Freshman Emma Brand surfaced with the "best match of her career" to help lead the Concordia volleyball team to a straight-sets win over Briar Cliff inside Walz Arena on Saturday (Oct. 1) afternoon.
A Concordia team that continues to fight through injury showed guts on Wednesday (Sept. 28) despite a four-set loss at No. 4 Hastings. Tiegen Skains collected 13 kills for the Bulldogs.
With several key pieces out of action, Concordia fell to No. 9 Dordt on Saturday (Sept. 24) afternoon inside Walz Arena.
After taking the first two-hotly contested sets at 17th-ranked Doane on Wednesday, Concordia let it slip away. Tiegen Skains hit .417 for the Bulldogs.
Concordia volleyball enters this week having won nine of its last 10 matches. Now the Bulldogs face a stretch of nine of 10 contests versus ranked/receiving votes teams.
Concordia came away with two of the three weekly honors handed out by the GPAC on Tuesday (Sept. 20). Bulldog standouts Jocelyn Garcia and Alayna Kavanaugh were the award recipients.
Facing almost certain defeat, the Concordia volleyball team pulled a rabbit out of its hat on Saturday evening inside Walz Arena. The Bulldogs rallied to defeat Morningside in five sets.
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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.
With seniors Paige Getz and Tiegen Skains crushing it on the outsides, the Concordia volleyball team hit .376 and rolled to a straight-sets win on Wednesday (Sept. 14).
For the second-straight time, Jocelyn Garcia has been named the GPAC defensive player of the week. Over the weekend she surpassed 1,000 career digs.
Featured StoryNo matter the result, the Bulldogs stayed gritty throughout a 2024 season that upheld the program's lofty standards. The '24 Concordia team broke program records for winning percentage and GPAC wins in a season.
Featured StoryFive-straight trips to the final site of the NAIA National Championships has created a level of expectation that is embraced inside the Concordia huddle. The Bulldogs begin 2024 ranked No. 4 in the NAIA coaches' poll.
Featured StoryA native of Syracuse, Neb., Katie (Werner) Loveless dominated in two sports during her incredible Bulldog career. Accolades aside, Loveless remains impacted by the people she met during her Concordia experience.
Featured StoryThe 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.
Featured StoryThe 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.
Featured StoryWhile 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.
Featured StoryWhatever 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.
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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.
Featured StoryFour-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.
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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.
