The No. 14 Concordia women’s basketball team had no troubles with non-conference foe York College on Thursday night. The Bulldogs stomped the Panthers, 111-65 in the tilt played in Walz Arena. Junior Devin Edwards posted a career-high 14 points. Three other Bulldogs scored in the double digits.
The No. 14 Concordia women’s basketball team breezed by the Dordt Defenders on Wednesday evening. The 86-54 victory came thanks to a stiff Bulldog defense, forcing 31 Defender turnovers. CUNE also helped themselves with a 41.9 shooting percentage.
After putting on an offensive display in the third quarter, the well ran dry in the final stanza for the ninth-ranked Concordia University women’s basketball team.
The ninth-ranked Concordia women’s basketball team will host three teams over a four day span this week. The Bulldogs are looking to bounce back after a defeat at Dakota Wesleyan and will take on Dordt College, York College and Mount Marty College in the coming week.
Shooting from the 3-point range was one of the No. 9 Concordia women’s basketball team’s strengths in a 92-37 triumph over the Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves.
Coming off its first GPAC victory, the No. 4 Concordia women’s basketball team will split a pair of games this week at home and on the road.
After two-straight losses to open up conference play, the fourth-ranked Concordia University women’s basketball team solved the fourth quarter. Riding the hot hands of senior Becky Mueller and junior Shelby Quinn, the Bulldogs eked out a 71-66 win over rival Doane inside the Haddix Center on Tuesday night.
The No. 4 Concordia women’s basketball team will travel to Doane College on Tuesday, Nov. 24 for a 6 p.m. tipoff. The contest will be the last game of the month of November for the Bulldogs.
Everything then unraveled in the fourth quarter as the visiting Mustangs claimed a 77-66 win inside Walz Arena on Saturday. Top-ranked Morningside (7-0, 2-0 GPAC) remains undefeated.
In a conference-opening battle of perennially powerful GPAC programs, the fourth-ranked Concordia University women’s basketball team went on the road for the first time this season and saw an 11-point second-half lead melt away.
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.