SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Dakota News Now) - Dakota Wesleyan Volleyball squared off against familiar GPAC foe Concordia in their first matchup of pool play in the 2025 NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship.

Earlier in the year, the Tigers had dropped their match to the Bulldogs in three sets, but this time around, DWU kept pace for the entirety of the contest. The first set saw both teams trade scoring runs that eventually fell in favor of DWU towards the back stretch of the frame. A late Concordia momentum swing, however, gave the Bulldogs the late advantage to claim set one by a score of 25-23. Offensively, Dakota Wesleyan was led by Karly VanDerWerff, who continues to have an incredible postseason run, matching her previous game’s career-high of 20 kills on a .300 kill percentage, alon

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