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THE OPPONENT…
The Concordia Bulldogs are 25-9 overall and 11-7 in the GPAC and are 5-3 in their last eight games. Camry Moore is batting .390 with 27 runs batted in and 41 hits while Tori Homolka is batting .370 with 40 hits and 35 runs batted in with nine stolen bases. Hhana Haro is batting .340 with 35 hits and Cailtyn McGarvie bats .337 with 19 runs batted in. Concordia is batting .313 as a team and has outscored teams 207-110. Moore is the staff ace with a 15-4 record and 90 strikeouts in 107 innings pitched. Jerzi Rowe is 7-3 with a 4.05 earned run average and has 51 strikeouts in 64 innings pitched.
THE OPPONENT…
Bellevue enters play with a 17-5 overall mark and a 12-2 record in the North Star Athletic Association. The Bruins were 4-1 in 2020 before taking a fourmonth hiatus from competition. Bellevue picked up play on February 13 and proceeded to go 13-4. Two of the losses were to Viterbo and another was in league play to Mayville State.
The Bruins are topped by Eve Fountain’s 3.72 kills per set average and a .275 kill percentage. Sierra Athen has a 2.79 kills per set average to go with 2.89 digs per contest. Jacki Apel is averaging 2.41 kills and Coree Lipovsky is good for 2.01 kills. Olivia Galas accounts for 11.29 assists per set and she averages 2.72 digs. Anna Koehler is the top digger with a 4.46 average and she ahs 15 ace serves. Fountain has a 3.31 digs per set average and leads the team in aces with 28.
THE OPPONENT…
Briar Cliff enters play on Friday with a 23-12 record and a 7-9 GPAC mark after going 1-3 against Concordia last weekend.
The Chargers are led by Jared Sitzmann’s 37 hits and he has 24 runs batted in with a .359 batting average. Jake Federico is batting .313 with 36 hits and has seven doubles. Jake Allen has 25 hits and is batting .301 and shares team honors with seven homeruns. Harrison Jestel has seven homeruns as well with 25 runs batted in.
Jacob Wesselmann is 5-0 on the mound in 53 innings pitched and he has a team high 66 strikeouts with a .287 earned run average. Dalen Blair is 4-2 with a 4.50 earned run average and has 51 strikeouts in 42 innings. Nicholas Cole is 3-0 in seven starts and Houston Hawkins is 4-2 in 38 innings of work and has 40 strikeouts.