Coming off two wins at the Cattle Classic, the Bulldogs face a challenging road test to begin GPAC play. Concordia will play at Briar Cliff on Saturday. The Chargers were also present for the Cattle Classic and went 2-0 at the event.
The scoring of Taysha Rushton and the team's overall defensive prowess led to a 71-61 victory over Dakota State on Saturday (Nov. 5) at the Cattle Classic. The Bulldogs have started 2-0 while owning the turnover battle.
After a jittery start that put them in an 8-0 hole, the Bulldogs responded with defensive tenacity and enjoyed a plus-19 turnover margin on Friday (Nov. 4). Concordia came back to defeat Bellevue, 74-52, at the Cattle Classic.
The 23rd annual Cattle Classic will tip off on Friday inside Friedrich Arena. As part of the two-day event that raises canned goods for a local food pantry, the Bulldogs will welcome Bellevue, Briar Cliff and Dakota State to town.
Last season's Bulldog squad navigated the most challenging schedule in the NAIA and managed to reach the national tournament. Taysha Rushton leads a 2022-23 team that believes it's grown since the end of the 2021-22 campaign.
In mirroring its finish from 2021-22, the Bulldogs have been picked fifth in the 2022-23 GPAC Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll. Head Coach Drew Olson's program enters the season having qualified for 11-straight national tournaments.
Mackenzie Koepke had played in 102 of a possible 103 games over her first three seasons. After missing the 2021-22 season due to injury, the Lincoln Lutheran alum, a link back to the national championship team, is determined to go out on her own terms.
Eleven-straight national tournament appearances will lead the Bulldogs into a 2022-23 campaign set to tip off at the annual Cattle Classic. The slate features the return of CIT and a trip south to Texas/Oklahoma just before New Year's.
As the leading scorer for the 2021-22 national qualifying Bulldogs, Taysha Rushton has been named to the Omaha World-Herald's 2022 Midlands NAIA/D-III Team. Three of her teammates were recognized with honorable mention.
Just a few weeks after playing the 123rd and final game of her collegiate career, Rylee Pauli reflected on four years of Concordia Women's Basketball. There were ups, downs, unique experiences and incredible highs.
The Concordia women's basketball program learned on Wednesday that it would make its 15th all-time appearance at the national tournament. The Bulldogs will play in the first round on March 9.
After losing several key pieces from the 2014-15 team that made a run to the national title game, the Bulldogs have reloaded with a balanced approach in 2015-16.
It was only a matter of time before Sarah Harrison Krueger found her way into the Concordia Athletics Hall of Fame.
Since 1992, 14 Concordia women’s basketball teams have appeared at the national tournament with four advancing all the way to the national semifinals. But in 2015, the Bulldogs reached new heights by motoring to the national title game for the first time in program history.
It’s a Tuesday evening in the middle of July and two brothers have reunited over a familiar round, orange and leather-coated object that has been prevalent in their lives since birth. Jarrod Olson, now 41, drives and whirls a pass back out top to Drew Olson, 35, who rises and fires a three. They narrowly miss out on the Olson-to-Olson scoring connection.