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With the regular season winding down, the Bulldog volleyball team is set to host its home finale on Wednesday. After celebrating its seniors, Concordia will head to 12th-ranked Midland on Saturday.
With the regular season winding down, the Bulldog volleyball team is set to host its home finale on Wednesday. After celebrating its seniors, Concordia will head to 12th-ranked Midland on Saturday.
The Bulldog volleyball team traveled to College of Saint Mary in search of a win that would enhance their chances of a GPAC tournament berth. Instead, the Flames won in straight sets on Wednesday (Oct. 17).
In this week's only match, the Bulldog volleyball team will jockey for positioning in the GPAC standings. Concordia and College of Saint Mary will go head-to-head in Omaha on Wednesday (Oct. 16).
The first set was an eye opener, but the Bulldog volleyball team answered the call with two down-to-the-wire performances in the second and third sets on Saturday (Oct. 13). No. 8 Dordt just proved to be too much.
Despite having set-point opportunities in the second and third sets, Concordia surrendered to No. 14 Hastings on Wednesday night (Oct. 14). The Bulldogs (13-8, 3-8 GPAC) had hoped to secure back-to-back GPAC wins.
As the final month of regular-season action rolls on, the Bulldogs are preparing to take on nationally-ranked conference rivals Hastings and Dordt. Concordia is coming off a four-set win over Briar Cliff.
The attacking of Kara Stark and solid defensive work at the net helped the Bulldog volleyball team return to the win column on Friday night (Oct. 5). Concordia defeated Briar Cliff in four sets inside Walz Arena.
It will be Camper Reunion Night at Walz Arena on Friday (Oct. 5) when Briar Cliff pays a visit. Concordia looks to get back in the win column in a match set to get going at 7:30 p.m. (junior varsity at 6 p.m.).
Kelsey Baarck came off the bench and floored a season high 11 kills. It just wasn't enough for Concordia to claim victory. Host Dakota Wesleyan got a starring performance from Rebecca Frick and won in four sets.
The Concordia volleyball program is in the middle of a trip to the Dakotas as GPAC play continues. On the first let, the Bulldogs fell in straight sets at Jamestown on Friday (Sept. 28). They will be at Dakota Wesleyan on Saturday.
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.