Head coach Scott Mattera and the volleyball program have announced the hiring of Abby Pollart, who assumes a full-time assistant role for the Bulldogs. Pollart comes to Concordia via South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.
Seniors Paige Getz and Alayna Kavanaugh both garnered honorable mention NAIA All-Nebraska accolades, as chosen by the Omaha World-Herald. Getz and Kavanaugh were second team All-GPAC performers.
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.
Six members of the Concordia University volleyball team have earned 2016 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition. Honorees include seniors Paige Getz, Naomi Quigg and Taylor Workman.
Seniors Paige Getz and Alayna Kavanaugh reeled in second team all-conference honors to cap their Bulldog volleyball careers. Senior Tiegen Skains and junior Jocelyn Garcia were named honorable mention.
The 2016 season has come to an end for Concordia volleyball, which fell in the GPAC quarterfinals on Tuesday. The Bulldogs finished the season with a 15-19 overall record.
After piling up 115 assists in last week's action, senior Alayna Kavanaugh has been named the GPAC setter of the week. It's the eighth time in her career that she has earned the award.
It's tournament time for Concordia volleyball, which advanced to the GPAC championship match in 2015. The seventh-seeded Bulldogs will be at second-seeded Midland on Tuesday (Nov. 7).
Paige Getz moved into third place on the volleyball program's all-time kills list with nine more on Saturday at Morningside. The Bulldogs fell in straight sets.
Concordia volleyball won for the fourth time over its last five matches upon the conclusion of a straight-sets win at Mount Marty. The Bulldogs hit .378 and were led by 12 kills from Paige Getz.
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.
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.