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Carleton, Gustavus, St. Benedict, St. Thomas Saint Mary's, Concordia AT STAKE |
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Location: Moorhead Minn.
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| Founded: 1892 |
| Enrollment: 2,900 |
| President: Tom Thomsen |
| Nickname: Cobbers |
| School Colors: Maroon and Gold |
| National Affiliation: NCAA Division III |
| Conference: MIAC |
| SID: Jim Cella |
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| Head coach: Karry Norman |
| Assistants: Kori Pearson, Shane Peters |
| 2002-2003 record: 12-5-1 MIAC, 14-7-1 |
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The Cobbers finished hte season tied for fifth in the MIAC, but had to settle for the sixth seed due to head-to-head competition with the Cardinals and Wildcats. This marks the second MIAC touranment appearance in the last three years for the Cobbers, who beat Gustavus in the first round, before losing to St. Thomas in the semifinals of the inauguarl tournament in 2000-2001.
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| The Concordia women's basketball team is making their second MIAC playoff appearance in the last three years. The Cobbers are back in postseason play after narrowly missing the playoffs last year. The MIAC women's basketball playoffs began in the 2000-01 season, and in that year Concordia beat Gustavus 61-58 in the first round before losing to St. Thomas 71-57 in the semifinals. Monday's first-round game against St. Ben's will mark the 16th year that the Cobbers have played in the postseason since entering the MIAC in 1981-82. Concordia has appeared in 14 NCAA playoff tournaments to go along with the two MIAC postseason trips. The Cobbers have a combined 21-15 record in MIAC and NCAA postseason play. The last time Concordia was in the NCAA playoffs was in 1996 when they lost to Bethel 64-60 in the first round. This year marks the 15-year anniversary of Concordia's NCAA national Championship Team. The Cobber team that won the title in 1987-1988, was inducted into the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame this past fall...Concordia enters the playoffs with a 13-12 overall record which marks the 29th consecutive non-losing season for the program...The Cobbers are led by senior Kasey Bostow (Sr., Fargo, N.Dak./Fargo South HS), who is currently averaging 13.0 points per game. For her career she has amassed 1,294 points, which places her sixth on the school's all-time scoring list. She needs 21 points to pass Brandi Myers ('01) for fifth place. Jessica Beachy ('88), who played on the national championship team, is Concordia's all-time leading scorer with 2,101 points...Junior Debbie Slack (Evansville, Minn./Evansville HS) continues to dominate the MIAC underneath the glass. Slack led the conference in rebounding for the second straight season. She averaged 9.5 rebounds per game in the team's 22 league contests. In 2001-02 she averaged 8.8 rpg in the conference and finished the season with 214 rebounds. She currently has 217 rebounds this year and 438 total career rebounds - which places her 15th on the school's all-time list. Former St. Mary's head coach Kim Fierke ('91) is 13th on the all-time list with 537 career rebounds...Jamie Visness (So., Hallock, Minn./Kittson Central HS) has only missed one free throw this season. After breaking the NCAA Women's All-Division record for consecutive makes earlier in the month she has gone 3-for-3 to start another streak. She is 60-for-61 for the season but does not show up in the NCAA's statistical leaders because she has not attemnpted the mandatory 2.5 free throws per game. She has played in 25 games and has taken only 61 free throw attempts. Visness is second on the team in scoring with a 10.9 ppg average...Beth Drager (Jr., Wood Lake, Minn./Lakeview HS) leads the MIAC in blocked shots (1.77 bpg). She has been one of the pleasant surprises for the Cobbers this season. After playing only 146 total minutes last year, she has come on to give the team a legitimate scoring force in the middle. She is fourth on the team in scoring with a 7.8 ppg average...Head Coach Troy Odegaard is no stranger to postseason play. While at the University of Nebraska as a graduate assistant, the Cornhuskers went to the NCAA tournament in 1998 and the NIT tournament in 1999. In 1998 Nebraska lost to Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA's, and in 1999 they lost in the second round of the NIT to Texas Christian. |