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…
The Cobbers baseball team is only on its second week of practice but things are already starting to sharpen up. The team is coming off of an 11-9 conference record and 21-18 overall record in 2016. Eleven wins was not quite good enough for the postseason as the Cobbers finished fifth in the conference standings…
As the season winds down, the Cobber men’s basketball team continues to compete aggressively, with three seniors leading the team. The Cobber men’s basketball team has a record of 9-9 in conference play, 12-11 overall. They are currently sixth in the MIAC standings. They have two games left in the season and are racing toward…
For senior trackstar Emma Peterson, track is a lifestyle and something that will stick with her for the rest of her life. “I started to love [track] because it became like my lifestyle,” Peterson said. “It was a way for me to burn off stress … unwind and put my mind on ease.” But so…
It’s one hour before game time inside the Moorhead Sports Center and the press box is empty except for one man. He sits in silence at a stall reviewing notes and looking over stat sheets as the two teams, set to face off on the ice, play soccer along the outer ring of the arena…
It’s 5 p.m. in Olson Forum. Humidity clouds the area and there are heat waves from constant movement. Sprinters are yelling “track” to clear their paths and jumpers are counting out steps for their next attempts. In one section, shot puts are being thrown into a chain divider. Throughout the gym, track practice has taken…