Concordia Volleyball has moved up another rung to No. 7 in the 2021 NAIA preseason coaches' poll. Head Coach Ben Boldt's program also ranked fourth in the GPAC.
Assistant Volleyball Coach since late 2017, Angie Boldt has helped the Bulldogs reach new heights. A University of Nebraska alum, Angie is a native of St. Paul, Neb., with 12 years of NCAA D-I coaching experience.
After leading the Bulldogs to the NAIA national quarterfinals, Ben Boldt was recognized as a finalist for the Midlands Women's Coach of the Year award, as selected by the Omaha World-Herald.
Concordia Volleyball has extended its national best streak of consecutive AVCA Team Academic Awards to 23. The Bulldogs achieved team GPA's of 3.74 for the fall and 3.76 for the spring.
Not long after reaching the national quarterfinals, Concordia Volleyball has announced its 2021 schedule. The Bulldogs will open up a new season on Aug. 25 versus Mount Marty.
As disjointed and unique as it was, the 2020-21 season provided plenty of rewards for staff, players and supporters of the Concordia Volleyball, which finished ranked No. 8 in the NAIA.
In landing at No. 8 in the NAIA postseason poll, Concordia Volleyball achieved the highest ranking in the history of the program. The ranking followed a run to the national quarterfinals.
A key figure in the run to the national quarterfinals, senior setter Tara Callahan has been named an NAIA honorable mention All-American. She ranked fourth nationally in assists per set.
Seward's own Camryn Opfer produced 59 kills and 60 digs over four national tournament matches and was named to the NAIA Championship All-Tournament Team.
All-GPAC selections Tara Callahan and Gabi Nordaker were also chosen as NAIA all-region honorees by the AVCA. Callahan starred at setter while Nordaker was a force in the middle.
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.