In representation of the Concordia Volleyball, Tara Callahan and Gabi Nordaker earned recognition on the All-Midwest Sports Net Volleyball teams, announced on Nov. 20.
Junior middle Mariah Schamp’s best season in a Bulldog uniform has landed her on the GPAC’s second team, as announced by the conference on Wednesday.
The rescheduled Concordia matchup at Hastings slated for Saturday (Nov. 21) has been canceled. The Bulldogs (12-3 GPAC) have now finished GPAC regular-season action.
Idle since Oct. 29, the Bulldogs will now wait until Nov. 21 to finish their GPAC regular-season slate. Concordia and Hastings are set to play in Hastings on Nov. 21.
There were times on Saturday night when Concordia volleyball appeared poised to pull off a stunner over No. 6 Midland in the GPAC tournament quarterfinals in Fremont, Neb. The Bulldogs outlasted the Warriors in the first set, but Midland rallied for a 26-28, 25-12, 25-21, 25-20 win over head coach Scott Mattera’s hard-charging crew. The loss completes the 2013 season for Concordia, which went 17-14 overall.
For the seventh time in her career, Tara Callahan has been named the GPAC Setter of the Week. The senior from Brady, Neb., helped the Bulldogs to two GPAC wins last week.
On Monday evening, it was determined that Concordia's match at Hastings set for Tuesday (Nov. 3) would be postponed. A makeup date is yet to be announced.
In back-to-back nights at Walz, the Bulldogs celebrated season sweeps of in-state rivals. On Thursday (Oct. 29), Doane gave Concordia a tight three-set battle. The Bulldogs are now 12-3.
Another GPAC Nebraska foe fell victim to the Bulldogs as they crisply took care of College of Saint Mary on Wednesday (Oct. 28). Concordia moved its win streak to four as the home stand continued.
Currently 5-0 this season against Nebraska GPAC foes, the Bulldogs have two more in-state rivals on the schedule. Concordia will host College of Saint Mary on Wednesday and Doane on Thursday.
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.