A solo act was performed prior to first serve, but then many Bulldogs had a hand in moving the team's record to 5-0 this season. The back row continues to make life difficult on the opposition.
Now 4-0 on the young season, the Concordia volleyball team will return home to host the Bulldog Bash this Friday and Saturday. The event will feature 11 total matches, including three involving Concordia.
Emmie Noyd stung the volleyball again on Friday (Aug. 23) as the Bulldogs moved to 2-0 on the young season. Concordia was especially impressive in the second set of the win over Baker.
The Bulldog volleyball team looked sharp in opening up the 2019 season with a dominant victory over York College. Emmie Noyd and Kara Stark combined for 28 kills and Concordia outhit York, .474 to -.013.
The open week of the 2019 season is here for Concordia volleyball. It begins with a neighbor from the west making a trip to Seward and continues with a three-match weekend in Orange City, Iowa.
The Bulldogs may have been picked to finish eighth in the GPAC, but they firmly believe themselves to be a program on the rise. Emmie Noyd returns in the middle for a cast that is thinking big.
Coach Ben Boldt's Concordia volleyball team slotted in at No. 8 in the 2019 GPAC preseason poll released on Tuesday (Aug. 6) by the league. The Bulldogs tied for seventh in 2018.
On the court, off the court and from Texas to Nebraska to D.C., Stark is enjoying life as a Bulldog. With the help of Concordia, Stark enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to intern at The White House.
For the 21st year in a row, the Concordia volleyball program has earned recognition with an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. That streak ties for the longest in the nation.
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.
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.