Amazing Grace took charge in the fourth quarter and helped the top-ranked Bulldogs pull away from fourth-ranked Dakota Wesleyan for a 75-63 win in Tuesday (Feb. 26)'s GPAC tournament title game.
Concordia and Dakota Wesleyan will have a combined seven GPAC championship game appearances when action tips off from Walz Arena on Tuesday (Feb. 26). The Bulldogs are aiming for a third postseason title in a row.
A razor sharp performance by the top-ranked Bulldogs left No. 15 Hastings in the dust in Saturday (Feb. 23)'s GPAC semifinal clash. Concordia won, 89-66, to advance to the conference championship game.
Due to the weather forecast, the Concordia women's basketball semifinal tipoff time versus Hastings on Saturday (Feb. 23) has been moved up to 1 p.m. The game was originally scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
Bulldog women's basketball standouts Grace Barry and Philly Lammers both landed on the Academic All-District® Women's Basketball Teams, as announced by CoSIDA on Thursday (Feb. 21).
The GPAC semifinal matchup inside Walz Arean will feature two of the conference's most accomplished programs. Concordia and Hastings will go head-to-head at 1 p.m. CST on Saturday.
The trio of Grace Barry, Philly Lammers and Quinn Wragge made sure the top-ranked Bulldogs would not have to sweat out Wednesday (Feb. 20)'s quarterfinal tilt. Concordia defeated Briar Cliff, 80-55.
With CIT and GPAC regular season championship trophies already secured, the Bulldogs enter the postseason attempting to add more hardware. Concordia will host Briar Cliff in the GPAC quarterfinals.
The trio of Barry, Cockerill and Lammers combined for 51 points and helped Concordia erase a halftime deficit Saturday at Mount Marty. The Bulldogs ultimately claimed the program's sixth GPAC regular season title.
Big flurries in the second and third quarters made it a runaway victory over College of Saint Mary for the top-ranked Bulldogs on Wednesday (Feb. 13). Concordia needs one more win to earn at least a share of the GPAC title.
Mackenzie Koepke had played in 102 of a possible 103 games over her first three seasons. After missing the 2021-22 season due to injury, the Lincoln Lutheran alum, a link back to the national championship team, is determined to go out on her own terms.
Just a few weeks after playing the 123rd and final game of her collegiate career, Rylee Pauli reflected on four years of Concordia Women's Basketball. There were ups, downs, unique experiences and incredible highs.
Led by do-it-all guard Taysha Rushton and relentless senior Rylee Pauli, the 2021-22 Bulldogs extended the program's national tournament streak while beating five teams that qualified for nationals throughout the season.
Four starters, including First Team All-GPAC star Taysha Rushton, return for a Concordia Women's Basketball program coming off an appearance in the NAIA national quarterfinals last season. Depth will be a strength.
Taylor Cockerill and Taysha Rushton were the ringleaders for a squad that reached the NAIA national quarterfinals while playing an exciting brand of hoops in 2020-21.
For Concordia Women's Basketball, tradition never graduates. That's become evident in 2020-21, even as the program 'rebuilt' following the graduation of several stars.
In season No. 15 as head coach, Drew Olson has reached the 400-win milestone. As his current and former players will attest, Concordia Women's Basketball is about more than winning.
From October 2011 through December 2020, Concordia Women's Basketball was included in every possible NAIA top 25 ranking, a run of 97-straight poll appearances.
It's a new-look Concordia Women's Basketball team, but the program is determined to prove it's still a major force in the GPAC and nationally. Taylor Cockerill and Mackenzie Koepke are the headlining returners.
Don't forget about TC. The leading scorer for the 2018-19 national championship team, Taylor Cockerill is roughly 90 percent of the way back from the knee injury she suffered last October.