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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).
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.
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.