Gabi Nordaker and Camryn Opfer were selected to the seven-person All-Midlands Team while three Bulldogs earned honorable mention recognition from the Omaha World-Herald. The team honors the best players at Nebraska colleges.
In a season that came with its share of challenges, the Bulldogs never gave up while advancing to the national quarterfinals for the second season in a row. The 2021 Bulldogs earned the program's best ever final national ranking.
Yet another postseason honor rolled in for Camryn Opfer, named an NAIA Honorable Mention All-American on Thursday (Dec. 9). The Concordia Volleyball program has had at least one All-American in three-straight seasons.
On the strength of an appearance in the national quarterfinals, the Concordia Volleyball program has achieved its best ever postseason ranking. The Bulldogs landed at No. 6 in the NAIA Postseason Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.
For the second year in a row, Camryn Opfer has been named to the NAIA Volleyball National Championship All-Tournament Team. Opfer totaled 59 kills, 68 digs and seven blocks as the Bulldogs advanced to the national quarterfinals.
Key figures in another run to the NAIA national quarterfinals, Camryn Opfer and Gabi Nordaker have earned selection as All-West Central Region award winners from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
The margins could not have been any finer on Thursday (Dec. 2) as the 19th-ranked Bulldogs saw their national tournament run come to an end. Concordia fell in five sets at the hands of No. 7 Marian in the NAIA quarterfinals.
A national quarterfinalist for the second season in a row, Concordia will face No. 7 Marian at 5 p.m. CT on Thursday (Dec. 2). The winner will advance to play in the national semifinals on Friday.
It was another heart stopper, but the Bulldogs were the ones celebrating a berth in the NAIA national quarterfinals for a second season in a row. Camryn Opfer put away match point and finished with 21 kills and 16 digs in a starring role.
Five Bulldogs posted at least 10 kills and another four notched at least 10 digs as part of a balanced effort on Tuesday (Nov. 30) that has put No. 19 Concordia within one win of the NAIA national quarterfinals.
The string of fifth-year stars for Bulldog Volleyball will continue as Gabi Nordaker returns this fall. The volleyball-crazed Nordaker could not pass up one more year of strengthening relationships with her teammates.
The 2024 'Kobe Year' will be about grit for a Concordia Volleyball team coming off one of the most successful seasons in program history. The Bulldogs began the reloading process this spring without a pair of All-Americans.
While the season ended abruptly, the 2023 Concordia Volleyball team achieved great heights in rising to No. 1 in the NAIA coaches' poll, setting a program record for win percentage and sharing the GPAC regular season title.
Whatever the end result, emotions will run high for a group of Bulldogs who have been instrumental in the most successful period in the history of Concordia Volleyball. It's time for one last final site experience for nine Bulldogs.
On the strength of a 13-0 start to the season, Concordia Volleyball has leveled up to the NAIA No. 1 national ranking. The Bulldogs have reached that lofty perch for the first time in the program's history.
Four-consecutive trips to the final site of the NAIA National Championships lead the Concordia Volleyball program into 2023, or the “Jordan Year,” as the team has dubbed it. Coach Boldt's Bulldogs were picked to finish second in the GPAC.
All-American Gabi Nordaker may have turned down Concordia after the initial offer, but she's learned to love life as a Bulldog. In three collegiate seasons, Nordaker has been a major reason why the program has reached great heights.
Once Rachel Miller experienced it, she held on and never let go. The former All-American volleyball star and past Bulldog head coach remains deeply rooted within the Concordia and Seward and communities.
A veteran and battle-tested bunch of Bulldogs picked up where they left off in the fall and enjoyed a spring of continued development. The spring season, which included a matchup with a Big Ten foe, was about preparing to 'level up' in 2023.
Four seasons of college volleyball are in the books for Bree Burtwistle and Camryn Opfer, but they aren't ready to let go. The two All-Americans will return in 2023 in pursuit of a GPAC championship Concordia Volleyball covets.