2024-25 Concordia Women’s Basketball Schedule
SEWARD, Neb. – The annual Cattle Classic will tip off in November reaching a quarter century in its existence and is set to open the 2024-25 season for Concordia Women’s Basketball. The program released the 28 game regular season rundown on Wednesday (June 26). Out of conference play features two 2024 NAIA national qualifiers: Dakota State University (S.D.) and Southern Oregon University. The ’24-25 campaign will mark year 19 of Head Coach Drew Olson’s tenure. As of the initial schedule release, the junior varsity schedule was still being finalized.
The Bulldogs went 27-7 overall and 17-5 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference a season ago and worked their way to Sioux City having an exit in the round of 16. The program appeared at the national tournament for the 13th year in a row. CUNE will return two of the five All-GPAC players Abby Krieser (second team) and Kendal Brigham (honorable mention).
The Cattle Classic is set for Nov. 1-2 inside Friedrich Arena welcoming Dakota State, Oklahoma City University and Southern Oregon. The Bulldogs will face the Stars and Raiders at the event but will travel to Madison, S.D. to face the Trojans a week later. With Christmas approaching, Concordia will hit the west coast to battle La Sierra University (Dec. 20) on the hardwood in Riverside, Calif. The 72nd Concordia Invitational Tournament (CIT) is set for Jan. 24-25 and is scheduled to be at Concordia University Ann Arbor in Ann Arbor, Mich. CUNE has won the championship the last nine consecutive tournaments.
The GPAC slate will start in mid-November. The Bulldogs will begin conference play by hosting Morningside on Nov. 16. Concordia will match up with defending GPAC regular season champion Dordt on Nov. 23 (away) and Jan. 4 (home). With Jamestown exiting the conference, the GPAC welcomes Waldorf and has set an away (Dec. 14) and home (Feb. 1) matchup with the Warriors. The regular season will wrap up at home with a clash against Mount Marty in the final week.
Dates for the 2024 GPAC tournament are Feb. 26 for the quarterfinals, March 1 for the semifinals and March 4 for the championship game. NAIA national tournament action is slated for March 14-15 for the first/second rounds and March 20-25 for play in Sioux City, Iowa, at the final site.