EVANSVILLE, Ind.--- The 13^th-ranked University of Southern Indiana softball team enters the 2015 Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Tournament as the No. 3 seed and faces No. 6 Lewis University in the first round Friday, May 1 at Noon.
 
Follow live:
Links to live coverage of this weekend's tournament will be available on the Screaming Eagles' schedule page at gousieagles.com.
 
Ticket information:
An all-tournament pass is available for $20. Friday, May 1: $10 Adults, $7 Students, $7 Youth (K-12); Saturday, May 2: $7 Adults, $5 Students, $5 Youth (K-12); Sunday, May 3: $5 Adults, $3 Students, $3 Youth (K-12). Kids five and under are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased by cash or check only. No credit cards accepted. For more information please visit the GLVC Softball Tournament page.
 
USI softball notes:
 
Historic regular-season:
USI finished the regular-season with a 37-7 overall record and a 22-6 mark in GLVC play. USI's .841 winning percentage in the regular season is the best mark in program history, while its 37 wins is the second-best regular-season win total in program history. The Eagles also posted their best GLVC mark since going 22-6 in league play in 1998.
 
Push for 40:
The Eagles are three wins shy of reaching the 40-win plateau for the second time in program history. USI's 37 wins are fourth most in program history.
 
Big turnaround:
After earning a trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament in 2013, the Eagles struggled in 2014. USI finished the year with a 22-23 record and a 12-22 GLVC mark. USI, which lost 11 of its last 14 games in 2014, lost 13 games by two runs or less, including 10 games by one run.
 
USI earns highest ranking:
The Eagles earned their highest national ranking in program history this week. USI jumped two spots to No. 13 in the latest NFCA Division II Coaches' poll and is one of three GLVC teams to be ranked this week. Missouri-St. Louis jumped a spot to No. 2, while Indianapolis fell a spot to No. 10. USI's previous best in the national poll was No. 14 in 1998.
 
Eagles looking for fourth GLVC title:
USI is looking for its fourth GLVC title and first since 1998. The Eagles also captured GLVC championships in 1993 and 1995.
 
Kunkle closing in on 400:
Head Coach Sue Kunkle is closing in on her 400th career win in her 14th season at the helm of the Eagles. Kunkle, who was the GLVC Coach of the Year in 2006, is 11 wins shy of 400 after starting the year with a 352-292-1 (.547) overall mark.
 
Record watches
 
MacKenzi Dorsam:
Senior second baseman MacKenzi Dorsam (Dubois, Indiana) is one home run shy of tying Rachel Bowling's single-season mark of 16, set in 2001, and four RBIs shy of Sara Loete's single-season record of 54, set in 2008. Dorsam, who led the GLVC in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs scored, and total bases, during the regular season, is tied for second all-time at USI in career home runs (24) and is third in career RBIs (126).

Brooke Harmening:
USI's career leader in wins (72), strikeouts (618), and innings pitch (763), senior pitcher/first baseman Brooke Harmening (Whiteland, Indiana) also is tied for second all-time at USI with 24 career home runs and is fourth in career RBIs (124). Harmening finished the regular-season with a 21-2 record, four saves, and a 1.50 ERA in the pitching circle. At the plate, Harmening needs just one home run to become the fourth player in program history with 10 home runs in a single season and nine RBIs to become the fourth player with 50 RBIs
in a single season.
 
USI:
The Eagles already have hit more home runs (39) in a single season than any other team in program history. USI is seven RBIs shy of the program record (226), set in 1995, and is 26 runs away from the
program record (274), also set in 1995.