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The Concordia softball team is readying for a flight to Tucson, Ariz., where the Bulldogs will play 11 games as part of the Tucson Invitational. Head coach Todd LaVelle's squad will get started on Monday (March 5).
The Concordia softball team is readying for a flight to Tucson, Ariz., where the Bulldogs will play 11 games as part of the Tucson Invitational. Head coach Todd LaVelle's squad will get started on Monday (March 5).
The young Bulldogs continue to swing the bats well. Concordia produced 10 runs in both ends of a doubleheader split at Bethany College on Tuesday (Feb. 27). Hhana Haro collected five hits on the day.
After building a 5-1 lead in the first game of Sunday’s (Feb. 18) doubleheader at Kansas Wesleyan University, the Concordia University softball team faltered the rest of the day while being swept by the host Coyotes.
Leah Kalkwarf drilled five hits as part of a season-opening doubleheader split at Tabor College on Saturday (Feb. 17). The Bulldogs are fresh off a 34-14 season in 2017 under head coach Todd LaVelle.
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.
Coming off a 34-14 season in 2017, the Bulldogs have landed at No. 2 in the 2018 GPAC Softball Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Head coach Todd LaVelle's squad also received votes in the NAIA national poll.
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."
In the community and on the diamond, the 2017-18 Concordia softball team is working to uphold a winning culture. The results so far this fall have been promising for a youthful squad led by captain Leah Kalkwarf.
Leah Kalkwarf and the Bulldog softball squad will open up its 2018 season on Feb. 17 as part of a schedule that includes 21 regular season dates. Concordia is coming off a 34-14 season this past spring.
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.