Weekend Watch - January 2-3, 2015
The Weekend Watch feature will help Cobber fans follow all their
favorite teams during another busy weekend.
Cobber Athletics
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Schedule | Cobber
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Men’s
Basketball
Current Record: 4-3/0-2 MIAC
Weekend Schedule: - Saturday vs. St. Mary's - 3 p.m.
| Live Video | Live
Stats
Series With St. Mary's:
- Concordia leads the series 78-53. The Cobbers have won the last
four games in the series and the last four games played in
Moorhead.
Story Lines:
- The men’s basketball team starts a stretch
where they will play four games in the next seven days with two at
home and two on the road.
- Junior Brett Bergeson is fifth in the MIAC
in 3-point FG pct. (55.6%).
- The Cobbers have struggled from the free throw line this
season. They are 10th in the MIAC at 61.7%. CC has shot under 60%
in the past two games and have shot over 70% only twice this
season.
Women’s
Basketball
Current Record: 5-4/1-1 MIAC
Weekend Schedule:
- Saturday vs. #22 St. Mary's - 1 p.m. | Live
Video | Live Stats
Series With Hamline:
- Concordia leads the series 57-11. Concordia has won 19 of the
last 21 games against the Cardinals.
Story Lines:
- The women’s basketball also starts a
stretch where they will play four games in the next seven
days.
- Concordia senior Alley Fisher is getting
closer to the 1,000-point milestone. She enters 2015 with 952
career points and needs 48 more points to become the 27th player in
program history to surpass the 1k barrier. She also has 142 3-point
baskets which is 32 shy of the school record of 174 set by
Annie Keeley from 2003-07.
- Junior Olivia Johnson heads into 2015 with
the fourth best rebounds per game average in the MIAC. Johnson is
averaging 7.8 boards per game. She has had at least nine rebounds
in five of the team’s first nine games. Johnson is also
second in the conference in free throw free throw percentage with a
mark of 84.0%.
Men’s
Hockey
Current Record: 6-4-3/2-2-2 MIAC
Weekend Schedule:
- Does Not Play
Women’s
Hockey
Current Record: 2-7-0/2-4-0 MIAC
Weekend Schedule:
- Friday at Concordia (Wis.) – 7
p.m. | Live Video | Live Stats
- Saturday at Concordia (Wis.) – 7 p.m. | Live Video | Live Stats
Series With Concordia (Wis.):
- The Cobbers lead the series 5-1-0. The Cobbers have won the last
five games in the series.
Story Lines:
- The Cobbers are hoping to duplicate their theme
of being very successful after the Christmas break. The Cobbers
were 1-6-3 before the break last year but then went 6-0-2 in the
month of January.
- The series against the Falcons is the first if three on the road
to start 2015. The Cobbers will play at No.6-ranked Wis.-River
Falls next weekend and then resume MIAC play at St. Benedict on
Jan. 16-17.
- After scoring only two goals in their first four games of the
year, the Cobbers have netted 12 in their last five games.
Swimming and Diving
Weekend Schedule:
- Not in action
Story Lines:
Wrestling
Weekend Schedule:
- Saturday at Augustana (S.D.) - 4 p.m. | Live Video | Live Stats
Story Lines:
- The wrestling team is currently ranked fifth in
the latest NWCA DIII poll. The Cobbers have two wrestlers ranked in
the top 10 of their weight class. Jake Krogstad is
ranked third at 165 and Jacoby Bergeron is fifth
at 141.
- The Cobbers are coming off a 3-1 record at the Desert Duals in
Las Vegas, Nev. on Dec. 21. Included in the three wins was a
21-17 win over No.4-ranked Coe. CC's only loss at the event came
against defending national champion Wartburg.
- CC freshman Jakob Stageberg is second on the
team in wins this season. Stageberg, who wrestles at 125, is 18-8
as he heads into 2015.