A starring performance from Gabi Nordaker has helped advance the Bulldogs to the GPAC tournament final for the second year in a row. No. 4 Concordia defeated No. 3 Midland in five sets in the semifinals on Wednesday (Nov. 9).
The Concordia Volleyball program has advanced to at least the GPAC semifinal round for the fourth straight season. The Bulldogs will be at Midland on Wednesday for a chance to reach the GPAC title match in back-to-back years.
Thanks to a third win this season over No. 12 College of Saint Mary, the fifth-ranked Bulldogs have advanced to at least the GPAC semifinal round for the fourth year in a row. Ashley Keck led Concordia with 12 kills on the night.
Concordia and College of Saint Mary will meet for the third time this season as the two sides get ready to square off in the GPAC quarterfinals. The Bulldogs are looking to reach the GPAC tournament title match for the second year in a row.
In what marked the first top five matchup ever hosted by the Bulldogs, fourth-ranked Midland defeated fifth-ranked Concordia, 25-20, 25-23, 25-23. The defeat snapped a 12-match home win streak for the Bulldogs, who finished third in the GPAC.
The fifth-ranked Bulldogs will welcome No. 4 Midland to Friedrich Arena on Tuesday for the regular season finale. Both teams are jockeying for position near the top of the league standings. The Warriors won this season's first matchup in five sets.
Concordia hit .331 and out-blocked Hastings, 13-4, while winning in straight sets in Hastings on Saturday (Oct. 29). The fifth-ranked Bulldogs earned the season sweep of the Broncos and remained in third place in the GPAC regular season standings.
This was simply the latest example of how the fifth-ranked Bulldogs zero in on every match, no matter the opponent's record. Concordia used a .315 hitting percentage and seven blocks to take care of Mount Marty in straight sets.
Facilitator for one of the nation’s top offensive teams, Bree Burtwistle has been named the GPAC and NAIA National Setter of the Week for the second time in 2022. Burtwistle racked up 78 assists over last week's two wins.
The postseason is nearing, but the sixth-ranked Bulldogs will place their focus upon matchups this week with Mount Marty and Hastings. Concordia enters the week at 10-3 in GPAC play and is tied for third in the league standings.
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."
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