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Congratulations to Maeson and Alissa and being named NAIA Softball All-Americans for their outstanding 2024 seasons!

NAIA Release: https://bit.ly/3VssZ2n

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Congrats to our three softball players on making an NFCA All-Region Team‼️ Full release: bit.ly/456Zw1h

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Congratulations to Madonna Men’s Bowler, Brandon Leavitt on making the Junior Team USA‼️ Leavitt competed at the United States Bowling Congress U22 Masters and Queens competition last week. He tied for fourth place (2,861) which secured him a spot on Team USA. Congrats Brandon!!

USBC Release: https://bit.ly/4bHb8dF

Congratulations to Men’s Track and Field on a great outdoor season! The men’s program took 4th at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships and were tied for the most All-American honors with nine. Madonna was the only program to score in sprints, hurdles, jumps, mid-distance, and throws‼️

Congratulations to Women’s Track and Field on a great outdoor season! The women’s program took 15th at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships. Ny’tierra Hobbs brought home All-American honors in the 100m and 200m dash. Charity Jones took home an All-American honor in the 400m dash as well‼️

Softball Dethrones Defending National Champions to Keep their Season Alive

Crusaders Keep Season Alive with Victory Over Defending National Champions - Madonna University Athletics COLUMBUS, Ga. -- The eight-seeded Madonna Crusaders kept their season alive with a 4-3 victory over the defending national champions and 10-seeded Raiders of Southern Oregon. With the come from behind win, the 2024 Crusaders moved to 54-5 on the year and have broken the record for most wins in a sin...

Track and Fueld Wraps up the 2024 Season with a Fourth and 15th Place Finish Respectively at Nationals

Men Take Fourth, Women Finish 15th at NAIA Outdoor National Championships - Madonna University Athletics MARION, Ind. - The Madonna Men's and Women's Track and Field team concluded the NAIA National Championship meet on Friday evening. The men's team finished fourth overall while the women's team finished in 15th.

Softball Walks-off Georgia Gwinnett in First Game of NAIA World Series

Crusaders Walk-Off Grizzlies in First Game of NAIA World Series - Madonna University Athletics COLUMBUS, Ga. -- The eight-seeded Madonna Crusaders faced off against the nine-seeded Grizzlies of Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) in the first game of the 2024 NAIA Softball World Series. This game featured two of the best pitchers in the country and they both did not disappoint. In what was the def...

Track and Field wraps up day one of NAIA Outdoot National Championships

Day 1 Recap of the NAIA Track and Field National Championships - Madonna University Athletics MARION, Ind. - The Madonna Men's and Women's Track and Field team kicked off day one of the NAIA National Championship meet. The Crusaders had five athletes qualify for the finals along with Alex Hunt finishing fourth in the men's hammer throw to get the men's team five points early on.

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Congrats to our two Men’s Lacrosse players who were named as All-Americans‼️

Congrats to Cortez Cunningham of Men’s Track & Field for being named the USTFCCCA NAIA Great Lake Region Player of the Year‼️

Madonna Softball Captures Second Opening Round Title and Advances to NAIA World Series

TICKET PUNCHED: Crusaders Win Second Opening Round and Advance to Sixth World Series - Madonna University Athletics SIOUX CENTER, Iowa - The Madonna University softball team showed grit and determination in the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round to earn the program's second-ever opening round championship with two wins over No. 9 Northwestern College (Iowa) on Thursday afternoon.

Softball Brings Home a Victory in First Game of National Tournament

Crusaers Start Off NAIA Opening Round with a Victory - Madonna University Athletics SIOUX CENTER, IOWA-- The Madonna University softball team opened up NAIA Postseason play with a 6-3 victory over the Vikings of Grand View University (Iowa) on Monday after from Northwestern College (Iowa).

To our biggest fans, role models and mentors, Happy 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 to all the incredible moms, especially those in our Crusader family! None of us would be where we are without your love, strength, and endless support. Today, we celebrate YOU!

NAIA Softball Opening Round - Sioux Center Bracket Preview

No. 11 Crusaders Awarded a 2-Seed in Sioux Center Opening Round Bracket - Madonna University Athletics LIVONIA, Mich. -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the teams and pairings for the 2024 NAIA Softball National Championship. The 48-team field will kick things off in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round. The No. 11 ranked Crusaders will ma...

Congratulations to the Class of 2024! Wherever you go, you will always be apart of

Men’s Track and Field moves up three spots and is ranked the second best team in the country in week seven of the USTFCCCA National Ratings Index

Women’s Track and Field remains in Top 25 in week seven of the USTFCCCA National Ratings Index

Outdoor Track and Field Honors Announced

Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Honors Announced - Madonna University Athletics FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) released the 2024 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Honors in conjunction with the conference championship meet. All-Conference teams, All-Academic, Champions of Character along with coaching awards were announced at the meet. Individual....

Crusaders Stay Perfect in WHAC Play as They Secure Second Straight WHAC Tournament Title

Crusaders win Back to Back Conference Tournament Championships - Madonna University Athletics LIVONIA, Mich. - No. 11 Madonna Crusaders Softball team faced off against the Aquinas Saints for the WHAC Tournament Championship. This game was originally set to be in Sylvania, Ohio but again due to weather and the field conditions the Crusaders again got to return home for a chance at the perfect...

WHAC Championship for softball has been postponed. The game will now be on Monday at 1:00 PM and will be played at Madonna‼️

Men’s Track & Field moves up in spot and back into the Top 5 in week six of the USTFCCCA National Ratings Index

Women’s Track & Field stays at No. 22 in week six of the USTFCCCA National Ratings Index

Crusader Softball Continues to Rise in Final Coaches' Poll of the Year!

Full Poll: https://bit.ly/3QshpRW

Congratulations to our Baseball All-Conference Selections‼️

Congratulations to our Softball All-Conference selections‼️

Madonna capped off an unbeaten conference season on Sunday and won the 2024 WHAC regular season title. The Crusaders will be the top seed in the WHAC tournament which kicks off on Wednesday.

Baseball Splits Series with Cougars on Sunday

Crusaders split their series with the Cougars - Madonna University Athletics HOWELL, Mich. -- The Madonna University baseball team (21-21, 16-10) returned to Cleary University (14-26, 11-15) to face off against the Cougars in a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. In game one the Crusaders would lose 5-8 and in game two would win 15-5 in a seven inning mercy.