Concordia's 25-23, 15-25, 25-21, 25-22 victory gives the Eagles a 27-7 record on the season, while Morningside falls to 31-8 and immediately needs both Concordia and Texas at Brownsville to take a pool play loss to have a chance of continuing on at the NAIA National Championships.

The Eagles hit a combined .156 (20-10-64) in the first two sets, while Morningside posted a .571 (14-2-21) hitting clip in set No. 2 to make it a 1-1 match heading to the third.

With the momentum of the match in question heading to the third set, opposites Brooke Marino and Amber Ridens both stepped up their game, notching five kills apiece in a 25-21 win that wrested control from Morningside en route to the win.

Ridens and Marino ended with 15 and 14 kills, respectively, as Marino hit an error-less .667 (14-0-21) to give Concordia a leg-up in Pool D.

Senior outside hitter Stephanie Darnall and sophomore outside hitter Serrina Russo posted eight and six kills, respectively, but also combined for 11 hitting errors while earning a combined 28 digs in the win.

The Eagles next take on Bellevue (NE), which is fresh off a three-game sweep at the hand of Texas at Brownsville, Wednesday (Dec. 2), starting at 3:45 PST.

Box Score

Photo Gallery

Photos from today's match can be found at the Photo Gallery link at cuieagles.com, or by clicking here. The photos are courtesy of Gene Knudsen, and more images can be found at www.siouxlandsportsauthority.com.

Live Stats

The NAIA National Championships are carried via livestats at California Baptist's athletics website (www.cbulancers.com).

Listen/Watch Live

Tomorrow's showdown against Bellevue will be carried at Bellevue's athletics site (www.bubruins.com). Only the single-elimination rounds will be carried at the NAIA site, starting Friday (Dec. 4).

Tournament Central

To get the most up-to-the-minute coverage of the tournament in its entirety, go to http://naia.cstv.com/ and click "2009 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Final Site Preview".