The top-ranked Bulldogs will take an 18-game win streak into this week's action. Concordia will host College of Saint Mary on Wednesday before traveling to Denver for an exhibition contest on Saturday.
The top-ranked Bulldogs actually trailed after one quarter, but then shifted into gear and rolled to another lopsided win. This one came by a 113-59 score over Briar Cliff. Six Bulldogs reached double figures in scoring.
It's time for GPAC play to get underway for a program that has swept conference regular-season and tournament titles three years in a row. Top-ranked Concordia last played the weekend of the Cattle Classic.
Concordia's talent one through 15 on the roster wore No. 9 St. Francis out on Saturday (Nov. 2). The Bulldogs used big advantages in turnover margin and rebounding to claim a 107-46 victory at the Cattle Classic.
No team coached by Drew Olson had ever scored more than the 123 points poured in by the Bulldogs on Friday (Nov. 1) at the Cattle Classic. Eleven Bulldogs had at least eight points in the rout of Simpson.
The Cattle Classic has reached its 20th year. As part of the event, Coach Drew Olson's program will take on Simpson (Calif.) and No. 9 St. Francis (Ill.) while in action this Friday and Saturday (Nov. 1-2).
Concordia built a big lead early before the rematch of the 2019 NAIA Division II championship game settled into a slugfest. The Bulldogs eventually made enough plays to win, 63-62, in overtime on Saturday (Oct. 26).
The entire roster contributed heavily as the Bulldogs netted 16 3-point field goals and forced 43 turnovers in a 107-50 dismantling of 12th-ranked Sterling on Friday (Oct. 25) in Point Lookout, Mo.
The defending national champion Bulldogs will begin the 2019-20 campaign ranked No. 1 in NAIA Division II. Concordia picked up all 12 first-place votes in the poll released on Wednesday (Oct. 23).
Grace Barry led the charge as the defending national champion Bulldogs nearly pulled off a win at Creighton on Tuesday (Oct. 22). Concordia ultimately fell 85-83 in double overtime in an exhibition game.
A prep star in both basketball and softball, Abby Krieser eventually made basketball her college choice. She hasn't looked back while developing into an all-around player and leader for Coach Olson's program.
When Concordia upset No. 5 Marian in the second game of the 2023-24 season, it signaled that the 2023-24 Bulldogs meant business. Led by a special senior class, Concordia showed it could compete with anyone in the NAIA.
For the first time in school history, Concordia University, Nebraska will play host to NAIA basketball national tournament games. Concordia has been named a host site for first/second round NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship play.
The senior class is one that has persevered while shaping the 2023-24 squad into an elite one. Student-athletes like Kendal Brigham came to Concordia because it offered a close-knit community. They found that and much more.
Confetti, cupcakes and the whole family greeted Drew Olson in the locker room following Wednesday’s win over Morningside. The victory marked another feather in the cap for Olson, the winningest coach in Concordia Athletics history.
It's been three-and-a-half quick years since Taysha Rushton made her college decision official. Any reservations the Texan had about spending her college days in Nebraska subsided through close friendships and a love for basketball.
The top eight scorers, including all five starters, return from last season's national tournament team. The roster makeup gives Coach Drew Olson his most experienced group since 2019-20. The aim is to get back to Sioux City in March.
Eight years since she last starred for the Bulldogs, Bailey Morris continues to be characterized by competition and a love for the game. Says Morris of her Concordia years: "Those are some good memories for me. Those things have carried with me over the last eight years."
The 2022-23 season was one of growth for a Bulldog squad led by Taysha Rushton and a strong nucleus of third-year players. Coach Drew Olson's squad came together down the stretch for a win at No. 19 Jamestown and a national tournament blowout of Columbia.
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.