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 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.