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Dani Hoagland and Kelsey Affolter establish offensive leadership for the Bulldogs as Concordia begins season on four-game skid.
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The Concordia University volleyball team had a rough start to the beginning of the 2008 season dropping four matches at the Northwestern College Red Raider Classic in Orange City, Iowa.
In the first match of the weekend the Bulldogs youth was overmatched as Concordia started three freshmen and two sophomores who had yet to see action in a varsity match. Mayville State took advantage besting the Bulldogs in three sets, 20-25, 11-25, 25-27. Dani Hoagland led the Bulldogs with 13 kills while Chelsea Vaudt added six assisted blocks with two solo blocks.
In match two the Bulldogs showed improvement but were still taken down in four sets by Valley City State, 21-25, 25-21, 21-25, 19-25. Kelsey Affolter led the offense with seven kills and 12 digs while Kelsey Walford added six kills and 13 digs.
"We had bright spots in each position," said head coach Rachel Miller. "We need to be more consistent. Missed serves really hurt us today and we have to be more aggressive on defense."
Day two was much of the same as the Bulldogs dropped the first match to Grand View in four sets, 25-27, 26-24, 15-25, 16-25, before dropping the last match of the weekend to Black Hills State in three sets, 25-27, 21-25, 15-25.
Next action for the Bulldogs comes Tuesday, September 2 as they travel to Hastings, Neb. to open up Great Plains Athletic Conference play against the Hastings College Broncos at 7 pm.