In a battle of two strong serve and pass teams, No. 10 Concordia got the best of Dakota Wesleyan in straight sets. The Bulldogs (15-3) will move on to the GPAC semifinals.
Postseason play is up next for the 10th-ranked Bulldogs, who will host Dakota Wesleyan in the GPAC quarterfinals on Saturday. Concordia is looking to get back to the semifinals for the second year in a row.
The 10th-ranked Bulldogs controlled the match while taking care of No. 11 Grand View in straight sets on Saturday (March 27). Kara Stark led Concordia (14-3) with 13 kills.
In its first official action in almost five months, 10th-ranked Concordia picked up where it left off. Behind a career high performance from Camryn Opfer, the Bulldogs won in four sets.
Part II of the Concordia Volleyball season will get started for real on Wednesday when the 10th-ranked Bulldogs host No. 24 Ottawa. Concordia comes into action at 12-3.
Concordia Volleyball has earned a top 10 NAIA national ranking for the first time ever. The Bulldogs landed at No. 10 in the poll released on Wednesday (Feb. 3).
The volleyball season will pick back up in March as part of an unusual split season. The Bulldogs have announced new regular-season dates with Bellevue, Ottawa and Grand View.
Senior outside hitter Amanda Kisker and sophomore defensive specialist Carli Smith both earned All-Nebraska volleyball honorable mention honors, the Omaha World-Herald announced Tuesday.
Standout setter Tara Callahan has earned first team All-GPAC honors for the second year in a row. She was joined with all-conference accolades by four Bulldog teammates.
Concordia volleyball placed seven representatives on the list of 2013 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, tying for the most among all NAIA institutions. The release, announced Friday by the NAIA, marks the second-straight year the program has had exactly seven scholar-athletes.
The 2017 Concordia volleyball team will look very different than the 2016 version. The Bulldogs spent this spring adjusting to life without an accomplished senior class. Head coach Scott Mattera discussed the status of the program.
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.