SEWARD, Neb. – For the second-straight season, the Concordia University softball team will begin a new year at the Cowtown Classic in Fort Worth, Texas. This year’s event will take place Feb. 10-11 in the Lone Star State. Head coach Todd LaVelle’s varsity squad is set to play on a total of 22 dates during the spring of 2017, as announced on Thursday (Sept. 8).
The 2017 Bulldogs will make their home debut on March 14 when Kansas Wesleyan University pays a visit to Plum Creek Park. Concordia is scheduled to play a total of 14 games in Seward, with each of those contests earmarked between March 14 and April 26. The Bulldogs will take on GPAC defending champion Morningside in Sioux City, Iowa, on April 1.
Once again Concordia will use its spring break to journey to Arizona for the annual Tucson Invitational. While not all details for the Tucson Invitational have been released, the Bulldogs will play in Arizona on March 5, 6, 8 and 10. Concordia has gone a combined 25-7 over the past three years in games played in Tucson.
Under LaVelle, the Bulldogs have put up a combined record of 91-57. Concordia won 32 games in 2014, 29 in 2015 and 30 in 2016. The 2015 squad captured the GPAC tournament title and became the first team in school history to win a national tournament game.