The Concordia women’s basketball team ascended to the No. 1 spot in the MIAC after a five-game winning streak that left the rest of the conference in the dust. Even after playing four games in seven days, the women have maintained their lead. Head coach Jessica Rahman said that the team is focused on improving…
This season has been challenging for the Cobber women’s hockey team. Playing ten of their 14 games on the road, the women have had to adapt to a different rink almost every week. Though this arrangement isn’t ideal, head coach Brett Bruininks said he has been pleased with the make-up of this season’s team. “This…
With an 8-10-1 record, the Cobber men’s hockey team has seen their share of ups and downs so far this season, but that hasn’t stopped them from having a good time getting pumped up for games with their pregame rituals. “During warm-ups before each game, we all jump around and get in a big circle,”…
After a long fall semester, many Cobbers were eager to get home to enjoy a few weeks of well-deserved rest. In the athletic department, however, Concordia’s athletic teams were still hard at work. Both the women’s and men’s varsity basketball players got only seven days off after finals week, and then were expected to come…
Students, athletes, alumni and community members gathered in Memorial Auditorium on Dec. 2 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX, an amendment enacted in 1972 giving women equal rights in educational programs and activities receiving federal funding. This amendment opened up school sports for participation by women. Senior women’s administrator and associate athletic director,…
This season marked women’s soccer’s fourth appearance in the round of 16 at the NCAA Division III Tournament. After coming out on top in the first two rounds, the Cobbers lost 2-1 to Washingtong University on Nov. 16. Senior forward Sarah Rounds said the experience was bittersweet as this is the team’s 6th appearance at…
As a senior in the fall of 1988, Terry Horan had his 33rd touchdown and thus clenched the title for most career touchdowns in Concordia’s history. This year, on a sunny afternoon in the Cobber’s final game of the season, senior Brett Baune was able to revel in that same feeling of accomplishment as the…
Last Friday at the Moorhead Sports Center was senior night for Concordia’s men’s hockey team, and they did their fans proud by pulling out a 2-1 win in overtime. Somewhere in the stands, cheering on their team with the rest of the crowd, sat two clubbies. Melisa Barish thinks that the Moorhead Sports Center, where…
The Cobber football team finished 8-2 this season in MIAC play. With half of their wins on home turf, the Cobbers drew an average of 4,839 attendees per game. Such consistent attendance and support ignited a fire in the 2012 Cobber football team and they had a season of achievements. Numerous players earned MIAC player-of-the-week…
Cobber cross country gave it their all at the NCAA Central Regional Meet last weekend, with the women finishing 8th, just missing the last Nationals slot, and the men pulling in at 18th. The Cobbers had some tough competition going into the regional meet. Three out of the five top-finishing schools were from the MIAC…