The Concordia wrestling team has a new head coach with a familiar face. Phil Moenkedick, who had been an assistant with the Cobbers for the past two seasons, accepted the position back in August after former head coach, Matt Nagel, accepted a position as an assistant coach for the NDSU wrestling team. Moenkedick wrestled for…
Category: Winter
Swim team has high standards for whole team
The waters of the pool are continuing to ripple as the Cobber women’s swimming and diving team pushes forward through their season. This year is head coach Talia Butery’s second season where she continues to make the program into a mighty force to be reckoned with. “I expect our athletes to continue to grow as…
Rule changes affect men’s, women’s basketball strategy
The men’s and women’s Cobber basketball teams are both looking to build off their MIAC playoff appearances in 2015 as they prepare for the upcoming season. The men’s team will feature eight seniors and plenty of experience. Head coach Rich Glas expects senior Jordan Bolger to be a leader on the team this season. “He’s…
Men’s hockey team sets goal of MIAC championship
Campus is covered with an array of auburn and gold leaves as the temperatures continue to decline. With the end of fall and winter soon approaching, that can only mean one thing: hot chocolate, scarves, mittens — hockey. Even though the ground is lacking in the snow department and it may not feel like hockey…
Keeping their heads above water
After becoming acquainted with three coaches, Concordia’s swimming and diving team have finally found a winner With only three more meets this season, members of Concordia swimming and diving team have had to make a few adjustments throughout the course of the season. Despite having to become acquainted with a new coach, learning a new…
Keeping the tradition
Football fans across campus begin to organize pre-game Super Bowl parties With a few days left before Super Bowl XLIX, Americans across the country are awaiting the match up between the New England Patriots and the defending champions, the Seattle Seahawks. Here at Concordia, students, faculty and staff awaiting the Feb. 1 event are currently…
Suderman steps up his game
Cobber hockey player, Caleb Suderman, said it was a “dream come true” to be playing professional hockey. The senior from Winkler, Manitoba signed a one-year deal with the Greenville Road Warriors of the East Coast Hockey League back on March 13. The Road Warriors are a minor league affiliate of the New York Rangers of…
Wresting: A talented bunch
The Concordia wrestling team got seven wrestlers into the NCAA Division three National Meet, which was held last weekend in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cody Kasprick, Chris Harrison, Sebastian Gardner, Jake Krogstad, Kyle LeDuc, Jake Long and Jacoby Bergeron all made the national meet. Long and Bergeron finished off their seasons as All-Americans, and this was…
A day filled with giving back
The Cobber women’s basketball team grabbed their nineteenth win of the season last Saturday in an exciting game over St. Thomas, 60-57. The men’s basketball team lost to top-ranked St. Thomas, although they made a nice comeback in the second half, outscoring the Tommies 41 to 32. While the two games were being played on…
Cobbers give back
Hockey teams help community’s youth one slap shot at a time Both the men and women’s hockey teams at Concordia are putting the Becoming Responsibly Engaged in the World motto into action. Through partnering with the inSports Foundation, the teams have been able to offer children across the state the opportunity to play the sport…