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.
The pairings are set for the Concordia pod of the 2024 NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship. The Bulldogs will be joined in Seward by Benedictine, Columbia and Wayland Baptist.
A crew of five Bulldogs from the seventh-ranked Concordia Women's Basketball team were recognized with 2023-24 GPAC All-Conference awards. Taysha Rushton has earned her fourth First Team All-GPAC honor.
Concordia delivered the first blow to Dordt in the GPAC Championship Game on Tuesday (March 5), but the Defenders responded with a flurry in the fourth quarter and outlasted the visitors, 79-71.
There is no feeling like March basketball, which hails the GPAC Tournament Championship and includes two top-10 teams in the country, as the No. 7 Concordia Women’s Basketball team is set to brawl against No. 2 Dordt on Tuesday night (Mar. 5).
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