It was another heart stopper, but the Bulldogs were the ones celebrating a berth in the NAIA national quarterfinals for a second season in a row. Camryn Opfer put away match point and finished with 21 kills and 16 digs in a starring role.
Five Bulldogs posted at least 10 kills and another four notched at least 10 digs as part of a balanced effort on Tuesday (Nov. 30) that has put No. 19 Concordia within one win of the NAIA national quarterfinals.
National tournament pool play action from the Tyson Events Center will get underway on Tuesday, Nov. 30. The Bulldogs are preparing to take on No. 25 Oregon Tech and No. 2 Viterbo. Pool play winners advance to the NAIA national quarterfinals.
As announced on Sunday (Nov. 21) by the NAIA, the Bulldogs have been placed in Pool B of the NAIA National Championship, along with Oregon Tech and Viterbo. Concordia has advanced to the final site for a third year in a row.
The work on the right side of Arleigh Costello and Carly Rodaway made a major difference in the 19th-ranked Bulldogs taking care of Ave Maria in straight sets on Saturday (Nov. 20). Concordia has advanced to the final site of the national tournament.
Named a Second Team All-GPAC honoree two days earlier, Concordia's Tara Callahan has been announced as a 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District award winner based on her combined work athletically and academically.
For the second time in program history, the Bulldogs will stage an NAIA opening round match. Concordia will welcome Ave Maria to Friedrich Arena for a 1 p.m. CT first serve on Saturday. The Bulldogs are 5-4 all-time on the national stage.
Five Bulldogs from the NAIA national qualifying team have been recognized as All-GPAC award winners. The group includes first teamers Gabi Nordaker and Camryn Opfer and second teamer Tara Callahan.
As a reward for their run to the GPAC tournament championship match, the Bulldogs will be at home for the NAIA National Championship Opening Round. Concordia will host Ave Maria (Fla.) on Saturday.
While making the program's first appearance in the GPAC title match since 2015, the Bulldogs ran into a well-oiled machine in the form of No. 1 Jamestown. Concordia now looks ahead to the national tournament.
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.