36-3 overall and is one win shy of tying the single-season record after posting a 37-7 mark in 2022. BU is on a program-best 26-game winning streak that started back on Friday, March 17 with a 5-2 win over Sewanee in the Spring Break trip finale. 

GAME SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MAY 26
Game 1: Linfield vs. Bethel, 2 p.m. (PDT) // 4 p.m. (CDT)
 
SATURDAY, MAY 27
Game 2: Linfield vs. Bethel, 1 p.m. (PDT) // 3 p.m. (CDT)
Game 3: Linfield vs. Bethel, 3:30 p.m. (PDT) // 5:30 p.m. (CDT), if necessary
 

NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY

All-time NCAA Tournament Record: 7-3
• 2022 • St. Paul Regional
W, 5-1 vs Bethany Lutheran
L, 2-1 vs. WashU
W, 3-2 vs. Buena Vista (elimination game)
W, 4-3 (15 inns.) vs WashU (regional championship game 1)
W, 6-5 vs WashU (regional championship game 2)
 
• 2022 • Mount Berry Super Regional
L, 2-0 (9 inns.) at #10 Berry
L, 3-1 at #10 Berry

• 2023 • Pella Regional
• W, 2-0 vs. Wisconsin-La Crosse
• W, 4-3 (9 inns.) at #22 Central
• W, 1-0 at #22 Central (regional championship)
 

ROYAL NOTES

• Head coach Penny Foore is in her ninth season at the helm of the program amassing a 202-114 all-time record. Recently named the MIAC Coach of the Year for the second straight season, she has recorded back-to-back 30-plus win seasons and has 25-plus wins in five of those years. Foore's squad posted a 20-0 record in conference play, the first MIAC team to be perfect since 2013.
 
• Senior right-hander Kayla Simacek comes into the weekend as the Division III leader in strikeouts with 344 punchouts. She is currently five Ks shy of tying her single-season record and her 922 career Ks ranks 24th all-time in DIII. Earlier this week she was named MIAC Pitcher of the Year for the second straight season and is now a three-time All-MIAC honoree.
 
• The Royals BU landed six on the All-MIAC squad highlighted by Allie Fauth-Kilgore who becomes the first player in conference history to be a five-time All-MIAC honoree. Simacek is joined by Lexi DeBace as a three-time honoree while Autumn Earney earns it in back-to-back years. Landing their first All-Conference accolade is Izzy Wilhelm and Sidney Bartels. Kayla Hokanson was named to the Honorable Mention team.  
 
• Three players earned NFCA All-Region honors headlined by Allie Fauth-Kilgore who is the Royals' first-ever five-time All-Region honoree 2018 (2T), 2019 (2T), 2021 (1T), 2022 (3T), 2023 (2T). Kayla Simacek and Lexi DeBace were each named to the first time where Simacek is a three-time honoree and DeBace a two-time honoree. 
 
• Simacek's 25 strikeouts last weekend was the second most by a pitcher in a regional. In her last seven starts, she has tossed six shutouts and only allowed six walks in 51 innings of work.
 
• Allie Fauth-Kilgore's 141 stolen bases ranks 11th all-time in Division III. Her 35 swipes is second most in a single season only behind her 42 form last year.