Athletes frequently refer to their teammates as family. For six members of the Concordia College Women’s Track and Field team, a teammate may actually be a family member. This season there are three pairs of siblings on the team, Mikayla and Miriah Forness, Marissa and Kara Andersen, and Colleen and Elizabeth Vought. Each pair has…
Junior wrestler is the first cobber to bring home the Elite 90 Every athletes goes into a season with a brand new slate. A fresh start with nowhere to go but up, for some, is the National Wrestling Meet and the possibility of becoming an All-American. Six Cobber wrestlers made it to the National Wrestling…
As winter teams near the end of their seasons, they hold an end goal of championships in mind. While the Cobber women’s swim and dive team may not have come out of their season with a championship, they sure did finish with a bang. At their final meet, the MIAC Championship, the Cobbers placed ninth…
Seven players from Concordia have made regular season rosters in the NFL, but only one made multiple pro bowls in his career — Gary Larsen. Larsen’s two pro bowl selections in 1969 and 1970 and three super bowl appearances give him the distinction as having the most accomplished professional football career in the history of…
If you happen to be a Minnesota sports fan, you know playoff losses are hard. You know that the inevitable playoff collapse is just that. You know that something will bounce against your favor, someone will get injured, or some other intangible will suddenly tilt the playing field in your opponent’s favor. The most difficult…
It is a year of rebuilding and a clean slate for many sports teams. For the Concordia women’s tennis team, that is a big aspect of spring season: rebuild. The tennis team has graduated two seniors last season and are working with a fairly young groups, which means that they are focusing on different aspects…
Concordia softball has finished in the bottom four of the MIAC since 2011. They have not finished in the top four of their conference since 2002, but things are undoubtedly beginning to change. In 2015 the Cobbers went 13-24, posting double digit wins for the first time since 2010. Last year the Cobbers had a…
Playoff preparations are in full swing for both Concordia hockey teams as they get set to take part in the MIAC tournament this weekend. Both the men’s and women’s teams will travel to the cities this weekend to compete for Concordia’s first NCAA tournament appearance in five years. The women’s hockey team found itself in…
Change is difficult to overcome, especially in sports. But for some athletes, like women’s basketball sophomore Lincoln Haiby, change is all that they are used to. Avid Cobber supporters may have noticed that for a majority of last year, Haiby was playing as a small forward. This year, she has been switching positions all season,…
The track inside Jake Christiansen Stadium may be covered in snow and ice, but for sophomore David Supinski and the rest of the track & field team, the season is in full swing. Supinski broke two Concordia indoor track records at a meet in Fargo two weeks ago. The Baxter, Minn., native ran his way…