In its first action in two weeks, the Concordia Softball team showed no rust in a pair of blowout wins at Hastings on Thursday (March 25). The Bulldogs went deep five times.
The varsity softball doubleheader vs. Hastings that was scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed due to wet field conditions. A makeup date is to be determined.
The Bulldogs hope the weather improves in time to host Hastings on Wednesday and Northwestern on Saturday for the start of conference play. Concordia last played on March 11.
Idle since ending its spring break trip on March 11, the Concordia Softball team will wait a bit longer to return to action. The doubleheader at Kansas Wesleyan scheduled for Thursday has been postponed.
In the final leg of the spring break road trip, the Bulldogs waited until the late innings to strike while defeating both Friends and Presentation in McPherson, Kan. Concordia is 14-2 overall.
Camry Moore earned two wins in the circle and Julia Van Wey came through in the clutch as the Bulldogs (12-2) earned a doubleheader sweep of Oklahoma Wesleyan on Wednesday (March 10).
Zoe Flores stymied the Oklahoma City offense and Concordia piled up 13 hits in a 10-7 upset of the fourth-ranked Stars in game 2. OCU took the first game by a score of 4-2.
In the Sunday (March 7) action, the Bulldogs totaled a combined 22 runs on 21 hits and nine walks while parading around the bases in wins over Friends and Dakota State.
After letting a 3-0 lead slip away in Saturday's first game, the Bulldogs regrouped with a 9-0 run-rule victory over Bethel to close the day. Jenessa Jarvis homered and drove in three runs in the win.
A busy stretch of games over spring break got started on Friday (March 5) as the Bulldogs won two games over nonconference opponents. Concordia is taking part in the Friends Invitational.
Coming off back-to-back national tournament appearances, head coach Todd LaVelle's softball program enters 2016 with usual high aspirations. The Bulldogs open up the season Friday and Saturday in Dallas, Texas.
Winding paths led Kylie Harpst and Taylor Huff, former Lincoln North Star teammates, to Concordia to reunite with head coach Todd LaVelle.
A 17-game fall exhibition slate did nothing to dampen the spirits of a Concordia University softball program coming off back-to-back appearances at the NAIA national tournament. If anything, it only whetted appetites for spring 2016.
In 2014 then first-year head coach Todd LaVelle guided the Concordia University softball team to its first-ever national tournament appearance. A year later the Bulldogs captured the program’s first-ever win on the national stage.
For the second time in program history, and for the first time since 2007, the Concordia University softball team has earned the distinction of GPAC tournament champion.
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