
In making its 2024 debut, the fourth-ranked Concordia Volleyball team cruised to a straight-sets win over Lewis-Clark State. Ashley Keck took big swings and the Bulldogs held the Warriors to a .000 hitting percentage.
In making its 2024 debut, the fourth-ranked Concordia Volleyball team cruised to a straight-sets win over Lewis-Clark State. Ashley Keck took big swings and the Bulldogs held the Warriors to a .000 hitting percentage.
Five-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.
In the 2024 NAIA Women’s Volleyball Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Rating released on Aug. 14, the Bulldogs appeared at No. 4. Concordia is ranked in the preseason for the fifth-straight year.
Just 10 days after reporting to campus, the Concordia Volleyball team will open its 2024 season while hosting the annual Bulldog Bash. The Bulldogs will be joined by four other NAIA squads at the event.
A 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.
Coming off a share of the 2023 GPAC regular season championship, the Concordia University Volleyball program will enter 2024 ranked second in the GPAC by league coaches.
Following a GPAC championship season in 2023, Ben Boldt has been honored by the Omaha World-Herald as its 2023-24 Midlands College Female Coach of the Year. The team rose as high as No. 1 in the national poll.
Concordia Volleyball continues to lead the nation for consecutive AVCA Team Academic Awards. The string moved to 26 with another honor from the volleyball coaches' association for 2023-24.
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.
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.
It was another season of national prominence for Concordia Volleyball, which was led by a senior class that trusted the process throughout four years. The likes of Gabi Nordaker and Camryn Opfer helped lead the Bulldogs to a No. 4 national ranking.
It's a transcendent class that has helped Concordia Volleyball reach heights it had never before seen. Collectively, the group has set a new standard while living out the program's values: love, hard work, sacrifice and trust.
Bree Burtwistle knew her time was coming. It just took some patience and persistence before she could burst onto the scene as one of the NAIA's best setters. A transfer in her third year as a Bulldog, Burt is soaking up a 2022 season of winning with her best friends.
Three-straight NAIA top 15 finishes lead the Concordia Volleyball program into a 2022 campaign that comes with high hopes. The Bulldogs believe they are primed to take things a step farther after back-to-back national quarterfinal appearances.
Camryn Opfer has continued to make a name for herself within the community she has always called home. The Seward High School alum has a habit of playing big in big moments for a Concordia Volleyball program that has grabbed the national spotlight.
In terms of the approach and the goals of the Concordia Volleyball program, not much has changed since the 2021 season ended in the national quarterfinals. The Bulldogs grew in confidence this spring while 'leaning in' in anticipation of the 2022 campaign.
In a season that came with its share of challenges, the Bulldogs never gave up while advancing to the national quarterfinals for the second season in a row. The 2021 Bulldogs earned the program's best ever final national ranking.