SEWARD, Neb. – Superior pitching and defense spurred the Bulldogs to a two game sweep of Waldorf as a welcome to the GPAC on Saturday (April 12). Eurich hurled a 13-strikeout blanking (8-0) in game one (6 inn.) and Kaylei Denison held on in a pitchers’ duel (2-1) in the second contest.
With a three-game winning streak starting to form, Concordia University, Nebraska Softball boasts a 23-15 overall record and returns to a .500 mark (8-8) in GPAC play.
“It feels really good,” Center Fielder Jennifer Katz said. “We definitely need the momentum going into the GPAC tournament and finishing out our games here. These wins were important. We knew we were better than this team, and we needed to start acting like it to get the hits we know we can. We have been in a bit of a slump, so we just need to remember what it feels like to patch it all together. Our communication on defense was a lot better, and that’s what we need which we have been missing.”
In the mentioned downfall of recent games, one of the steadying forces has been Megan Eurich in the circle. A Gretna, Neb., native, Eurich zoomed 13 strikeout pitches past the opposing Warrior offense, playing an instrumental part for her fourth shutout in 2025. Eurich’s 13 punch outs were a single game career record matching last year’s baker’s dozen against Peru State (March 16).
With Waldorf bats rendered virtually silent in game one, Taryn Ganstrom cracked her sixth triple of the season and found the final base. The Bulldogs created some early separation with Laycee Josoff speed and Hanna Bowers singling Delanie Voshell home. With the flood gates continuing to burst at the seams, Avery O’Boyle smashed the contest open with a two RBI single.
One batter later, Katz said goodbye, knocking the cover off the ball outside of Plum Creek Park. A Louisville high product, Katz paces the Bulldogs with four over the fence this year and the 19th of her collegiate career.
| VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: Here's another angle of the two-run bomb by Katz! It is her fourth homer of the season. @cunesoftball pic.twitter.com/91t6LziHJz
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In game two, Denison leaned on her defense, producing a one-run seven frame outing and punched out four batters in the process. The field allowed zero errors in the twin bill and corralled everything within arm’s reach.
“I feel like I was just trusting my defense,” Denison said. “Pitches were going and they just cracked on them a little bit to get the one run. All in all, I feel like we put up a good defense against them.”
Kiera Farritor is gaining traction in the batter’s box, totaling 2-for-3 performances in her last two outings. Josoff, Ganstrom and Aubrey Bruning scored two runs apiece in the doubleheader.
Waldorf (3-26, 1-11 GPAC) remains with only one win in the conference, but Reagan Ridout pitched the second game allowing five hits, zero earned runs and pitched five strikeouts in seven innings. Saige Pierson went 2-for-3 and one RBI for the Warriors.
Concordia (23-15, 8-8 GPAC) will keep hosting in Plum Creek Park for the next five games and will face Dordt (17-24, 6-8 GPAC) on Tuesday (April 15). The first pitch will be thrown at 4 p.m. CT in Seward.