Sower sports roundup: Week of Feb. 1
The Bulldogs opened their spring sports season this week with positive outcomes across the board. Here’s what Bulldogs fans might have missed.
Baseball:
No. 16 Concordia baseball traveled to Oklahoma City for its season-opening road trip, finishing 3-1. Concordia swept both games against the Oklahoma City Stars, 8-6 and 6-3. The Bulldogs split the two-game set against No. 22 Bellevue 5-2 and 2-5.
Senior Bronx Lewis hit a two-RBI go-ahead home run in the sixth inning of the first game, helping complete the comeback win against the Oklahoma City Stars. Lewis finished the weekend with six total RBIs and joined his teammates junior Carson Burnett and freshman Andrew Fetty in hitting home runs during the first four games.
Burnett and Fetty both hit home runs, fueling the Bulldogs offence in their first game against ranked competition, Bellevue. Concordia dropped the rematch against Bellevue, resulting in the only loss in this early season.
Bulldog baseball travels to Joplin, Missouri, to face Mission University in a doubleheader on Feb. 14.
Tennis:
Men’s tennis hosted a meet against Sterling College at Walz Field House, winning 6-1.
Intercollegiate Tennis Association singles No. 39 senior Nick Velders defeated Filipoff Pedro, winning the singles match in two sets with both scores 6-1.
Sophomore Ben Chisholm shut out his opponent, Adam King, defeating him with sets 6-0 and 6-0.
In doubles play, Chisholm and Velders combined to beat the pair of Rubem Bogomoltz and Kazuki Fukushima to win the doubles point. 6-0. Junior Daniel Ceballeros and senior Hugo Fuentez sealed the doubles point with a 6-1 victory.
On the Women’s side, Concordia took down Sterling College 6-1 behind contributions from Chakira Dernman. Chakira won her singles match 6-2 and 6-0. She joined Alexa Richert in doubles play to defeat Sterling’s J. Gautreau and Hannah Giordanelli 6-0.
Concordia Tennis moves to 1-0 on the season and looks ahead toward a match against Pratt Community College on February 12.
Softball:
The Bulldog softball team played six games over three days this week in Mesquite, Texas. Concordia went 3-3 over that time, going up against a wide range of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics competition.
Freshman Mary Beth Hart and sophomore Keira Farritor knocked in two RBIs each in the opening win versus Nelson University. Hart had three hits, and Farritor hit a home run to help earn an 8-0 win.
Against Mid-American Christian University, the Bulldogs racked up 16 hits in a 13-run outburst. Concordia had six players with multiple hit days and scored six runs in the first inning.
The Bulldogs’ third win on the trip came over Bethel College, 8-4. Lacy Josoff tallied three hits and a pair of RBIs on the day.
Concordia’s losses came against second ranked Oklahoma City Stars 9-0, Oklahoma Wesleyan 7-6, and the University of British Columbia 0-5.
Softball next takes on the University of Saint Mary on Feb. 14th.
