The Great Plains Athletic Conference office announced the preseason coaches’ poll Thursday. Concordia was picked fifth with 87 points.
Winding paths led Kylie Harpst and Taylor Huff, former Lincoln North Star teammates, to Concordia to reunite with head coach Todd LaVelle.
A pair of Southern California natives put pen to paper last week in pledging their commitments to head coach Todd LaVelle and the Concordia University softball program.
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.
The lady Bulldog softball team will open its season on Feb. 12 at the Cowtown Classic Tournament in Dallas, Texas. The defending GPAC tournament champions will host six games in Seward.
Grand Island Northwest High School standout Mikaela Keene is set to play in Wednesday’s Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game. Keene will join head coach Todd LaVelle’s softball program this fall.
Freshman pitcher Michaela Woodward starred during the Concordia softball team’s late-season run to a second-straight national tournament appearance. In recognition, she was named to the Omaha World-Herald’s All-Nebraska NAIA Softball Team.
Four Concordia University softball players have been named 2015 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, as announced on Wednesday by the NAIA.
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.
Tuesday turned into a historic day for Concordia University softball as the program recorded its first-ever national tournament victory. Facing an elimination game, the Bulldogs knocked off Grand View University (Iowa), 6-4, in their school’s fourth game over the past two years in the opening round.
A group of newcomers added some speed and athleticism to a roster already loaded with proven veterans. The results were impressive this fall for a Concordia softball team in good position to compete at the to of the GPAC.
The 2005 Bulldog softball team will officially join the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame on Sept. 27. Guided by head coach Frank Greene, the '05 squad captured the program's first GPAC regular-season title.
The 2019 Bulldogs won 70 percent of their games and placed third in the GPAC. It was a positive step in the first season of head coach Shawn Semler's tenure. Concordia hopes it's just a start.
With practice underway, the Concordia softball program now looks ahead to its season opening doubleheader set for Feb. 15 at MidAmerica Nazarene. Shawn Semler enters his first season as Bulldog head coach.
With softball season just around the corner, three Crete High School alums are looking forward to another season as teammates. Jamie Lefebure, MacKinsey Schmidt and Camry Moore all call Concordia home.
The Bulldog softball team got acquainted with new head coach Shawn Semler during a successful fall season. A more experienced bunch went a perfect 7-0 during its fall exhibition run.
Head coach Todd LaVelle has a high standard for the Bulldog softball program. While wrapping up the 2018 campaign that finished with a .500 record, LaVelle discussed how 2019 could be different.
Coming off a 34-win season (second best in school history), the Bulldogs will have a new-look lineup and pitching staff this season. Head coach Todd LaVelle's squad will be anchored by junior 2B Leah Kalkwarf.
Kenna Heath has gone from Bluejay to Cougar to Bulldog. Says Kenna, "God really showed me that I needed to do something different and I am working on trusting Him and His plan for me." Kenna joined the softball team at semester.
Said Crete softball coach Shawn Carr, "All the little kids in Crete say they want to be Camry, my daughter included." Added Concordia softball coach Todd LaVelle, "Cam's one of those kids that makes your day a little bit brighter."