A group of five Bulldog women's basketball players received distinction as 2015-16 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, as announced on Monday.
The 2015-16 season came to an end in the first round of the national tournament for No. 16 Concordia on Wednesday. Quinn Wragge put up 24 points and 10 rebounds in her first game on the national stage.
No. 16 Concordia and No. 18 Goshen College will go head-to-head in the first round of the 2016 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Championships on Wednesday.
Quinn Wragge is only a freshman, but she enters the national tournament leading 16th-ranked Concordia in scoring, rebounding, steals, blocks and field goal percentage. She's not your ordinary freshman.
The Concordia women's basketball program learned on Wednesday that it would make its 15th all-time appearance at the national tournament. The Bulldogs will play in the first round on March 9.
Freshman Quinn Wragge garnered first team selection and sophomore Mary Janovich received second team honors to headline Wednesday's all-conference announcement.
The 12th-ranked Briar Cliff Chargers handed the 17th-ranked Concordia Bulldogs a 76-69 in the opening round of the GPAC Tournament.
The Concordia women's basketball team will face Briar Cliff in the first round of the GPAC tournament on Wednesday in Sioux City, Iowa.
Despite 25 points and 14 rebounds from freshman Quinn Wragge, 13th-ranked Concordia fell on the road, 75-55, to No. 10 Briar Cliff on Saturday afternoon.
Becky Mueller and Quinn Wragge were up to their old tricks on Wednesday night. They combined for 35 points in No. 13 Concordia's 74-62 win over College of Saint Mary.
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.
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.