Despite trailing nearly the entire game, the Concordia women's basketball team found a way to win once again. The Bulldogs rallied back from 12 points down to claim an 84-80 win at No. 18 Northwestern on Friday (Dec.15).
Northwestern is one of three top 20 nationally-ranked teams that Concordia will play on the road throughout the month of December. The Bulldogs (10-0, 6-0) hope to leave Orange City still unbeaten.
This one wasn't easy but when the final buzzer sounded, the second-ranked Concordia women's basketball team had claimed its 27th-straight home win. The Bulldogs defeated No. 19 Hastings, 77-65, on Wednesday (Dec. 6).
Second-ranked Concordia and No. 19 Hastings are set to clash inside Walz Arena on Wednesday. The Bulldogs (9-0, 5-0) will be looking to extend a 26-game home win streak and to remain unbeaten this season.
Five different Bulldogs scored in double figures and helped force 30 Dordt turnovers in a 101-55 stomping of the Defenders in Sioux Center, Iowa, on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 2). Taylor Cockerill produced a team high 14 points.
Quinn Wragge etched her name into the 1,000-point club as part of a dominant first quarter that fueled a 114-56 pummeling of visiting College of Saint Mary inside Walz Arena on Wednesday (Nov. 29).
After taking the Thanksgiving weekend off, third-ranked Concordia returns to action this week with a pair of matchups against conference opponents. Up next is Wednesday's home contest with CSM.
Mary Janovich returned to the lineup and Concordia's nasty defense worked wonders against visiting Mount Marty on Tuesday (Nov. 21). The Bulldogs (7-0) pasted the Lancers, 84-42, inside Walz Arena.
Crofton, Neb., native Quinn Wragge nabbed GPAC player of the week honors after leading third-ranked Concordia to a pair of GPAC wins last week. She needs seven more points to join the 1,000-point club.
Third-ranked Concordia has its sights set on entering Thanksgiving weekend with an unblemished record still intact. After scoring 27 points in last week's win at Dakota Wesleyan, Quinn Wragge is close to reaching 1,000 career points.
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.