INDIANAPOLIS -- Jason Suscha, who led the Bulldogs to nine conference championships over 15 seasons, has resigned his position as head tennis coach at Butler University. Suscha is leaving the program to pursue other opportunities.

DETROIT -- University of Detroit Mercy Associate Vice President and Athletic Director Keri Gaither announced the signing of head women's basketball coach Autumn Rademacher to a three-year contract extension. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Six Horizon League softball players earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region honors, the organization announced. Jessie Marinec (Alsip, Ill./Marist), Jordan Rutkowski (Alden, N.Y./Alden) and Brittany Duncan (Fairborn, Ohio/Fairborn) represented Valparaiso, while Loyola’s Brittany Gardner (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg), Cleveland State’s Dara Toman (Westerville, Ohio/Central) and Youngstown State’s Haley Thomas (Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley) all earned accolades.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Even facing an early five-run deficit, the Valparaiso softball team refused to say die on Saturday afternoon, scoring four runs in the fifth inning to pull within one of Kentucky.  But in the end, the Crusaders couldn’t find the game-tying tally, as Valpo fell 5-4 to the Wildcats in the Louisville Regional of the 2012 NCAA Tournament, ending its historic season with a 42-19 record.

After starting the conference season 4-5 in the Horizon League, the Valparaiso baseball team won 18 of its final 21 conference games to win the 2012 regular season crown outright.

INDIANAPOLIS ---Twenty-one student-athletes from the Horizon League have punched their ticket to the NCAA East and West Preliminaries, according to the declaration lists released by the NCAA on Thursday.

The recent announcement by one of our founding members to affiliate with another athletic conference is proof positive that we are indeed living in the new athletics world.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student-athletes Chad Pierce, Lindsay Laur and Sarah Hagen continue to live their dreams of playing at the professional level. We had an opportunity this week to catch up with all three of them as they continue to excel on the baseball diamond, basketball court and soccer field.