• HERBST RECEIVES TOP AWARD FROM SOUTHERN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    April 27, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas - Senior sociology major Jessica Herbst is receiving the 2010 Odum Award for best undergraduate research paper from the Southern Sociological Society. She will receive the award at the society’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga., April 21-24.
  • SENIOR ATHLETES RECEIVE RECOGNITION OF YEARS AT FIRST WATCH CEREMONY
    April 20, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas - Thanks to the generous donations of the members of Southwestern's first booster club, The Pirate Crew, the Athletic Department was able to begin a new tradition of awarding watches to senior athletes whom had completed eligibility while at Southwestern.
  • COX AND HERBST EARN SCAC ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM SELECTIONS
    March 24, 2010
    SUWANEE, Ga. – The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) today announced its second annual Men’s and Women’s Basketball All-Sportsmanship teams. Twelve men’s basketball and twelve women’s basketball student-athletes were selected to the 2009-2010 squads, including Southwestern's A.C. Cox and Jessica Herbst.
  • RUDER STEPS DOWN AS HEAD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
    March 19, 2010
    After five seasons as the Southwestern University Head Women's Basketball Coach, Pam Ruder has stepped down to pursue professional opportunities outside the Southwestern University community.
  • SHIPP, SEAGRAVES SELECTED FOR NCAA SPORTS FORUM
    March 04, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas - Sophomore baseball player Nate Shipp and junior Shae Seagraves were selected to participate in the Career in Sports Forum sponsored by the NCAA. The duo will travel to Indianapolis May 11-14 for the educational and professional development seminars.
  • SEAGRAVES LEADS PIRATES IN ALL-SCAC VOTING
    February 27, 2010
    JACKSON, Miss. - In voting by head coaches junior Shae Seagraves was named to the All-SCAC Second Team in her first season as a Pirate. Seagraves was the highest honored Southwestern player and was joined by junior Staley Mullins who was an Honorable Mention selection.
  • REBOUNDS LEAD TO PIRATE LOSS IN FIRST ROUND OF SCAC TOURNEY; FALL TO DEPAUW 81-43
    February 26, 2010
    JACKSON, Miss. - The Pirate women's basketball team was out-rebounded by 28 in the first round of the SCAC tournament, leading to an 81-43 loss to first seed and nationally ranked DePauw University.
  • PIRATES RECEIVE BID TO SCAC TOURNAMENT, FACE DEPAUW IN FIRST ROUND
    February 22, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Southwestern women's basketball team has received a bid to the 2010 SCAC Conference Tournament and will enter as the fourth seed in the West with an 10-15 overall record and a 6-10 SCAC record. They face the #1 seed in the West, DePauw (22-3, 15-1), on Friday at 1:00 pm in Jackson, Miss. at Belhaven College.
  • SENIORS CLOSE OUT REGULAR SEASON, FALL TO TRINITY 57-68
    February 19, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas - Southwestern University and its women's basketball team recognized three seniors in their final home game of the season but fell 57-68 to conference rival Trinity. The loss drops SU to 10-15 on the year and 6-10 in the SCAC but their post-season hopes remain alive as Millsaps upset Colorado College at home.
  • UPSET SLIPS AWAY AS PIRATES FALL TO AUSTIN COLLEGE
    February 14, 2010
    SHERMAN, Texas - The women's basketball team lead by 13 points with eight minutes remaining in the second half but were unable to hold off the second place 'Roos as they dropped the second game of their last road trip 64-58. SU is now 10-14 on the year and 6-9 in the SCAC.
  • PIRATES FALL IN OVERTIME AT COLORADO COLLEGE
    February 13, 2010
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Southwestern's women's basketball team lost to Colorado College in overtime 86-79 to drop out of fourth place in the West by half a game. The Pirates drop to 10-13 overall and 6-8 in the SCAC while the Tigers improve to 12-10 overall and 6-7 in the conference.
  • PIRATES UPSET HENDRIX BEHIND DOUBLE-DOUBLES FROM MULLINS, SEAGRAVES
    February 06, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – Juniors Shae Seagraves and Staley Mullins each recorded a double-double as the Pirates upset West leading Hendrix 70-55 in the Robertson Center on Saturday night. Southwestern improves to 10-12 on the year and 6-7 in the SCAC and moves into fourth place with the win while the Warriors fall to 15-4 overall and 10-3 in the conference.
  • PIRATES EASILY HANDLE MAJORS, WIN 61-33
    February 05, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Pirates held Millsaps College scoreless through the opening seven minutes of the game and cruised to a 61-33 victory at the annual WBCA Pink Zone game on Friday evening in the Robertson Center.
  • UPTEMPO GAME STALLS PIRATES, FALL TO BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 75-57
    January 30, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – Birmingham-Southern used a run and game style to defeat the Pirates of Southwestern University 75-57 in SCAC conference action in the Robertson Center on Saturday night. The loss falls SU to 8-12 overall and 4-7 in the conference while Birmingham-Southern improves to 9-10 and 4-7.
  • LATE TURNOVERS COST PIRATES AT HOME
    January 29, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – Southwestern committed three late turnovers and eventually fell to Rhodes College 64-60 in SCAC conference action Friday night. The Pirates fall to 8-11 overall and 4-6 in the conference while the Lynx improve to 11-8 and 4-6.
  • ROAD WOES CONTINUE AS PIRATES FALL TO CENTRE
    January 24, 2010
    DANVILLE, Ky. – Southwestern’s women’s basketball team dropped their sixth road game of the season as they fell to Centre College in SCAC action on Saturday evening 80-50. With the loss the Pirates fall to 8-10 on the year and 4-5 in the conference while the Colonels improve to 11-6 overall and 6-3 in the SCAC.
  • PIRATES HIT ROUGH ROAD AT DEPAUW
    January 22, 2010
    GREENCASTLE, Ind. — Southwestern struggled early, scoring just 11 first half points as DePauw never trailed in a 67-38 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference victory over the Pirates. Southwestern falls to 8-9 overall and 4-4 in the conference while the Tigers improved to 14-3 overall and 7-1 in the SCAC with their 10th straight win.
  • SEAGRAVES EARNS SCAC PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK NOD
    January 19, 2010
    Shae Seagraves of Southwestern's women's basketball team, ajunior forward from Georgetown, Texas, has been named SCAC Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, January 11 through Sunday, January 17.
  • PIRATES DOMINATE STORMY PETRELS AT HOME 92-63
    January 16, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – The dynamic junior duo of Staley Mullins and Shae Seagraves put up 48 combined points as the Pirates sank the Stormy Petels 96-63 in SCAC conference action on Friday evening. Southwestern improves to 8-8 on the year and 4-3 in the conference while Oglethorpe falls to 7-9 overall and 2-5 in the SCAC.
  • WARRIORS OVERPOWER PIRATES
    January 10, 2010
    CONWAY, Ark. – Southwestern shot well from the floor but were plagued by turnovers as they dropped Sunday’s SCAC match-up 85-64 to Hendrix College. The Pirates sit at 6-8 overall and 2-3 in conference action while Hendrix improves to 9-2 overall and 4-1 in the SCAC.
  • PIRATES IGNITE FROM THE FLOOR; DEFEAT MILLSAPS 66-59
    January 08, 2010
    JACKSON, Miss. – The Southwestern women’s basketball team hit a hot streak in their first road game of the new year, beating SCAC foe Millsaps 66-59. The Pirates shot 51.1% from the floor and 43.8% beyond the arc to improve to 6-7 on the season and 2-2 in the conference. Millsaps continues to search for their first win as they fall to 0-13 overall and 0-4 in the SCAC.
  • COLD SHOOTING LEADS TO PIRATE LOSS
    January 03, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Southwestern women's basketball team was unable to overcome a poor shooting night as they dropped their SCAC match-up 55-37 to Austin College on Sunday afternoon. SU shot just 20.8% from the floor in the loss and fall to 5-7 on the season and 1-2 in conference play.
  • STINGY DEFENSE LOCKS UP COLORADO, PIRATES WIN 59-57
    January 02, 2010
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – Southwestern’s women’s basketball team shut out the Colorado College Tigers in the final 4:20 to take the 59-57 SCAC conference victory.
  • PIRATES OUTLASTED BY HARDIN-SIMMONS; DROP FIRST HOME CONTEST
    December 29, 2009
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – Southwestern lost their first home game this season in the championship game of the Holiday Classic Tournament to Hardin-Simmons University 60-56. The Pirates fall to 4-6 on the season while the Cowgirls improve to 4-5.
  • HOME SWEET HOME; PIRATES TAKE OPENING GAME OF HOLIDAY CLASSIC
    December 28, 2009
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Southwestern University women’s basketball team remains unbeaten at home with an 82-62 win over Central College in the first round of the Holiday Classic held in Georgetown. With the win SU improves to 4-5 on the season and 4-0 at home.
  • PIRATES STRUGGLE ON THE STRIP
    December 19, 2009
    LAS VEGAS, NV – Southwestern’s women’s basketball team knew they would be in for tough games at the Trip Sports Las Vegas Hoopla as they faced Beloit and #11 Wisconsin-Whitewater in non-conference action. SU fell to Beloit 54-48 on Friday evening and 73-51 to UWW on Saturday night.
  • TEAM EFFORT PUSHES PIRATES PAST UD 66-57
    December 06, 2009
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Southwestern women’s basketball team had a solid team game recording 17 assists on the night as SU defeated the University of Dallas 66-57 on Sunday afternoon.
  • PIRATES FALL IN SCAC OPENER AT #10 TRINITY
    December 04, 2009
    SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Pirates opened up their Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference schedule with a tough road game at #10 Trinity and despite out-playing the Tigers for the majority of the second half, fell 68-53.
  • FREE THROWS CATAPULT PIRATES TO WIN OVER OTTERBEIN
    November 29, 2009
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Southwestern women’s basketball team scored 29 points from the free throw line en route to a 76-69 win over the Cardinals of Otterbein in the final game of the SU/AC Classic.
  • PIRATES SNAG FIRST WIN 76-68 OVER LAGRANGE
    November 27, 2009
    GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Southwestern women’s basketball team took advantage of playing at home to snag their first win, 76-68 over LaGrange in the opening round of the Southwestern/Austin College Classic. Four Pirates scored in double-digits in the victory.
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