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.
Four Bulldogs had 10 or more kills led by 19 from freshman Kalee Wiltfong in Sunday (Nov. 3)'s four-set home win over Dakota Wesleyan. Concordia (22-4, 11-4 GPAC) celebrated its senior day prior to first serve.
Following a national tournament appearance in 2019, the Concordia Volleyball Program enters 2020 ready for big moments. The Bulldogs return four All-GPAC performers.
October 14, 2015, was a big day for the Concordia volleyball program. The Bulldogs stunned undefeated and second-ranked Midland while remaining in the hunt for a GPAC title.
Senior-to-be Tara Callahan and her teammates are quite determined not to let the current situation halt the momentum of the volleyball program. Callahan appears primed for a special senior season.
Her two-year run as a graduate assistant at Concordia made Abby Saehler realize coaching was right for her. Now the former Bulldog is helping build the program at Grand Canyon.
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The 2019 Concordia volleyball team surpassed all expectations and set new standards for the program by reaching the national round of 16 and by finishing at No. 14 in the NAIA postseason poll.
Freshman Kalee Wiltfong has received plenty of support from her family, which is proud to see her repping Bulldog blue, just like her older brother Riley and sister-in-law Taylor used to do in the recent past.
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.
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).
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.