2019-20 Stories of the Year (No. 3): Women's Volleyball captures pair of titles
MEQUON, Wis. -- The 2019-20 athletic year was another successful one for the Concordia Wisconsin Athletic Department. The Falcons won and contended for conference championships in many sports and put together an impressive list of great achievements. As in years past, the Department of Athletic Communications tries to sort through all the great moments and give you, the fans, top stories from the past year.
The list of stories was compiled by the Department of Athletic Communications and, like all lists, is subject to debate. The top stories will be revealed over the next four weeks, with a story being released on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The top story will be released on May 20.
No. 3 Story of the Year
Women's Volleyball captures pair of titles
Not one or two or even three, but four-consecutive Concordia Invitational Volleyball Tournament (CIVT) titles for the Concordia Wisconsin Women's Volleyball program. No other Concordia that has competed in the tournament has ever accomplished the feat. Over the course of the four-peat, they won seven of the nine matches played by a 3-0 score. They outscored the opposition 724-554 and held the foes on the other side of the net to 15 points or fewer in five sets.
This was all during the opening weekend of the 2019 season that helped give the Falcons the confidence and momentum to go on and win their third Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) regular-season title in the past four years on October 30.
The Falcons have built the foundation, reputation and expectation that trophies would be added to the trophy case yearly. They ended in a three-way tie for the NACC regular-season championship with a 10-2 record and earned the second seed. Concordia Wisconsin advanced to the NACC Tournament Championship for the fourth consecutive year as well.
They ranked top-3 in the NACC statistically in seven different categories and were 49th nationally in opponent hitting percentage (.123). Of their 22 victories, 12 ended in a 3-0 sweep. It was also the seventh time in program history the win total exceeded 20. During the Falcons 22 victories, they recorded a hitting percentage of .226 and dialed up an averaged of 8.9 service aces per win.
Overall, the senior class of Natalie Lutz, Holly Anderson, Arianna Richmond, Kelsey Kleba, Kendall Stribling and Megan Mayer concluded their careers as the second most successful class in program history with an overall record of 92-30, which included a 42-4 record in NACC play.
2019-20 CUW Athletics Stories of the Year
HM: Women's Basketball and Football break records
No. 10: Sam Otto of Men's Golf breaks 36-hole record
No. 9: Softball posts program-best start
No. 8: Dance wins CIT title
No. 7: Goucher and Curran shine at NACC Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship
No. 6: Men's Hockey upsets No. 9 Lake Forest on senior night
No. 5: Johnson, Jurss have a record-setting night
No. 4: ACHA Hockey has record-breaking season
No. 3: Women's Volleyball captures pair of titles
No. 2: May 18
No. 1: May 20
