First-ever meeting between ranked GPAC women’s soccer teams. Check. Rematch of the 2014 conference tournament title game won by the Bulldogs. Check. In a matchup with plenty of sizzle, the 18th-ranked Concordia University women’s soccer team struggled to create offensive chances and fell, 1-0, on the road while up against preseason conference favorite and 21st-ranked Hastings on Wednesday night.
The No. 16 Concordia women’s soccer team has not dropped at contest with a GPAC foe in 14 games and holds a 9-0-5 record vs conference opponents. The Bulldogs will travel to No. 22 Hastings College Wednesday, Sept. 30 for a 7 p.m. kickoff. Then on Saturday, Oct. 3 the Bulldogs will welcome the Defenders from Dordt College for a 1 p.m. start time at Bulldog Stadium.
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Concordia University women’s soccer continues to gravitate to new heights. On Tuesday the Bulldogs jumped five spots in the national poll to No. 16, a position that again ranks as the highest placement in program history.
Sophomore Jessica Skerston was named the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week announced Tuesday, Sept. 22.
A pair of Jessica Skerston goals in the second half helped the 21st-ranked Concordia University women’s soccer team pull away from host Johnson & Wales University (Colo.) at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., on Sunday afternoon.
The No. 21 Concordia women’s soccer team topped Sterling College (Kan.), 2-1 on Saturday, Sept. 15. Esther Soenksen scored her 10th goal of the season for the first goal of the match. Putting the Bulldogs up 2-0 was Jessica Skerston, scoring her third goal of the year.
The No. 21 Concordia Bulldog women’s soccer team defeated the York Panthers, 5-1 at Bulldog Stadium, Tuesday, September 15.
The No. 21 Concordia women’s soccer team will host York College Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Bulldog Stadium with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19-20, Concordia will be traveling to Colorado. There, the ‘Dogs will face Sterling College (Kan.) on Saturday at 1 p.m. and Johnson & Wales University (Colo.) on Sunday with a kickoff time slated for noon.
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