Concordia Volleyball- a best-ever 23-10 season in Fall 2007
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November 1, 2007 NAC Semi Final
Benedictine 3 Concordia 0
All good things must come to an end. The Falcon dream volleyball season (which featured an all-time best 23 win total) is over- courtesy of powerful Benedictine. The Eagles (27-6) atoned for an earlier home loss to CUW by winning three straight games and moving to the NAC championship match on Saturday.
Benedictine’s star Kayla Layden put away 17 kills as she outplayed the outstanding Concordia frontline. “We had the BEST season in my years here (10-2 in the NAC and 23-10 overall)… and were outplayed by a very talented team. You never want to be satisfied with something less than first place, but we did take a giant step this fall,” said Falcon coach Joe Cawley.
GAME SCORES 1 2 3
Benedictine Univ...... (3) 30 30 30
Concordia Volleyball (0) 28 23 24
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October 30, 2007
Concordia 3 Maranatha 2
GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5
Maranatha................. (2) 30 24 30 25 6
Concordia.................. (3) 21 30 18 30 15
Once again it took 5 games and plenty of anxious moments, but second seeded CUW eventually came back from a 2-1 deficit to eliminate upset-minded Maranatha last evening in the Buuck Fieldhouse. The Falcons (23-9) host Benedictine (26-6) on Thursday evening in the NAC semi-finals.
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October 24, 2007
Concordia 3 MSOE 2
Once again the Falcons came from behind to defeat a talented NAC rival and secure a second place finish in the regular conference season. CUW’s 22nd fall victory did not come easy but the result put the Falcons in an admirable position for the NAC Tournament that begins next Tuesday with Joe Cawley’s squad hosting Maranatha.
MSOE (2) 23 30 30 26 5
Concordia (3) 30 19 27 30 15
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October 20, 2007
Concordia 3 Aurora 1
CUW rebounded from Friday night’s grueling 5 game loss at Concordia- Chicago to repel the visiting Spartans in 4 games. Concordia’s 21st win of the season kept the Falcons in second place in the NAC at 9- 2.
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October 19, 2007
Concordia- Chicago 3 Concordia 2
This one was hard to take. After winning so many 5 game thrillers this season, the Falcons dropped one of those nail-biters at Concordia- Chicago.
22-30 30-22 30- 28 28-30 13-15
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October 16, 2007
CUW huddles around coach Cawley
Concordia 3 Benedictine 2
Rebounding from a one-sided first game obliteration, the Falcons took over sole possession of second place in the NAC with a heart-stopping 5 game win over host Benectinelast evening. Katie Roessler led the way with 23 kills while Annie Moser (30) and Erin Kiesow (27) kept digging up Eagle hits in games 2-5.
Concordia Univ. (WI) (3) 16 30 30 29 15
Benedictine Univ.... (2) 30 28 23 31 13
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October 12-13, 2007
Cal State East Bay 3 Concordia 0
Santa Cruz 3 Concordia 0
St. Benedict 3 Concordia 0
Concordia 3 Edgewood 0
Joe Cawley’s squad traveled to California for the Pioneer Wild West Classic over the weekend and was able to compete against several of the better D. 3 volleyball opponents in the country. Cal State East Bay, ranked 12th in the nation, humbled CUW by 30-15, 30-14, and 31-29 scores in the tournament’s first round on Friday and Santa Cruz was nearly as strong while taking 3 straight from CUW.
St Benedict’s handed Concordia a three game defeat on Saturday by 30-19, 31-29, and 30-24 scores before the Falcons came back to conquer Edgewood 30-22, 30-26, and 30-28. Concordia now owns a 19-8 overall match record with difficult tests at Benedictine Tuesday, at CU- Chicago on Friday, and home against Aurora on Saturday.
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October 9, 2007
Concordia 3 Maranatha 1
MBBC................ (1) 30 26 17 25
Concordia Volleyball (3) 26 30 30 30
The Falcons, riding high at 18-5, got an early scare from the visiting Crusaders. After dropping the first game and trailing midway thru the second, CUW took over behind the 30 kill combination of Katie Roessler and Angie Davis. Joe Cawley's diggers have won four straight.
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October 6, 2007
Concordia 3 WLC 1
Concordia 3 U of Chicago 1
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October 5, 2007
Concordia 3 Rockford 0
CUW elevated to 15- 5 with a 3 game win.
Kills-aces-blocks leaders:
Davis, Angela 16-1-3; Boehm, Stephanie 9-0-3; Roessler, Katie 9-1-3;
Assist leaders: Mosser, Annie 27; Strey, Tasha 15.
Dig leaders: Mosser, Annie 23; Kiesow, Erin 23; Davis, Angela 17
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October 2, 2007
Concordia 3 Marian 0
Joe Cawley’s Falcons upped their NAC record to 4-1 and their glossy overall mark to 14- 5 with a road sweep of Marian last evening.
Concordia 30 30 36
Marian 12 20 34
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September 28,29, 2007
The Falcons (13-5 overall) split four contests at the UW- Whitewater Invitational over the weekened. The host Warhawks, ranked third in the Nation, handled the Falcons in three straight games.
Trinity International 3 Concordia 0
Concordia 3 Illinois Wesleyan 0
Concordia 3 St. Ambrose 2
UW-Whitewater 3 Concordia 0
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September 27, 2007
Concordia 3 Alverno 0
(30-20 30-23 30-20)
Katie Roessler pounded down 17 kills and teammate Tasha Strey had a match-high 17 assists as the Falcons moved to 11-3 on the season.
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September 25, 2007 Volleyball
Concordia 3 Edgewood 0
(30-23 30-25 30-21)
The visiting Falcons upped their impressive season tally to 10- 3 with a 3 game sweep of Edgewood last evening.
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September 13, 2007
Lakeland 3 Concordia 0
The Falcons never got into it during a loss to the powerful Muskies that dropped CUW to 9-3 on the season.
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September 11, 2007
Falcon Volleyball ups record to 9-2
Concordia 3 Dominican 1 (26-30, 30-26, 30-21, 30-19)
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September 6, 2007 Falcons win two more
Concordia defeated Carroll 3-0 (30-20, 30-26, 30-18)
Concordia defeated Beloit 3-2 (30-22, 36-34, 22-30, 22-30, 15-6)
Joe Cawley's Falcon volleyball squad improved to 8-2 with a pair of wins last evening. After drubbing Carroll in three straight games, CUW needed a tie breaker to upend Beloit.
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September 5, 2007
Monmouth 3 Concordia 0 UW- Platteville 3 Concordia 0
Concordia 3 Coe 2 Concordia 3 UW- River Falls 2
CUW was defeated by both Monmouth and host UW-Platteville in the first two rounds of the Platteville Invitational. All six games were closely contested but CUW's match record fell to 4-2 with the double defeat. The Falcons then came back to even their tourney record by upending both Coe (in 5 games) and host UW- River Falls. CUW is 6-2 overall.
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Friday, August 31 FALCON VB wins CIT (4-0)
The CUW Falcons opened the 2007 volleyball season with four straight victories, defeating Concordia- Texas in three straight games before squeaking past Concordia- Chicago in a 5 game thriller on Friday.
5:00pm Concordia- WI 3 Concordia- TX 0
30- 23; 30- 18; 30- 24
7:00pm Concordia- WI 3 Concordia- IL 2
30- 32; 30- 21; 27- 30; 30- 27; 18- 16
Then on Saturday the Falcons upended Concordia- Ann Arbor three games to one and then handled Concordia- Chicago for a second time in three straight games.
PREVIEW
The Falcons posted an 18-13 2006 record and hope to build on that success this season. Concordia rallied for consecutive upsets to make their way into the 2006 NAC championship match, but lost a 5 game thriller to the #2 seeded Benedictine Eagles. Benedictine broke a 12-12 tie to win the decisive 5th game.
"We played our best volleyball at the end of last season and hope to start fall 2007 in the same fashion," said coach Joe Cawley.
