Three weeks into the 2018 season, the Concordia volleyball team remains undefeated. The Bulldogs moved to 12-0 with Saturday (Sept. 8) wins over McPherson and Kansas Wesleyan.
A balanced and workmanlike team effort allowed the Concordia volleyball team to cruise to a straight-sets win over visiting Mount Marty on Friday night (Sept. 7). The Bulldogs are now 10-0.
Concordia faced its stiffest challenge yet as GPAC play opened with a five-set win over College of Saint Mary on Tuesday (Sept. 4). Junior Emmie Noyd went off for a career high 23 kills in the victory.
Says head coach Ben Boldt of his team's early success, "I didn’t exactly know what the competition level was going to be like. We’re really just focused on ourselves right now and trying to be a better team."
The final day of the Bulldog Bash brought two more victories for the Concordia volleyball program, now 8-0 for the first time since 2005. Freshman Morgan Nibbe starred in the team's latest outings.
The results remain perfect for the Concordia volleyball team, which is 6-0 without a set loss. Behind 27 digs from Marissa Hoerman, the Bulldogs bounced Bethany College, 25-20, 25-14, 25-17, on Friday (Aug. 31).
Lots of wins. Lots of Jenna Habegger kills. The good times roll on in the early going of the 2018 campaign. The Concordia volleyball team remains spotless in the win column. It's won all of its 15 sets this season.
Off to a 4-0 start, Concordia will now get comfortable inside Walz Arena, site of its next six matches. The Bulldogs will be at home Wednesday, Friday and Saturday as part of another four-match week.
So far so good for the Concordia volleyball program, which has had a blast through four matches. It has yet to drop a single set. The Bulldogs claimed their latest victim in a straight sets win on Saturday (Aug. 25).
Jenna Habegger smashed 25 kills while keeping the Concordia volleyball program perfect in the early going of the 2018 season. The Bulldogs moved to 3-0 with wins over Waldorf and Baker in Orange City, Iowa.
The string of fifth-year stars for Bulldog Volleyball will continue as Gabi Nordaker returns this fall. The volleyball-crazed Nordaker could not pass up one more year of strengthening relationships with her teammates.
The 2024 'Kobe Year' will be about grit for a Concordia Volleyball team coming off one of the most successful seasons in program history. The Bulldogs began the reloading process this spring without a pair of All-Americans.
While the season ended abruptly, the 2023 Concordia Volleyball team achieved great heights in rising to No. 1 in the NAIA coaches' poll, setting a program record for win percentage and sharing the GPAC regular season title.
Whatever the end result, emotions will run high for a group of Bulldogs who have been instrumental in the most successful period in the history of Concordia Volleyball. It's time for one last final site experience for nine Bulldogs.
On the strength of a 13-0 start to the season, Concordia Volleyball has leveled up to the NAIA No. 1 national ranking. The Bulldogs have reached that lofty perch for the first time in the program's history.
Four-consecutive trips to the final site of the NAIA National Championships lead the Concordia Volleyball program into 2023, or the “Jordan Year,” as the team has dubbed it. Coach Boldt's Bulldogs were picked to finish second in the GPAC.
All-American Gabi Nordaker may have turned down Concordia after the initial offer, but she's learned to love life as a Bulldog. In three collegiate seasons, Nordaker has been a major reason why the program has reached great heights.
Once Rachel Miller experienced it, she held on and never let go. The former All-American volleyball star and past Bulldog head coach remains deeply rooted within the Concordia and Seward and communities.
A veteran and battle-tested bunch of Bulldogs picked up where they left off in the fall and enjoyed a spring of continued development. The spring season, which included a matchup with a Big Ten foe, was about preparing to 'level up' in 2023.
Four seasons of college volleyball are in the books for Bree Burtwistle and Camryn Opfer, but they aren't ready to let go. The two All-Americans will return in 2023 in pursuit of a GPAC championship Concordia Volleyball covets.