In mirroring where it finished in 2021, Concordia has landed at No. 6 in the GPAC preseason coaches' poll released on Monday (Aug. 15). Head Coach Thomas Goines' squad is coming off a season that saw it go 9-7-2 overall.
At one point determined to go anywhere but Concordia, Grace Soenksen wound up following in the footsteps of four of her older siblings. She's proven, however, that she is not another Esther. Grace has made her mark in her own way.
Concordia Women's Soccer will open the 2022 season at home on Aug. 27 when Southwestern will be in town. The program has unveiled a 2022 slate featuring 17 regular season matches, including eight at home.
The leadership group has begun to be reshaped as the program works on building an identity for the 2022 season. Captains Allee Downing and Grace Soenksen helped lead that process as part of a productive spring for Head Coach Thomas Goines' squad.
Gritty defensive performances and one-goal games were the story in 2021 for the Bulldogs, who competed closely with everyone in the GPAC. Concordia finished 9-7-2 overall while being led by an accomplished senior class.
Grace Soenksen garnered First Team All-GPAC honors for a second year in a row while Madeline Haugen found herself on the second team. A total of five Bulldogs were honored on the all-conference list.
Mikeila Martinez and Michaela Twito represented the Concordia Women's Soccer program on the Academic All-District Team released on Thursday by CoSIDA. Martinez and Twito excel both athletically and academically.
In a rivalry matchup between Concordia and Hastings, the Broncos saw out a 1-0 victory on Thursday (Nov. 4) as part of the GPAC quarterfinals. The Bulldogs had hoped to duplicate their conference championship run from the spring.
The Bulldogs will go up against a familiar postseason rival on Thursday when they travel to Hastings. Concordia hopes to rekindle the magic it had in the spring when it made a GPAC tournament championship run.
On a water-logged night in Crete, a goal from Michaela Twito in the 44th minute was enough to lift the Bulldogs to a 1-0 win over Doane. Concordia will head into the postseason at 9-6-2 overall (6-4-2 GPAC).
The Martins are real living proof that absence does in fact make the heart grow fonder. The twin sisters reunited at Concordia and have helped maintain the women's soccer program's championship level.
For the third time over the past four seasons, the Concordia women's soccer program has celebrated a GPAC championship. The Bulldogs upended No. 20 Hastings on Wednesday (Oct. 25) to clinch the title outright.
A magical conference ride continues on Wednesday when GPAC favorite Hastings makes a visit to Seward. A win would clinch an outright GPAC regular-season title for the host Bulldogs.
All Concordia women's soccer has done over the past three years is win two GPAC tournaments, appear at two national tournaments and win a total of 45 games. What will the 2017 team do for an encore?
The women’s soccer program has been all about blowing away expectations. The 2016 Bulldogs won the GPAC tournament, sending them to the national tournament for the second time in three years. No longer the party crashers, Concordia is the life of the party.
The 2016 season brought a second GPAC tournament title in three seasons and another trip to the national tournament for Concordia women's soccer. The Bulldogs also equaled a school record for wins in a season.
The opening round of the national tournament will be something of a homecoming for Jeannelle Condame, who is used to playing soccer thousands of miles from home. The Bulldogs will be trekking to Condame's native Florida.
For the first time ever, Concordia women's soccer will host the GPAC tournament championship game. Free T-shirts and free hot dogs will be available for students. Thursday's title tilt kicks off at 7 p.m. CT.
Concordia carries momentum into 2016 coming off a big late-season run that led to another GPAC title game appearance in 2015. The Bulldogs are picked to finish third in the conference.
Three major knee surgeries in roughly 14 months hasn't derailed the soccer career of Michaela Stevens. She's on the comeback trail, looking to earn a key role on the team.