MOORHEAD, Minn. (3/07/11)—All five of Concordia’s starting players received MIAC postseason honors it was announced by the league office on Monday.
Seniors guards Erica Nord and Maggie Bauernfeind earned MIAC All-Conference honors while Brittany Jossart, Lindsey Schultz and Alexandra Lippert were placed on the MIAC All-Conference Honorable Mention Team. Nord was also named to the MIAC All-Defensive Team and Lippert was one of five newcomers to earn MIAC All-First-Year Team honors.
Concordia senior Jaynie Herbranson was the team's representative on the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team.
It is the second straight season for Nord and Bauernfeind to earn All-Conference honors as well as the second consecutive season that Schultz has been named to the All-Conference Honorable Mention Team. Nord also earns All-Defensive Team honors for the second straight year.
The starting five helped Concordia win the MIAC postseason tournament and earn the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The Cobbers went 17-5 in league play for the third straight season and finished in second place in the final conference standings. Concordia then went on to beat St. Ben’s in the league playoff semifinals before edging regular-season champion St. Thomas in the MIAC championship game. It was the second conference tournament title for the Cobbers in school history.
Nord, a recent Capital One Academic All-American honoree, led the team in scoring in league play. She finished with a 14.1 points per game average and was sixth in the MIAC in scoring. She also finished in the top 15 in the MIAC in field goal percentage, assists, steals, 3-point field goal percentage, 3-point field goals made, assist-to-turnover ratio and offensive rebounds. Nord reached the 1,000-point mark for her career in the team’s last regular-season game against St. Ben’s.
Bauernfeind was second on the team in scoring with a 12.3 points per game average. She was 14th in the league in scoring for the team’s 22 league games. She was also second in the MIAC in free throw percentage and 3-point field goal percentage. She converted on 86.5% of her foul attempts and 45.3% of her attempts from behind the arc. Like Nord, Bauernfeind reached the 1,000-point mark for her career in the team’s last regular-season game against St. Ben’s.
Jossart and Schultz both averaged over 6.0 points per game and 3.0 rebounds per game as they helped the Cobbers finish the season with 17 conference wins. Jossart averaged 7.7 points and 3.2 rebounds per conference game. Both numbers are career conference highs. She scored in double figures 10 times against MIAC opponents and had a season-high 15 points against St. Thomas on Jan. 12. Schultz was second on the team in rebounding and finished 10th in the MIAC in that category with a 6.6 rebounds per game average. She surpassed the 500 career rebound mark during the season and had at least five rebounds in 19 of the team’s 22 league games. She was also 10th in the MIAC in assists and eighth in defensive rebounds.
Lippert steadily progressed during her freshman season and turned into one of the biggest forces around the basket in the MIAC. She led the league in blocks with 80 – 20 more than the next highest player. She also went on to set the school record for blocks in a single season in overall games as she came away with 102 rejections in the team’s 28 total games. Lippert finished her freshman year by averaging 9.9 points and 6.9 rebounds in conference play. She led the team in rebounding and was eighth in the MIAC in that category. Lippert was also 11th in field goal percentage, eighth in offensive rebounds and 10th in defensive rebounds.
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