An NAIA Scholar-Athlete and GPAC All-Conference honoree, Concordia sophomore Mariana Molano has now been named a 2024 CSC Academic All-District award winner.
A prestigious honor came the way of Cody, Wyo., native Tessa Blough on May 13 as she was named winner of the 2024 ITA National Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award.
Four Bulldogs from the Concordia Women’s Tennis program have been honored as 2024 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes. The list includes Tessa Blough, Gabrielle Heiser, Brooke Hosick and Mariana Molano.
Junior Tessa Blough earned the Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Central Regional Award from the ITA. In addition, both Concordia Tennis teams garnered recognition for community service.
Top-of-the-lineup stalwarts Chakira Derman and Mariana Molano highlighted a list of five Bulldogs chosen to the 2024 GPAC All-Conference teams. Other award winners are Tessa Blough, Alana Lopez Pagan and Alexa Richert.
The third seeded Concordia Women’s Tennis team traveled to South Sioux City, Neb. to compete in the GPAC championships on Thursday (Apr. 25). ). The Bulldogs bested sixth seeded Northwestern (4-1) but fell to second seeded Midland (2-4).
Chakira Derman was selected for this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Women's Tennis Player of the Week for her record from Apr. 15-21. The freshman helped the Bulldogs go 2-1 in the conference play taking wins over College of Saint Mary and Hastings.
Postseason play is up next for Concordia University Women’s Tennis. The third-seeded Bulldogs are preparing to battle sixth-seeded Northwestern in the first round of the 2024 GPAC Women’s Tennis Championship.
The Concordia Women’s Tennis team came out strong against Hastings and ended their regular season with a 5-2 victory over their conference rival. With an injury during doubles, the Dawgs had to slide up their lineup and still managed to take a decisive win.
Concordia gave Midland all they could handle before falling 3-4 in Seward, Neb. on Wednesday night (Apr. 17). The doubles point would later prove to be the difference as singles split in a 3-3 deadlock.
The 2016 Bulldogs were made up of almost exclusively freshmen and sophomores. A year later, Coach Joel Reckewey has a much more experienced roster led by the likes of Alison Ebel, Annie Horn and Kayla Smock.
Despite the young athletes on the Concordia women’s tennis team, the Bulldogs proved to be a GPAC contender in the 2016 season. The team, made up of freshmen and sophomores, went 5-3 in the conference this year.
A young Concordia women's tennis team rides into the GPAC tournament with a four-match win streak and more confidence than ever before.
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