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Superior play in the serve and pass departments lifted Concordia to victory at a place it had never before won at in the GPAC era. The Bulldogs moved to 5-0 by handling Dordt in straight sets.
Superior play in the serve and pass departments lifted Concordia to victory at a place it had never before won at in the GPAC era. The Bulldogs moved to 5-0 by handling Dordt in straight sets.
So it wasn't necessarily a thing of beauty, but a regular-season sweep of Midland is certainly a beautiful thing. The Bulldogs grinded one out on Wednesday (Sept. 30) and moved to 4-0.
Circumstances outside of its control have prevented the Bulldogs from taking the floor since Sept. 19. Concordia will get back to action by hosting Midland on Wednesday and playing at Dordt on Friday.
Due to postponements this week, the Concordia volleyball program has adjusted its upcoming schedule within GPAC play. New dates have been announced for Mount Marty/CSM matches.
Following a run of hot hitting, Gabi Nordaker has been named the NAIA National and GPAC Attacker of the Week. Nordaker ranks among the national leaders in hitting percentage and kills and blocks per set.
Riding a 3-0 start, the Bulldogs focus their attention on Saturday's match at College of Saint Mary. Only once in the GPAC era have the Bulldogs gotten to 4-0 in conference play.
Three GPAC matches. Nine sets. Still perfect. Seward's own Camryn Opfer starred on Saturday (Sept. 19) as the Bulldogs moved to 3-0 with a straight-sets win over Hastings.
Concordia smoldered on the attack while outhitting Doane, .424 to .161, on Wednesday (Sept. 16). Five Bulldogs recorded at least seven kills as Concordia moved to 2-0.
GPAC action heats up this week as the Bulldogs take on two more in-state rivals. Concordia will be at Doane on Wednesday before welcoming Hastings to town on Saturday.
After starring on the volleyball court as a prep at Exeter-Milligan High School, Claire White moved onto NCAA Division II Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., to play for a strong Ichabods program in the fall of 2012. As a freshman, she never quite found her comfort zone and decided to seek increased playing time in a setting closer to her hometown of Exeter, Neb.
The Concordia volleyball program entered this fall with high hopes. The team's 15-19 overall record was not what anyone associated with the program had in mind, but the outlook is positive for 2017 and beyond.
The odds said Concordia volleyball had almost no chance of winning when it trailed 24-19 in the third set versus Morningside on Sept. 17. The Bulldogs then rallied for perhaps the greatest comeback in program history.
The Concordia volleyball program hopes to continue its upward trajectory with a big 2016 season. Scott Mattera's squad is loaded with key returners from its 2015 national tournament qualifier.
A talented, fun-loving group of seniors helped Concordia volleyball to new heights in 2015. Now they look forward to even bigger goals in 2016.
Yes, baseball pitching drills were part of the spring secret to gaining more explosiveness at the net. Head coach Scott Mattera also believes his team made strides this spring in regards to its passing.
In 2015, the Concordia volleyball team set new records and achieved goals that had never been reached in the history of the program. After a 10-21 season in Scott Mattera’s first year in 2012, the head coach developed a team that improved to 26-9 in the most recent season.
The current class of Concordia volleyball seniors knows exactly what it’s like to watch a program rise from near the bottom of the conference to the heights of a national tournament berth.
The making of a national tournament volleyball team at Concordia did not happen overnight. The core of the first Bulldog squad ever to break through and reach the national tournament all arrived in the last two to four years.
A fifth-straight appearance in the Tachikara - NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll yielded the first top-15 ranking for the Concordia University volleyball program since October of 2000.
As her college head coach looked on, Carli (Smith) Lindeman worked the sideline at Heartland Lutheran High School like a savvy veteran.