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A balanced and workmanlike team effort allowed the Concordia volleyball team to cruise to a straight-sets win over visiting Mount Marty on Friday night (Sept. 7). The Bulldogs are now 10-0.
A balanced and workmanlike team effort allowed the Concordia volleyball team to cruise to a straight-sets win over visiting Mount Marty on Friday night (Sept. 7). The Bulldogs are now 10-0.
Concordia faced its stiffest challenge yet as GPAC play opened with a five-set win over College of Saint Mary on Tuesday (Sept. 4). Junior Emmie Noyd went off for a career high 23 kills in the victory.
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."
The final day of the Bulldog Bash brought two more victories for the Concordia volleyball program, now 8-0 for the first time since 2005. Freshman Morgan Nibbe starred in the team's latest outings.
The results remain perfect for the Concordia volleyball team, which is 6-0 without a set loss. Behind 27 digs from Marissa Hoerman, the Bulldogs bounced Bethany College, 25-20, 25-14, 25-17, on Friday (Aug. 31).
Lots of wins. Lots of Jenna Habegger kills. The good times roll on in the early going of the 2018 campaign. The Concordia volleyball team remains spotless in the win column. It's won all of its 15 sets this season.
Off to a 4-0 start, Concordia will now get comfortable inside Walz Arena, site of its next six matches. The Bulldogs will be at home Wednesday, Friday and Saturday as part of another four-match week.
So far so good for the Concordia volleyball program, which has had a blast through four matches. It has yet to drop a single set. The Bulldogs claimed their latest victim in a straight sets win on Saturday (Aug. 25).
Jenna Habegger smashed 25 kills while keeping the Concordia volleyball program perfect in the early going of the 2018 season. The Bulldogs moved to 3-0 with wins over Waldorf and Baker in Orange City, Iowa.
The head coaching tenure of Ben Boldt got started in impressive fashion. The Bulldogs outhit visiting York College, .400 to .000, while breezing to a straight-sets victory inside Walz Arena on Tuesday (Aug. 21).
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.