22008008 BULLDOGULLDOG VVOLLEYBALLOLLEYBALL CCONCORDIAONCORDIA UUNIVERSITY,NIVERSITY, NNEBRASKAEBRASKA TAABLEBLE OOFF COONTENTSNTENTS Introduction ...... 1-11 2007 in Review ...... 31-45 Table of Contents ...... 1 Results and Statistics ...... 32-44 22008008 VOOLLEYBALLLLEYBALL QUUICKICK FAACTSCTS Athletic Department Phone Directory ...... 2 Katie Werner: 2007-08 Athlete of the Year ...... 45 2008 Team Information Media Information Outlets ...... 3 Head Coach ...... Rachel Miller Great Plains Athletic Conference ...... 4-5 2008 GPAC Opponents ...... 46-55 CU Record/Years ...... 65-39 (3 Years) HHPAC ...... 6-7 GPAC ...... 47 Asst. Coach ...... Matt Buttermore Schedule/Bulldog Mascot ...... 8-9 GPAC Composite Schedule ...... 48-55 Volleyball Offi ce Phone .(402) 643-7325 Roster/Pronunciation Guide ...... 10 2007 Overall Record ...... 21-14 Outlook/Notes ...... 11 2007 GPAC Record (Finish) ...... 8-8 (7th) Starters Returning/Lost ...... 3/4 Th e 2008 Bulldogs ...... 12-25 Letter winners Returning/Lost ...... 5/6 Heidi Zoucha ...... 13-14 Kelsey Aff olter...... 15-16 Volleyball History Dani Hoagland...... 17-18 Conference All-Time Record ...... 64-52 Debbie Kirchner/Esther Mehl ...... 19 NAIA Tournament Years ...... N/A Abby Klein/Nikki Axelson ...... 20 Last Tournament Opponent ...... N/A Lauryn Nyhoff ...... 21 Alexa Oelke ...... 22 NAIA Tournament Record ...... N/A Sally Schwarz/Chelsea Vaudt ...... 23 Facility (Capacity) .....PE Building (1,200) Valerie Schick ...... 24 2008 Newcomers ...... 25 22008008 CCONCONCOORDIARDIA Coaches and Administration ...... 26-30 Head Coach Rachel Miller ...... 27 VVOLLEYBALLOLLEYBALL Assistant Coach Matt Buttermore ...... 28 Moving Forward Volleyball Support Staff ...... 29 Philippians 3:13-14 “Forgetting Athletic Department Administration ...... 30 what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
1 CCONCORDIONCORDIA UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY AADMINISTRATIONDMINISTRATION
University Administration ...... Area Code (402) Concordia Volleyball Quick Facts President Brian Friedrich ...... 643-7364 Location ...... Seward, Neb. Population ...... 6,319 Athletic Administration Founded ...... 1894 Athletic Director: Grant Schmidt ...... 643-7328 Enrollment ...... 1,350 Assistant A.D.: Jeremy Geidel ...... 643-7347 President ...... Rev. Dr. Brian Friedrich Bulldog Athletic Offi ce ...... 643-7328 Nickname ...... Bulldogs Colors ...... Navy and White Volleyball Staff Conference ...... GPAC Head Coach: Rachel Miller ...... 643-7325 Volleyball Fax: ...... 643-3966 Sports Information SID ...... Wade Tracy Athletic Medicine Staff Offi ce Phone: ...... (402) 643-7392 Head Athletic Trainer: Randy Baack ...... 643-7420 Cell Phone: ...... (402) 310-7990 Volleyball Athletic Trainer: Aaron Madsen ...... 643-7344 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Concordia Athletic Training Room ...... 643-7457 Fax Number ...... (402) 643-3966 Orthopedics: Dr. Douglas Tewes, Dr. J.B. Ketner ...... 436-2000 Website: ...... www.cune.edu/athletics Mailing Address: ..800 N. Columbia Ave. Volleyball Support Staff ...... Seward, NE 68434-1556 Head Strength Coach: Amy Harms ...... 643-7381 Best time to reach Coach Miller: ...... 1-3 pm Academic Coordinator: Tanya Jarchow ...... 643-7377 Athletic Secretary: Bev Schluckebier ...... 643-7328 Concordia Board of Regents Rev. Dr. David Block ...... Omaha, Neb Marketing/Media Relations Dr. Paul Burger ...... Kearney, Neb. Director of Marketing: Kristy Plander...... 643-7284 Rev. Brian Friedrich ...... Seward, Neb. Sports Information Director: Wade Tracy ...... 643-7392 William Hartmann ...... Seward, Neb. PR Coordinator: Coryn Berkbigler ...... 643-7266 Dr. Vance Hinrichs ...... Lincoln, Neb. Photographer: Dan Oetting ...... 436-7423 A. William Kernen ...... Omaha, Neb. Timothy Moll ...... Seward, Neb. Dr. Frederick A. Ohlde .Hortonville, Wis. Dr. Ronald Pfeiff er ...... Memphis, Tenn. Darla Rosendahl...... Omaha, Neb. Cynthia Scheer ...... Woodland, Minn. Dr. Andrew Smith ...... Dallas, Texas Rev. Russell Sommerfeld ....Seward, Neb. Rev. Karl Ziegler ...... Bellevue, Neb. .
2 MMEDIAEDIA OUTLESOUTLES ANDAND DIRECTORYDIRECTORY
Newspapers WOWT-TV (NBC, 6 Omaha) wowt.com Associate Press ap.org 3501 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 68131 909 N. 96th, Suite 104, Omaha, NE 68114 402-233-7940 Fax: 402-346-6740 402-391-0031 Fax: 402-391-1412 [email protected] [email protected] KPTM-TV (Fox, 9 Omaha) kptm.com Lincoln Journal Star journalstar.com 4625 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 68132 926 P Street, Lincoln, NE 68508 402-554-4286 Fax: 402-554-4292 402-473-7431 Fax: 402-473-7291 [email protected] [email protected] KMTV (CBS, 3 Omaha) km3.com Omaha World-Herald omaha.com 10714 Mockingbird, Omaha, NE 68127 14th & Dodge Streets, Omaha, NE 68102 402-592-4330 Fax: 402-592-4714 402-444-1000 Fax: 402-344-3343 [email protected] [email protected] Conference Seward County Independent sewardindependent.com Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) gpacsports. 129 S. Sixth St., Seward, NE 68434 com 402-643-3676 Fax: 402-643-6774 4016 Kateri Way, Sioux City, Iowa, 51106 [email protected] 712-226.4722 Fax: 303-374-5868 [email protected] Th e Sower http://www.cune.edu/792/ 800 N. Columbia Ave., Seward, NE 68434-1556 402-643-7307 Fax: 402-643-4073 [email protected]
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Kelsey Aff olter and Matt Buttermore
3 GGREATREAT PPLAINSLAINS ATHLETICATHLETIC CONFERENCECONFERENCE
Th e Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is an affi liated conference of the Na- tional Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), consisting of 13 private, faith-based colleges and universities in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. Originally founded in 1969 as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NIAC), the league retains all six of its charter members – Concordia, Dana, Doane, Hastings, Midland Lutheran and Nebraska Wesleyan. In 1992, the NIAC added Northwestern and became the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Confer- ence. Eight years later, Dakota Wesleyan, Dordt, Mount Marty and Sioux Falls joined the confer- Corey Westra ence which became the Great Plains Athletic Commissioner 2005 GPAC Men’s Basketball Champions Conference (GPAC) in 2000-2001. Briar Cliff entered the league in 2002-2003 and Morningside became the 13th member starting with the 2003-2004 school year. Both schools are in Sioux City, Iowa. GGPACPAC STTAFFAFF DIIRECTORYRECTORY Th e GPAC sponsors 19 intercollegiate sports - nine for women and ten GPAC Council of Presidents Chair ...... Dr. Phil Dudley for men - and awards an All-Sports Trophy based on the fi nal league stand- GPAC President ...... Gerald Harnisch ings and conference meet results at the end of each school year. Wrestling has added as a sanctioned GPAC sport for 2006-2007. Th e GPAC is the only GPAC Chair of Steering Committee ...... Keith Kramme NAIA conference in the country to sponsor wrestling. GPAC Commissioner ...... Corey Westra Starting with the 2005-2006 school year the GPAC was moved to NAIA GPAC Executive Committee ...... Gerald Harnish (President) Region III for postseason competition in all sports (except football, basket- Doug Livermore (President Elect) ball, and track & fi eld). Beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, the GPAC started awarding Peggy Hart, Corey Westra (ex-offi cio) the Christopherson All-Academic Award. Th e award is a traveling trophy to GPAC Treasurer ...... Peggy Hart be presented annually to the GPAC institution with the best academic per- GPAC Eligibility Chair ...... Gerald Harnish formance by its student-athletes in all sports. Th e award is named in honor GPAC Eligibility Committee ...... Gerald Harnish of Dr. Myrvin Christopherson, who recently retired as President of Dana College. Christopherson had served as the fi rst chair of the GPAC Council of Brent Royuk Presidents. Rich Lofthus In 2000-2001 the Northwestern women and men won NAIA Division Byron Noordewier II National Basketball Championships, while the Doane women shared the GPAC Conduct and Ethics Committee Fran Hummel outdoor NAIA Track and Field title. 2001-2002 brought two NAIA titles to our league. Th e Hastings women won the NAIA Division II National Bas- Carol Hausserman ketball title, while Doane’s women won the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Ira Zeff Championship outright. In 2002-2003 the GPAC won two more National NAIA Council of Presidents Liaison ...... Mr. John Reynders Championships with the Hastings women repeating as NAIA Division II National Basketball Champions, and the Northwestern men winning the NAIA Council of FAR ...... Rich Lofthus NAIA Division II crown for the second time in three years. Th e Morning- Carol Haussermann side women’s basketball teams won the 2004 and 2005 titles in front of the hometown Sioux City fans at the Tyson Events Center. In 2006 the Hastings women’s basketball team won their third basketball title in fi ve years. Th e GPAC won six straight NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Cham- pionships from 2001 to 2006. Also, in 2006 Dana College claimed the NAIA National Wrestling Championship, while the Nebraska Wesleyan’s men’s golf team won the NCAA III National Title. In the fall of 2006 when Sioux Falls won the Football National Championship in Savannah, Tennessee. Th e Northwestern women’s basketball team recently capped a 35-2 season in winning the 2008 NAIA Division II National Championship. Th e GPAC has many individual NAIA and NCAA Division III National Champions in track and fi eld (Nebraska Wesleyan is dual member of both the NAIA and NCAA Division III). Corey Westra of Sioux City, Iowa, is the GPAC Commissioner and Infor- mation Director.
4 GGREATREAT PPLAINSLAINS ATHLETICATHLETIC CONFERENCECONFERENCE
Concordia’s GPAC Championships 2007-08 Men’s GPAC Champions Since the GPAC began its inaugural athletic season in 2000-01, Sport Champion Concordia has claimed nine regular-season championships in eight years. Football Sioux Falls Men’s Sports Cross Country Nebraska Wesleyan Soccer Hastings Sport League Titles (Years) Tournament Titles (Years)* Basketball Morningside Basketball N/A 2 (2003, 2005) Indoor Track Doane Cross Country 1 (2004) N/A Wrestling Dana Football 1 (2001) N/A Baseball Northwestern Totals 2 2 Golf Dakota Wesleyan Outdoor Track Doane Women’s Sports Tennis Sioux Falls Sport League Titles (Years) Tournament Titles (Years)* Basketball 1 (2003) 1 (2005) 2007-08 Women’s GPAC Champions Cross Country 3 (2002, 2004, 2005) N/A Softball 2 (2005, 2008) 1 (2007) Sport Champion Volleyball 1 (2000) N/A Cross Country Nebraska Wesleyan Totals 7 2 Soccer Morningside Concordia Totals 9 4 Volleyball Morningside * Th e GPAC sponsors conference tournaments in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s Basketball Morningside golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, and volleyball. Overall, the GPAC sponsors 10 men’s sports and nine Indoor Track Doane women’s sports. Golf Dakota Wesleyan GPAC Championships - All Teams - Men Outdoor Track Doane Sport BCU CNC DWU DAN DOA DOR HAS MLC MOR MMC NWU NOR USF Baseball 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Softball Concordia Basketball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 2 Tennis Nebraska Wesleyan Cross Country 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 Football 0 1 0 0 0 # 0 0 1 X 1 1 5 Golf 1 0 1 X 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 0 0 Indoor Track 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Outdoor Track 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 Soccer 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 Tennis X 0 X X 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 # 5 Wrestling 0 X 0 2 X X 0 X 0 X X 0 0 Totals 3 2 3 4 4 0 9 1 3 0 31 8 13 X-denotes school does not sponsor that sport; #-denotes school will be adding sport in 2008-09
GPAC Championships - All Teams - Women Sport BCU CNC DWU DAN DOA DOR HAS MLC MOR MMC NWU NOR USF Basketball 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 2 0 Cross Country 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Golf 0 0 5 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 Indoor Track 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Outdoor Track 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soccer 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 Softball 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 Tennis 0 0 X X 0 1 0 0 0 X 6 # 1 Volleyball 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 0 7 6 2 17 8 8 2 7 1 16 5 2 2008 GPAC Softball Regular X-denotes school does not sponsor that sport; #-denotes school will be adding sport in 2008-09 Season Champions
5 HHHPACHPAC - COMINGCOMING SOONSOON HHEALTH,EALTH, HHUMANUMAN PPERFORMANCEERFORMANCE AANDND AATHLETICTHLETIC CCENTERENTER
Concordia University, Nebraska’s new Health, Human Performance and Athletic Center is progressing quickly and once completed, it will be one of the top facilities in the GPAC and the NAIA. Th e arena portion of the facility is scheduled to open in 2009 and will become the focus of academic, athletic and other major events and activities on campus. Classrooms, labs and a training room will provide our health and human performance majors necessary equipment to pursue their studies. Offi ces for coaches, professors and support staff as well as the Hall of Fame room and other VIP spaces are included. Locker rooms and weight rooms will serve those who play in the 2,000 seat performance arena. Th e fi eld house includes a 200-meter track and a multipurpose infi eld with spaces for basketball practice courts, long/triple jump pits and pole vault, discus and shot put areas. Th e indoor track team will make good use of this dedicated space and others will enjoy space to exercise and train indoors. Th e wellness center will include a renovation of the current gym as well as an indoor pool and a fi tness center equipped with cardio machines and space for aerobics and other classes. Everyone in the community will be served by this versatile space.
6 HHHPACHPAC - COMINGCOMING SOONSOON HHEALTH,EALTH, HHUMANUMAN PPERFORMANCEERFORMANCE AANDND AATHLETICTHLETIC CCENTERENTER
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2008 Schedule 2008 Schedule Notes Regular Season • The Bulldogs again open GPAC play Date Opponent/Event Location Time TBA Alumni Match Seward, Neb. TBA against the Hastings College Broncos. Last Aug. 29-30 Red Raider Classic year the Bulldogs upset the then #9 ranked Aug. 29 Mayville State (N.D.) Orange City, Iowa 12:00 p.m. Broncos with a 3-1 victory (30-22, 30-22, Aug. 29 Valley City State (N.D.) Orange City, Iowa 4:30 p.m. 27-30, 34-32). Aug. 30 Grand View (Iowa) Orange City, Iowa 9:00 a.m. • Concordia will take part in three tourna- Aug. 30 Black Hills State (S.D.) Orange City, Iowa 1:00 p.m. Sept. 2 Hastings College* Hastings, Neb. 6/7:30 p.m. ments in 2008. In 2007 the Bulldogs played Sept. 9 College of St. Mary Omaha, Neb. 7:30 p.m. in four tournaments: the Cavalier Invitation- Sept. 12-13 Bronco Invitational al, the Graceland “Pizza Shack” Invitational, Sept. 12 vs. College of the Ozarks (Mo.) Hastings, Neb. 4:00 p.m. The Hastings Bronco Invitational, and the Sept. 12 vs. College of St. Mary Hastings, Neb. 8:00 p.m. St. Ambrose Fall Classic. Sept. 13 vs. Park University (Mo.) Hastings, Neb. 12:00 p.m. • The Bulldogs racked up a 12-4 record in Sept. 13 vs. Oklahoma Baptist University Hastings, Neb. 4:00 p.m. Sept. 17 Doane College* Seward, Neb. 6/7:30 p.m. their four tournament appearances in 2007. Sept. 19 York College Seward, Neb. 7:00 p.m. • Six teams on the Bulldogs 2008 schedule Sept. 23 Nebraska Wesleyan University* Seward, Neb. 6/7:30 p.m. fi nished the 2007 in the fi nal NAIA rankings: Sept. 26-27 Bellevue University Tournament Columbia (Mo.) - 6 Sept. 26 vs. Columbia (Mo.) Bellevue, Neb. 11:15 a.m. Morningside (Iowa) - 15 Sept. 26 vs. Bellevue Bellevue, Neb. 8:00 p.m. Sept. 27 vs. Kansas Wesleyan Bellevue, Neb. 6:00 p.m. Northwestern (Iowa) - 17 Sept. 30 Midland Lutheran College* Fremont, Neb. 7:30 p.m. Dordt (Iowa) - 19 Oct. 3 Northwestern College* Orange City, Iowa 6/7:30 p.m. Hastings (Neb.) - RV Oct. 4 Mount Marty College* Yankton, S.D. 1:30/3 p.m. Bellevue (Neb.) - RV Oct. 8 Dana College* Seward, Neb. 6/7:30 p.m. • Concordia again has a home contest on Oct. 11 Dordt College* Seward, Neb. 1:30/3 p.m. Oct. 15 Doane College* Crete, Neb. 6/7:30 p.m. Halloween. The last home match on Oct. 31 Oct. 21 Nebraska Wesleyan Univ.* Lincoln, Neb. 6/7:30 p.m. was in 2006, a 3-0 loss to Hastings College. Oct. 24 Dakota Wesleyan Univ.* Mitchell, S.D.. 6/7:30 p.m. • The NAIA National Tournament begins Oct. 25 University of Sioux Falls* Sioux Falls, S.D. 1:30/3 p.m. a two year stay in Sioux City, Iowa in 2008 Oct. 28 Hastings College* Seward, Neb. 6/7:30 p.m. and will complete its run in the spring of Oct. 31 Briar Cliff University* Seward, Neb. 6/7:30 p.m. 2009. Nov. 1 Morningside College* Seward, Neb. 6/7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 Midland Lutheran College* Seward, Neb. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6,8,12,15 GPAC Tournament Highest Seed TBA Dec. 3-6 NAIA National Tournament Sioux City, Iowa TBA *Denotes GPAC games Home Contests In Bold All Dates and times subject to change; all times listed are central; Majority of Concordia matches can be heard on the Concordia Sports Network
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Boogie the Bulldog Regular-Season Travel Plans at Northwestern Red Raider Classic Aug. 29-30 In 2008-09 Concordia will welcome two furry ad- Depart: 8/29 Return: 8/30 ditions to the Athletic Department family. Boogie Hotel: Dutch Colony Inn and Gracie the Bulldogs will make thier debut as the 706 8th Street South East offi cial mascots for Concordia sports. Th ey carry the Orange City, IA 51041 tradition from many years ago when the Concordia (712) 737-3490 Teachers College had CONTECO the Bulldogs as the face of Concordia Athletics. Both Bulldogs are from the Stimson Bulldogs located in Clarinda, Iowa. Boo- at Hastings Bronco Invitational Sept. 12-13 gie is owned by sports information director Wade Depart: 9/12 Return: 9/13 Tracy, while Gracie is owned by website Hotel: Quality Hotel administrator and lead editor Dan Oetting. 2205 Osborne Drive East Hastings, NE 68901 (402) 436-6721 at Northwestern/Mt. Mary Oct. 3-4 Depart: 10/3 Return: 10/4 Hotel: Super 8 810 Lincoln Place Orange City, IA 51041 (712) 737-2600 at Dakota Wesleyan/Sioux Falls Oct. 24-25 Depart: 10/24 Return: 10/25 Hotel: Comfort Inn South 3216 S Carolyn Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57106 (605) 361-2822
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Numerical Roster Roster Breakdown No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Hannah Sikkenga S 5-6 Fr. Montogomery, Texas (Montgomery) By State 2 Esther Mehl DS 5-5 So. Concordia, Mo. (St. Paul Lutheran) • Colorado (2): Nicki Axelson, 3 Nicki Axelson DS 5-6 So. Th ornton, Colo. (Denver Lutheran) Kelsey Walford 4 Marlee Denton MB 6-0 Fr. Fremont, Neb. (Fremont) • Iowa (1): Debbie Kirchner 5 Kelsey Walford OH 5-10 Fr. Colo. Springs, Colo. (Manitou Springs) • Missouri (2): Esther Mehl, Sally 6 Sally Schwarz DS 5-4 So. Ballwin, Mo. (Parkway West) Schwarz 7 Megan Billos OH 5-9 Fr. McAlester, Okla. (McAlester) 8 Karissa Weinrich S 5-6 Fr. Fremont, Neb. (Fremont) • Montana (2): Ashlea Vaudt, 9 Heidi Zoucha RS 5-10 Sr. Columbus, Neb. (Central CC) Chelsea Vaudt 10 Kaylie Mellema S 5-11 Fr. Axtell, Neb. (Axtell Community) • Nebraska (9): Marlee Denton, 11 Dani Hoagland MB 6-0 Jr. Rushville, Neb. (Gordon-Rushville) Dani Hoagland, Kaylie Mellema, 12 Kelsey Aff olter OH 5-11 Jr. Dickinson, Texas (Santa Fe) Lauryn Nyhoff , Valerie Schick, 13 Alexa Oelke OH 5-11 So. Dalhart, Texas (Dalhart) 14 Valerie Schick OH/RS 5-11 So. Meadow Grove, Neb. (Lutheran High NE) Karissa Weinrich, Heidi Zoucha, 15 Chelsea Vaudt MB 6-0 So. Kalispell, Mont. (Flathead) Kirsten Kohlwey 16 Abby Klein RS 5-6 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Dallas Lutheran) • Oklahoma (1): Megan Billos 17 Kirsten Kohlwey DS 5-6 Fr. Seward, Neb. (Seward) • Texas (4): Kelsey Aff olter, Abby 18 Ashlea Vaudt MB/RS 5-11 Fr. Kalispell, Mont. (Flathead) Klein, Alexa Oelke, Hannah Sikkenga 19 Morgan Hohbein MB/RS 5-10 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Lutheran) 21 Lauryn Nyhoff OH/RS 5-10 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Lutheran) 24 Debbie Kirchner S 5-9 So. Clarinda, Iowa (Clarinda) By Class • Senior (1): Heidi Zoucha Alphabetical Roster • Junior (2): Dani Hoagland, Kelsey No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Aff olter 12 Kelsey Aff olter OH 5-11 Jr. Dickinson, Texas (Santa Fe) • Sophomore (8): Lauryn Nyhoff , 3 Nicki Axelson DS 5-6 So. Th ornton, Colo. (Denver Lutheran) 7 Megan Billos OH 5-9 Fr. McAlester, Okla. (McAlester) Debbie Kirchner, Esther Mehl, Sally 4 Marlee Denton MB 6-0 Fr. Fremont, Neb. (Fremont) Schwarz, Chelsea Vaudt, Valerie 11 Dani Hoagland MB 6-0 Jr. Rushville, Neb. (Gordon-Rushville) Schick, Alexa Oelke, Nicki Axelson 24 Debbie Kirchner S 5-9 So. Clarinda, Iowa (Clarinda) • Freshmen (10): Abby Klein, 16 Abby Klein RS 5-6 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Dallas Lutheran) Kelsey Walford, Ashlea Vaudt, 2 Esther Mehl DS 5-5 So. Concordia, Mo. (St. Paul Lutheran) 10 Kaylie Mellema S 5-11 Fr. Axtell, Neb. (Axtell Community) Marlee Denton, Kaylie Mellema, 21 Lauryn Nyhoff OH/RS 5-10 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Lutheran) Karissa Weinrich, Megan Billos, 13 Alexa Oelke OH 5-11 So. Dalhart, Texas (Dalhart) Hannah Sikkenga, Morgan Hohbein, 14 Valerie Schick OH/RS 5-11 So. Meadow Grove, Neb. (Lutheran High NE) Kirsten Kohlwey 6 Sally Schwarz DS 5-4 So. Ballwin, Mo. (Parkway West) 1 Hannah Sikkenga S 5-6 Fr. Montogomery, Texas (Montgomery) 18 Ashlea Vaudt MB/RS 5-11 Fr. Kalispell, Mont. (Flathead) Pronunciation Guide 15 Chelsea Vaudt MB 6-0 So. Kalispell, Mont. (Flathead) Name Pronunciation 5 Kelsey Walford OH 5-10 Fr. Colo. Springs, Colo. (Manitou Springs) Sikkenga Sick-eng 8 Karissa Weinrich S 5-6 Fr. Fremont, Neb. (Fremont) Mehl Sounds like Mail 9 Heidi Zoucha RS 5-10 Sr. Columbus, Neb. (Central CC) Billos Bill-os Coaching Staff Weinrich Wine-rick Head Coach: Rachel Miller, Fourth Year (Concordia, 2003) Zoucha Zoo-ha CU Record: 65-39 (Th ree Years) Mellema Mell-em-a Assistant Coaches: Matt Buttermore, Second Year (University of Findlay, 2004) Oelke Okey(like Okey-dokey) Shanelle Cotton, FIrst Year Vaudt Pronoucned like devout Ashlea (Vaudt) Ashley Aff olter Af-olter
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Th e 2008 Concordia University volleyball team will be trying to overcome the loss of several key players for the 2007 team but have plenty of returners and talented young newcomers to keep the string of 20 win seasons alive. Returning for the Bulldogs are two, three year starters including 2007 GPAC honorable mention selection Dani Hoagland and Kelsey Aff olter as well as the lone senior on the squad Heidi Zoucha.
Th e Bulldogs main hole to fi ll in the 2008 season will be at the setter position. With three freshmen and one sophomore on the roster as setters the Bulldogs will need to rely on one of them to take charge in that role. Debbie Kirchner, a sophomore out of Clarinda, Iowa has the blood line to be a standout as the younger sister of head coach Rachel Miller and will battle with Kaylie Mellema, Karissa Weinrich and Hannah Sikkenga for playing time. Mellema’s height and experience could place her a step ahead of the other freshman.
“Kaylie’s height in the setting position makes running a 5-1 off ense a legit possibility,” said Miller. “Another thing Kaylie brings is her experience of having played a number of the positions on the court.”
Th e Bulldogs must replace their leader in kills for the past two seasons, middle blocker Katie Werner, a fi rst-team All-GPAC pick in 2006 and 2007. Ready to fi ll the hold of Werner’s absence are the Bulldogs most experienced returner: Dani Hoagland. Hoagland is the lone member of the 2008 Bulldogs that garnered honors from the GPAC during the 2007 season as an honorable mention. Freshman Marlee Denton could push for playing time as well in 2008.
Th e Bulldogs most explosive group of returning players is at the outside hitter position. At the end of the 2007 season Alexa Oelke moved into the starting lineup. Senior Heidi Zoucha who will compete with sophomore Lauryn Nyhoff who saw signifi cant action in 2007 and freshman Kelsey Walford for playing time at the other outside hitter position.
Defensively the Bulldogs will be relatively inexperienced as Nicki Axelson (Injured in 2007) and Kirsten Kohlwey (Freshman) battle for playing time as the libero.
In the conference race the Bulldogs were picked to fi nish eighth according to the 2008 GPAC preseason coaches poll. North- western (Iowa) was tabbed to win the conference with Morningside and Hastings also receiving fi rst place votes.
“Year after year the GPAC is tough, and it is no diff erent this year,” Miller said. “I believe that we can compete for one of the top six spots in the conference.”
Concordia should see a host of talented teams during tournaments early in the season. Th e Bulldogs will compete in three diff er- ent tournaments, the Red Raider Classic in Orange City, Iowa, the Bronco Invitational in Hastings, Neb., and the Bellevue University Tournament in Bellevue, Neb.
Th e Bulldogs open the season with Mayville State, before taking on Valley City State, Grand View State, and Black Hills State all in one weekend at the Red Raider Classic August 29-30.
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2008 Concordia University Volleyball HHEIDIEIDI ZOUCHAZOUCHA #9#9 55-10-10 S SENIORENIOR R RIGHTIGHT SSIDEIDE C COLUMBUS,OLUMBUS, NNEB.(COLUMBUS/CENTRALEB.(COLUMBUS/CENTRAL CCC)C)
2007: Junior Played in all 35 matches, had 186 kills, averaging 1.46 kills per game. Also had 60 assists, 84 digs, and 65 blocks.
2006: Sophomore (Central CC) Played in all 47 matches as a co-captain, had 447 kills, averaging 3.15 kills per game with a .282 effi ciency. Also had 94 blocks, 140 digs, and 75 assists as the full time starter on the right side for the Raiders. Central fi nished the sea- son with the NCCAC title as well as the Region IX title as well as fi nishing in the fi nal 11 at the NJCAA National Tournament. She was selected to the NCCAC and Region IX team as well as being selected to the Region IX All-Tournament team. Also earned academic honors through the NCCAC and Region IX as well as being named an NJCAA Academic All-American. Was awarded the Raider Spirit Award and Sertoma Athlete of the Year. About Heidi 2005: Freshman (Central CC) Parents: Kenny and Joanie Zoucha Played in all 41 matches, had 337 kills for an average of 2.61 kills per Place of Birth: Columbus, Neb. game as the full time right side hitter for the Raiders who went on to capture Major: Pre-Vetinary the NCCAC and Region IX title. Central fi nished in the fi nal eight at the NJ- CAA National Tournament after losing a four game match to eventual national champion Johnson County. She was selected to the All-NCCAC team and was Honors & Awards an Academic All-NCCAC and Region IX selection. 2006 NCCAC First Team 2006 Region IX First Team High School Was a two year starter, three year letter winner, and senior captain for the Discoverers. Also was a two year letter winner in basketball for a team that made the Nebraska Class A state tournament four years in a row. Also was a three year letter winner and two year captain in soccer for a Columbus team that fi nished as the state runner-up.
Personal Born July 30, 1987...has one sibling…enjoys bowling, wakeboarding and camping…chose to attend Concordia because of the volleyball program.
1133 Career Highs • Kills: 11 vs. Nebraska Wesleyan, 9/11/07 • Attack Percent: .562 (10-1-16) vs. St. Ambrose, 10/12/07 • Assists: 5 vs. Doane, 10/10/07 • Blocks: 4 vs. Univ. of Texas-Brownville, 9/15/07 • Digs: 8 vs. MSU-Northern, 9/1/07 • Total Attemps: 27 (11-5-27) vs. Nebraska Wesleyan, 9/19/07
2007 Match-by-Match Totals Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A TA Pct SA SE TA Pct RE TA Pct DIG BS BA BE Total
Aug 29, 2007 HASTINGS COLLEGE...... 4 6 3 23 .130 0 4 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 4 1.000 1 1 0 0 1.0 Sep 1, 2007 vs Southern-Oregon..... 5 4 3 13 .077 2 2 1.000 0 1 14 .929 0 2 1.000 4 0 0 0 0.0 08/31/07 at Concordia...... 5 1 4 17 -.176 1 8 .125 0 0 0 .000 1 11 .909 5 0 2 1 2.0 09/01/07 vs Lewis-Clark State... 3 2 2 11 .000 2 10 .200 0 0 0 .000 0 8 1.000 5 0 0 0 0.0 09/01/07 vs MSU-Northern...... 4 8 3 9 .556 5 11 .455 0 0 0 .000 0 6 1.000 8 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 05, 2007 COLLEGE OF ST. MARY.... 5 5 2 20 .150 2 10 .200 0 0 0 .000 1 12 .917 6 0 3 0 3.0 Sep 07, 2007 vs Indiana Wesleyan.... 5 5 4 9 .111 3 11 .273 0 0 0 .000 0 5 1.000 3 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 07, 2007 vs Culver-Stockton..... 3 7 1 16 .375 3 6 .500 0 0 0 .000 0 13 1.000 5 0 2 0 2.0 Sep 08, 2007 at Graceland University 3 4 6 16 -.125 0 4 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 11 .909 3 0 3 0 3.0 Sep 08, 2007 vs Olivet Nazarene..... 3 5 1 9 .444 2 6 .333 0 0 0 .000 0 9 1.000 2 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 11, 2007 at Doane College Tigers 3 6 1 13 .385 3 6 .500 0 0 0 .000 0 5 1.000 0 0 1 0 1.0 Sep 14, 2007 vs Central Methodist... 3 5 3 15 .133 0 9 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 7 .714 2 0 1 0 1.0 Sep 14, 2007 vs St. Xavier Univ..... 3 3 2 11 .091 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 5 1.000 5 0 1 0 1.0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Univ. Texas-Brownvil 3 3 2 10 .100 0 3 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 3 0 4.0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Park University..... 3 7 2 15 .333 4 5 .800 0 0 0 .000 1 3 .667 0 0 1 0 1.0 Sep 19, 2007 at Nebraska Wesleyan... 5 11 5 27 .222 1 13 .077 0 0 0 .000 0 4 1.000 5 0 2 1 2.0 Sep 21, 2007 at Bellevue University. 5 4 4 18 .000 2 8 .250 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1.000 7 1 3 0 4.0 Sep 25, 2007 MIDLAND LUTHERAN...... 3 5 3 18 .111 2 3 .667 0 0 0 .000 0 4 1.000 2 0 4 0 4.0 Sep 28, 2007 NORTHWESTERN (IA)...... 4 4 8 20 -.200 1 7 .143 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 1 2 0 3.0 Sep 29, 2007 MOUNT MARTY COLLEGE.... 3 6 3 14 .214 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 4 1.000 0 0 1 0 1.0 Oct 03, 2007 at Dana College...... 4 10 0 18 .556 2 10 .200 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1.000 3 0 2 0 2.0 Oct 06, 2007 at Dordt College...... 3 4 0 8 .500 1 7 .143 0 0 0 .000 0 4 1.000 1 0 0 0 0.0 Oct 10, 2007 DOANE COLLEGE TIGERS... 5 7 5 24 .083 5 8 .625 0 0 0 .000 0 2 1.000 2 0 4 0 4.0 Oct 12, 2007 vs Cardinal Stritch.... 4 6 4 22 .091 1 4 .250 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 0 3 0 3.0 Oct 12, 2007 at St. Ambrose...... 3 10 1 16 .562 3 10 .300 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 2.0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Univ. of Dubuque.... 3 6 2 11 .364 3 6 .500 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 2.0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Calumet St. Joseph.. 2 4 0 6 .667 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 2.0 Oct 16, 2007 NEBRASKA WESLEYAN...... 5 3 4 19 -.053 5 10 .500 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 3.0 Oct 19, 2007 DAKOTA WESLEYAN...... 3 7 9 13 -.154 1 3 .333 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 1.0 Oct 20, 2007 UNIV. OF SIOUX FALLS... 4 10 3 20 .350 0 7 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 3 0 3.0 Oct 23, 2007 at Hastings College.... 3 3 3 16 .000 2 4 .500 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 2 0 3.0 Oct 26, 2007 at Briar Cliff...... 3 5 0 12 .417 0 3 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 3 1.000 1 0 1 0 1.0 Oct 27, 2007 at Morningside College. 3 4 3 17 .059 1 6 .167 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1.000 2 0 1 0 1.0 Oct 31, 2007 at Midland Lutheran.... 4 4 8 17 -.235 1 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 4 0 4.0 Nov 03, 2007 at Northwestern (IA)... 3 2 2 10 .000 1 6 .167 0 0 0 .000 0 3 1.000 3 1 0 0 1.0
Totals...... 127 186 106 533 .150 60 212 .283 0 1 14 .929 6 128 .953 84 8 57 2 65.0 1144 KKELSEYELSEY AFFOLTERAFFOLTER #12#12 55-11-11 JUNIORJUNIOR OUTSIDEOUTSIDE HHITTERITTER D DICKINSON,ICKINSON, TTEXASEXAS ((SANTESANTE FFE)E)
2007: Sophomore Played in all 35 matches, had 292 kills, averaging 2.30 kills per game. Also had 222 digs, and 52 blocks. Made the move from middle blocker to outside hitter
2006: Freshman Played in all 34 matches, had 180 kills, averaging 1.53 kills per game. Was second on the team in blocks with 76.
High School She was a three year letter winner and starter for the Indians. She was team captain her senior year. Her sophomore year she won the newcomer of the year award. During both her junior and senior seasons she was named fi rst team All-District, fi rst team All-County, and team MVP. Also at the conclusion of her senior year she received the Dana Marabella Scholarship. She was also a three year letter winner for basketball. About Kelsey Full name: Kelsey Lynn Aff olter Personal Parents: Kenneth and Lynn Aff olter Born August 4, 1988...has two siblings…enjoys hunting, fi shing, shopping, going Place of Birth: Webster, Texas to the beach, and relaxing…chose to attend Concordia because of the Volleyball Major: Biology program
1155 Career Highs • Kills: 18 vs. Indiana Wesleyan, 9/7/07 • Attack Percent: .524 (11-0-21) vs. Doane, 9/9/06 • Assists: 2 vs. Nebraska Wesleyan, 10/16/07 • Blocks: 9 vs. Benedictine College, 9/16/06 • Digs: 13 vs. Midland, 10/31/07 • Total Attemps: 46 (18-5-46) vs. Indiana Wesleyan, 9/7/07
2007 Match-by-Match Totals Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A TA Pct SA SE TA Pct RE TA Pct DIG BS BA BE Total
Aug 29, 2007 HASTINGS COLLEGE...... 4 11 5 37 .162 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 6 1.000 3 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 1, 2007 vs Southern-Oregon..... 5 12 5 28 .250 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 3 1.000 4 0 0 0 0.0 08/31/07 at Concordia...... 5 13 4 42 .214 0 3 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 4 1.000 5 0 1 1 1.0 09/01/07 vs Lewis-Clark State... 3 11 5 36 .167 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 2 1.000 5 0 2 1 2.0 09/01/07 vs MSU-Northern...... 4 13 5 26 .308 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 8 .750 4 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 05, 2007 COLLEGE OF ST. MARY.... 5 15 3 40 .300 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 7 1.000 10 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 07, 2007 vs Indiana Wesleyan.... 5 18 5 46 .283 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 12 2 2 0 4.0 Sep 07, 2007 vs Culver-Stockton..... 3 10 7 25 .120 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 25 1.000 6 1 1 0 2.0 Sep 08, 2007 at Graceland University 3 8 5 17 .176 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 7 .857 7 1 2 0 3.0 Sep 08, 2007 vs Olivet Nazarene..... 3 7 5 23 .087 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 14 1.000 3 0 2 0 2.0 Sep 11, 2007 at Doane College Tigers 3 7 7 32 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 9 .889 7 0 2 0 2.0 Sep 14, 2007 vs Central Methodist... 3 3 3 17 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 3 1.000 3 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 14, 2007 vs St. Xavier Univ..... 3 9 6 36 .083 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 10 1.000 7 0 1 0 1.0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Univ. Texas-Brownvil 3 1 5 15 -.267 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 .000 3 12 .750 15 0 2 0 2.0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Park University..... 3 6 2 17 .235 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 6 1.000 5 0 0 1 0.0 Sep 19, 2007 at Nebraska Wesleyan... 5 11 6 43 .116 1 2 .500 0 0 0 .000 0 6 1.000 15 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 21, 2007 at Bellevue University. 5 9 8 41 .024 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 14 .929 5 1 4 0 5.0 Sep 25, 2007 MIDLAND LUTHERAN...... 3 6 7 33 -.030 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 8 .875 5 0 1 0 1.0 Sep 28, 2007 NORTHWESTERN (IA)...... 4 8 9 30 -.033 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 18 .889 3 0 2 0 2.0 Sep 29, 2007 MOUNT MARTY COLLEGE.... 3 9 2 16 .438 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 1.0 Oct 03, 2007 at Dana College...... 4 9 5 28 .143 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 6 1.000 5 0 2 0 2.0 Oct 06, 2007 at Dordt College...... 3 6 5 26 .038 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 9 .778 4 1 0 0 1.0 Oct 10, 2007 DOANE COLLEGE TIGERS... 5 7 7 27 .000 0 3 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 22 1.000 7 0 1 0 1.0 Oct 12, 2007 vs Cardinal Stritch.... 4 13 6 38 .184 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1.000 1 20 .950 9 0 2 0 2.0 Oct 12, 2007 at St. Ambrose...... 3 10 3 32 .219 0 0 .000 0 2 13 .846 1 13 .923 9 0 0 0 0.0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Univ. of Dubuque.... 3 9 5 21 .190 0 0 .000 2 3 12 .750 2 9 .778 8 2 1 0 3.0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Calumet St. Joseph.. 2 5 2 13 .231 0 0 .000 1 2 12 .833 0 6 1.000 2 0 1 0 1.0 Oct 16, 2007 NEBRASKA WESLEYAN...... 5 9 7 39 .051 2 5 .400 2 4 21 .810 1 30 .967 12 0 2 0 2.0 Oct 19, 2007 DAKOTA WESLEYAN...... 3 5 2 16 .188 1 1 1.000 2 3 18 .833 4 18 .778 3 1 1 0 2.0 Oct 20, 2007 UNIV. OF SIOUX FALLS... 4 5 10 30 -.167 0 0 .000 0 3 9 .667 2 14 .857 5 0 1 0 1.0 Oct 23, 2007 at Hastings College.... 3 5 5 25 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 8 .625 1 18 .944 4 0 2 0 2.0 Oct 26, 2007 at Briar Cliff...... 3 4 8 26 -.154 0 0 .000 1 1 12 .917 2 17 .882 5 0 1 0 1.0 Oct 27, 2007 at Morningside College. 3 4 2 19 .105 2 6 .333 1 2 10 .800 3 22 .864 7 0 1 1 1.0 Oct 31, 2007 at Midland Lutheran.... 4 8 3 37 .135 0 0 .000 0 2 0 .000 3 0 .000 13 1 3 0 4.0 Nov 03, 2007 at Northwestern (IA)... 3 6 1 17 .294 0 0 .000 0 3 10 .700 1 19 .947 4 0 1 0 1.0
Totals...... 127 292 175 994 .118 8 30 .267 9 28 126 .778 35 387 .910 222 10 42 4 52.0 1166 DDANIANI HOAGLANDHOAGLAND #11#11 66-0-0 JUNIORJUNIOR MIDDLEMIDDLE BBLOCKERLOCKER R RUSHVILLE,USHVILLE, NNEB.EB. ((GORDON-RUSHVILLE)GORDON-RUSHVILLE)
2007: Sophomore Played in all 35 matches had 229 kills, averaging 1.80 kills per game. Also had 60 digs, and 36 blocks. Also established herself as a polished server with 34 aces on the season.
2006: Freshman Played in all 34 matches, had 100 kills and 40 assists. Th ird on the team in blocks with 67.
High School She was a four year letter winner and starter for the Mustangs. She was team captin her Senior year. She also was a four year letter winner and two time captin for the basketball team and was a four year state qualifi er for track. She was named Valedictorian in 2006. About Dani Personal: Full name: Danielle Jo Hoagland Born December 22, 1987...has two siblings…enjoys reading, shopping, and Parents: Gary and Angie Hoagland spending time with friends and family…chose to attend Concordia because of Place of Birth: Gordon, Neb. the friendly Christian atmosphere and the academic program. Major: Biology
Honors & Awards Honorable Mention All-GPAC 2007 Bulldog AOW: Oct. 16, 2007
17 Career Highs • Kills: 13 vs. Nebraska Wesleyan, 10/16/07 • Attack Percent: .625 (11-1-16) vs. Park University, 9/15/07 • Assists: 4 vs. Friends University, 9/15/06 • Blocks: 9 vs. Bellevue University, 9/21/07 • Digs: 4 Multiple Games • Total Attemps: 35 (13-5-35) vs. Nebraska Wesleyan, 10/16/07
2007 Match-by-Match Totals Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A TA Pct SA SE TA Pct RE TA Pct DIG BS BA BE Total
Aug 29, 2007 HASTINGS COLLEGE...... 4 3 5 14 -.143 0 0 .000 1 3 16 .812 0 3 1.000 4 3 1 0 4.0 Sep 1, 2007 vs Southern-Oregon..... 5 4 1 23 .130 0 0 .000 0 1 14 .929 1 9 .889 4 3 0 0 3.0 08/31/07 at Concordia...... 5 10 4 28 .214 0 1 .000 0 0 12 1.000 0 4 1.000 0 2 2 1 4.0 09/01/07 vs Lewis-Clark State... 3 9 1 28 .286 0 2 .000 2 0 11 1.000 0 3 1.000 3 1 2 1 3.0 09/01/07 vs MSU-Northern...... 4 5 0 17 .294 0 1 .000 2 1 14 .929 0 2 1.000 4 0 1 0 1.0 Sep 05, 2007 COLLEGE OF ST. MARY.... 5 7 1 21 .286 0 0 .000 1 2 20 .900 1 4 .750 5 1 7 0 8.0 Sep 07, 2007 vs Indiana Wesleyan.... 5 1 3 11 -.182 0 0 .000 3 0 15 1.000 2 11 .818 1 1 1 0 2.0 Sep 07, 2007 vs Culver-Stockton..... 3 5 0 10 .500 0 1 .000 2 2 15 .867 0 2 1.000 1 0 1 1 1.0 Sep 08, 2007 at Graceland University 3 3 2 12 .083 0 0 .000 4 1 21 .952 0 3 1.000 2 1 0 0 1.0 Sep 08, 2007 vs Olivet Nazarene..... 3 2 5 14 -.214 0 0 .000 1 1 9 .889 0 3 1.000 1 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 11, 2007 at Doane College Tigers 3 6 2 15 .267 0 0 .000 0 0 13 1.000 0 2 1.000 3 1 4 0 5.0 Sep 14, 2007 vs Central Methodist... 3 3 1 14 .143 0 0 .000 0 1 10 .900 1 4 .750 1 2 1 0 3.0 Sep 14, 2007 vs St. Xavier Univ..... 3 9 2 17 .412 0 0 .000 0 2 13 .846 1 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Univ. Texas-Brownvil 3 4 2 8 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 9 1.000 1 3 .667 1 0 4 0 4.0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Park University..... 3 11 1 16 .625 0 0 .000 2 1 12 .917 0 2 1.000 1 1 3 0 4.0 Sep 19, 2007 at Nebraska Wesleyan... 5 10 3 28 .250 1 2 .500 5 0 21 1.000 1 3 .667 2 0 2 0 2.0 Sep 21, 2007 at Bellevue University. 5 3 3 20 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 10 1.000 0 1 1.000 1 3 6 0 9.0 Sep 25, 2007 MIDLAND LUTHERAN...... 3 2 4 13 -.154 0 0 .000 1 2 16 .875 0 0 .000 4 3 5 0 8.0 Sep 28, 2007 NORTHWESTERN (IA)...... 4 9 3 21 .286 0 0 .000 0 2 11 .818 0 3 1.000 3 3 2 0 5.0 Sep 29, 2007 MOUNT MARTY COLLEGE.... 3 5 3 12 .167 0 0 .000 1 1 16 .938 0 1 1.000 0 0 3 0 3.0 Oct 03, 2007 at Dana College...... 4 10 4 20 .300 0 0 .000 2 1 16 .938 0 0 .000 0 1 4 0 5.0 Oct 06, 2007 at Dordt College...... 3 4 2 23 .087 0 1 .000 0 1 8 .875 0 1 1.000 2 0 1 0 1.0 Oct 10, 2007 DOANE COLLEGE TIGERS... 5 10 6 26 .154 0 0 .000 0 1 14 .929 0 0 .000 2 1 3 0 4.0 Oct 12, 2007 vs Cardinal Stritch.... 4 8 3 25 .200 0 0 .000 0 1 12 .917 0 0 .000 2 1 2 0 3.0 Oct 12, 2007 at St. Ambrose...... 3 5 1 21 .190 0 0 .000 2 0 20 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 4 0 4.0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Univ. of Dubuque.... 3 9 0 24 .375 0 0 .000 1 0 8 1.000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0 3.0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Calumet St. Joseph.. 2 5 1 9 .444 0 0 .000 0 0 11 1.000 0 0 .000 2 1 1 0 2.0 Oct 16, 2007 NEBRASKA WESLEYAN...... 5 13 5 35 .229 0 2 .000 1 1 21 .952 0 0 .000 2 2 1 0 3.0 Oct 19, 2007 DAKOTA WESLEYAN...... 3 11 2 20 .450 0 0 .000 0 2 12 .833 0 0 .000 2 0 1 0 1.0 Oct 20, 2007 UNIV. OF SIOUX FALLS... 4 9 5 31 .129 0 2 .000 1 0 14 1.000 0 0 .000 1 0 4 0 4.0 Oct 23, 2007 at Hastings College.... 3 6 4 17 .118 0 0 .000 0 0 4 1.000 0 0 .000 0 3 1 0 4.0 Oct 26, 2007 at Briar Cliff...... 3 8 2 26 .231 0 1 .000 0 1 6 .833 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 3.0 Oct 27, 2007 at Morningside College. 3 10 2 20 .400 0 1 .000 0 2 11 .818 0 0 .000 0 0 2 2 2.0 Oct 31, 2007 at Midland Lutheran.... 4 7 3 19 .211 0 0 .000 0 2 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 5 0 6.0 Nov 03, 2007 at Northwestern (IA)... 3 3 4 12 -.083 0 0 .000 1 1 10 .900 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1 1.0
Totals...... 127 229 90 670 .207 1 15 .067 34 33 445 .926 8 65 .877 60 36 80 6 116.0 1188 DDEBBIEEBBIE KIRCHNERKIRCHNER #24#24 55-9-9 SOPHOMORESOPHOMORE SETTERSETTER CLARINDA,CLARINDA, IOWAIOWA ((CLARINDA)CLARINDA)
2007: Freshman Played mostly on the JV team
High School She was a two year letter winner and senior starter for the Cardinals. She was also a three year letter winner for basketball. She member of the honor roll and earned an academic letter.
Personal Born August 14, 1989...has fi ve siblings…enjoys volleyball, basketball and horse riding…chose to attend Concordia because of the volleyball pro- gram and the campus environment.
About Debbie Full name: Deborah Elaine Kirchner Parents: Serle and Sharon Kirchner Place of Birth: Clarinda, Iowa Major: Business EESTHERSTHER MEHLMEHL # #22 55-5-5 SOPHOMORESOPHOMORE DDEFENSIVEEFENSIVE SSPECIALISTPECIALIST CCONCORDIA,ONCORDIA, MO.MO. ((ST.ST. PAULPAUL LUTHERAN)LUTHERAN)
2007: Freshman Primarily saw action on the JV squad
High School Was a four year starter and letter winner for the Saints. As a senior was named All-State, All-Region, All-District, and All-Conference. A two time all district and 1-70 conference selection. Also was a four year letter winner in softball as well as a three year letter winner in track.
Personal Born January 18, 1989....has three siblings…enjoys volleyball and softball… chose to attend Concordia because of the volleyball program and because it felt like home.
About Esther Full name: Esther Olivia Mehl Parents: Paul and Luci Mehl Place of Birth: Wattertown, S.D. Major: Pre-Nursing
1199 AABBYBBY KLEINKLEIN #16#16 55-6-6 FRESHMANFRESHMAN RIGHTRIGHT SIDESIDE DALLAS,DALLAS, TTEXASEXAS (DALLAS(DALLAS LLUTHERAN)UTHERAN)
2007: Freshman Red shirted due to Injury
High School She was a four year letter winner and starter for the Lions. She was team cap- tain her senior year and district runner up. Her Junior year, the team was fi rst team all district. She was also a three year letter winner for basketball and a four year letter winner for softball.
Personal: Born September 5, 1988...has three siblings…her favorite TV show is “Grey’s Anatomy”…chose to attend Concordia because of the volleyball and education programs and the Christian environment. About Abby Full name: Abby Lynn Klein Parents: Greg and Becky Klein Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas Major: Secondary Education NNICKIICKI AXELSONAXELSON # #33 55-6-6 SOPHOMORESOPHOMORE DEFENSIVEDEFENSIVE SPECIALISTSPECIALIST THRONTON,THRONTON, COLO.COLO. ((DENVERDENVER LLUTHERAN)UTHERAN) 2007: Freshman Played in 2 matches before being sidelined by an injury for most of the 2007 season.
High School She was a two year letter winner and starter for the Lights. She was team cap- tain her senior year. Her freshman and sophomore years she won the sports- manship award. Her Junior and Senior year, she was fi rst team all conference, all state honorable mention, fi rst team academic all conference, and was CHSAA academic all state. Her Senior year, she received the athletic director award and was the Gatorade scholarship winner. She was also a three year letter win- ner and senior captain for basketball and a four year letter winner and senior captain for track.
Personal Born March 1, 1989...has three siblings…enjoys volleyball, basketball, track, shopping and spending time with friends…chose to attend Concordia because About Nicki of the volleyball program, the Lutheran background and the small size of the Full name: Nicole Michelle Axelson school. Parents: Kelly Martin and Danny Axelson Major: Exercise Science 2007 Match-by-Match Totals
Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A TA Pct SA SE TA Pct RE TA Pct DIG BS BA BE Total
Sep 07, 2007 vs Culver-Stockton..... 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 2 1.000 2 0 0 0 0.0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Park University..... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.0
Totals...... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 2 1.000 2 0 0 0 0.0
2200 LLAURYNAURYN NYHOFFNYHOFF #21#21 55-10-10 SSOPHOMOREOPHOMORE OOUTSIDE/RIGHTUTSIDE/RIGHT SSIDEIDE LINCOLN,LINCOLN, NEB.NEB. ((LINCOLNLINCOLN LLUTHERAN)UTHERAN) 2007: Freshman Played in 25 matches, had 105 kills, averaging 1.36 kills per game. Also had 76 digs and 31 blocks.
High School She was a three year letter winner and two year starter for the Warriors. She was team captain her senior year. She made fi rst team all conference and all state honorable mention her senior year. She was also a three year letter winner and senior captain for basketball and a four year letter winner for soccer.
Personal Born November 6, 1988 in Lincoln, Neb....daughter of Loyal and Jayne Nyhoff ...has one sibling…enjoys scrapbooking, riding bikes and spending time with friends and family…majoring in Exercise Science...chose to attend Concordia because of the Christian atmosphere. 2007 Match-by-Match Totals
Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A TA Pct SA SE TA Pct RE TA Pct DIG BS BA BE Total BHE
Aug 29, 2007 HASTINGS COLLEGE...... 4 9 8 28 .036 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 0 0 2 0.0 2 Sep 1, 2007 vs Southern-Oregon..... 5 6 5 27 .037 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1.000 3 1 0 0 1.0 0 08/31/07 at Concordia...... 5 6 6 34 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1.000 0 2 1.000 5 0 1 1 1.0 0 09/01/07 vs Lewis-Clark State... 2 0 7 15 -.467 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 09/01/07 vs MSU-Northern...... 4 7 2 20 .250 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1.000 8 0 2 0 2.0 0 Sep 05, 2007 COLLEGE OF ST. MARY.... 5 10 9 35 .029 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 7 1 0 0 1.0 0 Sep 07, 2007 vs Indiana Wesleyan.... 5 10 6 27 .148 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 5 2 1 0 3.0 0 Sep 07, 2007 vs Culver-Stockton..... 3 8 9 22 -.045 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 0 1 0 1.0 0 Sep 08, 2007 at Graceland University 3 5 5 13 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 4 0 4.0 0 Sep 08, 2007 vs Olivet Nazarene..... 3 4 6 17 -.118 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Sep 11, 2007 at Doane College Tigers 3 1 3 11 -.182 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 Sep 14, 2007 vs Central Methodist... 3 3 3 19 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 1 1 0 2.0 0 Sep 14, 2007 vs St. Xavier Univ..... 3 5 4 20 .050 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 1 3 0 4.0 0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Univ. Texas-Brownvil 3 4 5 18 -.056 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Park University..... 3 9 5 20 .200 0 0 .000 2 1 6 .833 0 1 1.000 4 0 4 0 4.0 0 Sep 19, 2007 at Nebraska Wesleyan... 2 1 6 16 -.312 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Sep 21, 2007 at Bellevue University. 5 6 8 28 -.071 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 3 1.000 5 0 2 0 2.0 0 Sep 25, 2007 MIDLAND LUTHERAN...... 3 4 6 21 -.095 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 9 .889 3 0 3 0 3.0 0 Sep 28, 2007 NORTHWESTERN (IA)...... 2 0 4 11 -.364 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 3 1.000 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 Sep 29, 2007 MOUNT MARTY COLLEGE.... 1 0 1 3 -.333 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Oct 06, 2007 at Dordt College...... 3 1 1 5 .000 0 7 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 7 0 7.0 0 Oct 12, 2007 at St. Ambrose...... 1 0 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Univ. of Dubuque.... 1 1 1 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Calumet St. Joseph.. 2 5 2 8 .375 1 3 .333 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1.000 2 1 2 0 3.0 0 Nov 03, 2007 at Northwestern (IA)... 3 0 2 2 -1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Totals...... 77 105 114 424 -.021 3 13 .231 2 1 7 .857 2 24 .917 76 7 31 3 38.0 2
2211 AALEXALEXA OELKEOELKE #13#13 55-11-11 SSOPHOMOREOPHOMORE O OUTSIDEUTSIDE HHITTERITTER D DALHART,ALHART, TTEXASEXAS ((DALHART)DALHART) 2007: Freshman Played in 23 matches, had a total of 105 kills. Averaged 1.73 digs per game with 116 digs on the season.
High School As a senior captain for the Wolves, she made fi rst team all-district and her team was the regional champions. She was also named to the academic All-State. Her junior year she made second team all district, the all-region tournament, and was named most improved by her team. She also made the Amarillo Globe News honor roll.
Personal Born September 23, 1988 in Dalhart, Texas...daughter of Greg and Lisa Oelke...has one sibling…enjoys volleyball…chose to attend Concordia because of the vol- leyball program and Christian environment. 2007 Match-by-Match Totals Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A TA Pct SA SE TA Pct RE TA Pct DIG BS BA BE Total BHE
09/01/07 vs Lewis-Clark State... 2 2 2 10 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 3 1 3.0 0 Sep 08, 2007 at Graceland University 1 0 3 4 -.750 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Sep 08, 2007 vs Olivet Nazarene..... 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 Sep 14, 2007 vs Central Methodist... 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Sep 19, 2007 at Nebraska Wesleyan... 4 4 1 30 .100 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 2 1.000 4 0 1 0 1.0 0 Sep 28, 2007 NORTHWESTERN (IA)...... 3 3 3 13 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 10 1.000 6 0 1 0 1.0 0 Sep 29, 2007 MOUNT MARTY COLLEGE.... 3 12 3 26 .346 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 12 .833 2 0 4 0 4.0 0 Oct 03, 2007 at Dana College...... 4 10 6 26 .154 2 3 .667 0 2 3 .333 0 17 1.000 9 0 2 0 2.0 0 Oct 06, 2007 at Dordt College...... 3 3 8 28 -.179 1 1 1.000 2 0 16 1.000 0 13 1.000 4 1 1 0 2.0 0 Oct 10, 2007 DOANE COLLEGE TIGERS... 5 4 10 26 -.231 0 1 .000 0 4 14 .714 2 16 .875 6 2 3 0 5.0 0 Oct 12, 2007 vs Cardinal Stritch.... 4 5 8 24 -.125 0 0 .000 1 4 21 .810 2 17 .882 12 0 1 0 1.0 0 Oct 12, 2007 at St. Ambrose...... 3 4 3 15 .067 0 1 .000 2 1 15 .933 5 27 .815 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Univ. of Dubuque.... 3 4 3 14 .071 0 0 .000 1 3 11 .727 1 12 .917 6 0 1 0 1.0 0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Calumet St. Joseph.. 2 9 1 12 .667 0 0 .000 2 2 7 .714 0 4 1.000 4 1 1 1 2.0 0 Oct 16, 2007 NEBRASKA WESLEYAN...... 5 9 4 27 .185 3 4 .750 0 1 24 .958 1 27 .963 18 3 0 1 3.0 0 Oct 19, 2007 DAKOTA WESLEYAN...... 3 5 4 14 .071 1 1 1.000 0 0 13 1.000 0 5 1.000 6 1 1 0 2.0 0 Oct 20, 2007 UNIV. OF SIOUX FALLS... 4 5 2 24 .125 0 0 .000 1 1 18 .944 1 13 .923 10 0 1 0 1.0 0 Oct 23, 2007 at Hastings College.... 3 5 5 21 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 9 .778 2 12 .833 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 Oct 26, 2007 at Briar Cliff...... 3 2 3 14 -.071 0 0 .000 0 1 1 .000 2 10 .800 2 0 3 0 3.0 0 Oct 27, 2007 at Morningside College. 3 2 5 18 -.167 0 3 .000 0 3 9 .667 2 13 .846 4 0 2 1 2.0 0 Oct 31, 2007 at Midland Lutheran.... 4 12 3 33 .273 1 0 .000 0 3 0 .000 0 0 .000 9 1 4 0 5.0 0 Nov 03, 2007 at Northwestern (IA)... 3 5 3 14 .143 1 1 1.000 0 3 6 .500 1 11 .909 1 1 0 1 1.0 0
Totals...... 67 105 81 395 .061 9 17 .529 9 30 167 .820 21 221 .905 116 10 29 5 39.0 0
2222 SSALLYALLY SSCHWARZCHWARZ # #66 55-4-4 SOPHOMORESOPHOMORE DEFENSIVEDEFENSIVE SPECIALISTSPECIALIST B BALLWIN,ALLWIN, MMO.O. ((PARKWAYPARKWAY WEST)WEST)
2007: Freshman Played primarily on the JV team
High School She was a two year letter winner and three year starter for the Longhorns. She was team captain her freshman year. Her freshman and sophomore years she won the most hustle award, and made the all academic team. Her Junior and Senior years she made the all academic team.
Personal Born March 8, 1989...has one sibling…enjoys volleyball and running…chose to attend Concordia because of the Christian environment and because of the Lutheran teaching program. About Sally Parents: Mike and Lea Schwarz Place of Birth: St. Louis, Mo. Major: Elementary Education CCHELSEAHELSEA VAUDTVAUDT #18#18 66-0-0 SOPHOMORESOPHOMORE MIDDLEMIDDLE BLOCKERBLOCKER KALISPELL,KALISPELL, MMONT.ONT. ((FLATHEAD)FLATHEAD) 2007: Freshman Played in 3 matches, had 8 kills, averaging 2.00 kills per game.
High School She was a three year letter winner and two year starter for the Braves. She was team captain her senior year. Her sophomore year she won the most improved award and made academic all-state. Her Junior year, she was on the second team all state/all conference. During her Senior year, she was named the of- fensive MVP and was selected to the fi rst team All-Conference as well as being named to the Montana class AA fi rst team All-State. She was also a three year letter winner and senior captain for basketball for a Flathead team that fi nished third at the Montana AA state basketball tournament. Also was a two year let- ter winner in tennis.
Personal Born October 13, 1988....has four siblings…enjoys reading, hiking and spending time with friends and family…chose to attend Concordia because of the vol- About Chelsea Parents: Brad and Dawn Vaudt leyball and academic programs and the small Christian environment. Place of Birth: Kalispell, Mont. Major: Middle Level Education 2007 Match-by-Match Totals
Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A TA Pct SA SE TA Pct RE TA Pct DIG BS BA BE Total
Sep 29, 2007 MOUNT MARTY COLLEGE.... 1 1 0 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Univ. of Dubuque.... 1 0 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0.0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Calumet St. Joseph.. 2 7 1 11 .545 0 0 .000 1 0 5 1.000 0 0 .000 1 0 4 1 4.0
Totals...... 4 8 1 17 .412 0 0 .000 1 0 5 1.000 0 0 .000 1 0 4 1 4.0 2233 VVALERIEALERIE SCHICKSCHICK # #1414 55-11-11 SOPHOMORESOPHOMORE OUTSIDEOUTSIDE HHITTER/RSITTER/RS MMEADOWEADOW GGROVE,ROVE, NNEB.EB. ((LUTHERANLUTHERAN HHIGHIGH NNE)E)
2007: Freshman Primarily saw action on the JV team
High School She was a four year letter winner and starter for the Eagles. She was team captain her senior year. She was a two time academic athlete of the week, she was Lutheran High’s female athlete of the year. She was also a four year letter winner and senior captain in basketball. Also a member of the National Honor Society as well as being named to the Academic All-State teams for basketball and volleyball.
Personal Born June 16, 1989....has three siblings…enjoys reading and playing sports… chose to attend Concordia because of the athletic and academic programs and the Christian environment. About Valerie Full name: Valerie Kay Schick Parents: Larry and Kathy Schick Place of Birth: Norfolk, Neb. Major: Graphic Design
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#1 Hannah Sikkenga #4 Marlee Denton #5 Kelsey Walford #7 Megan Billos Montgomery, Texas Fremont, Neb. Colorado Springs, Colo. McAlester, Okla. Montgomery Fremont Manitou Springs McAlester
#8 Karissa Weinrich #10 Kaylie Mellema #17 Kirsten Kohlwey #18 Ashlea Vaudt Fremont, Neb. Axtell, Neb. Seward, Neb. Kalispell, Mont. Fremont Axtell Community Seward Flathead
#19 Morgan Hohbein Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln, Lutheran
2255 CCOACHINGOACHING STAFFSTAFF ANDAND ADMINISTRATIONADMINISTRATION RRACHELACHEL MILLERMILLER HHEADEAD COACHCOACH F FOURTHOURTH YYEAREAR C CONCORDIAONCORDIA UUNIVERSITY(‘03)NIVERSITY(‘03)
Rachel Miller enters her fourth year as the head coach of the Bulldogs. In her fi rst year at the helm the Bulldogs had their best start in school history, winning 18 straight matches to open the season. Since taking over in 2005, the Bulldogs have had back-to-back seasons of at least 20 wins. A native of Clarinda, Iowa, she was a four-year letterwinner at Concordia and graduated in 2003 with a B.S. degree in biology and chemistry.
Before taking over as head coach, Miller served as an assistant at Concordia. In addition, she has served as a club volleyball coach for the eight years, coaching teams such as Nebraska ONE.
During her playing days as a Bulldog, Miller was a four-time All-Conference selection, three-time All-American, and two-time Academic All-American. She was three-time team MVP and the Concordia female athlete of the year in 2002.
Miller and her husband Karl, welcomed the addition of twin girls, Mikayla and Rachel Miller File Kelsey, in April of 2007. Th e family resides in Seward. Coaching Experience Concordia University 2005-Present
Collegiate Coaching Record Miller’s Season-by-Season Record Concordia (Nebraska): 65-39 (.625) (Overall: 65-39, GPAC: 26-22) Year Record Pct. GPAC Pct. Place Region Rk. GPAC Finish 2005 24-11 .686 9-7 .563 7th 8th 7th Education 2006 20-14 .588 9-7 .563 6th 7th 6th Concordia University, Nebraska, 2003 2007 21-14 .600 8-8 .500 7th NR 7th Bachelors Degree, Biology and Chemistry Totals 65-39 .625 26-22 .542 ------Family Husband: Karl Children: Mikayla (1) and Kelsey (1)
Th e Miller Family 27 MMATTATT BUTTERMOREBUTTERMORE AASSITANTSSITANT COACHCOACH THIRDTHIRD YEARYEAR UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OOFF FFINDLAY(‘04)INDLAY(‘04)
Buttermore is entering his third season as an assistant for the Bulldogs. He has experience coaching numerous volleyball club teams.
A graduate of the University of Findlay, Buttermore was a four-year letterwinner and academic all-conference performer for the men’s volleyball team.
He also holds University of Findlay school records for blocks in a single match and total season.
Matt Buttermore during his playing days at the University of Findlay
2288 CCONCORDIAONCORDIA VVOLLEYBALLOLLEYBALL SSUPPORTUPPORT STAFFSTAFF
AAARONARON MADSENMADSEN AATHLETICTHLETIC TRAINERTRAINER 4TH4TH YEARYEAR UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OFOF NEBRASKA-KEARNEYNEBRASKA-KEARNEY (‘01)(‘01) Aaron Madsen currently serves as the assistant athletic trainer and rehabilitation coordinator for the Bulldogs. Madsen also covers the Bulldog men’s and women’s soccer, women’s basketball, men’s and women’s indoor/outdoor track and softball teams. A 2001 graduate from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Madsen obtained degrees in exercise science and athletic training. He began his career with a clinical internship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with the Husker Athletic Medicine Department. He has also been on staff at Lincoln Orthopedic Physical Th erapy, PC. In addition to his duties at Concordia he is a certifi ed fi refi ghter and EMT with Seward’s Fire and Rescue Department.
WWADEADE TRACYTRACY SSPORTSPORTS IINFORMATIONNFORMATION DDIRECTORIRECTOR 1 1STST YYEAREAR CONCORDIACONCORDIA UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY (‘07)(‘07) Wade Tracy is in his fi rst full year as the sports information director for the Bulldogs. An Omaha, Neb., native and graduate of Millard North High School, Tracy is no stranger to Bulldog athletics. In 2005 he completed an internship in the Concordia sports information offi ce. He continued to assist the sports information department during his time as a stu- dent and while serving as an admissions counselor by broadcasting many Bulldog contests, helping with statistical gathering and serving as the “voice” of Bulldog Stadium during the football season. Tracy received a B.S. in sport management with a minor in coaching from Concordia. He is a current resident of Lincoln, Neb.
AAMYMY HARMSHARMS SSTRENGTHTRENGTH COACHCOACH T THIRDHIRD YYEAREAR C CONCORDIAONCORDIA UUNIVERSITY(‘04)NIVERSITY(‘04) Amy Harms, formerly Streuter, is in her third year as head strength and conditioning coach for the Bulldogs. Harms graduated from Concordia with a bachelors degree in 2004 and her masters in curriculum and instruction in 2005. Harms was a multi-sport athlete, participating in both tennis and basketball. On the basketball court Harms was a All-GPAC selection and was a member of the Bull- dog squad that had an NAIA record 33 straight wins. She was also an NAIA Scholar-Athlete. In addition Harms also servers as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach, assistant women’s basketball coach and a HHP Instructor.
2299 GGRANTRANT SCHMIDTSCHMIDT AATHLETICTHLETIC DIRECTORDIRECTOR 1 15TH5TH YYEAREAR C CONCORDIAONCORDIA UUNIVERSITY(‘83)NIVERSITY(‘83) Grant Schmidt enters his 15th year as athletic director of the Concordia University, Nebraska athletic department. In 2003 he was named the NAIA Region III and Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) athletic adminis- trator of the year. He received the same honor from the GPAC in 2005. Schmidt also serves as head men’s basketball coach. In his 18th season Schmidt has compiled a 368-201 (.647) record. Th e winningest coach in school history, he has guided the program to three Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference (NIAC) titles as well as 10 NAIA national tournaments, including a runner-up fi nish in 2004-05. Th e 1983 Concordia graduate coached four years at Valley Lutheran High School in Phoenix, Ariz., and was an assistant for two years for the Bulldogs before becoming head coach in the 1989-90 season. Th roughout his coaching career Schmidt has been honored numerous times. He has twice been named the Omaha World-Herald college coach of the year (1992, 2005). Th e Lincoln Journal Star bestowed the same honor on Schmidt in 1992, as did the NIAC. During his playing days as a Bulldog he was named all-conference and all-NAIA District II. Th e team leader in scoring, Schmidt was team captain in 1982-83. He and his wife, Deb (Aurich), also a Concordia graduate, have three children. JJEREMYEREMY GEIDELGEIDEL AASST.SST. ATHLETICATHLETIC DIRECTORDIRECTOR 11TH11TH YEARYEAR CONCORDIACONCORDIA UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY (‘96)(‘96) Jeremy Geidel enters his 11th year with the Bulldogs. Geidel also serves as the Head Baseball coach, under his guidance the Bulldogs have reached the postseason in four of the last eight years. Geidel hails from Loveland, Colorado. Geidel earned a bachelors of science in education from Concordia in 1996. He then went on to earn his masters degree in administration from Concordia in 2000. Coach Geidel strives to have each player grow physically, mentally and spiritually while they are a part of the Concordia baseball program. A 1996 graduate of Concordia University, Nebraska, Geidel earned his master’s degree in secondary administration in 2000. Off the diamond, Jeremy and his wife Amanda have three children.
3300 22007007 ININ REVIEWREVIEW 22007007 GPACGPAC SEASONSEASON IINN RREVIEWEVIEW
2007 GPAC Standings 2007 GPAC Tournament First Round School GPAC Per Overall Per GB Streak Morningside 3, Midland Lutheran 0 Morningside*# ^ 14-2 .875 33-4 .892 -- Lost 2 at Sioux City, Iowa Northwestern ^$ 13-3 .813 31-12 .721 1.0 Lost 1 Dordt 3, Briar Cliff 1 Hastings^ 12-4 .750 26-10 .722 2.0 Lost 1 at Sioux City, Iowa Northwestern 3, Concordia 0 Briar Cliff 11-5 .688 22-11 .667 3.0 Lost 2 at Orange City, Iowa Dordt^ 11-5 .688 32-9 .781 3.0 Lost 1 Hastings 3, Doane 2 Doane 10-6 .625 16-13 .552 4.0 Lost 1 at Hastings, Neb. Concordia 8-8 .500 21-14 .600 6.0 Lost 5 Nebraska Wesleyan 8-8 .500 17-12 .586 6.0 Lost 2 Semifi nal Round Morningside 3, Dordt 0 Midland Lutheran 7-9 .438 14-18 .438 7.0 Lost 1 at. Sioux City, Iowa Sioux Falls 5-11 .313 20-16 .556 9.0 Won 1 Northwestern 3, Hastings 0 Mount Marty 2-14 .125 7-22 .241 12.0 Lost 5 at Orange City, Iowa Dakota Wesleyan 2-14 .125 6-23 .207 12.0 Lost 11 Dana 1-15 .063 8-24 .250 13.0 Lost 7 GPAC Championship Finals Morningside 3, Northwestern 0 *-Regular Season Champion #-Tournament Champion at Sioux City, Iowa ^-NAIA Region III Tournament Participant $-NAIA National Tournament Participant GPAC non-conference record: 149-84 2007 NAIA Region III Tournament Pool A Tiebreaker Dickinson State 1, Dordt 0 2007 All-GPAC Teams Northwestern 1, Dickinson State 0
First-Team NAIA Region III Championship Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown National American 3, Northwestern 1 Megan Meyer NOR OH Sr. Aplington, Iowa Kate Boettcher BCU L Sr. Owatonna, Minn. 2007 NAIA National Tournament Amber Jarzynka MOR MB Jr. Bennington, Neb. Quaterfi nal Play-in Match Katie Werner CNC MB Sr. Syracuse, Neb. Northwestern 3, Columbia 2 Kari Hochstein DOA MB Sr. Wayne, Neb. at Columbia, Mo. Kali Angerman MOR S Jr. Sioux City, Iowa Quaterfi nals Emily Van Voorst DOR S Sr. Rock Valley, Iowa California Baptist 3, Northwestern 0 Jill Whalen HAS MB Jr. Gregory, S.D. at Columbia, Mo. Rachel Gosselink NOR S So. Urbandale, Iowa Linsey Th omsen NWU L Sr. Beatrice, Neb. Beth Mathes USF OH Sr. Dallas, Iowa Amanda Hunt MLC OH Jr. Fremont, Neb. Kelli Ziegler CNC S/RS So. Lincoln, Neb. Cassie Cheever MOR MB Sr. South Sioux City, Neb. Kaitlin Beaver NOR RS Fr. Sioux Center, Iowa
Individual Awards Player of the Year: Megan Meyer, Northwestern Libero of the Year: Kate Boettcher, Briar Cliff Coach of the Year: Kyle Van Den Bosch, Northwestern
3333 TTEAMEAM MMATCH-BY-MATCHATCH-BY-MATCH SSTATISTICSTATISTICS
Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A TA Pct SA SE TA Pct RE TA Pct DIG BS BA BE Total BHE
Aug 29, 2007 HASTINGS COLLEGE...... 4 56 27 163 .178 50 148 .338 8 15 116 .871 1 92 .989 71 10 2 3 11.0 2 Sep 1, 2007 vs Southern-Oregon..... 5 57 27 171 .175 53 157 .338 7 15 137 .891 3 103 .971 82 11 6 0 14.0 0 08/31/07 at Concordia...... 5 51 32 180 .106 49 179 .274 7 8 109 .927 5 102 .951 88 5 12 5 11.0 0 09/01/07 vs Lewis-Clark State... 3 48 24 157 .153 38 142 .268 3 4 78 .949 6 77 .922 97 1 10 7 6.0 0 09/01/07 vs MSU-Northern...... 4 62 19 155 .277 55 163 .337 6 7 114 .939 7 85 .918 103 2 8 0 6.0 0 Sep 05, 2007 COLLEGE OF ST. MARY.... 5 66 26 202 .198 61 190 .321 2 8 124 .935 12 109 .890 115 4 20 0 14.0 0 Sep 07, 2007 vs Indiana Wesleyan.... 5 60 29 167 .186 54 166 .325 7 6 127 .953 15 102 .853 99 7 12 1 13.0 0 Sep 07, 2007 vs Culver-Stockton..... 3 55 25 123 .244 51 109 .468 4 9 78 .885 0 92 1.000 50 1 10 1 6.0 0 Sep 08, 2007 at Graceland University 3 39 33 119 .050 33 104 .317 6 4 91 .956 7 68 .897 57 3 24 1 15.0 0 Sep 08, 2007 vs Olivet Nazarene..... 3 29 27 106 .019 30 92 .326 2 4 57 .930 6 80 .925 52 2 4 1 4.0 0 Sep 11, 2007 at Doane College Tigers 3 42 21 128 .164 43 124 .347 2 6 79 .924 5 79 .937 74 5 14 0 12.0 0 Sep 14, 2007 vs Central Methodist... 3 36 17 117 .162 31 105 .295 9 8 90 .911 10 70 .857 62 8 12 1 14.0 0 Sep 14, 2007 vs St. Xavier Univ..... 3 52 18 142 .239 47 117 .402 4 10 92 .891 4 74 .946 77 6 12 0 12.0 0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Univ. Texas-Brownvil 3 33 20 105 .124 29 86 .337 3 1 73 .986 7 74 .905 56 6 16 0 14.0 0 Sep 15, 2007 vs Park University..... 3 51 13 109 .349 44 104 .423 11 5 83 .940 5 62 .919 57 3 12 2 9.0 0 Sep 19, 2007 at Nebraska Wesleyan... 5 74 29 227 .198 69 211 .327 12 5 110 .955 4 97 .959 119 2 16 1 10.0 5 Sep 21, 2007 at Bellevue University. 5 54 33 194 .108 49 174 .282 6 6 97 .938 4 77 .948 92 5 34 3 22.0 0 Sep 25, 2007 MIDLAND LUTHERAN...... 3 43 28 141 .106 39 87 .448 9 2 90 .978 3 72 .958 80 5 24 0 17.0 0 Sep 28, 2007 NORTHWESTERN (IA)...... 4 53 34 157 .121 52 158 .329 5 7 98 .929 4 95 .958 48 6 16 0 14.0 0 Sep 29, 2007 MOUNT MARTY COLLEGE.... 3 50 16 113 .301 47 104 .452 5 5 85 .941 4 50 .920 15 1 12 0 7.0 0 Oct 03, 2007 at Dana College...... 4 66 23 148 .291 60 139 .432 11 13 109 .881 8 82 .902 59 3 14 0 10.0 0 Oct 06, 2007 at Dordt College...... 3 29 20 137 .066 27 122 .221 3 6 73 .918 5 70 .929 46 3 21 1 13.5 0 Oct 10, 2007 DOANE COLLEGE TIGERS... 5 62 41 191 .110 56 175 .320 8 12 119 .899 4 109 .963 62 5 23 0 16.5 0 Oct 12, 2007 vs Cardinal Stritch.... 4 60 28 171 .187 55 160 .344 3 11 112 .902 10 89 .888 72 3 16 0 11.0 0 Oct 12, 2007 at St. Ambrose...... 3 55 10 146 .308 53 137 .387 4 8 89 .910 9 74 .878 49 4 14 3 11.0 0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Univ. of Dubuque.... 3 50 16 121 .281 44 100 .440 8 8 89 .910 4 60 .933 39 6 6 0 9.0 0 Oct 13, 2007 vs Calumet St. Joseph.. 3 48 12 87 .414 41 79 .519 9 10 90 .889 2 37 .946 35 3 20 2 13.0 0 Oct 16, 2007 NEBRASKA WESLEYAN...... 5 74 32 215 .195 74 199 .372 4 10 119 .916 7 111 .937 77 5 12 2 11.0 0 Oct 19, 2007 DAKOTA WESLEYAN...... 3 44 21 97 .237 37 84 .440 7 9 88 .898 5 48 .896 29 4 6 1 7.0 0 Oct 20, 2007 UNIV. OF SIOUX FALLS... 4 63 26 170 .218 60 162 .370 6 8 108 .926 6 89 .933 52 6 16 0 14.0 0 Oct 23, 2007 at Hastings College.... 3 33 22 130 .085 32 117 .274 1 6 58 .897 5 81 .938 31 4 8 1 8.0 0 Oct 26, 2007 at Briar Cliff...... 3 33 19 132 .106 25 124 .202 1 10 67 .851 6 79 .924 42 1 10 0 6.0 0 Oct 27, 2007 at Morningside College. 3 37 21 119 .134 32 117 .274 3 10 67 .851 7 83 .916 31 3 10 4 8.0 3 Oct 31, 2007 at Midland Lutheran.... 4 62 26 172 .209 59 0 .000 1 13 0 .000 12 0 .000 59 7 26 0 20.0 0 Nov 03, 2007 at Northwestern (IA)... 3 30 20 98 .102 28 114 .246 2 12 67 .821 5 72 .931 38 5 8 4 9.0 0
Concordia Univ. (NE)...... 128 1757 835 5110 .180 1607 4549 .353 189 281 3183 .912 207 2744 .925 2215 155 486 44 398.0 10 Opponent...... 128 1002 431 3131 .182 818 1580 .518 143 145 1568 .908 153 1242 .877 1465 58 318 25 217.0 22
## SERVE (by TA) G SA SE TA Pct SA/G Category Leaders ------## ATTACK (by Pct) G K K/Game E TA Pct 25 Brown, Kate 127 32 37 635 .942 0.25 ------1 Ziegler, Kelli 128 41 43 520 .917 0.32 25 Brown, Kate 127 59 0.46 2 108 .528 7 Chandler, Jacki 123 17 46 481 .904 0.14 15 Vaudt, Chelsea 4 8 2.00 1 17 .412 11 Hoagland, Dani 127 34 33 445 .926 0.27 3 Werner, Katie 127 444 3.50 116 975 .336 1 Ziegler, Kelli 128 316 2.47 128 904 .208 ## BLOCK (by B/Game) G BS BA Total B/Game BE ------## KILL (by K/Game) G K K/Game 3 Werner, Katie 127 70 160 230.0 1.81 17 ------15 Vaudt, Chelsea 4 0 4 4.0 1.00 1 3 Werner, Katie 127 444 3.50 11 Hoagland, Dani 127 36 80 116.0 0.91 6 1 Ziegler, Kelli 128 316 2.47 1 Ziegler, Kelli 128 11 78 89.0 0.70 6 12 Affolter, Kelsey 127 292 2.30 15 Vaudt, Chelsea 4 8 2.00 ## DEFENSE (by Dig/Gm) G DIG Dig/G BHE ------## SET (by A/Game) G A A/Game TA Pct 7 Chandler, Jacki 123 524 4.26 1 ------1 Ziegler, Kelli 128 439 3.43 2 1 Ziegler, Kelli 128 742 5.80 2094 .354 25 Brown, Kate 127 268 2.11 3 25 Brown, Kate 127 714 5.62 1962 .364 16 Sandiland, Sam 4 16 4.00 36 .444 ## RECEPT (by RE/Game) G RE RE/Gm TA Pct 9 Zoucha, Heidi 127 60 0.47 212 .283 ------7 Chandler, Jacki 123 35 0.28 98 .357 7 Chandler, Jacki 123 61 0.50 945 .935 13 Oelke, Alexa 67 21 0.31 221 .905 3322 12 Affolter, Kelsey 127 35 0.28 387 .910 22007007 GPACGPAC STASTATISTICSTISTICS
Team Leaders - All Matches HITTING PERCENTAGE KILLS Team G Kills Errs Total Pct Team G No. Per Game Morningside 120 2009 618 4940 282 Morningside 120 2009 16.74 Dordt 139 2122 792 5599 238 Dordt 139 2122 15.27 Northwestern 119 1785 696 4876 223 Northwestern 119 1785 15.00 Doane 109 1551 570 4562 215 Hastings 128 1830 14.30 Hastings 128 1830 728 5287 208 Doane 109 1551 14.23 Sioux Falls 121 1552 639 4596 199 Briar Cliff 118 1673 14.18 Briar Cliff 118 1673 614 5444 195 Nebraska Wesleyan 110 1548 14.07 Nebraska Wesleyan 110 1548 590 5029 190 Concordia 125 1727 13.82 Concordia 125 1727 815 5012 182 Sioux Falls 121 1552 12.83 Midland Lutheran 119 1424 619 4562 176 Midland Lutheran 119 1424 11.97 Dakota Wesleyan 100 1130 522 3592 169 Dakota Wesleyan 100 1130 11.30 Mount Marty 105 1149 508 3982 161 Mount Marty 105 1149 10.94 Dana 116 1241 633 4063 150 Dana 116 1241 10.70 OPPONENT HITTING PCT Team G Kills Errs Total Pct BLOCKS Hastings 128 951 519 3284 132 Team G Solo Asst Total P/G Morningside 120 1387 731 4942 133 Sioux Falls 121 266 244 388.0 3.21 Dordt 139 1131 501 3808 165 Concordia 125 150 478 389.0 3.11 Briar Cliff 118 1197 539 3781 174 Hastings 128 117 561 397.5 3.11 Nebraska Wesleyan 110 1600 706 5045 177 Dordt 139 102 526 365.0 2.63 Northwestern 119 1196 546 3665 177 Doane 109 62 448 286.0 2.62 Doane 109 1456 634 4553 181 Northwestern 119 117 380 307.0 2.58 Concordia 125 957 412 3010 181 Morningside 120 163 279 302.5 2.52 Sioux Falls 121 1333 564 4019 191 Nebraska Wesleyan 110 72 369 256.5 2.33 Midland Lutheran 119 1453 558 4185 214 Dana 116 88 356 266.0 2.29 Dakota Wesleyan 100 1146 437 3027 234 Midland Lutheran 119 128 248 252.0 2.12 Mount Marty 105 997 349 2572 252 Briar Cliff 118 69 351 244.5 2.07 Dana 116 1365 428 3576 262 Dakota Wesleyan 100 77 253 203.5 2.04 Mount Marty 105 83 260 213.0 2.03 ASSISTS Team G No Per Game SERVICE ACES Morningside 120 1840 15 33 Team G No. Per Game Northwestern 119 1627 13 67 Morningside 120 243 2.03 Dordt 139 1861 13 39 Hastings 128 254 1.98 Nebraska Wesleyan 110 1436 13 05 Nebraska Wesleyan 110 210 1.91 Doane 109 1392 12 77 Dana 116 213 1.84 Concordia 125 1579 12 63 Northwestern 119 207 1.74 Hastings 128 1565 12 23 Dordt 139 241 1.73 Briar Cliff 118 1434 12 15 Sioux Falls 121 1398 11 55 Briar Cliff 118 203 1.72 Dakota Wesleyan 100 955 9 55 Doane 109 183 1.68 Dana 116 1099 9 47 Midland Lutheran 119 196 1.65 Midland Lutheran 119 1057 8 88 Mount Marty 105 168 1.60 Mount Marty 105 867 8 26 Dakota Wesleyan 100 154 1.54 Sioux Falls 121 183 1.51 Concordia 125 187 1.50 3344 22007007 BOXBOX SCSCORESORES AANDND RRECAPSECAPS
Concordia upsets No. 9 Hastings, ends Broncos’ streak Th e Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball team started the season with a bang, upsetting the ninth-ranked Hastings College Broncos, 3-1, on Wednesday night in Seward. With the win the Bulldogs (1-0, 1-0 GPAC) put an end to the Broncos 24 match Great Plains Athletics Conference (GPAC) regular season win streak. It was nearly two years since the last time Hastings dropped a regular season conference match. Th eir previous defeat came on Oct. 7 2005 when Dordt got the better of the Broncos, 3-2. Th e Bulldogs, playing in their season opener, jumped out to a two game lead (30-22, 30-22) in front of an electric crowd at the “Dog House” before dropping a tough game four 30-27. Concordia bounced back to take a close fourth game, 34-32. Hastings entered the match a perfect 4-0 on the season with victories over a pair of ranked opponents, No. 10 Savannah College of Art & Design and No. 17 Bellevue University. In the fi rst set, Concordia hit a healthy .250 (11-3-32) en route to the eight point victory. In the third set the Bulldogs seemed to have taken a 28-26 lead, but after discussion among the offi cials and a delay of almost fi ve minutes Concordia was called for being out of rotation. Hastings rallied, scoring the next three points to take the game. For the match Concordia hit .178 while limiting Hastings to an attacking percentage of .108. Werner led the way for the Bulldogs hitting a red hot .433 with 16 kills and just three errors on 30 attempts. Junior Abby Schuld- heisz (Portland, Ore.) added a game high fi ve service aces in 22 attempts. Sophomore Kelsey Aff olter (Dickinson, Texas) was also in double fi gures in kills with 11. Th e Lincoln Lutheran duo of sophomore Kelli Ziegler and Lauryn Nyhoff had nine kills each while Ziegler added 25 assists and four blocks. 3355 Bulldogs extinguish Flames in fi ve Four diff erent Bulldogs reached double digits in kills as the Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball team edged the College of St. Mary Flames, 3-2 (-28, 23-30, -29, 26-30, -12), Wednesday night in Seward. Th e Bulldogs (5-1, 1-0 GPAC) remain undefeated at home on the season while the Flames, who opened the season ranked 14th in the NAIA, fall to 4-6 on the young season. St. Mary led for most of the fi rst game, but the Bulldogs rallied for a come from behind win, 30-28. In the second game Concordia struggled to fi nd points, playing out of system throughout. Th e Bulldogs, who garnered a vote in this week’s NAIA poll, won a tight game three, 31-29 before falling in the fourth game. Concordia pulled away from a 10-all tie in the deciding game, taking advantage of a service error on the Flames. Th e Flames setter, Annie Jankowski, kept the Bulldogs off balance the entire night, picking up double digits in kills (10), via the setter dump. Jankowski was one of just two St. Mary players in double digits. Th e other, Amanda Cook led everyone with 26 kills on 67 attempts. Senior middle blocker Katie Werner shared game high honors for the Bull- dogs in kills (15) along with sophomore outside hitter Kelsey Aff olter. A pair of Lincoln Lutheran products, sophomore Kelli Ziegler and freshman Lauryn Nyhoff added 12 and 10 kills respectively. Defensively sophomore libero Jacki Chandler continued her solid play with 25 digs. Freshman Kelsie Scholting added 18 dis. Werner and sopho- more Dani Hoagland dominated the net, combining for nine of Concordia’s 14 blocks on the night. Finally, senior setter Kate Brown had 29 assists, nine digs and a service ace. Ziegler also added 29 assists, 20 digs and 2.5 blocks.
3366 3377 Bulldogs split at Graceland, Ziegler on all-tournament team Sophomore Kelli Ziegler was named to the all-tournament team at the Graceland “Pizza Shack” Invite while the Buldogs went 2-2, picking up wins over Culver-Stockton (-27, -27, -25) and Graceland (-26, 24, -28). In the opening match of the tournament the Bulldogs lost their fi rst fi ve- game match of the season to Indiana Wesleyan (30-27, 21-30, 25-30, 31-29, 15-10). Concordia also dropped their fi nal match of the event in straight games to Olivet Nazarene (-22, -24, -10). According to Coach Rachel Miller the Bulldogs struggled with serve receive in the fi nal match. Sophomore setter/right side hitter Kelli Ziegler was named to the all tournament team, racking up 40 kills during the tourney to go along with 49 digs and 78 set assists.
3388 Bulldogs 3-1 at Quality Hotel Classic. Werner, Ziegler named all-tournament Th e Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball team fi nished 3-1 at the Hastings College/Quality Hotel Classic in Hastings, Neb., this past weekend. Th e 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 fi nish well, hitting .400 (15 kills), and was a defensive force, fi nishing 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 Meth- odist (31-29,30-37,30-21). Also on Friday the Bulldogs downed St. Xavier Uni- versity 3-0 (30-26, 35-33, 33-31). St. Xavier was receiving votes in last NAIA Poll. Th e 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 fi nal game of the tournament, sweeping Park University (30-25,30-21,30-21). Both Werner and Dani Hoagland fi n- ished 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 fi nishing with 47 blocks, over 20 kills and 68 kills.
3399 Marathon matches slow Bulldogs Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball fans got their money worth this week as both of the Bulldogs matches went fi ve sets. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs came up short both times, falling to Nebraska Wesleyan (30-22,20- 30,30-19,24-30,13-15), and 23rd-ranked Bellevue University (30-22,23-30,30- 17,31-33,4-15). Concordia (10-7, 1-2 GPAC) suff ered back-to-back losses for just the sec- ond time this season. According to Head Coach Rachel Miller the Bulldogs are having a hard time putting together a complete match. “Right now we are struggling to fi nd consistency throughout the entire match. We have great play that is interrupted by mental lapses,” Miller said. “Blocking continues to be our strong point as can really shut down our op- ponents attack. We just need to put together a complete match.” In the two matches the Bulldogs accumulated 32 blocks. Against the Bel- levue Bruins the Bulldogs racked up 22 blocks as a team, led by Katie Werner with 11 block assists and Dani Hoagland with three solo and six block assists. Kelli Ziegler put together another solid weekend, notching a triple double in the match against Wesleyan. She fi nished with 17 kills, 35 set as- sists and 31 digs. She added another triple double against Bellevue with 12 kills, 18 set assists and 21 digs. She also chipped in with eight assist blocks. Werner continues to put the ball away at a high clip, hitting .3.17 and .324 against NWU and Bellevue respectively. In the Nebraska Wesleyan contest fi ve Bulldogs fi nished with double digit kills. Ziegler (17), Werner (17), Hoagland (10), Heidi Zoucha (11) and Kelsey Aff olter (11). Defensively Jacki Chandler had 31 digs and was error free in the serve receive department in 41 attempts. Chandler added 27 digs against Bellevue.
Bulldogs block well in sweep Th e Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball team fi nished with 17 blocks as a team in a sweep of the Midland Lutheran Warriors (-28, -29, -29) Tuesday night at the “Dog House” in Seward. Concordia (11-7) is now 2-2 in GPAC play while Midland (7-10) falls to 2-3. Th e Bulldogs continued the recent solid play at the net defensively out Homestand ends with sweep blocking the Warriors 17-6.5. Sophomore Dani Hoagland fi nished with three Th e Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball team had a busy weekend, solo and fi ve assist blocks. Senior Katie Werner added one solo and seven falling to 14th-ranked Northwestern College 3-1 (30-26, 30-20, 21-30, 30-27) assist. on Friday before sweeping Mount Marty College, (-19, -21, -19) on Saturday Werner led the team in kills with 13, hitting .385 on the night. Sopho- night in Seward, Neb. more setter/right side Kelli Ziegler notched a triple-double for Concordia, After the weekend the Bulldogs are 12-8 overall (3-3 GPAC). fi nishing with 10 kills, 18 set assists and 10 digs. It is the third triple-double in Against Mount Marty freshman Alexa Oelke led the Bulldogs with 12 as many matches for Zielger. kills, hitting an impressive .346 in her fi rst collegiate start. Oelke was one of 4400four Bulldogs who hit over .300 on the night. Concordia didn’t waste any time against Mount Marty, jumping out to quick leads in two of the three games. In the opening game the Bulldogs hit .467 as a team, fi nishing with 17 kills in 30 attempts with only three errors. Kelsey Aff olter hit a red hot .438 in the match, notching nine kills. Katie Werner and Kelli Ziegler also fi nished above the .300 mark with nine and eight kills respectively. Mount Marty was paced by their setter, Abby Haiar, who had kills on 17 attempts. As a team the Lancers fi nished with just 24 kills, hitting an anemic .102. On Friday the Bulldogs got off to a good start in most of the games, taking early leads. But Northwestern was able to turn things around thank in part to solid defense. Th e Red Raiders fi nished the match with 68 digs as a team and had three players reach double digits in digs, led by Janna Bloe- mendaal. Northwestern struggled in the third game, a 30-21 victory for the Bulldogs, hitting negative. Th e Red Raiders had just eight kills compared to 13 errors in the third game. As a team Concordia actually out-hit the Red Raiders for the match (.121 - .102). Werner led the Bulldogs in kills with 17. She also added one solo and six block assists. Kelli Ziegler notched another triple-double fi nishing with 10 kills, 20 set assists and 11 digs. She also added four blocks. Dani Hoagland just missed double digits in kills, fi nishing with nine. Hoagland also added three solo and two block assists. Northwestern was paced by Rand Hulstein who fi nished the game with 14 kills. She was one of four Red Raiders to fi nish in nine or more with kills. Hillary Hanno had a pair of solo blocks and three assist to go along with nine kills.
Dordt remains hot, downs Bulldogs Th e Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball team earned a split in a pair of GPAC games this past week. Th e Bulldogs picked up a win over Dana College (22-30, -19, -22, -24) during the week before falling to the Dordt College Defender’s 3-0 (-23, -23, -27) on Saturday. Both matches were on the road. In the win over Dana the Bulldogs struggled off ensively in game one, hitting just .073. Concordia bounced back hitting over .300 in the next three games, including a red hot .519 in game three. Five diff erent Bulldogs fi nished with double digits in kills for the match, led by senior Katie Werner (12). Junior Heidi Zoucha, sophomores Kelli Ziegler and Dani Hoagland, along with freshman Alexa Oelke all fi nished with 10 kills. Werner and Hoagland accounted for fi ve of the teams 10 blocks. Defensively the Bulldogs were led by sophomore libero Jacki Chandler who notched 22 digs. Oelke just missed a double-double, as she fi nished with nine digs. From the service stripe Ziegler added four aces, as the Bull- dogs fi nished with 11 aces as a team. On Saturday afternoon the Bulldogs faced a tall challenge as they trav- eled to Sioux Center, Iowa, to take on Dordt College. Th e Defenders were coming off back-to-back sweeps of Northwestern and Hastings. Unfortu- nately for the Bulldogs the Defenders (24-6, 5-4 GPAC) picked up their third consecutive sweep. In the opening game the Bulldogs played even with Dordt, forcing a 12- 12 tie. But the Defenders rattled off fi ve straight points to take a 17-13 lead and Concordia never got closer than 23-21 on the way to a 30-23 win for the Defenders. In the next two games the Defenders jumped out to early leads (10-5 in game two and 22-15 in game three). In the third game the Bulldogs fought back to within 27-26, but Dordt was able to hold the Bulldogs off , 30-27. Werner was the only Bulldog to reach double digits in kills, fi nishing with 10. She also added one solo and was in on 10 block assists. As a team the Bulldogs hit just .066. Chandler again led Concordia in digs with 14. Dordt was led by Larissa Veldhuizen’s13 kills and Kristin De Ronde added 12. In all the Defenders had four players reach double digits in kills.
4411 4422 Concordia struggled as a team in the second game, hitting just .162 after putting up a impressive .394 in the opener. In the fi nal game the Tigers made things interesting keeping within one until midway through the game. Concordia then went on a seven-to-one run to put some distance between them and DWU. Concordia, who it a red-hot .444, then closed the game on a 12-3 run, sealing the match. Sophomore Dani Hoagland led the Bulldogs with 11 kills, hitting .450 on the night. Jacki Chandler led Concordia defensively with 10 digs and had just one reception error on 22 attempts. For Dakota Wesleyan, Kalie Whealy led the way with seven kills. Whealy also fi nished with four solo and four assist blocks for Dakota Wesleyan. On Saturday, after honoring the two Bulldog seniors (Katie Werner and Kate Brown) prior to the match, Concordia picked up their second win in as many days defeating the University of Sioux Falls Cougars, 3-1, (-25, 22-30, -22, -21). Concordia led start to fi nish in the opening game, jumping out to an 8-3 advantage as Sioux Falls was never able to close the gap. Th e Cougars bounced back to take game two thanks in part to a 5-0 after a tie at fi ve. Concordia was never able to close the game, as they hit just .062 as a team. In the third game the Bulldogs closed the game with a 14-4 run. Th e de- ciding game was all Concordia as they jumped out to an 8-0 advantage and never looked back, leading by as many as 13. Werner paced Concordia, hitting a blistering .483 en route to a game- high 16 kills. She also added four solo and four assist blocks. Sophomore Kelli Ziegler continued to add to her triple-double total for the season, fi nishing with 13 kills, 29 set assists and 10 digs. Also reaching double digits in kills was junior Heidi Zoucha who notched 10 kills. Chandler led the way defensively with 17 digs. Sioux Falls had two players reach double-digit kills, Jamie Gerdes (13) and Beth Mathes (12). Th e duo also led the Cougars in the dig department, fi nishing with 11 and 16 respectively.
Winning continues, Bulldogs sweep weekend Th e Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball team picked up a pair of wins in their fi nal regular season home games this weekend. Th e Bulldogs swept Dakota Wesleyan University on Friday night and defeated the Univer- sity of Sioux Falls, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon in Seward. With the win on Friday the Bulldogs reached the 20-win plateau for the third consecutive season. Overall, Concordia is now 21-9 overall (8-4 GPAC) and have won eight consecutive matches. On Friday Concordia made quick work of Dakota Wesleyan, sweeping the Tigers (30-21, 30-24, 30-17). Th e Bulldogs jumped out to early leads in games one and two, but in game two the Tigers came back to pull within one, 13- 12, after trailing by as many as much as 8-1. 4433 Th e Bulldogs started out their week against Hastings College, in Hastings. Th e Broncos entered the contest ranked No. 19 in the NAIA. Concordia de- feated the Bulldogs in their fi rst meeting - the season opener for Concordia. Th is time it was all Broncos, as they cruised to a 30-19, 30-17, 30-21 sweep of the Bulldogs. Concordia hit just .092 as a team on the night, fi nish- ing with 33 kills. Kelli Ziegler led the way, with eight kills, and eight digs. Hastings hit .348 and pounded out 55 kills in the win. On Friday the Bulldogs made the trip to Sioux City, Iowa to take on Briar Cliff University. Again the Bulldogs struggled to put balls away and were swept (30-21, 30-22, 30-22), as the Chargers fi nished with 80 digs in the match. As a result, Concordia hit .106 and again had just 33 kills. No one reached double digit in kills for the Bulldogs. Sophomore Dani Hoagland fi nished with eight kills. Defensively Jacki Chandler led the Bulldogs in digs for the second consecutive game with 14. After an overnight stay in Sioux City, the Bulldogs traveled to the other end of the town to take on GPAC leading Morningside. Th e Mustangs, ranked No. 13 in the nation, defeated Hastings on the previous night and made quick work of the Bulldogs (30-13, 30-25, 30-27). Th e hitting percentage improved over the previous two games (.134) and two Bulldogs reached double digits in kills, Kate Werner (11) and Hoagland (10). Concordia had 10 service errors in the game. Th e Mustangs and two with double digit kills, Amber Jarzynka and Cara DeStighter with 12 and 13 respectively.
Concordia Univ. (NE) vs #18 Northwestern (IA) (Nov 03, 2007 at Orange City, IA)
Attack Serve Block ## Concordia Univ. (NE) GP K E TA Pct Ast SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE BHE 1 Ziegler, Kelli 3 9 3 21 . 2 8 61210013030 0 3 Werner, Katie 3 5 5 19 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 4 Schuldheisz, Abby 3 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0031 5000 0 7 Chandler, Jacki 3 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 9 Zoucha, Heidi 3 2 2 10 . 0 0 0 1000 3100 0 11 Hoagland, Dani 3 3 4 12 - . 0 8 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 Road not kind to Bulldog netters 12 Affolter, Kelsey 3 6 1 17 . 2 9 4 0031 4010 0 Th e Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball team had a busy week, 13 Oelke, Alexa 3 5 3 14 . 1 4 3 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 21 Nyhoff, Lauryn 3 0 2 2-1.0000000 0000 0 playing three matches, all against teams in the top fi ve in the GPAC. Th e 25 Brown, Kate 3 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Bulldogs were swept in all three games, losing to Hastings College, Briar Cliff Totals 3 30 20 98 . 1 0 2 28 2 12 5 38 5 8 4 0
University and Morningside College. Team Attack By Game TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 With just one regular season game remaining the Bulldogs are currently Game K E TA Pct 19628 . 1 0 7 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 Team Records: in seventh place in the GPAC standings with a record of 21-12 (8-7 GPAC). 210531 . 1 6 1 Concordia Univ. (NE) (0) 20 26 21 21-14 (8-8) Concordia wraps-up the regular season on Oct. 31 taking on Midland Lu- 311938 . 0 5 3 Northwestern (IA) (3) 30 30 30 26-7 (13-3) theran in Fremont, Neb.
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Concordia University, Nebraska announced that Katie Werner was named as Concordia’s female athlete of the year for 2007-08. During her career at Concordia University, Werner was a standout in both volleyball and track, rewrote multiple school records and collected nu- merous awards. Werner was one of the most dominate middle blockers in the GPAC. Even though most teams specifi cally prepared to counter her, Werner nevertheless topped the GPAC in kills and blocks. In track she established herself as one of the premier female throwers in Concordia athletic history over the past four seasons. Werner was a four-time all-GPAC selection, three time NAIA All-Re- gion III selection, as well as being the team’s most valuable player. During her career she was named to 9 diff erent all-tournament teams, she was the GPAC player of the week multiple times and was a two-time NAIA scholar athlete. During her volleyball career she set three individual records: best at- tack percentage in a single season (35.6% in the 2006 season); most blocks in one match (17 in a match in 2004); and most blocks in a career (793). In track she is the current record holder in the indoor shot put and is second on the outdoor shot put list. Werner currently is second on the all-time list for the indoor weight throw and third in the outdoor hammer throw. She has been a two-time NAIA All-American and a three-time NAIA Scholar Athlete. For her career Werner was a GPAC champion in the shot put and competed at the NAIA national championship meet six times.
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Hastings College Doane College Nebraska Wesleyan Sept. 2 & Oct. 28 Sept. 17 & Oct. 15 Sept. 23 & Oct. 21 General Information General Information General Information Founded: 1882 Founded: 1872 Founded: 1887 President: Phil Dudley President: Jonathan Brand President: Dr. Frederik Ohles Nickname: Broncos Nickname: Tigers Nickname: Prairie Wolves Colors: Crimson, Black and White Colors: Orange and Black Colors: Gold, Brown and Black Enrollment: 1150 Enrollment: 1000 Enrollment: 1500 Athletic Director Athletic Director Athletic Director Fran Hummel Greg Heier Ira Zeff Sports Information Sports Information Sports Information Garrett Biller Rick Schmuecker Alex Linden Midland Lutheran Northwestern Mount Marty College Sept. 30 & Nov. 4 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 General Information General Information General Information Founded: 1883 Founded: 1882 Founded: 1936 President: Interim - Stephen Fritz President: Gregory Christy President: Tim Barry Nickname: Warriors Nickname: Red Raiders Nickname: Lancers Colors: Black and Orange Colors: Red and White Colors: Navy Blue and Gold Enrollment: 910 Enrollment: 1342 Enrollment: 1125 Athletic Director Athletic Director Athletic Director Keith Kramme Barry Brandt Chuck Iverson Sports Information Sports Information Sports Information Rich Ray Matt Bos Andy Bernatow Dana College Dordt College Dakota Wesleyan Oct. 8 Oct. 11 Oct. 24 General Information General Information General Information Founded: 1884 Founded: 1955 Founded: 1885 President: Janet Philipp President: Carl Zylstra President: Robert Duff ett Nickname: Vikings Nickname: Defenders Nickname: Tigers Colors: Red and White Colors: Black, White and Gold Colors: Royal Blue and White Enrollment: 637 Enrollment: 1300 Enrollment: 783 Athletic Director Athletic Director Athletic Director Bill Danenhauer Rick Vander Berg Chad Vogel Sports Information Sports Information Sports Information Shad Beam Mike Byker Melissa Waddell Univ. of Sioux Falls Briar Cliff Univ. Morningside Oct. 25 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 General Information General Information General Information Founded: 1883 Founded: 1930 Founded: 1894 President: Mark Benedetto President: Beverly Wharton President: John Reynders Nickname: Cougars Nickname: Chargers Nickname: Mustangs Colors: Purple, Black and White Colors: Royal Blue and Gold Colors: Maroon and White Enrollment: 1275 Enrollment: 1116 Enrollment: 1050 Athletic Director Athletic Director Athletic Director Willie Sanchez Steve Gast Jerry Schmutte Sports Information Sports Information Sports Information Chris Weeden Jared Bodammer Dave Rebstock 4477 22008008 GPACGPAC COCOMPOSITEMPOSITE SCHEDULESCHEDULE
August 22 9:00AM Our Lady of the Lake vs. Briar Cliff 14-25,20-25,17-25 South Padre Island Challenge 9:00AM Doane vs. Oklahoma City University 25-22,23-25,25-20,25-12 South Padre Island Challenge 11:15AM Olivet Nazarene University vs. Morningside 20-25,14-25,16-25 South Padre Island Challenge 11:15AM Dordt vs. Malone College 26-24,25-23,32-30 South Padre Island Challenge 1:30PM Doane @ Texas Brownsville 25-20,25-17,25-13 South Padre Island Challenge 1:30PM Hastings vs. Saint Xavier University 25-14,25-13,25-16 Michigan Dearborn Earlybird Tourney 3:30PM Hastings vs. University of Northwestern Ohio 25-21,25-21,25-20 Michigan Dearborn Earlybird Tourney 3:45PM Malone College vs. Morningside 22-25,18-25,24-26 South Padre Island Challenge 3:45PM Our Lady of the Lake vs. Dordt 28-26,14-25,24-26,15-25 South Padre Island Challenge 6:00PM Briar Cliff vs. Olivet Nazarene University 25-27,25-17,25-14,27-29,15-7 South Padre Island Challenge 23 8:30AM Hastings vs. Taylor University 20-25,25-18,25-19,25-21 Michigan Dearborn Earlybird Tourney 10:00AM Our Lady of the Lake vs. Morningside 14-25,15-25,16-25 South Padre Island Challenge 11:00AM Dakota State University @ Mount Marty 21-25,25-23,22-25,25-20,8-15 12:15PM Doane vs. Olivet Nazarene University 25-16,25-19,25-12 South Padre Island Challenge 12:15PM Dordt vs. Oklahoma City University 24-26,15-25,25-10,25-9,12-15 South Padre Island Challenge 1:00PM Hastings vs. Cornerstone University 25-9,25-18,25-22 Michigan Dearborn Earlybird Tourney 2:00PM Morningside @ Texas Brownsville 25-14,25-12,17-25,25-14 South Padre Island Challenge 3:00PM Waldorf College @ Mount Marty 25-14,25-20,21-25,25-14 4:45PM Doane vs. Our Lady of the Lake 25-21,25-21,25-13 South Padre Island Challenge 4:45PM Briar Cliff vs. Malone College 25-19,20-25,17-25,25-23,15-11 South Padre Island Challenge 7:00PM Dordt vs. Texas Brownsville 25-11,26-24,25-10 South Padre Island Challenge 7:00PM Briar Cliff vs. Oklahoma City University 21-25,20-25,23-25 South Padre Island Challenge 26 7:00PM Dana @ College of Saint Mary 27 7:00PM Sioux Falls @ Dakota State University 4488 29 11:00AM Dakota Wesleyan vs. Oklahoma Baptist University Oklahoma City Tournament 11:00AM Albertson College @ Mount Marty 12:00PM Concordia @ Mayville State University Red Raider Classic 12:00PM Hastings vs. Waldorf College Red Raider Classic 2:00PM Morningside vs. William Penn College St. Ambrose Classic 2:15PM Doane vs. Black Hills State University Red Raider Classic 2:15PM Midland Lutheran vs. Olivet Nazarene University Red Raider Classic 2:15PM Dana vs. Grand View College Red Raider Classic 4:00PM Sioux Falls @ Saint Ambrose University 4:30PM Mayville State University @ Northwestern Red Raider Classic 4:30PM Dordt vs. Grand View College Red Raider Classic 4:30PM Concordia vs. Valley City State University Red Raider Classic 5:00PM Dakota Wesleyan vs. St. Gregory Oklahoma City Tournament 6:00PM Morningside vs. University of Illinois at Springfi eld St. Ambrose Classic 6:00PM Madonna University @ Mount Marty 6:30PM Hastings vs. Olivet Nazarene University Red Raider Classic 6:30PM Dana vs. Waldorf College Red Raider Classic 8:00PM Sioux Falls vs. Upper Iowa University 8:30PM Black Hills State University @ Northwestern Red Raider Classic 8:30PM Doane vs. Dordt Red Raider Classic 8:30PM Midland Lutheran vs. Valley City State University Red Raider Classic 30 9:00AM Dakota Wesleyan vs. Texas Wesleyan Oklahoma City Tournament 9:00AM Morningside vs. Quincy University St. Ambrose Classic 9:00AM Mount Marty @ Ashford University 9:00AM Concordia @ Grand View College Red Raider Classic 9:00AM Hastings vs. Dana Red Raider Classic 11:00AM Sioux Falls vs. University of Illinois at Springfi eld 11:00AM Doane vs. Valley City State University
4499 Red Raider Classic 11:00AM Dordt vs. Olivet Nazarene University Red Raider Classic 11:00AM Midland Lutheran vs. Waldorf College Red Raider Classic 1:00PM Dakota Wesleyan @ Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City Tournament 1:00PM Grand View College @ Northwestern Red Raider Classic 1:00PM Sioux Falls vs. William Penn College 1:00PM Mount Marty @ Point Loma Nazarene University 1:00PM Concordia @ Black Hills State University Red Raider Classic 1:00PM Dana vs. Mayville State University Red Raider Classic 2:00PM Morningside @ Saint Ambrose University St. Ambrose Classic 3:00PM Doane vs. Waldorf College Red Raider Classic 3:00PM Dordt vs. Waldorf College Red Raider Classic 3:00PM Hastings vs. Valley City State University Red Raider Classic 3:00PM Midland Lutheran vs. Mayville State University Red Raider Classic 5:00PM Olivet Nazarene University @ Northwestern Red Raider Classic September * 2 7:30PM Concordia @ Hastings 3 7:30PM Midland Lutheran @ Briar Cliff * 7:30PM Dakota Wesleyan @ Northwestern * 7:30PM Morningside @ Sioux Falls 5 Briar Cliff @ TBA Sioux Falls Tournament Sept. 5-6 Kansas Wesleyan University vs. Midland Lutheran CSM Classic 12:00PM Dakota Wesleyan vs. Ashford University College of St. Mary Tournament 2:00PM Dakota State University vs. Mount Marty 4:00PM Dakota Wesleyan vs. Kansas Wesleyan University College of St. Mary Tournament 4:00PM Mayville State University vs. Sioux Falls 4:00PM Doane vs. Concordia University 4:00PM Briar Cliff @ Mount Marty Sioux Falls Cougar Classic 4:00PM Hastings @ College of Saint Mary CSM Classic 6:00PM MidAmerica Nazarene University @ Dakota Wesleyan 6:00PM Dana vs. Valley City State University 6:00PM Hastings vs. Ashford University 5500 CSM Classic 8:00PM Morningside vs. Southern Nazarene University 8:00PM Dakota State University vs. Sioux Falls 8:00PM Dordt vs. Concordia 8:00PM Doane @ College of Saint Mary 8:00PM Briar Cliff vs. Black Hills State University Sioux Falls Cougar Classic 8:00PM South Dakota School of Mines & Tech. @ Dana 6 Midland Lutheran vs. TBA CSM Classic 9:00AM South Dakota School of Mines & Tech. @ Sioux Falls 9:00AM Briar Cliff vs. Valley City State University Sioux Falls Cougar Classic 10:00AM Dakota Wesleyan vs. York College College of St. Mary Tournament 10:00AM Southern Nazarene University vs. Northwestern 10:00AM Kansas Wesleyan University vs. Dakota Wesleyan 10:00AM Doane vs. York College 11:00AM Black Hills State University @ Mount Marty 11:00AM Dakota State University vs. Dana 12:00PM Morningside vs. Ashford University 12:00PM Dordt vs. MidAmerica Nazarene University 1:00PM Briar Cliff vs. Dickinson State University Sioux Falls Cougar Classic 1:00PM South Dakota School of Mines & Tech. @ Mount Marty 1:00PM Mount Marty vs. Valley City State University 2:00PM Dakota Wesleyan vs. Southern Nazarene University College of St. Mary Tournament 2:00PM Concordia University vs. Northwestern 2:00PM Hastings vs. Southern Nazarene University CSM Classic 3:00PM Black Hills State University vs. Sioux Falls 4:00PM Doane vs. MidAmerica Nazarene University 4:00PM Kansas Wesleyan University vs. Dordt 6:00PM Morningside @ College of Saint Mary 6:00PM Hastings vs. Concordia University CSM Classic * 9 7:30PM Dakota Wesleyan @ Dordt * 7:30PM Northwestern @ Morningside 7:30PM Concordia @ College of Saint Mary 10 7:00PM Sioux Falls @ University of Minnesota-Morris 7:30PM Briar Cliff @ Mount Marty * 7:30PM Midland Lutheran @ Hastings * 7:30PM Dana @ Doane 12 Midland Lutheran vs. TBA Morningside College Tournament 2:00PM Dakota Wesleyan vs. Oklahoma City University Hastings College Tournament 2:00PM Doane vs. Texas Wesleyan University 2:00PM Dordt vs. Park University 5511 3:00PM Minot State University @ Morningside Morningside Classic 3:00PM Nebraska Wesleyan vs. Simpson 4:00PM Concordia @ College of the Ozarks 4:00PM Calumet College of St. Joseph @ Hastings 5:15PM Nebraska Wesleyan vs. Augsburg College 6:00PM Bellevue University vs. Doane 6:00PM Dordt vs. Oklahoma Baptist University 7:00PM Indiana Institute of Technology @ Morningside Morningside Classic 7:30PM Buena Vista University @ Briar Cliff 7:30PM Buena Vista @ Briar Cliff 8:00PM Dakota Wesleyan vs. College of the Ozarks Hastings College Tournament 8:00PM Concordia @ College of Saint Mary 8:00PM Texas Wesleyan University @ Hastings 13 Midland Lutheran vs. TBA Morningside College Tournament 8:00AM Park University vs. Doane 9:30AM Nebraska Wesleyan vs. Coe College 10:00AM Dakota Wesleyan vs. Friends University Hastings College Tournament 10:00AM Robert Morris College @ Morningside Morningside Classic 11:45AM Nebraska Wesleyan @ Wartburg College 12:00PM Doane vs. College of the Ozarks 12:00PM Dordt vs. Texas Wesleyan University 12:00PM Concordia @ Park University 2:00PM MidAmerica Nazarene University @ Dana 2:00PM Oklahoma City University @ Hastings 3:00PM Mount Marty @ Buena Vista 4:00PM Dakota Wesleyan vs. College of Saint Mary Hastings College Tournament 4:00PM Concordia @ Oklahoma Baptist University 6:00PM College of the Ozarks @ Hastings 8:00PM Dordt vs. Peru State College 16 7:30PM Morningside @ Briar Cliff * 7:30PM Nebraska Wesleyan @ Midland Lutheran * 7:30PM Dordt @ Sioux Falls 17 7:00PM Northwestern @ College of Saint Mary * 7:30PM Mount Marty @ Dakota Wesleyan * 7:30PM Morningside @ Briar Cliff * 7:30PM Doane @ Concordia * 7:30PM Hastings @ Dana 19 Briar Cliff @ TBA Clarke Tournamnet Sept.19-20 Briar Cliff @ TBA Clarke Tournament Sept. 19-20 3:30PM Nebraska Wesleyan vs. Wartburg College 6:00PM Briar Cliff vs. Iowa Wesleyan College 5522 Clarke College Tournament 7:00PM Sterling College @ Sioux Falls 7:00PM Presentation College @ Mount Marty 7:00PM York College @ Concordia 7:30PM Midland Lutheran @ Kansas Wesleyan University 7:30PM Nebraska Wesleyan vs. College of Saint Benedict 8:00PM Briar Cliff vs. Ashford University Clarke College Tournament 20 10:00AM Briar Cliff @ Clarke College Clarke College Tournament 10:00AM Nebraska Wesleyan @ Simpson 12:00PM Briar Cliff vs. Cornerstone University Clarke College Tournament 12:00PM Briar Cliff vs. Alverno College 12:30PM Cornerstone University @ Briar Cliff * 12:30PM Dana @ Mount Marty 1:00PM Presentation College @ Dakota Wesleyan 1:00PM York College @ Hastings 2:00PM Nebraska Wesleyan vs. Saint Th omas University 2:30PM Dana vs. Sterling College * 3:00PM Midland Lutheran @ Dordt 4:30PM Sterling College @ Mount Marty 5:00PM Kansas Wesleyan University @ Hastings 23 7:00PM Northwestern @ South Dakota * 7:30PM Nebraska Wesleyan @ Concordia 24 7:30PM Dordt @ Briar Cliff * 7:30PM Dakota Wesleyan @ Morningside * 7:30PM Midland Lutheran @ Dana 7:30PM Dakota State University @ Morningside * 7:30PM Mount Marty @ Sioux Falls * 7:30PM Hastings @ Doane 26 9:00AM Northwestern vs. Kansas Wesleyan University 11:15AM Concordia @ Columbia College 1:30PM Northwestern @ Bellevue University 3:45PM Dordt vs. Kansas Wesleyan University 6:00PM Hastings vs. Columbia College 7:00PM Dakota Wesleyan @ York College 7:00PM Mount Marty @ Wayne State College 8:15PM Concordia @ Bellevue University 27 9:00AM Hastings vs. Kansas Wesleyan University 11:15AM Northwestern vs. Columbia College 1:00PM Morningside @ South Dakota 1:30PM Hastings @ Bellevue University 3:45PM Dordt vs. Columbia College 6:00PM York College @ Mount Marty 6:00PM Concordia @ Kansas Wesleyan University 7:30PM Waldorf College @ Briar Cliff 8:15PM Dordt @ Bellevue University 29 7:00PM Grace University @ Mount Marty 30 7:00PM Briar Cliff @ College of Saint Mary 5533 7:30PM Buena Vista @ Morningside 20 7:30PM Grace University @ Dana * 21 7:30PM Sioux Falls @ Dordt * 7:30PM Doane @ Hastings * 7:30PM Concordia @ Nebraska Wesleyan 22 7:30PM Briar Cliff @ Northwestern * 7:30PM Dakota Wesleyan @ Mount Marty * 7:30PM Nebraska Wesleyan @ Dana 23 7:00PM Midland Lutheran @ Peru State College 24 7:30PM Nebraska Wesleyan @ Briar Cliff * 7:30PM Concordia @ Dakota Wesleyan * 7:30PM Morningside @ Northwestern * 7:30PM Doane @ Mount Marty * 7:30PM Hastings @ Sioux Falls * 7:30PM Dordt @ Dana 25 1:30PM Mount Marty @ York College * 3:00PM Dordt @ Midland Lutheran * 3:00PM Concordia @ Sioux Falls * 5:00PM Hastings @ Dakota Wesleyan 5:00PM Doane @ Northwestern 5:30PM Dana @ Briar Cliff 28 7:30PM College of Saint Mary @ Briar Cliff * 7:30PM Dordt @ Dakota Wesleyan * 7:30PM Mount Marty @ Morningside * 7:30PM Nebraska Wesleyan @ Doane * 7:30PM Hastings @ Concordia * 29 7:30PM Dana @ Midland Lutheran * 7:30PM Northwestern @ Sioux Falls 31 7:30PM Briar Cliff @ Concordia * 7:30PM Dakota Wesleyan @ Doane * 7:30PM Northwestern @ Midland Lutheran * 7:30PM Morningside @ Hastings * 7:30PM Mount Marty @ Dordt * 7:30PM Sioux Falls @ Nebraska Wesleyan November * 1 12:30PM Mount Marty @ Midland Lutheran 3:00PM Briar Cliff @ Hastings * 3:00PM Dakota Wesleyan @ Nebraska Wesleyan * 7:30PM Morningside @ Concordia * 7:30PM Northwestern @ Dana 7:30PM Sioux Falls @ Doane 4 7:30PM Briar Cliff @ Morningside * 7:30PM Dakota Wesleyan @ Sioux Falls * 7:30PM Midland Lutheran @ Concordia * 7:30PM Dordt @ Northwestern * 7:30PM Doane @ Dana * 7:30PM Hastings @ Nebraska Wesleyan 6 TBA @ Conference Tourney
5544 First Round 8 TBA @ Conference Tourney Quarterfi nals 12 TBA @ Conference Tourney Semifi nals 15 TBA @ Conference Tourney Championship 29 TBA @ NAIA National Championship First Round Matches (Campus Sites) December 2 TBA @ NAIA National Championship December 2-6 at Sioux City, Iowa (Tyson Events Center)
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