Concordia has a long tradition of excellence as a member the Alberta Colleges' Athletic Conference in men's hockey, men's and women's soccer, badminton, cross-country running, golf, curling, and basketball. In addition to these sports Concordia also competes in the Alberta College Athletics League in Volleyball.
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November 18 2009
Women's Soccer players Lindsay Monkman and Alesha Weiker along with Head Coach Dean Corderio discuss their history National Championship with Shaw TV Sports,
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Women's Soccer Coach Talks Championship with CBC Radio
November 18 2009
Dean Corderio Head Coach of the Concordia University College Women's Soccer team talks about the Thunder Women's Soccer team National Championship with CBC Radio,
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Women's Volleyball Win Regular Season Title
November 16 2009
The Thunder Women’s volleyball team travelled to Olds Saturday November 14th for its final two regular season matches versus the Ambrose Lions and the Olds College Broncos. Two wins would have the Thunder finish first overall in the regular season. The first match pitted the Thunder against the Ambrose Lions of Calgary, while the Thunder easily handled Ambrose in the opening two sets the Lions rebounded to win the third set Concordia would take control again in the fourth set to come out on top with a 3-1 victory with set scores of (25-15, 25-19, 22-25, 25-16). Vanessa Fulton led the way with 6 blocks and Shelby Larsen added 5. Justine Schaffrick added 15 points of her own with 10 kills, 4 blocks, and 1 ace. The Thunder’s next opponent was the Olds College Broncos which saw both teams battle hard to split the first two sets. The Broncos would give the Thunder everything they could handle as the fourth set ended in dramatic fashion with the Thunder trailing 23-21 late in the fourth Concordia execute well and come from behind to win 28-26 to win the match 3-1. Key performances were from Elvis Omerovic with 13 kills 3 blocks and 4 aces. Shayna Fairbairn also dished out 35 assists. With the win the Thunder secured a first place ranking for Provincials in Calgary on Nov 20-21. The Thunder will play the winner of a play-in game between Ambrose and St. Mary’s University in the semifinal Nov 20th at 6:30pm The inaugural season of the Thunder has been successful so far as Coach Wills commented “It is great to see the team see the results of their hard work, and I think the we’ve put ourselves in a spot for a great finish”
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Men's Volleyball Finish Regular Season
November 16 2009
The Thunder Men's Volleyball was on the road Saturday November 14th for the final tournament event of the 2009 ACAL Volleyball regular season hosted by Olds College. Concordia would face the powerful Ambrose Lions in their first match losing in three straight sets 16-25, 18-25, 23-25. Concordia's Scott Pawluik and Chad Vander Lugt let the team with 9 kills each. The second game of the day had the Thunder facing the host Olds Broncos in a hard fought 5 set battle that saw Concordia come up short 3-2 (16-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-19, 11-15) the team was led by Scott Pawluik who had 14 kills and 2 blocks, along with Curtis Lucki who had 11 Kills and 2 blocks. The pair of losses dropped Concordia's record to 6-6 and put them in a three way tie for the final two playoff spots with Olds and Portage. The Thunder's overall set record of 10-7 versus the Olds and Portage would seed them 3rd in the final standings. The Thunder now prepare for the ACAL Final Four playoffs hosted by Ambrose University College in Calgary beginning Friday November 20th when the Thunder will take on the host Ambrose Lions in the semi-final round game time is set for 8:30pm.
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Women's Basketball Win Two Over Augustana
Novmeber 16 2009
This past week the Concordia University College of Alberta Women's Basketball team faced the Augustana Vikings in a rare Thursday, Friday matchup that saw the Thunder come away with a pair of convincing victories. Thursday November 12 the Thunder were on the road to face the Vikings where they cruised to a 87-41 (Box Score). All-Canadian guard Cailin Lissel would lead Concordia with 23 points and 5 steals while Jordan Anstice would add 17 points to the Thunder totals. Friday November 13 Concordia continued to show dominance as they returned home to the Ralph King Athletic Center and soundly defeated Augustana 92-60 (Box Score). Once again Cailin Lissel would lead in points with 20 points 5 rebounds while sophomore guard Stephanie Balog would pour in 16 points and tally 5 assists on the night. The Thunder now prepare to take on the Griffins of MacEwan Friday November 20th at the Ralph King Athletic center at 6:00pm.
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Men's Basketball Sweep Vikings
November 16 2009
The Thunder Men's Basketball team was in action this past week versus the Augustana Vikings in a pair of ACAC regular season games. Thursday November 12th the Thunder headed to Camrose to face the Vikings on the road. A slow start saw Concordia trailing by three at the end of the first quarter however the Thunder would rally and surge ahead to lead at half 46-39. The Thunder would go on to win the game 92-80 (Box Score). Jason Smith would lead all scorers with 21 points and 9 rebounds while sophomore guard Andrew Champagnie would add 18 points and 5 rebounds to the Thunder totals. Friday November 13th the Thunder returned home to the Ralph King Athletic Center and used the momentum they had built the night before to drop the Vikings by a score of 96-74 (Box Score). Jason Smith would once again lead Concordia with a double double performance of 24 points 11 rebounds and 6 steals on the night while senior guard Adnan Hajdarevic would also post a double double with 21 points and 11 rebounds. The Thunder now get ready to face cross town rivals the MacEwan Griffins Friday November 20th at the Ralph King Athletic Center, tip-off is set for 8:00pm.
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Hockey Falls Twice to NAIT
November 16 2009
The Concordia University College of Alberta Hockey team was on the ice this past weekend facing cross town rivals the NAIT Ooks in ACAC regular season play. Friday November 13th proved unlucky for the Thunder as they were shut out in a 4-0 loss to the Ooks at NAIT Arena. Saturday November 14th the Thunder were hoping to rebound from Friday's defeat as they returned to home ice at Clareview Arena. Despite Concordia's Andre Herman and Myles MacRae both scoring in the first period, those would be the only Thunder goals on the night as the Ooks would find the net six times to hand Concordia a 6-2 loss on the night. The pair of losses have the Thunder fall to 4th in the ACAC standings as they now prepare for a rare mid-week road game versus the Augustana Vikings Wednesday November 18th in Camrose. 
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