CUNE Softball split its Saturday at the Friends University Invite while competing in Wichita, Kan. The Bulldogs fell to Baker University (Kan.), 11-3, in the opening contest before bouncing back with a 5-2 victory over Bethany.
Concordia University, Nebraska Softball is set to make a Saturday (March 7) trip to the Friends University (Kan.) Invite. The Bulldogs are set to square off against Bethany College (Kan.) and York.
The Bulldogs' bats continually connected for 24 hits in the two outings of the Top Gun Invite on Saturday. Concordia University, Nebraska routed Mount Mercy (Iowa), 7-2, and Clarke, 6-1.
The Dawgs and Coyotes tussled in an even split doubleheader as each dugout won 4-3 at the Salina South High School Softball Field on Tuesday (Feb. 24). Concordia University, Nebraska outlasted Kansas Wesleyan in game one.
The Bulldogs will play six games in the next seven days and will travel on Tuesday for a replacement doubleheader added with Kansas Wesleyan University. CUNE Softball will travel to the Top Gun Invite over the weekend.
CUNE Softball competed against Benedictine College on Sunday (Feb. 15) but lost in both games (4-0, 7-3). The Bulldogs left 14 runners on base in the two contests, but couldn’t find enough bat-to-ball clutch connections.
The Bulldogs pulled two nailbiters out against the University of Saint Mary (Kan.) on Saturday (Feb. 14). CUNE Softball defeated the Spires in walk-off fashion in game one, 4-3, and held on to a sliver of a lead in game two, 8-7.
Concordia University, Nebraska Softball will go to Kansas for its next two doubleheaders this weekend. The Dawgs kicked off their season going south to Mesquite, Texas.
CUNE Softball showed grit on the final day at the Southern Collegiate Sports NAIA Invitational but fell in both games to No. 2 Oklahoma City University, 9-0 (5 inn.), and the University of British Columbia, 5-1.
The pesky Bulldogs split in the second two games defeating Bethel College (Kan.), 8-4, as they would fall just short in the comeback against Oklahoma Wesleyan University, 7-6, on Friday.
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