Loss Helped to Wake Up Concordia

Concordia women’s basketball Coach Dave Wolter said the seeds for the Eagles’ 78-71 victory at Fresno Pacific on Tuesday were sown during a disappointing loss last week.

Concordia’s 67-50 loss to lightly regarded Holy Names drove home a point that Wolter had been making to his players. “I felt we weren’t playing together,” he said. “That game served as a very effective wake-up call. I think our team showed a lot of maturity against Fresno.

“We had a great week of practice and I think we went into the game with a lot of confidence.”

Audre Moss had an especially strong game, scoring 21 points on eight-for-10 shooting, and pulling down 10 rebounds.

It was only the second time Concordia (12-5, 1-0) had won at Fresno (9-7, 0-1). Today, Concordia is at Azusa Pacific, which has lost four in a row, including a 68-53 defeat Tuesday to Southern California College.

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Women’s basketball: Lyndsay Brown, a Chapman forward, was named the Columbus Multimedia player of the week for the NCAA Division III West Region. Brown, a 5-foot-10 sophomore from Esperanza High, averaged 24.3 points in three victories, shooting 70% (28 for 40) from the field.

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Men’s basketball: Chapman was swept in Hawaii, losing to Chaminade, 68-53, Thursday and to Brigham Young Hawaii, 100-74, Tuesday. Brigham Young Hawaii is ranked 11th in the NAIA. Chaminade ended a five-game losing streak. The Panthers (12-7) have lost six of their last seven.

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More basketball: Concordia’s Rick Haywood was named the GSAC player of the week after averaging 22 points, 7.5 rebounds and six assists in victories over Ottawa (Kan.) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.

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Women’s swimming: Chapman narrowly missed its first dual-meet victory ever, losing to Whittier, 57-56, last week. Eileen Guerrero and Megen Pelk each won two events for the Panthers.