According to the preseason coaches' poll, the Concordia women's basketball program is expected to repeat as GPAC champions. Four of five starters return for a Bulldog team that reached last season's national semifinals.
The 2016-17 Concordia women's basketball team is the only squad in collegiate women’s basketball, at any level, to finish in the top five nationally both on the court and in the classroom.
Which moments were the greatest in the history of Concordia women's basketball? We've got some ideas. Relive some of those moments in our third installment of the 'top five' series.
The 2017-18 Concordia women's basketball schedule is full of marquee matchups, including one that will take place in Chicago on Dec. 29. As revealed on Tuesday (June 20), the Bulldogs will take on four nonconference opponents that finished 2017 in the top 10 nationally.
A group of six Bulldogs from the GPAC champion Concordia women's baseketball team has been named to the Omaha World-Herald's NAIA All-Nebraska team. Philly Lammers and Quinn Wragge are first team choices.
It was a storybook 2016-17 season filled with memories that will stand the test of time for Concordia women's basketball and its fans. The Bulldogs filled up the trophy case on their way to a national semifinal appearance.
The Bulldogs capped the 2016-17 season with the sixth top-10 final national ranking during head coach Drew Olson's tenure. Concordia is the only program in the nation to reach the national semifinals in three of the past six years.
Mary Janovich and Philly Lammers have been tabbed NAIA honorable mention All-Americans by the WBCA. The same organization awarded Drew Olson the NAIA Region II Coach of the Year award.
Three Bulldogs from the GPAC champion Concordia women's basketball team collected some form of All-America honors. GPAC freshman of the year Philly Lammers led the way with second team All-America accolades.
The semifinalist Concordia women's basketball team was represented on the national championships all-tournament team by Dani Andersen. She nailed seven treys in the semifinal loss to Saint Xavier.
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.