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.
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.
The process of seeing out a vision for Bulldog volleyball is ongoing for a program guided by head coach Ben Boldt. Concordia is working to embrace the motto 'this is us' and take ownership of everything good and bad.
Ben and Angie Boldt feel right at home on the volleyball courts of Nebraska. The husband-wife coaching duo got its start working as students for John Cook at Nebraska. The Nebraska foundation is their foundation.
The 2018 team's best run of volleyball came at the end of the season. That leap forward provided optimism that the program has truly embraced the #champsb4champs moniker. Concordia hopes to use it as a springboard.
Says head coach Ben Boldt of his team's early success, "I didn’t exactly know what the competition level was going to be like. We’re really just focused on ourselves right now and trying to be a better team."
It’s a fascinating new world for the Concordia University volleyball program, still working to identify itself in a new era. Head coach Ben Boldt is on the brink of making his debut as leader of the Bulldogs.
We wrap up the spring volleyball season with insights from head coach Ben Boldt on the changing dynamics within the program. The Bulldogs emphasized speed and urgency during the volleyball-filled spring.
Members of the Bulldog volleyball program say they're training like they've never trained before while embracing a new opportunity with head coach Ben Boldt. Said Tara Callahan, "Everyone’s a little fired up."
A native of Hickman, Neb., Ben Boldt is returning home to become head volleyball coach at Concordia. His wife Angie has also been named an assistant coach on the staff. Ben and Angie previously coached at Hendrix College.
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.