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The Concordia volleyball program will test itself with 27 regular-season matches during the 2019 season. The Bulldogs will open up at home versus York College on Aug. 21. The slate includes 16 GPAC matches.
The Concordia volleyball program will test itself with 27 regular-season matches during the 2019 season. The Bulldogs will open up at home versus York College on Aug. 21. The slate includes 16 GPAC matches.
Four players represented the Concordia volleyball program with honorable mention All-Nebraska accolades: senior Jenna Habegger, junior Emmie Noyd and sophomores Tara Callahan and Marissa Hoerman.
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.
For the second year in a row, junior Emmie Noyd has garnered second team All-GPAC accolades. The native of Shelby, Neb., led a group of three Bulldogs honored by the GPAC on Wednesday (Nov. 14).
In order for the volleyball season to continue, the Bulldogs needed to pull an upset of fifth-ranked Dordt in the GPAC quarterfinals on Saturday (Nov. 3). They fell short in a 25-12, 25-18, 25-20, defeat.
The margin was razor thin, but a win at Doane and tiebreakers helped the Bulldog volleyball team earn a spot in the GPAC postseason. Concordia now gets set to play at No. 5 Dordt on Saturday.
A win in straight sets at Doane on Wednesday (Oct. 31) kept the season alive for the Bulldog volleyball team. Concordia will head into the postseason with momentum after finishing strong in the regular season.
The Bulldogs still have a shot at qualifying for the conference tournament with one match to go in the regular season. Concordia hopes to avenge a loss from Sept. 18 when it plays at Doane on Wednesday.
The Bulldog volleyball team came up one point shy of stunning 12th-ranked Midland in Fremont on Saturday (Oct. 27). After taking the first two sets, Concordia eventually fell in five.
In terms of home matches, this was it for senior Jenna Habegger. She made it count by flooring 13 kills and helping the Bulldogs to a four-set win over Morningside on Wednesday (Oct. 24).
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.
As her college head coach looked on, Carli (Smith) Lindeman worked the sideline at Heartland Lutheran High School like a savvy veteran.