An offensive outbreak elevated the entertainment level and supplied the 2026 Concordia Softball team with enough firepower to compete with anyone in the GPAC. Meanwhile, the culture of the program took a leap forward.
An offensive outbreak elevated the entertainment level and supplied the 2026 Concordia Softball team with enough firepower to compete with anyone in the GPAC. Meanwhile, the culture of the program took a leap forward.

Keira Farritor and Mary Beth Hart represented Concordia Softball with first team accolades on the GPAC All-Conference honor roll. They were two of 10 Bulldogs honored by the GPAC for the 2026 season.

With the two most dangerous hitting teams clashing in the GPAC tournament, the Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead on second-seeded Dordt but surrendered the contest late, 6-4, on Thursday.

The Concordia Softball program placed 11 individuals on the list of 2025-26 NAIA Scholar-Athletes. The honor roll includes six repeat honorees.

The Bulldogs won out in an offensive battle to move on to day two of the GPAC tournament outlasting Briar Cliff (10-7) on Wednesday. CUNE responded to the loss against Morningside with its first postseason win since 2022.

CUNE Softball clinched the sixth seed and is set to face third-seeded Morningside in the opening contest of the GPAC tournament. . The pod two group includes No. 2 Dordt, (3) Morningside, (6) Concordia and (7) Briar Cliff.

Thunderstorms caused a delay and a hasty evacuation of Plum Creek Park on Saturday (April 25) as the Concordia Softball celebrated seven seniors. The Bulldogs took game one, 9-1, before game two was suspended.

After six consecutive games on the road, the Bulldogs returned to home sweet Plum Creek Park to run-rule in-state Doane in both games (9-0 (5 inn.), 12-4 (6 inn.)) on Wednesday (April 22) night.

Concordia University, Nebraska will lace up their cleats for its final four regular season contests which include doubleheaders versus Doane and College of Saint Mary inside Plum Creek Park.

The Dordt offense continued to display its firepower taking two versus (6-0, 10-2) CUNE Softball on Saturday (April 18). A visiting Bulldogs squad looked for an answer in the circle but couldn’t find one to slow down the Defenders.
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.