When many college students think of spring break, they likely picture sunny days at the beach. For the Concordia baseball and softball teams, spring break is exactly that, except the beach is diamond-shaped and covered with bases. Every spring break, Concordia’s baseball and softball teams head to Florida to prepareContinue Reading
Throughout the first quarter of the season the Cobber baseball team posts a record of 7-6. Last week in a tournament in Minneapolis, the Cobbs had wins against Concordia St. Paul and the no. 5 nationally ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater teams. While it is early in the season and no conference gamesContinue Reading
The Cobbers baseball team is only on its second week of practice but things are already starting to sharpen up. The team is coming off of an 11-9 conference record and 21-18 overall record in 2016. Eleven wins was not quite good enough for the postseason as the Cobbers finishedContinue Reading
Finishing third in the MIAC last year left its sting on the baseball team, but returning a handful of talent upped the fight for this season. “We returned a lot of players,” senior Philip Kuball said. “My senior class, we’ve had a lot of guys thatContinue Reading
Offense was the story of the season for the Cobber base- ball team in 2015. Led by Nick Bornhauser’s MIAC-best .776 slugging percentage and Eric Carlsen’s MIAC-best .524 on-base percentage, the Cobbers hit for a team aver- age of .344 and outscored their opponents by 136 runs. “Last season wasContinue Reading
Bucky Burgau passed his title to Cobber alumni Chris Coste Over the past year, Concordia’s baseball team has made a minor change in the coaching staff. Their longtime head coach, Bucky Burgau, took the role of the assistant coach, while former Cobber and last year’s assistant Chris Coste was promotedContinue Reading
After 36 years of coaching at Concordia, head baseball Coach Bucky Burgau has reached his 700th career win. It is a large mile marker but Burgau stays focused on the current team’s success. “I am really thankful to Concordia for allowing me to be their head baseball coach for 36Continue Reading
With brutally cold temperatures in Lincoln last Saturday, the cobber baseball team made the decision to play a triple-header on Sunday in better conditions. The Cobbers earned the three game sweep of Nebraska Wesleyan with a solid offensive effort in each game, along with the depth of pitching. Senior JacksonContinue Reading
The Concordia baseball and softball teams spent their spring break competing in Florida. The baseball team came back 3-5 and softball is now 3-6. Their trips were both a team building experience on and off the field. The baseball team took 30 of their players to Winter Haven, Fla. Feb.Continue Reading
Concordia assistant baseball coach and Fargo native Chris Coste has had a magnificent baseball career that has taken him many places. Coste played college baseball at Concordia under long-time head coach Bucky Burgau for three years before going on to play five seasons of independent baseball. After making a stopContinue Reading