SEWARD, Neb. - Concordia will have a light holy week, as the Tuesday matchup with College of Saint Mary was postponed. The Bulldogs will host Doane in Seward, Neb. on Good Friday (Mar. 29) for a doubleheader at Plum Creek Ball Park. CUNE traveled to Midland for last week’s schedule and dropped both games in Fremont. Head Coach Brock Culler’s squad moves to 10-16 overall and 0-2 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC).
This Week
Friday, March 29 vs. Doane (7-11, 0-0 GPAC), 1 p.m. DH
--Live Webcast | Live Stats: Game 1 – Game 2 | Location: Plum Creek Ball Park (Seward, Neb.)
By the numbers
· Concordia couldn't seem to get much going offensively, with five hits in both games and scoring one run via Laycee Josoff. Taylor Glause had the lone multi-bag hit in game one pushing the RBI across the plate in the 9-1 loss. Megan Eurich gave up 10 hits, nine runs and a home run while collecting four strikeouts. In game two, Julia Van Wey and Montgomery Berner grabbed the only hits in the 5-0 faltering, as the Midland pitchers were dealing at the Schilke Fields Complex. Aubrey Bruning and Van Wey added a stolen base to their season total.
· Taryn Ganstrom earned her first start against the Warriors and kept their bats mostly at bay until the final innings. She allowed five runs, eight hits and zero walks. In a jam in the third and fifth innings, she was able to get out of the frames with minimal damage. She has a 1-1 record and has improved in her play, giving up six earned runs in the last three games played. Her ERA for those games is 3.00, the team's best in the past three series.
· Concordia has five players with at least 20 hits which include Julia Van Wey (25), Taylor Glause (22), Aubrey Bruning (20), Zoie Isom (20) and Jennifer Katz (20). Glause leads the team in doubles (seven) and Katz in triples (three).
· The Bulldogs are in the top five in the conference for stolen bases (31). Bruning leads the team in stolen bases (nine), Glause has five, and two (Delanie Voshell and Laycee Josoff) are competing behind her with four. The four in front are Northwestern (55), Midland (49), Dakota Wesleyan (47) and Dordt (38).
· The top four batting averages through 26 games come from veterans starting with Zoe Isom (.345), Glause (.314), Van Wey (.313) and Bruning (.313). Pacing the team for on-base percentage is freshman Josoff (.409) and junior Bruning (.380). In slugging percentage, Isom (.569) moves back up the leaderboard with Jennifer Katz (.471) and Glause (.414) rounding out the top three. Consequently, Isom and Katz have 15 RBIs apiece (team high).
· Glause has a perfect fielding percentage (1.000) and has 92 putouts and five assists in 97 total chances. She has zero errors and has a .333 percentage of runners caught stealing from behind the plate. The senior out of Malcolm, Neb., shares the spot with sophomore Jayden Fernau, who has caught three runners stealing with a .143 percentage.
Doane
The Tigers come into the week with a 7-11 overall record having not broken into conference play. Doane will play in a doubleheader versus Hastings on Tuesday before coming to Seward. The Crete, Neb., squad has scored 59 runs averaging 3.28 runs per contest. Their totals offensively are .249/.327/.355 (AVG, OBP, SLG) and have 31 extra base hits. Payton Cooley (.438/.512/.656) and Anna Prauner (.396/.434/.563) lead the team in all three categories as Prauner has a team high in RBIs (11). The Tigers' pitching staff holds a 4.82 ERA, while their opponents sit at 2.25. Faith Molina has been the go-to in the pitcher’s circle, having thrown 55 innings for a 3.69 ERA.
Next Week
Concordia is scheduled to be back on the road with doubleheaders against Hastings and Northwestern the following week. The Bulldogs will face the Broncos on Apr. 3 and the Red Raiders on Apr. 6.