Bulldog Athletics Association Member (BAAM) Athletes of the Week
Male: Carlos Collazo, Football
A junior running back from Marquette, Neb., Carlos Collazo broke a program single record by rushing for 283 yards in the team’s 52-43 win at Mount Marty. Collazo scored two touchdowns as part of his 39-carry workhorse performance for the 4-0 Bulldogs. Collazo is majoring in Criminal Justice, Psychology and Behavioral Science.
Female: Katie Welker, Shooting Sports
A senior from Hamill, S.D., Katie Welker placed second high overall among women at the Hastings Invite with a total score of 350/400. She shot a perfect 100 in trap and placed first. Welker also placed in the top three of the other three events at the invite. Welker is a Biology major.
2025-26 BAAM Athletes of the Week
Oct. 7 – Carlos Collazo (football); Katie Welker (shooting sports)
Sept. 30 – Hugo Fuentes & Nick Velders (tennis) / Peyton Atwood (football); Sadie Mares (soccer)
Sept. 23 – Oliver Balazs (soccer); Katie Welker (shooting sports)
Sept. 16 – Carson Fehlhafer (football); Ella Waters (volleyball)
Sept. 9 – Sam Blevins (shooting sports); Molli Martin (volleyball)
Sept. 2 – Emery Custer (golf); Slade Leicht (soccer)
Aug. 26 – Kierstynn Garner (soccer); Ashley Keck (volleyball); Sean Stratman (soccer)
News and notes:
BAAM luncheons are held every Tuesday (when classes are in session) 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. For information on how to join BAAM, click HERE. It is not a requirement to be a BAAM member in order to attend the weekly luncheons.
HOF Class of 2025 to be officially inducted as part of homecoming festivities: The Concordia Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2024 was revealed to the public on July 23. The new inductees will include Sarah Kortze ’14, Philly Lammers ’20, Courtney Meyer ’65, Randy Pospishil ’73 and the 2014-15 men’s track & field team. The class will be officially inducted as part of a ceremony on Friday (Oct. 10) in conjunction with homecoming weekend on campus. For more details on the Hall of Fame, click HERE.
--Homecoming 2025: It’s homecoming week on the Concordia campus. For complete details on the homecoming celebration, click HERE.
Powerlifting competition season underway with home meet: Year four of Concordia Powerlifting has kicked off. Five different Bulldogs broke school records as part of the CUNE Collegiate Powerlifting Meet held inside the Fieldhouse on Oct. 4. Leo Guiza put on a show in the 110kg weight class as he set new program standards for bench press, deadlift and total within his class. Guiza’s total of 750kg shattered the previous record by nearly 50kg. Other record totals for their respective weight classes were turned in by juniors Teya Badger (470kg total at 100kg), Rylee Bentz (392.5kg at 65kg) and Abigail Lockingen (335kg total at 82.5kg) and sophomore Wyatt Hosick (537.5kg total at 67.5kg). Prior to the competition, Head Coach Freddie Myles’ program honored a class of eight seniors. Meanwhile, the weightlifting season is slated to get underway with the Nebraska State Weightlifting Championships in Omaha on Oct. 18.For a closer look at the Bulldog powerlifters and weightlifters, check out the season previews linked below.
--Season Previews: Powerlifting | Weightlifting.
Tennis competes at ITA Regional Championships in Salina: A run to the finals of the ITA NAIA Central-West Regional Championships for the doubles tandem of Hugo Fuentes and Nick Velders highlighted the efforts of Concordia Tennis in action that took place in Salina, Kan., the weekend of Sept. 26-28. The ITA regional represented the second tournament of the fall semester for Head Coach Lisa Hart’s squads. For more details on the latest tournament, check out the event recap HERE. The fall slate for Bulldog Tennis will conclude with a women’s varsity dual match at Nebraska Wesleyan on Tuesday (Oct. 7).
Featuring Concordia athletes: The Concordia Athletics website frequently profiles student-athletes and their stories. For two recent features on Bulldog athletes, check out the links below.
--Emery Custer
--Carson Fehlhafer
--Daylon Henson
--Niah Kirchner
Bulldog Coaches Show airs every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. CT: The Bulldog Coaches Show has returned for an 11th year. 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 2025-26 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, basketball and volleyball. In addition, Eric Allgood will call select volleyball matches in place of Cyza.
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 with the 2023-24 academic year, Concordia Athletics began a partnership with Hudl for live video streaming. Live webcast links for away contests are publicized in sport specific releases that preview action for that particular week. Scrimmages, exhibitions and junior varsity events are not broadcasted via the Hudl account. For select JV streams, check out that specific sport’s Facebook page.
Men’s Soccer
· Current record: 4-7, 2-2 GPAC.
· Last week:
o Won vs. Mount Marty, 3-0, on Oct. 1.
o Lost at Morningside, 3-1, on Oct. 4.
· Links: 2025 Schedule | Roster | Statistics | NAIA Coaches’ Poll
· Notable: There was one up and one down last week as the Bulldogs continued conference play. Head Coach Jason Weides’ squad protected the home turf on Oct. 1 with a 3-0 win before falling at defending GPAC regular season champion Morningside, 3-1. In the victory, a goal apiece was contributed by Ricards Busmeisters (63’), Milo Hegarty (69’) and Connor Robbins (70’). Goalkeeper Inigo Chavarria saved the one shot on frame that he saw as Concordia earned a second-straight home shutout win. The Bulldogs were tested much more on their defensive third at Morningside as the Mustangs led the shot count, 19-9 (8-6 in shots on goal). Morningside held a 1-0 lead for much of the contest before three combined goals went on the board in the final six minutes. Busmeisters found the back of the net in the 89th minute, pushing his team high season goal count to five. As part of the win over Mount Marty, Hugo Garrote collected two assists and one apiece was earned by Slade Leicht and Kai Olbrich. Through 11 games this season, Concordia has scored 13 goals and has allowed 15. The Bulldogs are still in search of their first road win in 2025. At 2-2 (six points) in league play, Concordia is currently tied for fourth in the GPAC standings. Up next, the Bulldogs will play at Hastings on Wednesday before welcoming Waldorf to Seward for homecoming Saturday.
· For a closer look at this week’s matchups, check out the game notes linked HERE.
· This week:
o Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Hastings (5-2-4, 1-1-2 GPAC), 5:30 p.m.
o Saturday, Oct. 11 vs. Waldorf (2-9, 0-4 GPAC), 5:30 p.m.
Golf
· Most recent completed tournament:
o Men – Placed 9th/9 (323-334-323–980) at the Bent Tree Intercollegiate on Sept. 22-23.
o Women – Placed 2nd/6 (338-342–680) at the York Fall Invite on Sept. 29-30.
· Men’s Links: 2025-26 Schedule | Roster | Statistics
· Women’s Links: 2025-26 Schedule | Roster | Statistics
· Notable: Head Coach Brett Muller’s squads are both in action at the Nebraska Intercollegiate, a tournament that features collegiate golf programs from around the state. Entering Tuesday (Oct. 7)’s round the Bulldogs sat in third place (out of seven) on the women’s side with a team score of 344 and in fifth place (out of eight) on the men’s side with a team score of 303. Freshman Calvin Zabloudil shot an even par 71 in Monday’s round at Fremont Golf Club and came into day two one stroke out of first place. Meanwhile, seniors Emery Custer (82) and Maddie Lewis (85) held down spots in the top 15 of the individual leaderboard. The Nebraska Intercollegiate represents the final varsity outing of the fall for both teams. The women’s team entered the tournament having placed second at each of this season’s previous four events. Most recently, Custer and her teammates finished second at the York Fall Invite that concluded on Sept. 30. Complete recaps from the Nebraska Intercollegiate will be posted to the website on Tuesday afternoon.
· Final fall semester tournaments:
o Men – Oct. 6-7 at Nebraska Intercollegiate (Fremont GC).
o Women – Oct. 6-7 at Nebraska Intercollegiate (Fremont GC).
Shooting Sports
· Last week:
o Placed 4th/17 at Hastings Invite on Oct. 4-5.
· Links: 2025-26 Schedule | Roster
· Notable: In outing No. 5 of the fall semester, the Bulldogs placed fourth high overall out of 17 teams at the Hastings Bronco Invite held at Heartland Public Shooting Park in Grand Island, Neb., the same location of the previous week’s Prairie Circuit Conference Championships. Head Coach Dylan Owens’ squad cracked 1,706 targets towards the team scoring, placing behind only William Penn University (1,817), Midland University (1,786) and Iowa Western Community College (1,740). Individually, senior Katie Welker continued an impressive fall by running 100 straight in trap. A native of Hamill, S.D., Welker emerged as the lone female to shoot a perfect score in trap at the Hastings Invite. From an HOA standpoint, it was a tight race between Welker and Devin Harris for the top score among Bulldogs. Harris wound up with a total of 351/400 with Welker on his heels at 350. Of the 18 Concordia athletes in the field, eight shot 300 or better HOA while battling the elements. The HOA total for Harris put him at No. 6 among all athletes in the field at the Hastings Invite. By discipline, the Bulldogs shot team totals of 481 in trap, 466 in skeet, 374 in sporting and 385 in super. Individual leaders by event were Welker in trap (100), Harris and Welker in skeet (96) and Harris in sporting (81) and super (80). Concordia has this weekend off from competition but will be lending its services to the Kids & Clays Sporting Clays Tournament at Oak Creek Sporting Club in Brainard, Neb., on Friday and Saturday.
· Up next:
o SECC-Beatrice Bobcat Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 25-26.
Football
· Current record: 4-0, 4-0 GPAC; ranked No. 19 in NAIA coaches’ poll.
· Last week:
o Won at Mount Marty, 52-43, on Oct. 4.
· Links: 2025 Schedule | Roster | Statistics | NAIA Coaches’ Poll
· Notable: Fans in attendance in Yankton, S.D., could not have asked for much better entertainment. The Bulldogs moved to 4-0 via a wild 52-43 victory at Mount Marty this past week. Junior running back Carlos Collazo headlined the win by breaking the school record for single game rushing yards with 283 coming on 39 bruising carries. Collazo eclipsed the former record of 266 (shared by Ryan Durdon and Randy Pospishil) on his final carry – a 29-yard touchdown burst that put the game on ice. Incredibly, Concordia built a 31-7 lead only to squander it and trail 35-31 in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs quickly regained the lead as quarterback Gideon Stark engineered a five-play, 96-yard drive capped by a 38-yard touchdown toss to Jonny Puelz. Collazo gave Concordia some breathing room with his fourth quarter touchdown runs of five and 29 yards. The wildness of the contest was reflected by additional stats such as the 105 plays (74 passes) ran by Mount Marty and the fumble return for a touchdown by Daylon Henson on a botched punt snap (an occurrence that happened two weeks in a row). Stark finished with 160 passing yards and four total touchdowns (three passing and one rushing). Defensively, Dylan Meyer notched 4.5 tackles for loss and Jacob Rolen plucked an interception that set up a Bulldog touchdown. Head Coach Patrick Daberkow’s program has won nine-straight games, tying the 2000 and 2001 teams for a GPAC era program record. The streak will be put to the test on a homecoming Saturday that feature’s a clash with rival Midland.
· For details on each week’s matchup, check out the game notes linked HERE.
· This week:
o Saturday, Oct. 11 vs. Midland (2-3, 2-2 GPAC), 1 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
· Current record: 7-1-4, 2-1-2 GPAC; receiving votes in NAIA coaches’ poll.
· Last week:
o Tied vs. Mount Marty, 0-0, on Oct. 1.
o Lost at Morningside, 3-1, on Oct. 4.
· Links: 2025 Schedule | Roster | Statistics | NAIA Coaches’ Poll
· Notable: From a results standpoint, it was a disappointing week for the a Bulldog squad with GPAC championship aspirations. Concordia settled for a 0-0 home draw with Mount Marty before surrendering a 1-0 lead in a 3-1 loss at Morningside. Prior to that defeat, Head Coach Nick Smith’s program had gone unbeaten over its previous 19 regular season games. The tie with the Lancers was particularly frustrating in that the Bulldogs outshot their foe, 20-4 (10-4 in shots on goal). In the clash with the Mustangs, shots were at a premium (10-8 in Morningside’s favor). Concordia to a 1-0 lead to the halftime break thanks to Savannah Andrews’ well-struck goal at the 26-minute mark. It marked Andrews’ 29th career goal. However, the Mustangs wound up running away with it as they scored a goal apiece in the 47th, 59th and 74th minutes. Mount Marty and Morningside managed to keep Kierstynn Garner (12 goals and six assists this season) without a goal or an assist. Through 12 games in 2025, the Bulldogs have outscored their opponents by a combined total of 33-15. Concordia looks forward to a rivalry clash with defending GPAC champion Hastings on the road on Wednesday before coming back home to host Waldorf on homecoming Saturday.
· For additional news and notes, check out the program’s homepage HERE.
· This week:
o Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Hastings (8-1-2, 3-0-1 GPAC), 8 p.m.
o Saturday, Oct. 11 vs. Waldorf (1-7-1, 0-5 GPAC), 8 p.m.
Cross Country
· Most recent:
o Men – placed 4th/9 at Briar Cliff Invite on Oct. 4.
o Women – placed 6th/7 at Briar Cliff Invite on Oct. 4.
· Links: 2025 Schedule | Roster | NAIA Polls: Men | Women
· Notable: The season resumed this past Saturday with a trip to Adams Homestead & Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D. The Bulldogs finished with team placements of fourth out of nine on the men’s side and sixth out of seven on the women’s side. The field provided strong competition as it included NCAA Division I foes in Creighton University and the University of South Dakota and NAIA top 25 Dordt (No. 9 women / No. 25 men). Once again, Head Coach Matt Beisel’s squads were led individually by Keeli Green and Trey Robertson. Green placed ninth overall (defeated all GPAC/NAIA competition) in a 6k time of 22:00.31 while Robertson also placed ninth while completing the 8k race in 25:50.34. Notably, 2024 individual national qualifier Keegan Beisel made her season debut as she attempts to round back into form. So far this season, Concordia has competed favorably with GPAC competition. In the official GPAC ratings released last week by the NAIA, the Bulldogs checked in at No. 3 on the men’s side and at No. 4 on the women’s side. Concordia rarely has a meet on back-to-back Saturdays, but that will be the case in this instance as it preps to run at this Saturday’s Holiday Inn Express Classic hosted by Dordt.
· For additional news and notes on the Concordia Cross Country teams, click HERE.
· Up next:
o Saturday, Oct. 11 at Holiday Inn Express Classic hosted by Dordt, 10 a.m.
Volleyball
· Current record: 15-1, 8-0 GPAC; ranked No. 2 in the NAIA coaches’ poll.
· Last week:
o Won at Morningside, 25-23, 18-25, 25-27, 25-17, 15-9, on Oct. 3.
o Won at Briar Cliff, 27-25, 25-23, 15-25, 26-28, 15-11, on Oct. 4.
· Links: 2025 Schedule | Roster | Statistics | NAIA Coaches’ Poll
· Notable: The Sioux City swing proved treacherous as the second-ranked Bulldogs were taken to five sets on the road by both Morningside and Briar Cliff this past weekend. Concordia pulled out the fifth set at Morningside, 15-9, and then at Briar Cliff, 15-11. The survival weekend pushed Head Coach Ben Boldt’s squad to 8-0 in league play (15-1 overall), good for a tie with No. 7 Northwestern atop the GPAC standings. In the latest victory, the Bulldogs overcame the Chargers’ dynamic blocking (19 blocks) with the help of a career-high 26 kills to go along with 27 digs. Concordia scrapped its way to victories despite hitting .136 for the weekend. The team’s statistical leaders over the two Sioux City matches were Keck in kills (41) and aces (three), Savannah Shelburne in assists (52), Emma Brueggemann in digs (61) and Ava Greene in blocks (13). It was also a strong weekend for Ella Waters, who produced 29 kills while hitting .277. The Bulldogs are 3-0 this season in five-set matches having also edged then No. 1 ranked Indiana Wesleyan University on Aug. 22. Keck (1,207 kills and 995 digs for her career) is on the cusp of joining the 1,000-1,000 club. A showdown with the Red Raiders on Friday night highlights this weekend’s slate. It will be a white-out at Friedrich Arena. Concordia will also host Waldorf on homecoming Saturday.
· For additional news and notes on Concordia Volleyball, check out the team’s homepage HERE.
· This week:
o Friday, Oct. 10 vs. No. 7 Northwestern (16-3, 8-0 GPAC), 8 p.m.
o Saturday, Oct. 11 vs. Waldorf (9-7, 1-7 GPAC), 4 p.m.