After final exams are complete, the top-ranked Concordia women's basketball team will be headed to Florida for another showdown with No. 2 Southeastern and a clash with William Carey.
Despite some early shooting struggles, the top-ranked Bulldogs still won by a 30-point margin at Mount Marty on Saturday (Dec. 14). They forced 43 turnovers and got 21 points from Philly Lammers.
Star point guard Grace Barry notched a triple-double while leading top-ranked Concordia to a road win over No. 7 Morningside on Wednesday (Dec. 11). Philly Lammers added 19 points and nine rebounds.
After cleaning up at home, the top-ranked Bulldogs will take their act on the road for a pair of GPAC clashes this week. Concordia will be at No. 8 Morningside on Wednesday before heading to Mount Marty on Saturday.
Top-ranked Concordia trailed No. 13 Dakota Wesleyan by 17 points in the opening quarter before blitzing the Tigers with a dominant final three periods. The Bulldogs forced 41 turnovers and won, 100-72.
The top-ranked Bulldogs continued their run of blowout victories and 100-point outings on Wednesday (Dec. 4) by drubbing Doane. Concordia improved to 8-0 overall heading into Saturday's matchup with Dakota Wesleyan.
It will be back to action for the top-ranked Bulldogs, who remain a unanimous No. 1 team in the national poll. In its most recent outing, Concordia defeated NCAA Division II MSU Denver in an exhibition on Nov. 23.
Concordia women's and men's basketball games scheduled to be played at Morningside on Tuesday, Nov. 26 have been postponed due to wintry weather conditions. The games have been rescheduled for Dec. 11.
The top-ranked Bulldogs will be in Sioux City on Tuesday to take on No. 19 Morningside in a return to GPAC play. Concordia (7-0) has won six of the past seven meetings over the Mustangs (6-2, 3-1 GPAC).
Concordia scorched the nets again by posting a school record 127 points in a blowout win over visiting College of Saint Mary. Twelve different Bulldogs scored at least seven points on Wednesday (Nov. 20).
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.