Women's Golf

On the heels of her first career collegiate tournament win, sophomore Kendra Placke has been named the GPAC Golfer of the Week. Placke led the Bulldogs to a team title at last week's NWU Fall Classic.

Not since former GPAC champion Amy Ahlers led the way at the College of Saint Mary Spring Invite in April 2016 had the Concordia University women’s golf program claimed a team championship. That changed on Tuesday (Sept. 17) when sophomore and individual champion Kendra Placke spurred the Bulldogs to a title at the Nebraska Wesleyan University Fall Classic.

The Concordia University women’s golf team returned to action this weekend and placed in a tie for sixth at the two-day Lila Frommelt Classic (Sept. 13-14). Eight Bulldogs represented the program while sophomore Kendra Placke led the way with a 16th place individual claim.

The Concordia University women’s golf team is coming back to Seward with some hardware. The star duo of senior Murphy Sears and Kendra Placke led the Bulldogs to a second place finish at Monday (Sept. 9)’s Midland Fall Invite in Fremont, Neb.

The duo of senior Murphy Sears and sophomore Kendra Placke is back at it again. Both Bulldogs earned medals as the Concordia University women’s golf team opened the 2019-20 season at the Matthew Goette Classic on Wednesday (Sept. 4).

Madison Pitsch and Murphy Sears both represented the Bulldog women's golf program on the list of 2019 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, released on May 22 by the NAIA. Pitsch is a two-time honoree.

Local standouts Kendra Placke and Murphy Sears represented the Concordia women's golf team with All-GPAC honors, as announced by the conference on Tuesday (May 7). Sears is a three-time honoree.

Kendra Placke battled through strong wind gusts on Saturday (April 27) and emerged with a fifth-place finish in the GPAC standings. As a team, Concordia placed seventh after four rounds were in the books.

Fast greens in York Country Club made life difficult on the Bulldogs, who shot a 370 in the third round of the 2018-19 GPAC Championships. Concordia slid back from sixth to seventh in the GPAC standings.

The trio of Murphy Sears, Kendra Placke and DJ Bockelman starred on Thursday (March 28) as the Bulldogs placed third at their own invite. Sears and Placke were both top 10 finishers.