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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.
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.
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.
A retooled Concordia volleyball program has hopes of a bounce back 2017 season. The Bulldogs will have a completely new identity after graduating a bevy of four-year starters. Head coach Scott Mattera enters his sixth year at Concordia.
With the help of a native of Frankenmuth, Mich., the Concordia volleyball team hopes to Baarck back in 2017. A transfer from Mott Community College will help lesson the blow caused by the graduation of an accomplished senior class.
The 2017 Concordia volleyball team will look very different than the 2016 version. The Bulldogs spent this spring adjusting to life without an accomplished senior class. Head coach Scott Mattera discussed the status of the program.
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.