Bulldog Weekly Report (Oct. 16)

By Jacob Knabel on Oct. 16, 2018 in Athletic Announcements

Bulldog Athletic Association Athletes of the Week

Female: Maria Deeter, Women’s Soccer

Deeter, a Seward native, earned GPAC Offensive Player of the Week honors for the fourth time in her career after recording three goals and an assist last week in wins over Doane and Dakota Wesleyan. Deeter’s 13 goals this season are tops on the team.

Male: Carlos Ferrer, Men’s Soccer

Ferrer, who hails from Chula Vista, Calif., notched a goal in the draw at Doane and an assist on the game-winning goal in the victory over Dakota Wesleyan as part of last week’s action. Ferrer owns the team lead with seven assists this season.

Previous Athletes of the Week
Oct. 9 – Kordell Glause (football) / Brynn Suddeth (soccer)
Oct. 2 – Zac Walter (football) / Maria Deeter (soccer)
SEPTEMBER Athletes of the Month: Ryan Durdon (football) / Emmie Noyd (volleyball)
Sept. 25 – Roger de la Villa (soccer) / Erin Lokke (shooting sports)
Sept. 18 – Lane Napier (football) / Emmie Noyd (volleyball)
Sept. 11 – Ryan Durdon (football) / Marissa Hoerman (volleyball)
Sept. 4 – JP Verissimo (soccer) / Lauren Martin (soccer)
Aug. 28 – Garrett Perry (soccer) / Jenna Habegger (volleyball)

News and notes:

Baseball/softball programs finish fall practice seasons: The fall practice/exhibition seasons are over for the Concordia baseball and softball programs. The baseball program enters year five of head coach Ryan Dupic’s tenure. Meanwhile, the softball program is getting acclimated to new head coach Shawn Semler, who started in his position in July. For fall updates, click the links below.
-Fall baseball update
-Fall softball update

Military Appreciation Day on Saturday: it will be Military Appreciation Day on Saturday when the Bulldog football program welcomes Hastings to Seward for a 1 p.m. CT kickoff. Those who present a valid military ID will be admitted for free. For more on Military Appreciation Day, check out the event’s Facebook page HERE.

Lokke places runner up high overall at Bronco Invitational: In the fifth time out for the Concordia shooting sports program, senior Erin Lokke starred with a runner up high overall finish among females at the Bronco Invitational (Oct. 13-14) hosted by Hastings in Grand Island, Neb. Lokke was just two targets out of first place. Among females, she placed first in sporting clays, second in both American skeet and wobble trap and fourth in skeet doubles. On the men’s side, freshman Wyatt Hambly and sophomore Mack Origer led the way for the Bulldogs by cracking 416 targets apiece. For more details on the Bronco Invitational, click HERE.

Baseball to host home run derby Friday: The baseball program is set to host its annual home run derby event this Friday at 5 p.m. CT at Plum Creek Park in Seward. The event was originally scheduled for Oct. 5 but was postponed due to inclement weather. Contestants will be charged $10 for 10 swings. Attendees can also buy five throws for $5 to see how hard they throw (tracked by radar gun). For further details, contact head baseball coach Ryan Dupic (Ryan.Dupic@cune.edu).

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 http://www.cune.edu/csn at game time. Check team schedules/results pages for webcast dates. Scrimmages, exhibitions and junior varsity events are not broadcasted.

Golf

  • Both golf programs have now completed fall their fall seasons. The women wrapped up 36 holes of conference competition at The Bluffs Golf Course in Vermillion, S.D., (Oct. 1-2) with a two-round total of 334-338–672 that currently puts them in sixth place. Meanwhile, the men are also in sixth place after shooting 309-300–609 at Willow Run Golf Course in Sioux Falls, S.D., back on Sept. 24-25. The men returned to the course this past weekend and placed ninth among 14 teams at the Nebraska Intercollegiate (Oct. 12-13) in Norfolk, Neb. For more information on the Bulldog golf programs: Men | Women.
  • The Nebraska Intercollegiate did not go quite as hoped for eighth-year head coach Brett Muller’s men’s squad. The Bulldogs turned in a two-round total of 323-317–640 (+64) with state bragging rights at stake. Those scores raised the team’s 18-hole season scoring average from 303.0 to 307.25 by the end of the weekend. Four of Concordia’s eight fall rounds came in at 302 or lower.
  • Nine individuals represented Concordia at the Nebraska Intercollegiate. The top finisher for the Bulldogs wound up being senior Nolan Zikas (79-76–155), who tied for 20th out of more than 80 golfers in the field. The native of La Vista, Neb., will head into the spring season with a team best scoring average of 73.63. His career average over 56 rounds stands at 75.79.
  • Seven other Bulldogs competed in both rounds at the Nebraska Intercollegiate. They were juniors Josh Schaerf (79-78–157; T-28th), Tylar Samek (78-82–160; T-39th), Colton Zulkoski (87-86–173; T-63rd), freshman Landon Walkenhorst (90-92–182; 74th), sophomore Harrison Helmer (90-94–184; 76th), senior Grant Suchanek (87-99–186; 78th) and freshman Nathan Auffet (100-102–202; 82nd). Sophomore Jayden Neal turned in an 81 on day two. Samek is currently the team’s best positioned player on the GPAC leaderboard – tied for sixth (74-70–144).
  • The women’s program is hoping to make a big jump in the conference after placing 10th as a team in 2017-18. Led by freshman Kendra Placke, Concordia was just one stroke out of second place after the opening day of the GPAC championships. They slipped to sixth after the second round, but remain in contention for a placement as high as second (currently 17 strokes behind second place Jamestown).
  • Placke had the entire GPAC field looking up at her after she carded a three-over-par 75 on day one. She’s now tied for fourth in the conference after shooting a 78 on day two. Placke is +9 for the tournament (75-78–153). The Seward High School product has a teammate keeping her company inside the top 10. Sears chopped eight strokes off her day one round to move up from 14th to eighth place (83-75–158). That’s exactly where Sears finished her 2017-18 sophomore campaign. Sears’ 75 was just two strokes off a career low.
  • The remainder of the women’s conference lineup included three newcomers, led by sophomore Andrea Peterson, a transfer from Concordia College of Moorhead, Minn. Peterson turned in back-to-back 90s last week and is in 39th place. Rounding out the lineup are freshmen DJ Bokelman (86-96–182; 42nd) and Britney Jepsen (101-95–196; T-47th).
  • Based on this fall’s results, the Bulldog women saved their best for the right time. With its team total of 334-338–672 (+96), Concordia turned in this season’s top two rounds during GPAC championship play. The previous season best was a 339 in the second round of the Lila Frommelt Classic. The Bulldogs’ 672 GPAC total is not far behind the teams directly in front of them: Dakota Wesleyan (658), Northwestern (665) and Briar Cliff (670).
  • Now the golf programs will wait until the spring to resume their 2018-19 seasons. Complete spring schedules have not yet been announced. However, the spring GPAC championship rounds are already set. The men’s golf GPAC championships are slated for April 23-24, 2019, with Dakota Dunes Country Club in Dakota Dunes, S.D., serving as the venue. Meanwhile, the women will finish their conference championships at York Country Club in York, Neb., April 26-27, 2019.

Women’s Soccer

  • With two weeks to go in the regular season, the Bulldogs remain in the hunt to defend their 2017 GPAC regular-season title. Entering the week, Concordia is tied atop the conference standings with No. 16 Hastings and No. 21 Midland with 22 points apiece. In last week’s action, the Bulldogs won at Doane, 5-0, on Oct. 10 and then returned home to defeat Dakota Wesleyan, 4-0, on Oct. 13. Sixth-year head coach Greg Henson’s squad has moved to 10-1-3 overall and to 7-0-1 in conference play. For more information on Concordia women’s soccer, click HERE.
  • Consider this the weekly update on where the program’s GPAC unbeaten streak stands. The Bulldogs are now 21-0-2 over their last 23 conference regular-season games. Over that 23-game stretch, Concordia has outscored its opponents by a combined goal count of 78-8. It’s been more than two full years since the program’s most recent GPAC regular-season loss – a 3-1 decision versus Midland on Oct. 12, 2016. Seventeen of the 23 games during the streak have resulted in clean sheets for the Bulldogs.
  • The current senior class has played a significant role in the conference unbeaten streak. The program celebrated its senior class of nine members prior to kickoff of the Dakota Wesleyan game. Maria Deeter and the seniors have helped the program to a four-year record of 54-14-10, a 2017 GPAC regular-season title, a 2016 GPAC tournament championship, a 2016 NAIA national tournament berth and three appearances in the conference tournament championship game. Of the seniors, Deeter, Ashley Martin and Lauren Martin each have earned All-GPAC honors in their careers.
  • Deeter is making a push for the GPAC Offensive Player of the Year award. Though more than just an offensive contributor, Deeter has racked up career highs in goals (13) and points (31) with four games left in the regular season. Among GPAC players, Deeter ranks first in points, tied for second in goals and tied for fourth in assists (five). Last week Deeter posted two goals and an assist at Doane and one goal versus Dakota Wesleyan. With 36 career goals, Deeter needs two more to crack the top five of the program’s all-time list.
  • It was also a solid week for Lauren Martin, who is currently second on the national leaderboard in assists. Martin notched a goal apiece in last week’s contests and added two assists at Doane. Now with 14 assists in 2018, Martin enters the week needing two more assists to break Liesl Barz’s school single-season record of 15 assists. A transfer from St. Cloud State University (Minn.), Martin has totaled 13 goals and 22 assists in three seasons as a Bulldog.
  • While Deeter, Martin and Brynn Suddeth have provided much of the offensive production in conference play, there were other contributors who emerged last week. Making just her second appearance of the season (missed first 11 games due to offseason injury), sophomore Sarah Wuthrich fount the back of the net in the 40th minute at Doane. Junior Morgan Raska also got on the board with her first goal of the season that occurred in the 23rd minute versus Dakota Wesleyan. Tori Cera also registered with a goal to make it 2-0 against Dakota Wesleyan.
  • Concordia did not post its first shutout of the season until game No. 6, a 1-0 win at Friends University (Kan.). Since then, the Bulldogs have turned in four clean sheets, including three in a row entering this week. Over the past three games, Concordia’s opponents have combined for a paltry six shots on goal. The Bulldogs now rank third in the GPAC in terms of fewest goals allowed per game (1.0).
  • At the time of this release on Oct. 16, Concordia had begun action at Mount Marty (1-9, 0-7 GPAC) in Yankton, S.D. The Bulldogs will then be at Jamestown (8-5-1, 5-2-1 GPAC) for a 1 p.m. CT kickoff on Saturday. A pair of victories would make next Wednesday (Sept. 24)’s meeting at No. 21 Midland a huge one in terms of GPAC championship implications.

Football

  • Despite the challenges faced offensively, Concordia has been in the thick of almost every game so far. The Bulldogs played another wire-to-wire conference clash last week in what ended in a 23-14 loss at Briar Cliff. The defeat means second-year head coach Patrick Daberkow’s squad slipped back to .500 overall (3-3) and to 2-3 in conference play (tied for sixth in the GPAC). The Chargers outgained Concordia, 430-207. For more on Concordia football, click HERE.
  • Starting with the positive, the Bulldogs continue to win the turnover battle. After forcing four fumbles and recovering three of them at Briar Cliff, Concordia is now +10 (13 takeaways, three giveaways) this season in turnover margin. That figure ranks in a tie for third best among all NAIA teams. An Andrew Perea interception in the fourth quarter broke a string of four-straight games without a Bulldog turnover. Concordia still has yet to lose a fumble this fall. Defensively, junior Aaron Rudloff has already forced four fumbles and intercepted a pass by himself.
  • Holes in the run game have not been as prevalent this season for junior Ryan Durdon, who still manages to break off his share of big plays. He did it again last week with an 83-yard touchdown in the second quarter at Briar Cliff. His sixth career rushing touchdown of 30 or more yards moved him up to eighth on the program’s all-time rushing list (1,859 yards), in front of Don Baker (1,799). Durdon is also closing in on No. 7 Jeff Towns (1,930) and needs 141 yards to become the seventh Bulldog ever to reach 2,000 career rushing yards.
  • A lot of the load has been shouldered this season by the defense, which was on the field for 77 plays and more than 33 minutes of game time last week. It means more opportunities for sophomore Lane Napier to continue to pile up numbers. He posted a new career high with 22 tackles (seven solo) at Briar Cliff. Despite missing a big chunk of the game at Dordt, Napier ranks fifth nationally in tackles per game (12.8). The David City native already has 174 tackles over his first 16 career games.
  • With an offense that ranks 87th nationally in total yards per game (265.0), Daberkow and his staff have to be creative at times. Two weeks in a row Concordia has scored a touchdown on a trick play. In the win over Dakota Wesleyan, Perea delivered an 82-yard touchdown pass to tight end Garrett Schardt on a reverse flea flicker. Then last week, receiver Arthur Anderson tossed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Perea on another variation of a reverse. In his career (11 games), Perea has passed, rushed and caught at least one touchdown.
  • The Bulldogs’ success stopping the run has been up and down. They held Buena Vista University (Iowa) and Dakota Wesleyan to 21 and 29 rushing yards, respectively. However, Concordia surrendered a season high 313 rushing yards to Briar Cliff. Midland (265) and Dordt (222) have also rolled up more than 200 yards rushing. On average, opponents are averaging 166.8 yards per game (4.3 per carry) on the ground.
  • The team’s top three tacklers are all linebackers: Napier (77), Zac Walter (54) and Derek Tachovsky (45). They were active again last week. Not only did Napier make 21 stops, Tachovsky (12), Riley Bilstein (10) and Walter (10) all reached double figures in tackles. Napier is the conference leader in tackles per game while Walter (9.0) and Tachovsky (7.5) rank fifth and ninth, respectively.
  • The Bulldogs will meet Hastings (3-4, 1-4 GPAC) on Saturday for Military Appreciation Day inside Bulldog Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. CT. Concordia hopes to avenge a 38-18 loss at Hastings that occurred last season. The Bulldogs won matchups with the Broncos in both 2015 and 2016.

Volleyball

  • One of these times, hopefully before the 2018 season concludes, the Bulldogs will get one of those signature wins over a ranked GPAC opponent. Concordia had two such opportunities last week and fell in straight sets at home to No. 14 Hastings on Oct. 10 and at No. 8 Dordt on Oct. 13. Four of the six sets in those two matches were decided by two-point margins. First-year head coach Ben Boldt’s squad is now 13-9 overall and 3-9 in conference play. Currently tied for ninth in the GPAC standings, the Bulldogs have some work to do in order to qualify for the conference tournament. For more on Concordia volleyball, click HERE.
  • The scores of last week’s matches were remarkably similar. The Bulldogs were defeated by Hastings, 25-13, 26-24, 28-26, and by Dordt, 25-10, 27-25, 26-24. Concordia showed an ability to respond after rough first sets. It seems the Bulldogs are still learning how to win when things get tight late in sets. Concordia had set-point opportunities in the second and third sets against Hastings and in the second set at Dordt.
  • From an offensive perspective, GPAC matches can become grinders. Last week the Bulldogs had the ‘pleasure’ of going up against two teams ranked in the top 11 nationally in blocks per set. Naturally, some of their offensive numbers were down. Concordia hit .009 with 26 kills versus Hastings and .162 with 32 kills at Dordt. Individually, senior Jenna Habegger’s 15 kills last week were a team high.
  • With her 10 kills at Dordt, Habegger has set a new career high for kills in a season with 223. That number surpasses her total of 219 as a junior last season. Entering this week, the outside hitter from Pawnee City, Neb., needs eight more kills to reach 500 in her career. Among GPAC players, Habegger ranks 10th in terms of kills per set (3.1).
  • Many of the numbers actually hint that the Bulldogs are not as far away from having things click as their 1-9 record over their last 10 matches would indicate. According to Massey Ratings, Concordia is the 41st-ranked team in the NAIA and the seventh best team in the GPAC. One aspect of the team’s resume that continues to prop it up is the Sept. 8 win over McPherson College (Kan.). McPherson is now 22-1 overall, ranked No. 22 in the latest NAIA coaches’ poll and rated 18th nationally by Massey Ratings.
  • The win over Briar Cliff on Oct. 5 at least provided the Bulldogs the satisfaction of clinching at least a .500 overall record this season. It’s a step forward from records of 15-19 in 2016 and 9-19 in 2017. Of course, the circumstances are made more difficult by way of playing in the NAIA’s most challenging volleyball conference. Concordia volleyball shared the GPAC title in the league’s first year of existence (2000), but has not won a conference championship since then.
  • The final four matches of the regular season will each be against GPAC foes that the Bulldogs have already seen once this season. Concordia is hoping to sweep the season series with College of Saint Mary and avenge earlier losses to Morningside, Midland and Doane. There is give and take in the league’s unbalanced 16-match schedule. The Bulldogs face ranked teams Midland and Hastings twice but avoid a second match with other top 25 squads in Dordt and Northwestern.
  • Up next is Wednesday’s trip to Omaha for a tussle with College of Saint Mary (12-14, 2-9 GPAC). The first time the two sides met, Concordia took care of the Flames in five sets inside Walz Arena on Sept. 4. The Bulldogs will then have a full week off before returning to action versus Morningside on Sept. 24 (senior day).

Men’s Soccer

  • While Concordia went up against two teams below it in the GPAC standings last week, it learned that not much will come easy in conference play. In two contests that went to overtime, the Bulldogs picked up four hard-earned conference points. They settled for a 2-2 double overtime draw at Doane on Oct. 10 and then eked out a 2-1 overtime home win over Dakota Wesleyan on Oct. 13. With two weeks to go in the regular season, 11th-year head coach Jason Weides’ squad stands in sixth place in the GPAC. Concordia is now 7-4-2 overall and 3-2-2 in conference play (11 points). For more information on Bulldog men’s soccer, click HERE.
  • The series with rival Doane has been incredibly competitive over the years. Since Weides became head coach prior to the 2008 season, the Bulldogs and Tigers have met 12 times with seven of those games going to overtime (13 total overtime periods). In those matchups, Concordia has gone 4-4-4 (4-0-3 over the past six years) and has scored the exact same number of goals (22) as Doane. None of the 12 meetings have been decided by a margin of more than one goal. The Bulldogs have not suffered a loss in the series since 2012.
  • Concordia has gotten good results in overtime games this season, going 2-0-2 in such instances. The draws have come in road games against Northwestern and Doane. This season’s first overtime victory occurred on Sept. 12 when Jack Arra produced the golden goal to topple visiting McPherson College (Kan.). This time around it was Roger de la Villa’s turn to be the hero. His goal in the 93rd minute sunk Dakota Wesleyan.
  • A pair of goals last week has brought de la Villa even with Konrad Sinu for a team high goal count. Both players have found the back of the net six times. Among GPAC players, that total ranks tied for 13th best. De la Villa and Sinu will still have to fight off Arra and David Carrasco, five goals apiece, in order to maintain their statuses as the team goals leaders. Twelve Bulldogs have scored at least one goal in 2018.
  • Junior Carlos Ferrer is a ways behind de la Villa and Sinu with three goals this season. However, he’s consistently been one of the team’s best performers. Ferrer tops Concordia (and ranks fourth in the GPAC) with seven assists this season. Weides credited Ferrer as being a major reason why the Bulldogs were able to dig out of a 2-0 hole at Doane. Ferrer notched the equalizer in the 48th minute. Over 53 career collegiate games, Ferrer has recorded 12 goals and 14 assists.
  • One of these games Concordia figures to find a way to gain an early lead. The Bulldogs have surrendered the first goal of the game in five of their seven GPAC clashes. Concordia has picked up GPAC come-from-behind wins over Dordt and Dakota Wesleyan. The early disadvantages doomed the Bulldogs in defeats at Morningside and versus fourth-ranked Hastings. The largest deficit Concordia has faced this season is two goals.
  • De la Villa earned his first career game-winning goal last week. For a balanced team, even the game-winning goals have been dispersed throughout the lineup. Sinu’s two game winners are tops on the team. Five of his teammates have exactly one game-winning goal. De la Villa is joined by Arra, Daniel Campbell, Matthew Ho and Carlos Orquiz. All 16 game-winning goals from the 2017 squad were turned in by seniors.
  • This will be an important week for the Bulldogs to attempt to move closer to securing a spot in the eight-team GPAC tournament and to perhaps even have the right to host a conference tournament game. Concordia will be on the road in the Dakotas with today (Oct. 14)’s matchup at Mount Marty (2-6-2, 0-4-2 GPAC) at 3:15 p.m. CT and then Saturday’s game at Jamestown (5-7-1, 4-4 GPAC) at 3:30 p.m. CT. Only one home game remains on the regular-season slate.

Cross Country

  • In their most recent action, the Bulldogs competed at the Briar Cliff Invitational (Oct. 6), hosted at Adams Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D. In a meet featuring nearly the entire GPAC, Concordia placed fourth out of 14 squads on the women’s side and sixth out of 12 teams on the men’s side at the Briar Cliff Invite. It was the fourth official meet of the season for third-year head coach Matt Beisel’s programs. For more on Bulldog cross country, click HERE.
  • The breakthrough performance by the women boosted them above Morningside for the No. 4 ranking in the official GPAC poll released on Oct. 8. The leap over the Mustangs also helped Concordia move into the “receiving votes” category of the NAIA national poll that was unveiled on Oct. 10. The Bulldog women’s program has not cracked the national top 25 since coming in at No. 22 in October 2015. Similarly, the Concordia men are now tied with Morningside for fourth in the GPAC rankings.
  • The men have now run a 7k (Augustana Twilight) and three 8k races this season. Each of the women’s races have covered the normal 5k. Through the first four meets, the women have recorded average team times of 20:23.24, 20:59.53 and 20:27.05 and 19:00.61, respectively. Meanwhile, the Concordia men have posted team meet time averages of 24:20.18 (7k), 28:21.87 (8k), 27:53.10 (8k) and 26:49.88 (8k), respectively. The average times turned in by the men and women at the Briar Cliff Invite marked season bests by more than a minute.
  • The Briar Cliff Invite was the race of senior Taylor Grove’s life, at least to date. She ran a personal best by nearly 30 seconds while finishing the 5k race in 18:27.18. She placed fourth overall in continuing to see her stock rise. The native of Billings, Mont., really seemed to hit her stride during outdoor track last season when she won the GPAC title in the 10k and qualified for nationals in the marathon. Grove has come on strong this fall after missing the 2017 cross country season due to injury. She appears primed to move up from her 31st place GPAC finish as a sophomore.
  • An aggressive approach at Adams Nature preserve paid off. Sixteen Bulldog women navigated the 5k course in under 21 minutes. Following Grove, the rest of the team’s top seven included junior Rebeka Hinrichs (18:52.97; 12th), freshman Abi DeLoach (18:56.74; 13th), junior Hannah Rebmann (19:09.31; 19th), sophomore Lydia Cook (19:36.81; 38th), junior Miranda Rathjen (19:44.84; 41st) and senior Jacy Johnston (19:49.52; 44th).
  • On the men’s side, senior Josiah McAllister paced the Bulldogs with a 13th place claim. He finished the 8k race in 26:11.15. McAllister has been the team’s top finisher at three meets in a row. Among Bulldogs, McAllister was followed in the lineup by senior Thomas Taylor (26:37.36; 23rd), freshman Wyatt Lehr (26:58.12; 39th), sophomore Jordan Lorenz (27:05.63; 42nd), senior Evan Asche (27:17.12; 50th), sophomore Christian Van Cleave (27:31.10; 56th) and freshman Ethan Pankow (28:03.93; 76th).
  • There were 166 runners on the women’s side and 145 on the men’s side at the Briar Cliff Invite. The Concordia women placed above seven GPAC opponents (Morningside, Dakota Wesleyan, Midland, Mount Marty, Doane, Briar Cliff and College of Saint Mary) while the men beat out four conference rivals (Midland, Hastings, Briar Cliff and Mount Marty).
  • The final meet prior to the GPAC championships (Nov. 3) will be the Seminole Valley Stampede hosted by Mount Marty University this Saturday. Seminole Valley Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will serve as the site of the meet, which is set to get started at 10:30 a.m. CT. The Bulldogs hope that some members of the program will extend their seasons to the NAIA national championships on Nov. 16.