Bulldog Weekly Report (Nov. 12)

By Concordia University, Nebraska on Nov. 12, 2019 in Athletic Announcements

Bulldog Athletic Association Athletes of the Week

Male: Mario Ybarra, Wrestling

A sophomore from Scottsbluff, Neb., Ybarra and the Bulldog wrestling program opened up the 2019-20 season this past weekend. Ranked 14th in the NAIA at 125, Ybarra took third place in his weight class at the Dakota Wesleyan Open while winning five matches, including one over the No. 12-ranked 125-pounder.

Female: Kylahn Heritage, Cross Country

A freshman from Nampa, Idaho, Heritage helped lead the Concordia women’s cross country program to its first conference title since 2005. She placed second in the conference with a personal best 5k performance of 18:30.48. Heritage was one of four Bulldogs to earn All-GPAC honors.

2019-20 BAAM Athletes of the Week
Nov. 5 – Carter Kent (basketball) / Delani Fahey (basketball)
Oct. 29 – Brevin Sloup (basketball) / Kylahn Heritage (cross country)
Oct. 22 – Camryn Opfer (volleyball)
Oct. 15 – Lane Napier (football) / Marissa Hoerman (volleyball)
Oct. 8 – Caleb Goldsmith (soccer) / Tara Callahan (volleyball)
Oct. 1 – AJ Jenkins (football) / Rebekah Hinrichs (cross country)
Sept. 24 – Derek Tachovsky (football) / Kendra Placke (golf)
Sept. 17 – Moises Jacobo (soccer) / Kara Stark (volleyball)
Sept. 10 – Carlos Orquiz (soccer) / Amie Martin (cross country)
Sept. 3 – Eduardo Alba (soccer) / Emmie Noyd (volleyball)

2019-20 BAAM Athletes of the Month
October – Tara Callahan (volleyball) / Lane Napier (football)
September – Derek Tachovsky (football) / Emmie Noyd (volleyball)

News and notes:

Softball program adds speed to veteran mix during fall ball: Head coach Shawn Semler already knew what his softball program had within a veteran group that includes the likes of Hhana Haro, Tori Homolka, Camry Moore, Allysia Thayer and others. This fall they were blended with a class of newcomers that has improved the team’s speed. The fall training season provided plenty of promise for the Bulldogs. For more on their fall season, click HERE.

Callahan, Napier named October Athletes of the Month: Juniors Tara Callahan of the volleyball program and Lane Napier of the football program have been named the Bulldog Athletic Association Member (BAAM) Athletes of the Month of October 2019. The two standout student-athletes were winners of voting that took place at the BAAM luncheon on Tuesday (Nov. 5). Nominees for the monthly award are comprised of the BAAM Athletes of the Week throughout that month. Recipients of the monthly awards will receive plaques from the athletic department. For more on Callahan and Napier, click HERE.

Bulldog Coaches Show airs every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. CT: The Bulldog Coaches Show is underway in its fourth 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 2018-19 season, Bulldog football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball contests will be aired live on Max Country. Tyler Cavalli 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 fourth 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 is partnering 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.

Cross Country

  • It was a celebratory Saturday (Nov. 9) in Sioux Center, Iowa, where the Concordia women’s cross country team captured a GPAC title for the first time since 2005. The trophy-winning performance means the Bulldog women’s program will be headed to the NAIA national championships for the first time since 2011. Meanwhile, the Concordia men placed fifth at the GPAC Championships. Head coach Matt Beisel’s teams have competed in six meets in this 2019 season. For more on Bulldog cross country, click HERE.
  • The rise to the top has been a rewarding journey for the women’s program, which has a storied history that included three NAIA national runner up finishes in a four-year period (2000 through 2004). Prior to 2019, Concordia had not placed higher than fourth in the GPAC since a second-place finish in 2012. The Bulldogs began this fall ranked third in the GPAC with perennially strong Dordt pegged as the favorite. A major breakthrough came at the Dean White Invite on Sept. 28 when Concordia won the meet and beat out Dordt. As a result, the Bulldogs rose to the top of the GPAC ratings and moved into the NAIA national poll.
  • Concordia wound up beating Dordt by nine points (39-48) at the GPAC Championships. The Bulldogs outpaced the field while placing seven individuals inside the top 20, including four that earned All-GPAC honors (top 15 earn such distinction). Concordia’s top 20 finishers were freshman Kylahn Heritage (18:30.48; 2nd), junior Alyssa Fye (18:52.32; 4th), senior Rebekah Hinrichs (18:55.03; 5th), junior Sydney Clark (19:19.74; 12th), junior Lydia Cook (19:28.41; 16th), sophomore Abi DeLoach (19:33.87; 18th) and senior Hannah Rebmann (19:39.22; 20th).
  • The NAIA released new national ratings on Monday. The Bulldogs landed at No. 19, marking their fourth-straight poll appearance. Concordia first broke into the rankings at No. 17 on Oct. 3, slipped to No. 19 on Oct 17 and then moved to 20th on Oct. 31 prior to their current position. Prior to cracking the NAIA top 25 this season, the Bulldogs had not appeared in the rankings since 2015.
  • The men’s program will have to wait until at least 2020 before earning a GPAC title for the first time since 2012. Concordia’s point total at last week’s conference meet settled in at 124 points, three behind fourth-place Northwestern. Dordt (28 points) took the title on the men’s side. Since 2012, the Bulldog men’s GPAC finishes have been third, fifth, fourth, sixth, sixth, fourth and fifth, respectively.
  • Sophomore Wyatt Lehr collected All-GPAC accolades for the second year in a row by running to a 15th-place finish. He clocked in at 25:59.84 while navigating the 8k course on Dordt’s campus. The rest of the team’s top seven featured junior Jordan Lorenz (26:24.73; 19th), freshman Camden Sesna (26:50.65; 27th), freshman Owen Dawson (27:20.43; 35th), freshman Antonio Blaine (27:29.23; 39th), sophomore Ethan Pankow (27:50.77; 48th) and junior Christian Watters (28:25.39; 58th).

Volleyball

  • Postseason play carries on for the 16th-ranked Bulldogs, who finished off the regular season last week with a straight-sets (20-25, 24-26, 23-25) loss at top-ranked Northwestern on Nov. 6. Three days later Concordia was back home, as the No. 3 seed in the conference, to host Doane in the GPAC tournament quarterfinals. The result was a 25-18, 25-16, 20-25, 25-19, win for the Bulldogs. The triumph moves head coach Ben Boldt’s squad to the GPAC semifinals. It stands at 23-5 overall (finished 11-5 in GPAC play). For more on Concordia volleyball, click HERE.
  • Boldt’s squad is in hot pursuit of an NAIA national tournament bid. An automatic bid will go to the team that wins the GPAC tournament. Concordia helped its chances by knocking off Doane for the third time this season. The program has now won four-straight GPAC tournament home matches, but it has never captured a conference postseason championship. The last league title for the program came in the regular season in 2000 (three-way tie) and its most recent and only national tournament bid came in 2015.
  • The victory over Doane was just the latest reflection of the balanced Bulldog roster. In that contest, four Bulldogs had at least 10 kills (Arleigh Costello, Emmie Noyd, Kalee Wiltfong and Camryn Opfer) and four had 11 or more digs (Erin Johnson, Marissa Hoerman, Opfer and Tara Callahan). On the season, five Concordia players have recorded at least 182 kills: Noyd (333), Opfer (268), Kara Stark (235), Wiltfong (227) and Costello (182). The Bulldogs are outhitting their opposition, .236 to .152.
  • Concordia is now 6-4 against teams that were nationally-ranked at the time matches were contested. It has won three times against squads that are currently ranked thanks to victories over No. 14 Corban University (Ore.), No. 21 Midland and No. 22 Dordt. According to Massey Ratings, the Bulldogs have played the NAIA’s 16th most challenging schedule to date. Massey rates 10 of the GPAC’s 12 squads among the top 37 of the NAIA (out of 224 total).
  • Statistically, it was a big week for junior setter Tara Callahan, who piled up 85 assists over last week’s seven sets of action. Callahan has won the GPAC Setter of the Week award four times (and one NAIA National Setter of the Week award) this season. Teammates in Hoerman and Noyd have been honored with one GPAC weekly honor in 2019. Callahan now ranks 11th among all NAIA players with an average of 10.75 assists per set. Callahan’s season high for assists in a single match was 60 against Mayville State University (N.D.).
  • Well-rounded play in all areas has been a hallmark of Concordia’s improvement across the board. On the national leaderboard, Concordia ranks 14th in hitting percentage (.236), 14th in kills per set (13.57) and 29th in blocks per set (2.16). Individually, Noyd sports national rankings of 20th in blocks per set (1.14) and 21st in hitting percentage (.328).
  • The Bulldogs are hoping to play twice this week. They will be at No. 8 Jamestown (27-4) for the GPAC semifinals and a 7 p.m. CT first serve on Wednesday. The winner will advance to the championship match and play either No. 21 Midland (10-6) or College of Saint Mary (23-13) at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Top-rated Northwestern experienced a surprise early exit from the GPAC tournament. Thus, the Concordia-Jamestown winner will host Saturday’s championship match. For more on that contest, click HERE.

Football

  • The 2019 season had come to an end. As part of a back-loaded slate, Concordia had the unenviably task of playing at No. 1 Morningside in the season finale. The Mustangs put up 35 points in the second quarter and cruised to a 52-7 victory in Sioux City, Iowa. It meant that head coach Patrick Daberkow’s repeated its overall record from 2018 at 3-7 (3-6 GPAC). The Bulldogs ended the campaign with a four-game losing streak. For more on Concordia football, click HERE.
  • This particular season finale will be mostly forgettable for the Bulldogs, whose seniors got one final chance to wear the navy and white. Morningside’s 35-point second quarter allowed it to build a commanding 42-0 halftime advantage. Unfortunately for Concordia, some season-long themes persisted. Morningside took advantage of short fields. Mustang quarterback Joe Doincheck piled up 339 passing yards and two touchdowns while star running back Arnijae Ponder ran for three scores.
  • While this game got out of hand, Concordia’s defense, led by a veteran linebacker core, gave it a shot on most Saturdays this fall. Plenty of seniors on the defensive side of the ball enjoyed stellar seasons. Senior linebacker Zac Walter paced the team at Morningside with 13 tackles, including a sack. Fellow senior backers Derek Tachovsky (10 tackles, one TFL) and Riley Bilstein (six tackles) were also among the top Bulldog tacklers. Meanwhile, defensive end Aaron Rudloff (nine sacks for the season) capped a monster senior year with five tackles in his final college game.
  • The Concordia offense did manage one scoring drive at Morningside (first career touchdown scored by Cori Pumphrey). It covered 81 yards on 15 plays and took up 7:39 of game time. However, the Bulldogs were held to 126 total yards and 2.2 yards per play. It’s clear the offensive side of the ball has plenty of progress to make before Concordia can again find itself at or near the top of the GPAC standings. On the season, the Bulldogs averaged only 280.2 total yards and 15.6 points per game.
  • Junior linebacker Lane Napier ended up with a final tally of 108 tackles to lead the team for the third year in a row. He led a defense that had a statistically solid year. Nationally, Concordia ranked 14th in sacks (29), 16th in rushing defense (114.5), 31st in scoring defense (22.2), 32nd in pass efficiency defense (115.8) and 37th in total defense (335.0). During one stretch earlier in the season, the Bulldogs held three-straight opponents below 200 yards of total offense. They also had three different individuals earn GPAC Defensive Player of the Week awards.
  • The best position group all season on offense was the receiver core. Concordia did something rare in program history in breaking 2,000 passing yards. After playing very little role last season as a freshman, Cayden Beran led the team with 49 catches for 701 yards. Junior Korrell Koehlmoos snagged 37 passes for 490 yards and three touchdowns, Art Anderson caught 25 passes for 268 yards and a score and Lane Castaneda hauled in 20 passes for 264 yards and three touchdowns. They managed this while the Bulldogs started three different quarterbacks.
  • Concordia has now followed up three-straight winning seasons (2016 through 2018) with back-to-back 3-7 campaigns. The program has enjoyed a level of respectability in recent seasons, but is still trying to get back to the level it reached in 2001 when it shared the GPAC title. Since that season (10-2 overall), the program’s high water mark for wins in a season is seven (2013 and 2016). The 2016 squad was ranked 19th in the NAIA postseason coaches’ poll.

Women’s Soccer

  • The program’s seemingly annual postseason magic ran dry last week when Concordia ran into a buzz saw in the GPAC tournament quarterfinals at Jamestown on Nov. 7. The Jimmies put up three goals before halftime and rode out a 4-0 victory that ended the season for head coach Chris Luther’s squad. The No. 6 seed in the GPAC tournament, the Bulldogs finished at 6-11-2 overall while playing a challenging schedule. For more information on Concordia women’s soccer, click HERE.
  • The defeat at Jamestown ended a run of five-straight GPAC tournament championship game appearances for the Bulldogs, who captured postseason titles in 2014 and 2016 and then a regular-season championship in 2017. Concordia had also won at least 10 regular-season games each year since 2013 (went 6-9-1 in 2012). This year’s Bulldogs never fully got on track after graduating several key performers and then beginning the year with a daunting nonconference slate.
  • For the most part, Concordia competed favorably with the top teams in the GPAC. It had not lost to a conference foe by a margin of more than two goals prior to the loss at Jamestown (fell by a 1-0 score to the Jimmies in the regular season). The Bulldogs discovered some confidence late in the campaign by finishing the regular season with wins over Doane and Dakota Wesleyan. Concordia also took then 14th-ranked Hastings to double overtime.
  • The final two games of the regular season an exception, the Bulldogs had difficulty maintaining a consistent offensive attack in 2019. They ended up totaling 19 goals in 19 games while surrendering 28 goals to their opponents. Concordia was shut out 11 times and its inability to score prevented it from winning several of its contests that went to overtime (2-3-2 in overtime games). Junior Tori Cera topped the team with four goals on the season.
  • The 2019 roster contained six seniors: Lindsey Carley, Becky Freeman, Jessica Knedler, Morgan Raska, Kaitlyn Sims and Brynn Suddeth. Carley still has a year of eligibility remaining and could decide to return in 2020. She is a three-year starter at goalkeeper. Raska started all 19 games as a senior and played in 69 games over her career as a Bulldog. Suddeth was named second team all-conference last season when she tallied 12 goals.
  • Concordia could be in line for a jump forward next season, provided it finds some dependable goal scorers. The Bulldogs will again have the makings of a strong midfield with Cera, Madeline Haugen, Mikeila Martinez and Michaela Twito back in the fold. Cera is as respected as anyone on the team and was a first team all-conference selection in 2018. Sophomore Cheyenne Smith has also been a regular in the lineup. In addition, many freshmen got their feet wet, including Aliyah Aldama, Jaiden Beecher, Allee Downing, Ellie Eason, Kaley Heinz and Grace Soenksen.

Men’s Soccer

  • For the first time since 2013, Concordia fell short of advancing to the semifinal round of the GPAC tournament. The Bulldogs were blanked in a 3-0 loss at 17th-ranked Hastings on Nov. 6 in a matchup between the Nos. 3 and 6 seeds in the bracket. Head coach Jason Weides’ squad headed into the offseason with an overall record of 10-6-2. For more information on Concordia men’s soccer, click HERE.
  • The Bulldogs have no greater arch nemesis than the Broncos, the powerhouse program within the GPAC. The two programs have met one another in the GPAC tournament in each of the past six seasons. In five of those instances Concordia has had its season end with Hastings bearing the responsibility. The lone exception came in 2015 when the sixth-seeded Bulldogs made a remarkable GPAC tournament championship run capped by a 1-0 upset of Hastings. The Broncos got some revenge the following year by beating Concordia in the 2016 title game.
  • It’s easy to think about what could have been this season. What would have happened this fall had the Bulldogs remained even relatively healthy? In early October, they sat at 9-1 overall and at 4-0 in league play before injuries hit hard at a particularly inopportune time. Concordia went 1-5-2 over its final eight games. The list of players who missed at least a game due to injury is dizzying. It includes Eduardo Alba, Roger de la Villa, Carlos Ferrer, Caleb Goldsmith, Evan Hayden, Matthew Ho, Carlos Orquiz, Garrett Perry and Joao Pedro Verissimo.
  • Over 18 games in 2019, the Bulldogs outscored their opponents by a combined total of 38-21. Five Concordia players recorded four or more goals: Moises Jacobo (six), Perry (five), Ferrer (four), Ryan LeTourneau (four) and Isaiah Shaddick (four). Jacobo was also the team’s leader with five assists. The Bulldogs knocked in a season high nine goals in the 9-0 victory over Presentation on Sept. 14.
  • The 2019 roster featured six seniors in David Carrasco, de la Villa, JD Dominguez, Ferrer, Hayden, Ho and Miguel Munoz. Of them, Ferrer garnered the most accolades having twice been named a second team All-GPAC honoree (also named honorable mention All-GPAC as a freshman). Ferrer played in 71 games as a Bulldog and totaled 19 goals and 18 assists. Concordia missed having de la Villa in the lineup during the second half of this season. He led the 2018 squad with eight goals. Hayden also made a significant impact and served as a starting defender the past two seasons. In addition, Carrasco and Ho were key contributors.
  • The 2019 Bulldogs did manage to extend the program’s active streak of consecutive seasons with at least 10 wins to nine. Weides’ program has been about as consistently solid as any in the nation. Over the past nine seasons, Concordia is a combined 100-56-19. During that stretch, it has also won at least four GPAC games each season. The 2015 GPAC tournament title and national tournament appearance were program highlights along with the school record 16 wins in 2017. The Bulldogs likely expect themselves to be top-of-the-GPAC contenders again in 2020.

Wrestling

  • The second season of Levi Calhoun’s head coaching tenure is underway. The Bulldogs got started last week at the Dakota Wesleyan University Open in Mitchell, S.D., where 20 grapplers represented the program. The field of competitors included individuals from 13 different institutions. Concordia came away with three place finishes and 29 total wins. For more on Bulldog wrestling, click HERE.
  • Calhoun’s squad is coming off a 2018-19 campaign that saw it share the GPAC dual title. It also placed fourth in the GPAC tournament and 26th at the NAIA national championships. In the official preseason polls released by the NAIA, Concordia is ranked No. 1 in the GPAC and 18th in the NAIA to begin the season. The Bulldogs return four NAIA national qualifiers in senior Deandre Chery (174), senior Chris Kimball (141), senior Zack Moistner (133) and sophomore Michael Stann (285).
  • The place finishers for the Bulldogs over the weekend were 14th-ranked sophomore Maria Ybarra at 125 (third), 10th-ranked senior Zack Moistner at 133 (fifth) and 10th-ranked senior Chris Kimball at 141 (fourth). Kimball and Ybarra led the way by claiming five wins apiece. Ybarra picked up a notable 2-1 win over No. 12 Braedon Clopton of Briar Cliff while Kimball and Moistner earned multiple triumphs apiece over NCAA Division II foes.
  • Calhoun’s squad currently features seven nationally-ranked wrestlers. The others are No. 15 Gad Huseman at 141, No. 19 Cam Devers at 149, No. 12 Deandre Chery at 174 and No. 12 Michael Stann at heavyweight. A two-time GPAC champion, Chery produced a win by both pin and major decision on Saturday. His two losses came against NCAA D-II opponents. One of five national qualifiers in 2019, Stann did not compete at Dakota Wesleyan. In the first set of GPAC ratings, Moistner and Chery are both rated No. 1 in their respective classes. Five are ranked second at their weights: Blake Castillo (174), Kimball, Darrin Miller (184), Stann and Ybarra.
  • Concordia will have its first dual and make its first home appearance of the season this Friday when Northwestern visits Walz Arena. The action is set to begin at 7 p.m. CT. Last season the Bulldogs went to Orange City, Iowa, and defeated the Red Raiders, 28-10. Concordia won seven of its eight GPAC duals in 2018-19. For a detailed preview of the dual, check back later in the week HERE.

Men’s Basketball

  • The unblemished 4-0 record has stood since Concordia hosted the 20th annual Cattle Classic the first weekend of November (Nov. 1-2). Over that two-day stretch, seventh-year head coach Ben Limback’s squad claimed victories over Dickinson State University (N.D.), 90-62, and NAIA Division I ninth-ranked Benedictine College (Kan.), 66-65. A stretch of nine days in a row without a game will end tonight (Nov. 12). For more information on Bulldog men’s basketball, click HERE.
  • Concordia played at back-to-back weekend events before taking an early break in the slate. The Bulldogs also collected two wins at the Hastings College Classic (Oct. 25-26) – 93-60 over Dakota State University (S.D.) and 74-69 over Friends University (Kan.). In other words, the Bulldogs have found different ways to win games. In the squeaker over Benedictine, it took a Carter Kent layup in the final seconds to lift Concordia to a triumph over a squad that went 31-4 in 2018-19.
  • Concordia hopes its early success on the defensive end is a sign of things to come for a program that needed better play on that end to take a big step forward. Through four games, its opponents are averaging 64.0 points while shooting 38.2 percent from the floor. Offensively, The Bulldogs employ a dependable core trio of scorers in Brevin Sloup (18.8), Tanner Shuck (12.8) and Carter Kent (10.3). Together they have helped Concordia outscore its opponents, on average, 80.8 to 64.0.
  • Shuck (1,174 career points) has moved into the top 20 of the program’s all-time scoring list. He could wind up in the top 10 before his senior year comes to an end. He’s currently knocking on the door of the likes of Eli Ziegler (1,194), Brent Cumber (1,210) and Josh Dahlke (1,221). Sloup should eventually join Shuck in the 1,000-point club. Sloup sits at 801 career points over his 87 games as a Bulldog.
  • GPAC play begins tonight (Nov. 12) for both Concordia and Midland (2-2, 0-0 GPAC). Tipoff from Walz Arena is set for 8 p.m. CT. The Bulldogs will remain at home to host Briar Cliff (5-0, 0-0 GPAC) for a 4 p.m. clash on Saturday. Concordia closed last season by winning six of its final 10 GPAC regular-season games. It finished eighth in the final standings. For a detailed preview of this week’s action, click HERE.

Women’s Basketball

  • An extended break in the schedule will end tonight (Nov. 12) as the top-ranked Bulldogs open up GPAC play. They have been idle since winning twice at the 20th annual Cattle Classic (Nov. 1-2). At the Cattle Classic, Concordia defeated both Simpson University (Calif.), 123-45, and No. 9 University of St. Francis (Ill.), 107-46. Fourteenth-year head coach Drew Olson’s squad remains undefeated at 4-0. For more information on Bulldog women’s basketball, click HERE.
  • In the early going, Concordia has also defeated No. 12 Sterling College (Kan.), 107-50, and No. Southeastern University (Fla.), 63-62 (overtime). Through four games, the Bulldogs are averaging exactly 100.0 points per game and have flustered their opponents into 135 combined turnovers and 29.3 percent shooting.
  • Among NAIA Division II teams, Concordia ranks first in steals per game (25.75), first in scoring margin (+49.3), first in turnover margin (+14.5), second in 3-point field goals per game (13.0), second in scoring offense (100.0), fourth in field goal percentage defense (.293), fourth in field goal percentage offense (.490), sixth in scoring defense (50.8), 10th in 3-point field goal percentage (.391) and 13th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.16).
  • Heading into this week, eight Bulldogs are averaging at least 7.0 points per game while no single player is averaging more than 21.3 minutes per game. Grace Barry (11.3), Philly Lammers (11.5) and Mackenzie Koepke (11.5) figure to be the team’s most dependable scorers throughout the balance of the campaign, but sophomore sharpshooter Delani Fahey is also developing into a nice weapon. She scored 11 points in a stretch of one-minute, 38-seconds versus St. Francis and is leading the team with an average of 12.0 points per game.
  • Concordia will host Midland (3-2, 0-0 GPAC) tonight as both teams begin the GPAC hoops season. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. CT from Walz Arena. The Bulldogs will also welcome Briar Cliff (1-3, 0-0 GPAC) to town for a 2 p.m. start time on Saturday. Over the past three seasons (all GPAC title campaigns), Concordia has gone a combined 57-5 in conference regular-season games. For a detailed look at this week’s action, click HERE.