
After a scorching 11-3 run in the last 14 games, the Concordia University Softball team will be the No. 4 seed in the 2024 GPAC tournament that features double-elimination pod play this Wednesday and Thursday.
After a scorching 11-3 run in the last 14 games, the Concordia University Softball team will be the No. 4 seed in the 2024 GPAC tournament that features double-elimination pod play this Wednesday and Thursday.
With a varying degree of seeding on the line, every game mattered for potential conference placement in the upcoming GPAC championships. Both contests were tightly contested but Eurich pitched a shutout (2-0) in game one and the Defenders took advantage of errors in game two (3-2).
Due to unplayable conditions at Plum Creek Park in Seward, Concordia and Dordt have moved their Saturday (April 27) doubleheader to the American State Bank Sports Complex in Sioux Center, Iowa.
The most important series so far this year came on Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 23) against Morningside in Sioux City. Each team collected a shutout win and as Concordia took game one (5-0) and the Mustangs scraped out game two (2-0).
The Lincoln North Star alum, Kylie Shottenkirk, was named NAIA National Player of the Week and GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Softball Player of the Week on Tuesday (Apr. 23) by the league office.
With a 4-0 weekend, Concordia has set itself up for a Dawg fight trying to grab third place in the regular season standings. The Bulldogs are set to face Morningside in Sioux City and finish the final scheduled games of the 2023-24 campaign in Plum Creek Park.
Kylie Shottenkirk and the Concordia lineup stayed white hot while Taryn Ganstrom flirted with a no-hitter as part of a doubleheader sweep at Mount Marty. The Bulldogs completed a 4-0 weekend on the road.
Aubriana Krieser (three) and Kylie Shottenkirk (one) combined for four homers over the Briar Cliff fence in both outings, which resulted in 6-3 finals in favor of the Dawgs. Concordia Softball has set their competition ablaze, going 7-1 in the last eight days.
After an impressive homestand, the Bulldogs have put themselves in position to fight for a GPAC tournament spot but will need to sustain the success in the final two weeks of the regular season.
Julia Van Wey of Concordia University is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Softball Player of the Week. Vany Wey a, senior from San Diego, Calif., helped the Bulldogs to a 4-0 weekend while notching at least one hit in each game.
The game of softball has taken Céline Lassaigne all over the world. Two years as a standout student-athlete for the Bulldogs was just part of the journey for the French National Coach.
Crete native Camry Moore had really risen to star status in 2020 over the first 14 games of the softball season. She answered a variety of questions in a Q&A with Concordia Athletic Communications.
Before the 2020 season was brought to a halt, the Bulldogs had confirmed what Shawn Semler believed. This team was the real deal. Concordia displayed a mix of talent and chemistry in a hot start.
Behind the likes of Hhana Haro, Tori Homolka, Camry Moore and Kylee Nixon, the Bulldogs are stocked with reliable veterans. Coach Shawn Semler's squad is going by the motto "never settle" in 2020.
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.