Pool assignments for the 2023 NAIA Volleyball National Championship tournament have been locked in. As the No. 4 overall seed, the Bulldogs landed in Pool D along with Midland and Montana Western.
In making its final home appearance of 2023, fourth-ranked Concordia took care of business and advanced to the final site of the NAIA National Championship tournament. Camryn Opfer supplied 11 kills as the Bulldogs defeated Judson.
One of three Bulldogs to earn First Team All-GPAC accolades, Bree Burtwistle has been named the GPAC Setter of the Year. She was joined on the league's first team by teammates Gabi Nordaker and Camryn Opfer.
While making the program's sixth all-time national tournament appearance, Concordia Volleyball will host Judson in the NAIA Opening Round. Match time is set for 1 p.m. CT on Saturday from Friedrich Arena.
It took a full five sets to decide the 2023 GPAC tournament champion. Ultimately, the blocking of top-ranked Northwestern won out amidst a frenzied atmosphere inside the Bultman Center in Orange City, Iowa.
After sharing the GPAC regular season title, Concordia Volleyball will take aim at the program's first ever GPAC tournament championship. The fourth-ranked Bulldogs will take on the top-ranked Red Raiders in Saturday's title clash.
The fourth-ranked Bulldogs hit a sizzling .330 and scorched visiting Jamestown in the GPAC tournament semifinals on Wednesday (Nov. 8). Concordia has advanced to the conference final for the third-straight year.
Bree Burtwistle pulled in her sixth GPAC Setter of the Week award for 2023 following a week that included wins over No. 18 Midland and Dakota Wesleyan. Burtwistle ranks third nationally in assists per set.
For the fifth-straight year, Concordia has advanced to at least the semifinals of the GPAC tournament. After traveling to Jamestown for GPAC championship matches in 2021 and 2022, the Bulldogs will host the Jimmies in the 2023 semifinals.
Concordia Volleyball has advanced to the GPAC semifinals for the fifth year in a row. The Bulldogs got past DWU in three sets in the quarterfinals with the help of eight blocks from Gabi Nordaker.
Ranked seventh in the NAIA in the preseason, Concordia Volleyball is ready to follow up a national quarterfinal run this past spring. "GPAC championship level effort" is the expectation.
As disjointed and unique as it was, the 2020-21 season provided plenty of rewards for staff, players and supporters of the Concordia Volleyball, which finished ranked No. 8 in the NAIA.
This wasn't exactly how they expected their senior seasons to look, but these Bulldogs aren't focusing on the negative. They are grateful for the chance to continue the program's rise.
Following a national tournament appearance in 2019, the Concordia Volleyball Program enters 2020 ready for big moments. The Bulldogs return four All-GPAC performers.
October 14, 2015, was a big day for the Concordia volleyball program. The Bulldogs stunned undefeated and second-ranked Midland while remaining in the hunt for a GPAC title.
Senior-to-be Tara Callahan and her teammates are quite determined not to let the current situation halt the momentum of the volleyball program. Callahan appears primed for a special senior season.
Her two-year run as a graduate assistant at Concordia made Abby Saehler realize coaching was right for her. Now the former Bulldog is helping build the program at Grand Canyon.
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The 2019 Concordia volleyball team surpassed all expectations and set new standards for the program by reaching the national round of 16 and by finishing at No. 14 in the NAIA postseason poll.
Freshman Kalee Wiltfong has received plenty of support from her family, which is proud to see her repping Bulldog blue, just like her older brother Riley and sister-in-law Taylor used to do in the recent past.