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 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.