Game Time...Showdown Saturday...Northwestern College makes the trip to Seward, Neb. to play unbeaten Concordia in a conference volleyball match-up between top five teams. First serve is set for 3pm. Northwestern owns a 3-1 conference record, 5-1 overall; Concordia is a perfect 5-0 on the year with all matches in GPAC play.

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All-Time...Northwestern is 41-11 all-time and is unbeaten in the last five matches against Concordia. The Raiders are 8-2 in the last 10 and defeated the Bulldogs 3-0 in the final game of the regular season in 2019.

Scouting Reports...

    Concordia Bulldogs: 5-0 (GPAC), 5-0 overall            Head Coach: Ben Boldt (3rd season)

The Bulldogs are one of two unbeaten teams left in the GPAC (along with Jamestown) and are currently in first place in the standings with a 5-0 record. They have two wins against Midland and one over Doane, Hastings and Dordt. Concodia has lost just one set all season and have not played since a 3-0 win at Dordt last weekend (Oct.2). 

Hired in December of 2017, Boldt is in the midst of his third season as the head of the Concordia volleyball program. Boldt has coaching stops at Hendrix College, a NCAA D-III school, and the University of Nebraska. He returns six starters, eight players from a 2019 team that finished third in the GPAC with an 11-5 record, 25-8 overall, and qualified for its first NAIA National Championship tournament. They went 2-1 and advanced out of pool play before losing to Missouri Baptist. 

    By the Numbers: (GPAC / NAIA rank-if top 10)
    Hitting Percentage: .246 (2nd / 10th)
    Kills / Set: 13.9 (2nd / 8th)
    Aces / Set: 1.4 (3rd)
    Blocks / Set: 2.2 (4th)
    Digs / Set: 16 (7th)

    Individual Leaders / Key Players (GPAC / NAIA rank-if top 10)
    Gabi Nordaker - 3.1 kills/set (6th), .404% (1st / 4th), 1.4 blocks /set (2nd)
    Kara Stark (All-Conf) - 2.8 kills/set, .112%
    Camryn Opfer (All-Conf, Frosh of Year) - 2.5 kills/set, .222%, 3.3 digs/set
    Tara Callahan (All-Conf) - 11.3 assists/set (2nd / 3rd), 2.4 digs/set
    Marissa Hoemann (All-Conf) - 7 aces, 5 digs/set (4th)

    Northwestern Notes: 3-1 (GPAC), 5-1 overall            Head Coach: Kyle Van Den Bosch (16th year)

The Raiders are playing their third match of the week and 10th over the last 10 days. They hold a 3-1 record in GPAC play, 5-1 overall, and defeated Briar Cliff in its last match 3-1 on Wednesday night.

    By the Numbers: (GPAC / NAIA rank-if top 10)
    Hitting Percentage: .269 (1st / 6th)
    Kills / Set: 14.1 (1st / 5th)
    Aces / Set: 1.3 (7th)
    Blocks / Set: 2.1 (7th)
    Digs / Set: 16.9 (5th)

    Individual Leaders (GPAC / NAIA rank - if top 10)
    Anna Wedel - 4.3 kills/set (1st / 10th), .317 (4th), 3.1 digs/set
    Makenzie Fink - 2.8 kills/set, .347% (3rd), 1.5 digs/set, 8 blocks, 8 aces
    Emily Van Ginkel - 2.6 kills/set, .268%, 1.1 blocks/set
    Lacey Reitz - 11.9 assists/set (1st / 2nd), 2.6 digs/set
    Emily Strasser - 4.3 digs/set (10th)
    Olivia Granstra - 3 digs/set