A group of five Bulldogs from the top-10 Concordia Women's Basketball team were named to the 2023-24 All-Midlands Team. Taysha Rushton earned All-Midlands distinction for the fourth time.
A four-time First Team All-GPAC award winner, Bulldog star guard Taysha Rushton has claimed her third career All-America honor. Rushton was named a 2023-24 Second Team All-American on April 1.
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.
A quartet of Bulldogs represented the Concordia Women's Basketball on the 2023-24 Academic All-District teams released on March 26 by College Sports Communicators. Kendal Brigham and Sadie Powell are repeat honorees.
A season of many thrills concluded on Thursday (March 21) as the seventh-ranked Bulldogs were upended, 73-66, by No. 14 Providence in the national round of 16. Kendal Brigham led all players with 18 points.
A group of 13 Bulldogs from the Concordia Women’s Basketball program have been honored as 2023-24 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes. That number ranks the Bulldogs second nationally.
For the 19th time in the history of the program, Concordia Women's Basketball will appear at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City. The Bulldogs will take on Providence of Montana in the national round of 16.
The next stop on the journey will be Sioux City. The Bulldogs used a balanced effort to dispatch of 11th-seeded Wayland Baptist, 80-62, on Saturday (March 16). The seniors will experience the final site for the second time.
There was nothing pretty about it, but the third-seeded Bulldogs escaped an upset bid from 14th-seeded Benedictine and marched to the second round of the 2024 NAIA National Championship tournament while in front of the home fans.
Lose and your season is over. The final 64 teams are set, and the Bulldogs have clinched a spot to host the first two rounds of the NAIA national championship inside Friedrich Arena.
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.
As announced by CoSIDA, Grace Barry is the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for the entire NAIA. She is the first Concordia student-athlete to ever earn the award.