Quinn Wragge dominated on both ends of the floor while leading a suffocating Bulldog squad to a 71-50 win over 15th-ranked Taylor on Friday (March 9). The Bulldogs will play No. 8 Jamestown in the quarterfinals.
For the third time ever, Concordia will meet Taylor (Ind.) at the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championships. The two sides will go head-to-head in second round action at 10:15 a.m. on Friday.
Concordia's stifling man-to-man defense spurred a comfortable 75-52 win over Stillman College (Ala.) in the first round of the national tournament on Wednesday (March 7). Philly Lammers put up 16 points and 10 boards.
March Madness has arrived. No. 1 seed Concordia and eighth-seeded Stillman are set to tip off at 12 p.m. on Wednesday (March 7) in the first round of the national tournament. The Bulldogs are 25-16 all-time at nationals.
Says senior Dani Hoppes, "During a game, we’re all in for the team." Such selflessness serves as one of the reasons why the second-ranked Bulldogs enter the national tournament as one of four No. 1 seeds.
The 42nd national tournament game in program history will feature the No. 1 -seeded Bulldogs versus eighth-seeded Stillman College. The game will take place next Wednesday (March 7) in Sioux City.
Six Bulldogs from the GPAC regular-season and tournament championship squad collected All-GPAC honors on Wednesday (Feb. 28). Philly Lammers and Quinn Wragge were first team and Drew Olson was coach of the year.
Brenleigh Daum’s darting layup in the final second lifted the Bulldogs to a 90-88 GPAC title game victory inside a rambunctious Walz Arena on Tuesday night (Feb. 28). Concordia moved to 32-1 overall.
For the second year in a row, Concordia will host Dakota Wesleyan in the GPAC tournament championship game. Tuesday's (Feb. 27) title tilt will tip off at 7 p.m. inside Walz Arena.
With the use of a particularly merciless press and prolific offensive first and third quarters, the second-ranked Bulldogs cruised past Morningside and into Tuesday's GPAC tournament championship game.
With Kendal Brigham and Abby Krieser leading the charge in the backcourt, the Bulldogs will remain a team that plays fast and presses full court. Coach Olson's 2024-25 team is rallying around the theme of selflessness.
Elizabeth (Rhoden) Dillingham motored into town with 'RoRo' on her Texas license plates. The nickname became part of the identity for a confident star guard who brought swagger to Concordia Women's Basketball.
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."