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ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Concordia-St. Paul women's basketball team (23-5, 19-3 NSIC) heads to Taylor Arena in Rochester to take on the Augustana Vikings (22-6, 16-6 NSIC) in the NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament in semifinal action. Concordia, the 20th ranked team in the country, is coming off an 80-65 win over Northern State. Augustana comes in after knocking off Minot State and U-Mary in the first two rounds.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students. As an official postseason event, season passes and pass lists are not honored for NSIC Tournament contests.
The winner will advance to the championship to play for the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Central Region Tournament and will play the winner of the No. 2 Minnesota State / No. 4 Winona State semifinal game. MSU and WSU play at noon on Friday at Taylor Arena. The championship will be played at Taylor Arena in Rochester on Saturday, March 9 at 3 p.m.
Concordia is red-hot, having won 20 of their last 21 games overall and 15-straight. They've moved up from 24 in the country to the current position at 20, and are ranked third in the NCAA Central Region Rankings.
CU is 19-6 all-time in the NSIC Tournament and advances to the semifinals for the ninth time in school history, going 6-2 in the previous eight appearances. Concordia will be taking on the Vikings for just the second time ever in the tournament, winning 68-58 in the semifinals back in 2009. The Golden Bears swept the Vikings in NSIC regular season play.
This is the fifth time CU has claimed the first seed and they have gone 11-2 in those years, winning two of those tournaments. They have reached the championship six times overall, winning three of them.
Tournament action can be followed on twitter at: #nsictourney
