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preview vs Warner

Softball by the Dordt University Athletic Communications Office

Softball | Warner Preview

Game Day:
  • Idle since Feb.21, the Dordt University softball team continues its 2025 season with the first two games of its Spring Break Trip in Florida.
  • The Defenders will play a doubleheader against Warner at Daly Field in Lake Wales, Fla, beginning at 3pm (CST). 
  • How to Follow:
All-Time vs Warner:
  • the Defenders are 3-6 against the Warner Royals
  • the teams split their games last season (Dordt won 9-3, lost 7-4)
  • the first game in the series between Dordt and Warner was in 2010
  • Dordt lost its first five games in the rivalry but is 3-1 since
Last Time Out:
  • the Defenders split a pair of games in the final weekend of the ASB Dome Classics played on Feb.21-22
  • Dordt lost to the University of Saint Mary (Kan.) 8-6 
  • the Defenders came back with an 11-0, 5-inning win against Mayville State
  • Warner dropped a doubleheader against Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) on Monday afternoon, 7-2 and 4-3
Scouting Report on Warner:
  • 2025 Record: 3-7
    • lost four straight, losing to both Grand View and Mount Vernon Nazarene
  • Head Coach: Megan Smith (5th season)
  • Conference: The Sun Conference (9 teams)
    • picked 7th in preseason coaches' poll
  • last year: 8-13 (T5th with Florida Memorial), 22-29 overall
    • lost top two pitchers, two all-conference players
    • return five starters, top two hitters
  • by the numbers:
    • 4.2 runs / game
    • 6.7 hits / game
    • .273 batting average
    • 6 runs / game given up
    • 8.2 hits / game given up
    • .297 batting average against
  • leaders:
    • Keirsten Garman: 2-2, 4.94 ERA, 39 IP, 12 K's
    • Avery Garbarek: 1-4, 7.92 ERA, 21.1 IP, 21 K's
    • Emma-Lea Cabral: .353 BA, 2 runs, 4 RBIs
    • Tyler Mooring: .333 BA, 6 runs
    • Grace Derstine: .310 BA, 8 RBIs
Dordt Notes:
  • 2025 Record: 8-7
  • Head Coach: Jeff Zomer (16th year)
    • program's all-time leader in wins (304-326-1 coming into the year)
  • picked third among 12 teams in the GPAC preseason coaches poll
  • by the numbers:
    • 4.1 runs / game
    • 7.1 hits / game
    • .274 batting average
    • 3.5 runs / game given up
    • 6.5 hits / game given up
    • .259 batting average against
  • leaders:
    • Pitching:
    • Batting:
      • Kreuz - .467 BA,9 RBIs (hit safely in two straight, 12 of 15 games)
      • Brooke Rule - .391 BA, 11 runs, 8 RBIs, 8-8 SB (hit safely in two straight, 11 of 14 games)
      • Annabelle Hensley - .333 BA, 7 runs, 7 RBIs (3-game hit streak)
      • Brooklynn Cox: .326 BA, 9 runs, 6 RBIs 
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Players Mentioned

Brooklynn Cox

#5 Brooklynn Cox

OF
Senior
Kacie Karsak

#3 Kacie Karsak

INF
Sophomore
Chloe Kreuz

#2 Chloe Kreuz

P / U
Sophomore
Brooke Rule

#30 Brooke Rule

OF
Senior
Bailey Johnson

#14 Bailey Johnson

P
Sophomore
Taylor Schneider

#4 Taylor Schneider

INF
Sophomore
Abbey Hitchcock

#7 Abbey Hitchcock

OF
Freshman
Annabelle Hensley

#22 Annabelle Hensley

C/INF
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Brooklynn Cox

#5 Brooklynn Cox

Senior
OF
Kacie Karsak

#3 Kacie Karsak

Sophomore
INF
Chloe Kreuz

#2 Chloe Kreuz

Sophomore
P / U
Brooke Rule

#30 Brooke Rule

Senior
OF
Bailey Johnson

#14 Bailey Johnson

Sophomore
P
Taylor Schneider

#4 Taylor Schneider

Sophomore
INF
Abbey Hitchcock

#7 Abbey Hitchcock

Freshman
OF
Annabelle Hensley

#22 Annabelle Hensley

Freshman
C/INF