Bulldog Athletic Association Member (BAAM) Athlete of the Week
Calvin Rohde, Track & Field
A native of Reed City, Mich., Rohde ran a split of 4:16 in the 1,600 meters as part of a distance medley relay that qualified for nationals while in action at the Beile Classic. Rohde also placed third in the 800 meters (1:59.21) at the meet. He is an individual national qualifier in the mile.
Previous BAAM Athletes of the Week
Jan. 25 – Calvin Rohde (track & field) / Gage Smith (basketball) / Rylee Haecker (track & field)
Jan. 18 – Carter Kent (basketball) / Rylee Haecker (track & field)
Jan. 11 – Carter Kent (basketball) / Mackenzie Toomey (basketball)
Dec. 14 – Carter Kent (basketball) / Sarah Lewis (track & field)
Dec. 7 – Carter Kent (basketball) / Gabi Nordaker (volleyball)
Nov. 30 – Noah Schutte (basketball) / Taysha Rushton (basketball)
Nov. 16 – Korrell Koehlmoos (football) / Bree Burtwistle (volleyball)
Nov. 9 – Camden Sesna (cross country) / Gabi Nordaker (volleyball)
Nov. 2 – Carter Kent (basketball) / Camryn Opfer (volleyball)
Oct. 26 – Peyton Mitchell (football) / Lexie Kreizel (volleyball)
Oct. 19 – Lane Napier (football) / Kalie Ward (soccer)
Oct. 12 – Caydren Cox (football) / Kalee Wiltfong (volleyball)
Oct. 5 – DJ McGarvie (football) / Sarah Schwacher (shooting sports)
Sept. 28 – Wyatt Hambly (shooting sports) / Gabi Nordaker (volleyball)
Sept. 21 – Camden Sesna (cross country) / Lina Kirst (soccer) / Grace Reiman (cross country) / Carly Rodaway (volleyball)
Sept. 14 – Caydren Cox (football) / Mikeila Martinez (soccer)
Sept. 7 – Drew D’Ercole (golf) / Ivan Yabut (golf) / Erica Heinzerling (volleyball)
Aug. 31 – Martin Herrera (soccer) / Camryn Opfer (volleyball)
BAAM Athletes of the Month
December – Carter Kent (basketball) / Sarah Lewis (track & field)
November – Noah Schutte (basketball) / Gabi Nordaker (volleyball)
October – Lane Napier (football) / Camryn Opfer (volleyball)
September – Caydren Cox (football) / Gabi Nordaker (volleyball)
News and notes:
BAAM luncheons are held every Tuesday at 12 p.m. CT inside the Dog House Grill, located in the Janzow Campus Center. The luncheons feature reports from head coaches who are in season at the time.
Game/event days on campus: Concordia Athletics continues to welcome fans to its venues for sporting events. Currently, there are no attendance limits. Before visiting road venues involving Bulldog teams, fans should be sure to check the spectator policies on those particular campuses. Other locations may require the use of face coverings. Once again, fans attending varsity sporting events at Concordia are able to purchase advance tickets online via HomeTown Ticketing. Tickets will also be sold on site on the day of events. Should any policies or protocols for fans change, updated information will be available on the athletics fan information page HERE.
Cheer/Dance teams complete stretch of three-straight competition days: It was a hectic three-day stretch as the Concordia Cheer and Dance teams were in action each day from Jan. 26-28 last week. Results from those competitions are listed below. It’s been an especially impressive 2022 season so far for Head Coach Mandi Maser’s cheer squad, which has won two home triangulars, defeated Doane in a dual and placed second out of seven teams at the Midland Invitational. Meanwhile, the dance team showed major improvement late in the week – as opposed to Wednesday’s home appearance. For more on the Concordia Cheer and Dance programs, click the following links: Cheer | Dance.
CHEER
-Jan. 26 – Hastings/Peru State triangular: 1st (68.25)
-Jan. 27 – Def. Doane, 74.35 – 72.15
-Jan. 28 – 2nd / 7 teams at the Midland Invite (72.90)
DANCE
-Jan. 26 – Hastings/Peru State triangular: 2nd (63.55)
-Jan. 27 – 2nd / 3 teams at Doane triangular (69.9)
-Jan. 28 – 5th / 6 teams at the Midland Invite (69.73)
Lewis’ call to Concordia a blessing for all sides: Mason City, Neb., native Sarah Lewis has made a major impact for Concordia Track & Field – and it’s not just because she’s a six time NAIA All-American. At one point expecting to attend Biola University (Calif.) on an athletic scholarship, Lewis reversed course when she visited the Concordia campus and found it to be the perfect fit. Now a senior, Lewis has already qualified for nationals in two individual events. For more on Lewis, click HERE.
Baseball/softball seasons on the horizon: February has arrived, meaning both the Concordia Baseball and Softball teams are counting down the days until their season openers. In preseason rankings, Head Coach Ryan Dupic’s squad landed at No. 1 in the GPAC and at No. 18 in the NAIA poll coming off a 2021 NAIA World Series berth. Meanwhile, Head Coach Tatum Edwards takes the reins of a program that qualified for the opening round of the 2021 national tournament. The Bulldog Softball team appeared at No. 4 in the preseason conference ratings. Season openers are 11 days away for baseball and 18 days away for softball. To read season previews, click the links below.
-2022 Baseball season preview
-2022 Softball season preview
Bulldog Coaches Show airs every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. CT: The Bulldog Coaches Show is underway in its seventh year of existence. The show airs live for a half hour every Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m. CT on KTMX-FM 104.9 Max Country. The weekly feature can also be heard live via 104.9 Max Country’s website or by downloading the Max Country app. Throughout the 2021-22 season, Bulldog football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball contests will be aired live on Max Country. Parker Cyza serves as the host of the coaches’ show as well as the play-by-play voice for football and basketball. Frank Greene is in his seventh season calling Concordia volleyball.
Concordia Sports Network: Live webcasts for most home varsity contests can be accessed by visiting https://www.cune.edu/athletics/watch-bulldogs at game time. Beginning in 2019-20, Concordia Athletics partnered with PrestoSports for live video and statistical streaming. For more details on this change, click HERE. Check team schedules/results pages for webcast dates. Scrimmages, exhibitions and junior varsity events are not broadcasted.
Track & Field
· Four weekends of indoor competition are now in the books this 2021-22 indoor season. The Bulldogs competed last week at the Fred Beile Classic hosted by Doane and came away with nine performances that met the automatic national qualifying standard (three new ‘A’ marks) and eight event championships. Head Coach Matt Beisel’s squads have stayed local this season, attending meets in Seward, Crete and Lincoln. Two more home meets remain on the docket prior to the GPAC Championships. For more information on Concordia Track & Field, click HERE.
· Below is a list of the Bulldogs who achieved marks at the first four weekends of meets that were reported to the national leaderboard. It should be noted that several times were converted for the national performance list. The overall program tally on the season includes 16 automatic national qualifying standards, 10 ‘B’ standards and a pentathlon point total that ranks top five in the NAIA.
o Men’s distance medley relay – A (9:29.48)
o Women’s 4x400m relay – A (3:53.73)
o Women’s 4x800m relay – A (9:29.48)
o Women’s distance medley relay – B (12:28.44)
o Andy Amos – A, weight throw (57’ 10 ½”)
o Jordyn Anderson – B, shot put (43’ 7 ¾”); B, weight throw (51’ 10”)
o Dagne’ Buck – B, weight throw (53’ 8 ¼”)
o Olivia Buschow – B, weight throw (52’ 10 ¾”)
o Amira Cummings – A, pole vault (11’ 6 ½”)
o Morgan De Jong – A, weight throw (55’ 10 ½”)
o Abigail Gerber – A, weight throw (53’ 4 ¼”)
o Rylee Haecker – A, 1,000 meters (2:56:45)
o Brady Klute – B, weight throw (54’ 7 ½”)
o Sarah Lewis – A, 400 meters (57.34); A, 60 hurdles (8.87)
o Wyatt Loga – A, high jump (6’ 8 ¼”)
o Erin Mapson – A, pole vault (12’ 1 ½”)
o Hannah Newton – B, high jump (5’ 5”)
o Josie Puelz – A, pole vault (13’ 2 ¼”)
o Sarah Ragland – A, weight throw (57’)
o Amy Richert – No. 5 in NAIA in pentathlon (3,407); B, high jump (5’ 5”)
o Calvin Rohde – A, mile (4:15.18); B, 1,000 meters (2:30.21); B, 3,000 meters (8:38.77)
o Chris Wren – A, weight throw (64’ 1 ¾”)
· For the first time this season, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) put out its NAIA national ratings index that is based on the individual national lists of top times and marks. In that calculation, the Bulldogs landed at No. 2 on the women’s side and at No. 18 on the men’s side. A year ago, Concordia turned in NAIA indoor national finishes of third for the women and 12th for the men. The women’s program has an active streak of placing in the top 10 nationally at six-straight NAIA Indoor National Championships.
· The three new ‘A’ standards last week were turned in by the men’s distance medley relay, Abigail Gerber in the weight throw and Wyatt Loga in the high jump. The DMR was made up of Camden Sesna, Grant Lammers, Sam Plante and Calvin Rohde. They blazed the track at Doane in a first place and Fuhrer Field House record time of 10:19.32 (converted to 10:11.03 for the national list). Sesna ran a 3:12 split in the 1,200 meters, Lammers galloped 400 meters in 50.98, Plante paced 800 meters in 1:59.34 and Rohde polished it off with a 4:16 in the 1,600 meters. That group has given the Bulldogs their first men’s relay national qualifier. On the women’s side, Concordia had already qualified its 4x4 and 4x8 relays.
· It could be argued that the weight throw has been Concordia’s most consistently excellent event area this season. The usual suspects again hit the ‘A’ standard at Doane: Andy Amos (4th place; 56’ 6 ¾”), Morgan De Jong (2nd place; 55’ 9”), Sarah Ragland (event champ; season best of 57’) and Chris Wren (2nd place; 63’ 7”). This time around, Gerber also broke through by sending the weight throw sailing 53’ 4 ¼” (fourth place) for a personal best. On the men’s side of things, Dagne’ Buck notched a ‘B’ standard of 53’ 8 ¼.” In the shot put, Jordyn Anderson eclipsed the ‘B’ standard and Amos was the top Bulldog for the men.
· In the high jump, Loga will be headed to nationals for the third time in his career. In a strong competition at the Beile Classic, the Bee, Neb., native cleared 6’ 8 ¼” and placed third (based on the sequence of successful jumps). Loga was an All-American at the 2021 indoor national meet. Teammate Jacob Glines (former Bulldog basketball player) got over the bar at 6’ 5.” On the women’s side of the high jump, Concordia’s Hannah Newton, Grace Reimer and Amy Richert all eclipsed 5’ 3.” Newton and Richert currently possess ‘B’ standards in the high jump.
· Rylee Haecker won the 1,000 meters at Doane in a time of 2:58.37. That figure was converted to 2:56.45 on the national list. That time was briefly ranked No. 1 in the NAIA on Saturday evening before a Mount Mercy runner bested it. The Bulldog women boast three marks that rank No. 2 on the national list: Haecker in the 1,000 meters, Josie Puelz in the pole vault (13’ 2 ¼”) and Sarah Ragland in the weight throw (57’). Puelz is one of three Concordia women’s pole vaulters to have qualified for nationals. Erin Mapson has won pole vault competitions at two-straight meets.
· Event champions at the Beile Classic included the men’s DMR, the men’s 4x400 meter relay, the women’s 4x400 meter relay, Keri Bauer (800 meters), Haecker (1,000 meters), Mapson (pole vault), Jacee Pfeifer (600 meters) and Ragland (weight throw). The men’s 4x4 featured Cade Kleckner, Jacob Jennings, Xavier Ross and Mark Cooke. The women’s 4x4 included Rachel Battershell, Trinity Tuls, Jordan Koepke and Emily Loseke.
· The Bulldogs have two meets listed on this week’s slate: Friday’s Concordia Classic and the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational that will take place Friday and Saturday at the University of Nebraska. The bulk of Concordia athletes will be at the home meet. For a tentative Concordia Classic schedule, click HERE. The indoor season will continue on Feb. 12 with the Concordia Indoor Invite followed by the GPAC Championships on Feb. 18-19.
Men’s Basketball
· Concordia played just once last week due to the cancellation of the Concordia Invitational Tournament that was scheduled for Jan. 28-29. While playing at home, the Bulldogs took care of business in an 82-68 win over Hastings on Jan. 26. The result was a bounce back from the loss at Northwestern the previous weekend. Head Coach Ben Limback’s squad remains in the think of the GPAC regular season title race at 11-4 in the GPAC (18-5 overall), one half-game behind Briar Cliff at the top of the standings. Other teams close behind are Morningside (9-5), Jamestown (9-6), Northwestern (9-6) and Dordt (8-6). For more information on Concordia Men’s Basketball, click HERE.
· The loss at Northwestern on Jan. 22 was enough to knock the Bulldogs out of the NAIA top 25. In the poll released on Jan. 26, Concordia was listed as the second team in the “others receiving votes” category. Meanwhile, Briar Cliff rose to No. 1 in the GPAC and cracked the poll at No. 25. In the previous two editions, the Bulldogs appeared at No. 23 and No. 25, respectively. A couple of wins this week would almost certainly move Concordia back into the top 25 in the poll that will be released on Feb. 9. In the official ratings percentage index posted on Jan. 14, the Bulldogs were ranked 12th in the NAIA.
· The matchup with Hastings got more interesting than expected after Concordia had built a 40-14 lead in the first half. Despite their struggles this season, the Broncos (6-18, 1-13 GPAC) showed some fight in cutting their deficit all the way down to four (65-61) with more than four-and-a-half minutes still left to play. It served as a wakeup call for the Bulldogs, who got a big performance from Gage Smith (28 points and 11 rebounds). The outing marked the 13th career double-double for the native of Elizabeth, Colo. Noah Schutte (16 points and 11 rebounds) also turned in a double-double and AJ Watson added 13 points and six rebounds. Concordia has won 13-straight meetings with Hastings.
· Consider this the weekly update on the Bulldogs’ home dominance. The home win streak has moved to 15 (11-0 this season) with Concordia having also gone 27-1 over its last 28 home games. Every opposing GPAC men’s basketball program has dropped its most recent trip to Seward. During the 15-game home win streak, the Bulldogs have won 14 of those contests by double-digit margins. Furthermore, Concordia has won each of its last 12 GPAC home games by 10 points or more.
· In order to claim the program’s first regular season conference title since the 1995-96 season, the Bulldogs are going to have to find ways to carry their high-level home success onto the road. Three of the final five GPAC regular season games are on the road – at Midland, Doane and Dakota Wesleyan. Concordia is 3-4 so far this season in GPAC road contests with the most significant road win being the one at then 11th-ranked Jamestown on Jan. 15. With Briar Cliff set to visit Friedrich Arena on Feb. 16, the Bulldogs control their own destiny in terms of earning at least a share of the conference title.
· It was a rare evening when Carter Kent took more of a secondary scoring role as part of the win over Hastings. Kent notched eight points in that contest and nudged his career point total to 1,549. He’s 30 points behind former teammate Tanner Shuck (1,579) for eighth on the program’s all-time scoring list. Kent graduated from Crete High School as its all-time leading scorer with 1,215 points. Between high school and college, Kent has produced a combined 2,764 points. Among GPAC players, Kent ranks sixth this season in scoring average (17.6). He’s been an efficient scorer, shooting 45.5 percent from the field, 39.2 percent from 3-point range and 87.4 percent from the foul line.
· To this point in the conference season, Concordia has played a more challenging GPAC slate than Briar Cliff. That means things will flip down the stretch as the Chargers still have to play at Morningside, host Jamestown and visit the Bulldogs. In conference games only, Concordia has been the highest scoring team in league play at 78.9 points per game. The Bulldogs have also allowed the fourth fewest points in GPAC games (71.9), giving them the best scoring differential (+7.0) of any team in the conference. Among GPAC teams, Concordia ranks third in field goal percentage defense (.435) and fifth in field goal percentage offense (.486).
· This week is back to normal as the Bulldogs will play twice within the conference. They will be at Midland (14-11, 5-10 GPAC) for a 7:45 p.m. CT tipoff on Wednesday and then will host Dordt (16-7, 8-6 GPAC) at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday. Concordia will be in search of season sweeps of both opponents. The Defenders enter this week with a three-game win streak while the Warriors are hoping to end a seven-game skid.
Wrestling
· Due to a cancellation on the schedule, the Bulldogs entered last week having not competed since Jan. 14. The idle stretch concluded with a trio of GPAC duals that took place inside The Arena Sports Academy in Sioux City, Iowa, on Jan. 29. Concordia went 1-2 with a win over Jamestown, 27-17, and losses at the hands of Northwestern, 24-15, and Briar Cliff, 28-12. Those results put an end to the conference dual schedule. Head Coach Myron Bradbury’s squad tied for sixth in the conference regular season standings at 3-5 (now 5-6 overall). For more information on Concordia Wrestling, click HERE.
· The hope the Bulldogs have is that the lessons learned this season and last for several young wrestlers will pay off down the road. Concordia is not far removed from reigning atop the conference, as the program did in 2020 when it swept GPAC regular season and postseason championships. The run for the program was especially impressive from 2014 through 2020 when it captured five GPAC regular season titles and four GPAC/NAIA region postseason championships. Last season, the Bulldogs placed in a tie for fifth in the regular season and sixth at the conference tournament.
· There were no forfeits this past Saturday as all 30 matches had to be earned by either side. Eleven different Bulldogs wrestled at least one match. Concordia shook off the two team defeats to begin the day and got on a roll against the Jimmies. As part of the victory, Isaac Agabin (125), Jeaven Scdoris (149) and Issiah Burks (165) each earned pins. Meanwhile wins by decision were turned in by Tavoris Smith (157), TJ Huber (174) and Hunter Weimer (184). Of the four Jamestown triumphs, two came with bonus points (tech fall at 141 and pin at 197). When the dust settled, five Bulldogs finished with two wins in Sioux City: Burks, Huber, Jacob Telles, Weimer and Mario Ybarra. One win each was seized by Agabin, Scdoris and Smith. As a team, Concordia tallied five pins on the day, each by different individuals.
· A native of Scottsbluff, Neb., returning All-American Mario Ybarra has cracked the top five of the program’s all-time wins list. Now with 72 career wins, Ybarra bumped above Brandon Starkey (71) for No. 5 on the charts. Listed above Ybarra are Ken Burkhardt Jr. (122), Ceron Francisco (100), Deandre Chery (90) and Kodie Cole (73). Burkhardt Jr., Francisco and Cole were each part of the same recruiting class that is arguably the best class in the history of the program. The career for Ybarra includes two trips to the national tournament, a 125-pound GPAC title in 2020 and recognition as a CoSIDA Academic All-District award winner and NWCA Scholar All-American.
· After going 2-1 last week, Telles has run his career win total to 50. The defending GPAC heavyweight champion got there quickly with the help of a 33-win season as a freshman in 2020-21. The native of Albuquerque, N.M., owns a 16-6 record this season. While 15 wrestlers in program history have hit the 50-win career mark, Telles is already into the top five on the school’s all-time pins list with 22. Situated above him are Deandre Chery (50), Ken Burkhardt Jr. (43), Alex Stepanek (31) and Kodie Cole (27). Telles appeared at the 2021 national tournament.
· On the season, the following Concordia wrestlers have claimed at least 10 wins: Jacob Telles (16-6), Thomas Ivey (14-4), Tavoris Smith (14-15), Mason Garcia (13-5), TJ Huber (12-9), Mario Ybarra (10-2) and Isaac Agabin (10-12). Collectively, Bulldog grapplers have combined for 21 tournament place finishes. Both Conner Burrus (141) and Garcia (197) claimed titles at the York Open. Meanwhile, Ivey (125) and Anthony Perez (165) both placed second at the York Open and Ybarra took second at the open hosted by the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
· The final GPAC dual standings show the following: Doane (8-0), Briar Cliff (6-2), Morningside (6-2), Northwestern (5-3), Hastings (4-4), Concordia (3-5), Jamestown (3-5), Midland (1-7) and Dakota Wesleyan (0-8). Wins for the Bulldogs came against Dakota Wesleyan, Midland and Jamestown. Former Concordia Head Coach Dana Vote has now led Doane to back-to-back GPAC regular season championships. Vote is one of four coaches in Bulldog program history to guide Concordia to a conference title. The others were Levi Calhoun (three), Andrew Nicola (two) and Roger Meyer (two).
· The Bulldogs will step outside of the conference for their final dual of the season. Concordia will honor its senior class before action gets started at 7 p.m. CT versus York College on Thursday. The Bulldogs hope to avenge the two losses they suffered last season at the hands of the Panthers. Bradbury’s squad will also be back in Sioux City on Saturday for the Dave Edmonds Open hosted by Morningside. That will be the final outing prior to the GPAC Championships (Feb. 18-19) in Mitchell, S.D.
Women’s Basketball
· In a lighter week than originally scheduled, the Bulldogs were tripped up while hosting Hastings on Jan. 26. Concordia shot only 35.7 percent from the floor in what amounted to a 68-60 defeat at the hands of the Broncos. That loss extended the team’s skid to four games. The 23rd-ranked Bulldogs currently reside in sixth place in the league standings with a conference mark of 9-7 (12-10 overall). Head Coach Drew Olson’s squad had this past weekend off due to the cancellation of the Concordia Invitational Tournament. For more information on Concordia Women’s Basketball, click HERE.
· Prior to the loss to Hastings, the Bulldogs landed at No. 23 in the NAIA coaches’ poll that was released early in the day on Jan. 26. Concordia likely has to win twice this week in order to remain in the top 25 when a new poll is unveiled on Feb. 9. Strength of schedule is a big reason why the Bulldogs remain in good position for a national tournament berth. Based on last week’s poll, Concordia owns wins over three current top 25 foes: No. 12 Wayland Baptist University (Texas), No. 13 Northwestern and No. 24 Dakota State University (S.D.). The Bulldogs have also dropped five games against the current NAIA top 10. In the most recent calculations put out by the NAIA, Concordia had played the fifth toughest schedule in the nation.
· Though the Bulldogs knocked down 10 treys against Hastings, they never found a consistent offensive rhythm. Up against the Bronco zone defense, Concordia got most of its offensive production from Taysha Rushton (22 points; 7-for-18 from the field) and Taylor Farrell (17 points; 5-for-7 from 3-point range). The Bulldogs went only 10-for-18 from the foul line and forced just 10 turnovers from Hastings. It was a big night for the Broncos’ Katharine Hamburger, who notched 20 points and eight rebounds. Hastings defeated then 23rd-ranked Briar Cliff at home on New Year’s Day, but this was its most significant road win of the season.
· As a sign of the program’s incredible consistency, Concordia Women’s Basketball had not lost four-straight games within the same season since dropping its first four games of the month of December during the 2006-07 season (Olson’s first as head coach). It should be noted that the 2015-16 team lost its final three games of the season before the 2016-17 edition was beaten in the season opener. Amazingly, Olson has guided the Bulldogs to six seasons with fewer than four losses for the entire campaign. The 2020-21 squad started out 0-3 before recovering and eventually advancing to the national quarterfinals.
· A breakout offensive performance is what Concordia is looking for to snap out of its funk. Over the past four games, the Bulldogs have posted respective shooting percentages of 30.5, 35.8, 39.1 and 35.7. Just a slight uptick in production could have easily allowed the Bulldogs to upset the likes of No. 8 Morningside or No. 13 Northwestern. Despite inconsistency on the offensive end, Concordia rallied from a 15-point deficit against the Mustangs in what resulted in a 68-62 overtime loss. The shooting slump has pushed the Bulldogs down to No. 8 in the GPAC in field goal percentage offense (.409). Concordia ranks sixth in the league in 3-point percentage (.312).
· Olson has tweaked the starting group at times in an effort to provide a spark. Farrell jumped into the lineup against Hastings while making her first career start. The Omaha native has been an accurate deep shooter during her collegiate career. Farrell has made 30-of-82 (.366) attempts from 3-point range this season and is a career 40 percent (106-for-265) 3-point shooter. Farrell became the 10th different Bulldog to start a game this season. Rylee Pauli is the lone player to have started all 22 games this season.
· Rushton continues to shoulder a large part of the onus when it comes to scoring. Her 22-point game against Hastings marked the 13th time in her career that she has reached 20 or more in a single game. At 17.0 points per game, Rushton ranks fourth among GPAC players in that category, trailing only Doane’s Mak Hatcliff (23.2), Dordt’s Ashtyn Veerbeek (18.7) and Midland’s Peyton Wingert (17.2). Through 52 career collegiate games, Rushton has amassed 803 points. That total ranks No. 1 among current Bulldogs.
· It’s back to a regular two-game week within the conference. Concordia will be at Midland (8-15, 4-12 GPAC) on Wednesday for 6 p.m. CT tipoff in Fremont, Neb., and then will return home to host Dordt (18-6, 11-5 GPAC) at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The Defenders have won 11-straight games and appear poised to get back into the top 25 poll. The Bulldogs will aim for a season sweep of Midland and try for a split with Dordt.