Four Cobbers Reap Benefits Of Playoff Run

MOORHEAD, Minn. (11/08/23)---Concordia reaped the benefits of their conference playoff run by having four players earn MIAC postseason honors.

Seniors Sophia Robinson (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman HS) and Bre Nelson (Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies HS) received year-long MIAC awards, while sophomore Hannah Mukhtar (So., Fargo, N.D./West Fargo Sheyenne HS) and junior Hallie Thompson (Great Falls, Mont./Great Falls HS) were placed on the All-Playoff Team.  

| Complete List of 2023 MIAC Postseason Award Winners | 

Robinson received MIAC All-Conference honors for the second consecutive season after earning All-Conference Honorable Mention honors in 2019 and 2021. Robinson joins a group of only four players in program history to earn an All-Conference postseason award in four different seasons.

Nelson, Mukhtar and Thompson all receive the first postseason honor of their careers.

The four players helped Concordia earn a trip to the MIAC playoffs for the first time since 2015. The Cobbers also won their first playoff game since 2015 as they advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament. CC finished the year with a 5-3-3 record in league play. The five MIAC wins were the most since 2015.

Robinson led the team in total shots and tied for the lead in goals and total points in conference play. She started all 11 MIAC games and finished with 33 shots. Robinson had two goals and one assist for five points. She completed her career by playing in 74 games, putting up 14 goals and 11 assists for 39 points.

Nelson had a breakout year in 2023. She played in seven league contests and was fifth in the MIAC in goals against average with a 0.87 mark in conference games. Nelson made 35 saves against league opponents and was fifth in save percentage (85.4%).

Nelson was a 4-year starter in goal for Concordia and played in 40 total games. She finished with a 1.51 GAA and recorded 10 shutouts.   

Mukhtar busted out for the Cobbers in the final five games of the season, where she posted all of her five points on the year. Mukhtar came up big down the stretch, where she scored the game-winning goal against St. Scholastica in the second-to-last game of the regular season and then had the game-winner in Concordia's quarterfinal win at St. Benedict.

Thompson was a member of the Cobbers defense that was in the Top 5 of the league in goals against and shots allowed. The team's starting left back, Thompson helped Concordia only concede nine goals in the 11 MIAC games. The mark was down from the 15 goals they allowed in 2022. The Cobbers didn't allow more than one goal in nine of the 11 conference games in 2023.     

Past Cobber MIAC Postseason Award Winners
MIAC All-Conference
2022 - Sophia Robinson
2018 - Kalli Baarstad
2017 - Kayla Dostal
2016 - Paige McCullough
2015 - Sadie Hayes, Emily Wendorff
2014 - Libby Fransdal, Laura Prosinski, Elizabeth Robinson  
2013 - Libby Fransdal, Laura Prosinski, Elizabeth Robinson  
2012 - Libby Fransdal, Ali Nelson, Sarah Rounds, Gina Weiss
2011 - Ali Nelson, Sarah Rounds, Kelsey Swagger, Gina Weiss
2010 - Sam Johnson, Susan Obermiller, Sarah Rounds, Erika Swenson
2009 - Abby Habein, Sam Johnson, Susan Obermiller, Sarah Rounds
2008 - Abby Habein, Sam Johnson
2007 - Sam Johnson, Rachel Lewis, Andrea Purcell
2006 - Morgan Bain, Jill Fancher, Miriam Lombardozzi, Amy Ravenhorst
2005 - Morgan Bain, Miriam Lombardozzi, Kelly Ping, Amy Ravenhorst  
2004 - Morgan Bain, Betsy Olesen, Amy Ravenhorst
2003 - Morgan Bain, Suzy Grabko
2002 - Kendra Lee
2001 - Kendra Lee
2000 - Jordi Kortan
1999 - Jordi Kortan
1998 - Allison Smith
1997 - Allison Smith
1996 - Angela Tohm, Kari Eissinger
1995 - Angela Tohm
1994 - Angela Tohm, Krysta Morgenthaler
1993 - Lydia Kabaka
1992 - Lydia Kabaka
1991 - Deb Idstrom, Lydia Kabaka
1990 - Sara Pittorf, Deb Idstrom, Lydia Kabaka
1989 - Deb Idstrom, Sara Pittorf
1985 - Traci Poffenberger, Vicki Kastner
1984 - Vicki Kastner
1983 - Judy Anderson, Vicki Kastner, Elizabeth Temple

MIAC Honorable Mention
2021 - Sophia Robinson, Lauren Tschider
2019 - Sophia Robinson 
2018 - Rachel Nemer, Hannah Sandin
2017 - Katie Gillette
2016 - Katie Gillette
2015 - Paige McCullough 
2014 - Marta Prosinski
2013 - Marta Prosinski, Jamie St. Germain
2012 - Laura Prosinski
2011 - Nikole Koehn
2010 - Ali Nelson
2009 - Ali Nelson
2008 - Susan Obermiller
2007 - Britt Reiersgord, Darcy Swagger
2006 - Rachel Lewis
2005 - Betsy Olesen
2004 - Jill Fancher, Miriam Lombardozzi
2003 - Carmelle Johnson, Betsy Olesen
2002 - Carmelle Johnson
2000 - Abbey Rabine
1999 - Kendra Lee, Kristen Orme, Julie Fretheim
1998 - Jordi Kortan, Julie Fretheim, Jessica Spaulding, Candice Bell
1997 - Jordi Kortan, Julie Fretheim
1993 - Angela Tohm, Krysta Morgenthaler