Nine games into the Rebecca O’Shurak era and the Cobber women’s soccer team is rolling. O’Shurak has led the Maroon and Gold to a 4-4-1 record through her first month behind the bench as she and her team aim for their first winning season since 2015. O’Shurak took over this past spring when Kevin Roos…
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Women’s tennis team strives to improve despite small size
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…
Women’s softball thrives with the help of new coach
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…
Track welcomes new coach
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…
Hemmingsen to take the lead at end of basketball season
Transition points in a season can be difficult, and the men’s basketball team is currently transitioning from winter break into the the second half of the season. While finding momentum into the second half can be tolling, this year’s team is dealing with a new transition they’re not used to: current head coach Rich Glas…
Women’s swimming and diving team welcomes new coach
Like a fair amount of other Cobber teams this academic season, the women’s swimming and diving team is working through their season with a new head coach. Although the transition from one coach to the other was not as drastic as some of the other sports teams’ transitions seeing as the new swimming and diving…
Phil Moenkedick takes over as head wrestling coach
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…
Softball team prepares for spring season with fall ball
Pre-season is a time for teams to gather and prepare for their upcoming season as a team. For the spring softball pre-season it is more than just a couple workouts a week, it is a program rebuilt with a whole new coaching staff. Former Shanley High School head coach Chad Slyter was named the new…
New school year brings new men and women’s golf coach
The change in leaves this fall brought in a change of coaching staff for the Cobber men and women’s golf teams. Taking the place of longtime coach, Duane Siverson, is well-experienced and PGA professional Joseph Christianson. Christianson grew up in Halstad, Minn., in a sports-enthusiastic family, having countless family members going to college to play…
Coste is new head coach
Concordia assistant baseball coach and Fargo native Chris Coste has had a magnificent baseball career that has taken him many places. Coste played college baseball at Concordia under long-time head coach Bucky Burgau for three years before going on to play five seasons of independent baseball. After making a stop in the minor leagues, he…