Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference - Softball

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) administers NCAA Division III softball, with conference standings, statistics, awards and a six-team double-elimination championship. Franklin and Mount St. Joseph shared the 2026 regular-season title at 14–4; Franklin took the No. 1 seed on the tiebreak. The May 7–10 championship was held at Kokomo High School Softball Stadium in Kokomo, Indiana. Earlham won its first HCAC tournament title, defeating Transylvania 6–5 on a seventh-inning walk-off double in the deciding game after Transylvania won the first championship game 2–0. Earlham received the HCAC's NCAA Division III automatic bid.