VB: Bulldogs 3-1 at Quality Hotel Classic. Werner, Ziegler named all-tournament

Article Body: The Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball team finished 3-1 at the Hastings College/Quality Hotel Classic in Hastings, Neb., this past weekend. The Bulldogs also played a mid-week GPAC contest against 19th ranked Doane College, falling 3-0.

In the GPAC contest the Bulldogs fell to the Tigers, 30-22, 35-33, 30-26. Concordia struggled in the opening game, hitting just .049 as a team. In the tightly contested second game, the hitting improved (.244), but for the match Concordia hit just .164, while Doane hit .208.

Senior middle blocker Katie Werner continues to finish well, hitting .400 (15 kills), and was a defensive force, finishing with four solo and three assist blocks.

After the four games at the Quality Hotel Classic, the Bulldogs are now 10-5, 1-1 GPAC on the season. Both Werner, and Kelli Ziegler were named to the all-tournament team.

Concordia opened the tournament with a 3-0 win over Central Methodist (31-29,30-37,30-21). Also on Friday the Bulldogs downed St. Xavier University 3-0 (30-26, 35-33, 33-31). St. Xavier was receiving votes in last NAIA Poll.

The only loss for Concordia at the tournament came to NAIA No. 25 Texas Brownville 3-0 (31-29, 30-25, 30-22). In the loss to Texas Brownville, Concordia hit just .124 and had a pair of players hit negative.

Concordia bounced back in the final game of the tournament, sweeping Park University (30-25,30-21,30-21). Both Werner and Dani Hoagland finished the match with double digits in kills. Werner hit .333, had 12 kills and four blocks while Hoagland had 11 kills, hit .625 and also had four blocks.

Werner had success on defense all weekend. She had 10 kills and nine blocks against Texas Brownville. Ziegler, played a well rounded game during the event finishing with 47 blocks, over 20 kills and 68 kills.

Concordia plays three matches in the next six days, including a non-conference match with Bellevue University sandwiched between a pair of GPAC matches versus Nebraska Wesleyan and Midland Lutheran.

Posted by Sports Information on 9/17/2007 6:05:00 PM

VB: Bulldogs 3-1 at Quality Hotel Classic. Werner, Ziegler named all-tournament

VB: Bulldogs 3-1 at Quality Hotel Classic. Werner, Ziegler named all-tournament

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