A group of eight Bulldogs from the 13-win Concordia Women’s Soccer team have been honored by the Omaha World-Herald as 2023 All-Midlands Team Selections. Three Bulldogs landed on the primary 11-person squad.
An all-time great in Concordia Women's Soccer history, Grace Soenksen has collected yet another award. College Sports Communicators named Soenksen a 2023 Second Team Academic All-American.
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The Concordia Women’s Soccer program isn’t going anywhere. That’s a message the 2023 Bulldogs delivered loud and clear while following the lead of the likes of Grace Soenksen and Kierstynn Garner. Concordia exceeded outside expectations.
A group of 11 Bulldogs from the Concordia Women’s Soccer program landed on the 2023 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete honor roll. The list includes six repeat award winners.
For their work in the classroom and on the playing field, standouts Savannah Andrews, Hannah Kile, Niah Kirchner and Grace Soenksen have been named Academic All-District honorees by College Sports Communicators.
Featured StoryNinety-two career games played and four First Team All-GPAC awards to her credit, Grace Soenksen can humbly say that she left a legacy that will stand the test of time. Said Head Coach Nick Smith, "She’s going to go down as a legend."
The All-GPAC haul for Concordia Women's Soccer included five first teamers and GPAC Defensive Player of the Year honors for Grace Soenksen. The five first team selections equals a program record. Eight total Bulldogs were honored.
The two-seeded Bulldogs hosted the three-seeded Warriors on Tuesday night (Nov. 7) for the chance to go to the finals in the GPAC tournament for the first time since 2020.
The two-seeded Dawgs advanced to the GPAC semifinals with a 2-1 win over seventh-seeded Jimmies, besting them twice this season, in their final year of the conference. With all the highest seeds advancing, CUNE shifts their eyes to third-seeded Midland, with a chance to snap their regular season (1-1) tie from their bout in late September.
Earning a No. 2 seed the Bulldogs aligned their path with seventh-seeded Jamestown for their quarterfinal clash. Raining down 18 total shots, Concordia scored two in the first half and held on for their first conference tournament victory (2-1) since winning the postseason tournament in 2020.
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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.