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With seniors Paige Getz and Tiegen Skains crushing it on the outsides, the Concordia volleyball team hit .376 and rolled to a straight-sets win on Wednesday (Sept. 14).
With seniors Paige Getz and Tiegen Skains crushing it on the outsides, the Concordia volleyball team hit .376 and rolled to a straight-sets win on Wednesday (Sept. 14).
For the second-straight time, Jocelyn Garcia has been named the GPAC defensive player of the week. Over the weekend she surpassed 1,000 career digs.
The Concordia volleyball program saw its win streak stopped at seven on Saturday as part of the Hastings College Invitational.
Tiegen Skains found added motivation on Friday night (Sept. 9) and powered 13 kills to help lead Concordia volleyball to its sixth-straight win.
Concordia shook off a 14-7 deficit in the third set and stormed back for a four-set road win over Benedictine College on Wednesday. The Bulldogs have won five-straight matches.
Another challenging week lies ahead for Bulldog volleyball. Concordia will attempt to extend its four-match win streak on Wednesday before getting a crack at another top-25 opponent this weekend.
After helping Concordia to four wins over the weekend, junior Jocelyn Garcia has earned GPAC weekly honors for the fourth time in her career.
Paige Getz bombed away from the outside and Jenna Eller served bullets in helping the Concordia volleyball team to two more wins on Saturday.
The good vibes returned for the Concordia volleyball program on Friday. The Bulldogs knocked off a pair of NCAA Division II opponents as part of the Bulldog Bash.
The 20th-ranked Bulldogs fell short in their attempt to stop No. 6 Midland's unbeaten run on Wednesday (Aug. 31). The Warriors won in straight sets.
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.