Two teams that have already secured national tournament berths will go head-to-head in the GPAC tournament championship match on Saturday. The Bulldogs will attempt to win their first-ever GPAC postseason title.
The 2021 journey for Concordia Volleyball will make a stop in the GPAC tournament championship match. The Bulldogs edged No. 5 College of Saint Mary in the semifinals in another heart stopper.
GPAC combatants that went to five sets twice during the regular season will clash in the conference semifinals on Wednesday. The Bulldogs are a confident team following last week's straight sets win at No. 5 Midland.
Focused and on a mission, the Bulldogs took it to No. 5 Midland in the GPAC quarterfinals on Saturday (Nov. 6) and emerged with a win in straight sets. Concordia has beaten three top 15 opponents over its last four matches.
Four years was just not enough for Tara Callahan, who returned to the Bulldogs in 2021 to provide steady leadership and consistently excellent play on the court. Her journey has included many mountaintop moments and unshakable bonds.
Familiar foes Concordia and Midland will go head-to-head on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the GPAC tournament. The Bulldogs finished the regular season with wins in five of their last six matches.
Three-straight wins will carry the Bulldogs into the postseason on a high. Behind the attacking trio of Gabi Nordaker, Camryn Opfer and Kalee Wiltfong, Concordia took care of Hastings in straight sets on Tuesday (Nov. 2).
For her starring performance in last week's five-set win at No. 14 Northwestern, Gabi Nordaker has been named the GPAC Attacker of the Week. This marks the second career GPAC weekly honor for Nordaker.
The 2021 regular season will come to a close on Tuesday as the Bulldogs host Hastings inside Friedrich Arena. Concordia is coming off back-to-back five-set wins over top 15 nationally ranked opponents.
While playing another five-setter, the Bulldogs outlasted No. 14 Northwestern behind 21 kills from Camryn Opfer on Saturday (Oct. 30). Concordia (13-10, 8-7 GPAC) won in Orange City, Iowa, for the first time since 2015.
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.