For the first time in program history, Concordia volleyball has claimed victory at the NAIA national tournament. Behind 16 kills from Emmie Noyd and a 13-3 block advantage, the Bulldogs defeated No. 19 Montana Tech.
The 15th-ranked Concordia volleyball team has been assigned to Pool C of the NAIA Volleyball National Championship. Pool C also includes No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan, No. 19 Montana Tech and Saint Mary (Kan.).
By embracing the idea of 'being the woman,' Emmie Noyd's career has taken off and has helped lift Concordia volleyball to new heights. The first team All-GPAC performer now gets set for an appearance at nationals.
Tara Callahan and Emmie Noyd collected first team All-GPAC honors while Camryn Opfer was named the GPAC Freshman of the Year. Five total Bulldogs earned some form of all-conference mention.
The 2019 Concordia volleyball team has made history as the first in program history to advance all the way to the final site of the NAIA National Championship. The announcement came on Monday (Nov. 18).
Five of the 11 GPAC Setter of the Week awards in 2019 have been handed out to Tara Callahan. The junior from Brady, Neb., piled up 85 assists last week in action against No. 1 Northwestern and Doane.
Concordia will vie for its first trip to the GPAC title match since 2015 when Wednesday's semifinal gets underway at No. 8 Jamestown. The Bulldogs would host the title match Saturday with a victory.
Despite three closely contested sets with the number one team in the nation, the Bulldogs were swept in three straight sets at Northwestern. Now the attention turns to Saturday, when they host the opening round of the GPAC Tournament.
Marissa Hoerman totaled 40 digs over two GPAC matches last week and was named the GPAC Defender of the Week. The Bulldogs have now raked in six GPAC weekly awards this season.
Top-ranked Northwestern and the opening round of the GPAC tournament will make up this week's slate for the nationally-ranked Bulldogs. After heading or Orange City, Concordia will be at home on Saturday.
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.