Women's Basketball

Concordia University Nebraska

800 N. Columbia Ave - Seward, NE - 68434
Team Office: Tel: (402) 643-7328 Fax: (402) 643-3966
Team website: www.cune.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1894, Concordia-Seward is one of ten institutions belonging to the Lutheran Church. It offers over 50 Bachelor degree programs including pre-professional programs, and eight Master's. By far, most of those enrolled are education majors. Majors offered include Clinical Laboratory Science, Computer Graphics, Environmental Science, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, and Sport and Fitness Administration/Management. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Concordia Seward 19th among universities in the midwest offering a Bachelor's degree.

The 120 acre campus is located in the small town of Seward (pop 6k), which is about 25 miles west of the state capital of Lincoln.

School website
www.cune.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Lutheran

Enrollment:

1,400

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 20-27

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$25,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Education (43%) - Business - Theology

Misc. Information

Head coach Drew Olson completed his second season in 2007-08. Olson took over from Todd Voss (who went to Drake as an assistant) who led the Bulldogs to 108-32 record over four years. Prior to his arrival at Concordia, Olson was an assistant coach at Bellevue University (Bellevue, Neb.) for the last three seasons. During Olson’s time at Bellevue the Bruins compiled a record of 74-21 and made three NAIA National Tournament Appearances. Olson is a former player at Concordia where he was a three year letterwinner for the Bulldogs in both basketball and tennis. In his inaugural season in 2006-07, Olsen went 19-13 but improved to 26-7 in 2007-08 and advanced to the Elite 8 before being upended by College of the Ozarks.

Team Name	Bulldogs
Colors	Navy and White
Division	NAIA II
All-Time Record	?

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	26-7	19-13	13-17	132-41 (.763)
Conference	13-5	10-8	15-3	66-24 (.733)
Conf. Finish	4	3	5	2, 4, 1, 5, 6
Post Appear.	Elite 8	n/a	n/a	NAIA 3x
Final 25 Rank	#10	NR	NR	3x

Coaches

Head Coach	Drew Olson
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Concordia: Seward	2006-07
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	45-20 (.692)
Record at Concordia: Seward	45-20 (.692)
Coaching Awards	?

Asst. Coaches	Amy Harms

Recruiting Coordinator

Drew Olson (402) 643-7328, drew.olson@cune.edu

Conference and Schedule

Concordia plays in one of the prominent NAIA conferences, the Great Plains Athletic Conference (www.gpacsports.com). It is comprised of 13 teams in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The conference is generally regarded among the top three NAIA II conferences in the nation. Conference play commences in December but there is a two-week break before league play picks back up in January. The 18 league games are often played on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoon and are piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the GPAC tournament which takes the top eight teams with the eventual tournament winner receiving an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

Doane, Mount Marty, Midland Lutheran, Dordt, Dana, Dakota Wesleyan, Hastings, Sioux Falls, Northwestern, Nebraska Wesleyan, Morningside, and Briar Cliff.

Facilities

PE Building. Capacity 1000
Average attendance:?