Bulldog Weekly Report (Sept. 17)

By Concordia University, Nebraska on Sep. 17, 2019 in Athletic Announcements

Bulldog Athletic Association Athletes of the Week

Male: Moises Jacobo, Soccer

Jacobo, who hails from Grand Island, Neb., played a key role in a pair of road wins last week for the Bulldogs. The freshman tallied a combined two goals and three assists as the Bulldogs (5-0) defeated McPherson College (Kan.) and Presentation. Jacobo leads the team with four goals this season.

Female: Kara Stark, Volleyball

Stark, a native of Frisco, Texas, played through pain last week and recorded 29 combined kills over matches against two top 25 opponents: No. 25 College of Saint Mary and No. 9 Midland. In the matchup with Midland, Stark pounded 17 kills and hit .419. Stark has totaled 105 kills on the season.

Previous BAAM Athletes of the Week
Sept. 10 – Carlos Orquiz (soccer) / Amie Martin (cross country)
Sept. 3 – Eduardo Alba (soccer) / Emmie Noyd (volleyball)

News and notes:

Homecoming weekend (Sept. 27-29): Homecoming 2019 on the Concordia campus is fast approaching. As part of the festivities that will take place Sept. 27-29, five individuals and one team will officially join the Concordia Athletic Hall of fame. The 2019 inductees will include Ron Bork ’70, Gentri (Brown) Tollefson ’07, Erik DeHaven ’01, JaMaine Lewis ’08, Michael Saalfeld ’09 and the 2005 Bulldog softball team. The Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held Sept. 27. A number of other events will highlight the weekend. A detailed homecoming schedule can be viewed HERE.

Wurdeman gets call to NAIA Hall of Fame: A two-time All-American at tight end, Ross Wurdeman has been chosen as an NAIA Hall of Famer, as announced on Monday (Sept. 16). He is the fourth Concordia alum to get the call to the hall, joining Carol Bailey-Moravec, Gene Brooks and Kregg Einspahr. For more on Wurdeman’s honor, click HERE.

Lammers named winner of NAIA’s Liston Award: The awards keep streaming in for Concordia women’s basketball All-American Philly Lammers. On Monday (Sept. 17) the NAIA announced Lammers as the female winner of the NAIA Liston Award. The Emil S. Liston Award recognizes both academic and athletic excellence by junior student-athletes in men’s and women’s basketball. Lammers joins Chandler Folkerts (2017) as the second student-athlete in Concordia’s history to receive the honor. For more on Lammers, click HERE.

Story of the 2005 softball team: The 2005 Concordia softball team will always be the first as a program to win a conference championship during the GPAC era (2000-present). That squad, led by then head coach Frank Greene, went 20-4 in conference games while riding a strong pitching staff and defense. It was a gritty team and one that got the most of its abilities with the help of a strong feeling of togetherness. Read more about the squad HERE.

Tennis continues fall portion of 2019-20 season: The fall tennis season for head coach David DeSimone’s squads continued over the weekend with the GPAC Individual Tournament (Sept. 13-14) hosted by College of Saint Mary. The Concordia women had individual champions in the B, C and D singles brackets and in the B doubles bracket. On the back side of the C men’s singles bracket, Josh Miller claimed victory. A more detailed recap will be available in the near future via https://www.cune.edu/athletics/.

Shooting sports begins campaign at Fort Hays State Intercollegiate Shoot: Head coach Scott Moniot came away pleased with what he saw from his shooting sports team this past weekend (Sept. 13-14) at the Fort Hays State Intercollegiate Shoot in Hays, Kan. A detailed wrap up of the event will be posted in the near future on https://www.cune.edu/athletics/.

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.

Men’s Soccer

  • The unbeaten ride has carried into this week’s action for the Bulldogs, who are breaking new ground, in terms of most victories to begin a season under the direction of 12th-year head coach Jason Weides. The unblemished record withstood a scare at McPherson College (Kan.) in what resulted in a 3-2 overtime win on Sept. 11. Three days later, Concordia did not have to sweat it out whatsoever in a 9-0 stomping at Presentation. It marked the GPAC opener for the Bulldogs. For more information on Concordia men’s soccer, click HERE.
  • Weides has had three previous squads open up a year at 3-0, but he had never had a team get to 4-0 or 5-0. The Bulldogs are one of 12 teams in all of the NAIA that remain undefeated without a tie. If they can remain unscathed through this week, they may just begin to attract some more attention nationally. Concordia, ranked No. 3 in the official GPAC poll, is not currently receiving votes nationally, but Massey Ratings lists the Bulldogs at No. 25 in the GPAC.
  • There are plenty of goals to recap from last week’s action. The 12 combined goals were put away by Renzo Bozzo, Cavan Burns, Roger de la Villa, Carlos Ferrer (two), Moises Jacobo (two), Ryan LeTourneau (three) and Isaiah Shaddick (two). De la Villa surfaced with the golden goal less than three minutes after the overtime period began at McPherson. Shaddick was credited with the game winner at Presentation due to his goal being the first of the contest. It took less than 14 minutes for the Bulldogs to build a 5-0 lead at Presentation.
  • LeTourneau made the most of his playing time at Presentation and recorded the first hat trick for a Concordia individual since the 2017 season. In that campaign, Micah Lehenbauer and Lewis Rathbone turned in one hat trick apiece. A junior from North Platte, LeTourneau now has five career goals in 17 games. LeTourneau is one of six Bulldogs with multiple goals this season.
  • It’s still anyone’s game in regards to who will end up leading this team in goals scored. The current leader is Jacobo with four. Others with multiple goals on the year include LeTourneau (three), Shaddick (three), Bozzo (two), de la Villa (two) and Ferrer (two). Just a freshman, Shaddick may already be finding a groove as a striker. He has notched a goal in three of the past four games. He arrived at Concordia following a monster senior season at Lincoln Southwest High School.
  • Weides would always prefer to win games in regulation, but the results in recent overtime contests have been favorable for the Bulldogs. Concordia has gone nine-straight overtime games without a defeat, dating back to the 2017 season. Officially, the Bulldogs went 3-0-4 in overtime games in 2018 with one of those ties involving a shootout advancement past Midland in the quarterfinals of the GPAC tournament. In back-to-back seasons, Concordia has dealt McPherson a 3-2 defeat in overtime.
  • The 9-0 win skews the statistics to some degree with it being early in the campaign, but the Bulldogs rank favorably among their GPAC counterparts in many key statistics. On the conference leaderboards, Concordia ranks first in goals scored per game (3.80), tied for first in fewest goals allowed per game (0.60) and second in both shots per game (18.20) and shots on goal per game (9.80). The Bulldogs have outscored their opponents by a combined total of 19-3 and have registered three shutouts.
  • Concordia will be challenged this week. First it will step outside of league action and play Bellevue University (4-5) in Omaha, Neb., at 7:30 p.m. CT today (Sept. 17). The Bulldogs will then resume their GPAC schedule on Saturday by hosting Northwestern (3-4, 0-0 GPAC) in a match set to kick off at 3:30 p.m. A year ago, Concordia fell, 2-1, to Bellevue and tied Northwestern, 1-1.

Football

  • Two weeks. Two missed opportunities. Following a 17-10 home loss to Doane in the season opener, the Bulldogs faced their first road test of 2019. Concordia dominated NCAA Division III Buena Vista University over the first 30 minutes of the game played in Storm Lake, Iowa. The Bulldogs led 24-0 before ultimately stumbling in a shocking 27-24 defeat. Head coach Patrick Daberkow’s squad is now 0-2 despite having fourth quarter leads in both games. For more on Concordia football, click HERE.
  • The Bulldogs appeared on their way to cruising to their first win of the 2019 season. Freshman quarterback Wyatt Ehlers, a Centennial High School product, fired a 45-yard touchdown pass to both Art Anderson and Korrell Koehlmoos in a one-minute-and-15-second span of the first quarter. Concordia also took momentum to the halftime break after Zac Walter intercepted a pass and took it 79 yards for a touchdown. According to Pro Football Reference’s win probability calculator, a team with a 24-0 halftime lead has 99.4 percent win probability.
  • Ehlers made his first career start in the loss at Buena Vista. He supplanted game one starter, Jake Kemp, who also saw action in Storm Lake. Ehlers, who provides a threat as a runner as well as a passer, finished 11-for-22 for 210 yards, two touchdown passes and two interceptions. Ehlers also added 48 rushing yards. Meanwhile, Kemp completed 4-of-6 passes for 35 yards. A 21-yard completion from Kemp to Ryan Durdon set up a potential game-tying field goal that sailed wide left as time expired.
  • One positive so far has been the stoutness of the Concordia defense against the run. Through two games, Bulldog opponents have rushed 63 times for 132 yards, which calculates to an average of just 2.1 yards per carry. The vaunted linebacker crew of Riley Bilstein, Lane Napier, Derek Tachovsky and Walter has been phenomenal. Sacks have also contributed to the low rushing total. Concordia has already piled up eight sacks, including three last week at Buena Vista.
  • The Bulldog defense has been solid overall, but it would certainly like to tighten the screws in the passing game. Concordia was shredded last week by star receiver Eric Pacheco, who caught 10 passes for 226 yards. The two-headed Beaver quarterback system produced 390 passing yards while completing 31-of-45 attempts through the air. Concordia has surrendered 617 passing yards through the first two games.
  • On the flip side, the Bulldogs already have three receivers with at least 100 yards. Anderson leads the way with 12 catches for 153 yards, Cayden Beran has hauled in 11 passes for 129 yards and Korrell Koehlmoos has plucked eight catches for 142 yards. Beran notched seven receptions for 108 yards last week as the favored target of Ehlers. Concordia has not been known for having prolific passing attacks in the past. Jarrod Pimentel (2,150 in 2001) is the lone Bulldog quarterback to ever eclipse 2,000 passing yards in a season.
  • The Bulldogs continue to work on ways to try to get Durdon loose in the running game. So far it’s been tough sledding. Durdon has rushed 39 times for 80 yards this season. As a sophomore in 2017, the Decatur, Texas, native averaged a healthy 5.5 yards per carry and piled up 1,247 rushing yards for the second highest single-season total in program history. Durdon has not reached 100 yards rushing in a game since he ran for 129 in a loss at Briar Cliff on Oct. 13, 2018.
  • Concordia is now 0-2 for the first time since the 2012 season. The ’12 squad started out 0-3 but did manage to go on a four-game win streak and eventually finish the campaign at 5-6 overall. Between 2012 and 2017, the baseline had been just below or just above .500. Over those six seasons (2012 through 2017), the Bulldogs went a combined 36-27. The best mark was 7-3 in 2016 when Concordia finished in the NAIA top 25 poll.
  • The Bulldogs will take another shot at their first win this Saturday when they make a visit to Lloyd Wilson Field for a 1 p.m. CT matchup with Hastings (2-0, 1-0 GPAC). The Broncos have begun their campaign with victories over Panhandle State University, 40-22, and Jamestown, 38-21. Hastings knocked off Concordia last season in Seward, 21-13.

Cross Country

  • The Bulldogs have been in action back-to-back weekends to begin the 2019 season. After solid showings at the Augustana Twilight on Sept. 6, the Concordia men and women proved to be among the top squads at the Bronco Stampede hosted by Hastings on Sept. 14. The Bulldog women made a push for a title and settled for second place among 11 teams. Meanwhile, the men placed third out of 10 squads present at Lake Hastings Park. Head coach Matt Beisel brought 24 women and 17 men to the race. For more on Concordia cross country, click HERE.
  • The Bulldog women just might make a push for a spot in this week’s NAIA top 25 poll (set to be released on Thursday). Through two meets, Concordia has yet to be beaten out by a fellow NAIA squad. Most notably, the Bulldogs outpaced No. 22 Northwestern at the Augustana Twilight. At the Hastings meet, Concordia finished behind only NCAA Division II Fort Hays State University (Kan.) while placing above NAIA members in Friends University (Kan.), College of Saint Mary, Tabor College, Bellevue University, host Hastings and Peru State College.
  • The freshmen have certainly made the Bulldog women stronger and have lessened the blow of losing NAIA national qualifier Taylor Grove to graduation. Last week freshman Amie Martin was named the GPAC Runner of the Week on the women’s side after she out-galloped all NAIA competitors at the Augustana Twilight. This time around, a different freshman emerged as the top Concordia female runner. Rookie Kylahn Heritage clocked in at 19:41.82 (third place out of 118 runners) in the 5k race and was just six seconds behind meet champion Aileen Gurrola of Friends University (Kan.).
  • Martin crossed the finish line in 20:15.44 at Hastings, putting her third among Bulldogs and in ninth place overall. Sandwiched in between the aforementioned freshmen was returning all-conference performer in senior Rebekah Hinrichs (19:54.94). A week earlier, each of Concordia’s top seven runners completed the faster 5k course in Sioux Falls, S.D., in under 20 minutes. The team’s four through seven competitors this past Saturday were junior Lydia Cook (20:22.63; 12th), junior Sydney Clark (20:36.36; 17th), senior Miranda Rathjen (20:59.30; 27th) and sophomore Abi DeLoach (21:02.34; 28th). The top 10 Bulldog runners all placed in the top 34 of the overall leaderboard.
  • Fort Hays State was quite dominant on the men’s side, but Concordia did manage to place two of the top 25 out of the 94 runners that trekked along the 8k course. Fast rising junior Jordan Lorenz took the lead among Bulldogs by finishing in 28:20.09, 20th place overall. Only three NAIA competitors outran Lorenz. He was followed in the Concordia pack by freshman Camden Sesna (28:32.32; 25th), freshman Antonio Blaine (28:53.79; 31st), freshman Owen Dawson (29:07.63; 35th), sophomore Wyatt Lehr (29:35.01; 43rd), junior Patrick Schneeberger (29:42.68; 45th) and sophomore Ethan Pankow (29:43.34; 46th).
  • A top 25 rating for either program would be evidence of the progress made by the Bulldog cross country squads. On the women’s side, Concordia last cracked the NAIA top 25 in October 2015. Similarly, the men last appeared in the national ranking in December 2014. Under Beisel, the Bulldogs have been climbing back up the GPAC ladder. One of the stated goals for the program is to get back to winning GPAC championships. The most recent conference titles were in 2012 for the men and 2005 for the women.
  • Concordia has this weekend off from competition. It now looks forward to the Dean White Invitational hosted by Doane on Saturday, Sept. 28. Only two other meets remain on the schedule prior to the GPAC Championships (Nov. 9) – the Briar Cliff Invite (Oct. 5) and the Mount Marty Invite (Oct. 26).

Volleyball

  • GPAC play is in full swing. In action last week against top 25 foes, the Bulldogs went on the road and knocked off No. 25 College of Saint Mary in four sets on Sept. 11 prior to a dagger of a five-set homes loss to ninth-ranked Midland on Sept. 14. It marked the second season in a row that that the Warriors had ended a 12-match Concordia win streak. Second-year head coach Ben Boldt’s squad enters the week at 12-1 overall and at 2-1 in conference play. For more on Bulldog volleyball, click HERE.
  • Concordia’s records, both overall and within conference, are exactly where they were a year ago after 13 matches. However, it’s been detailed in this space in previous weeks how this year feels different. Based upon rankings at the time matches took place, the Bulldogs own three victories over NAIA top 25 foes: No. 14 Hastings, No. 19 Corban University (Ore.) and No. 25 College of Saint Mary. Concordia is not yet sniffing any love in the polls and will have to wait until at least Oct. 2 (next NAIA poll) for a shot at breaking into the top 25.
  • By an eyelash, Midland extended its series win streak to nine over the Bulldogs. Just like Concordia’s near upset of the Warriors in Fremont near the end of the 2018 season, it had its chances. In this past Saturday’s meeting inside Walz Arena, the Bulldogs won the first set and then led the second, 24-22. Unfortunately, Concordia failed to put it away on three separate chances at set point. The Bulldogs regrouped, took the third set, then had a rough fourth set before getting clipped in a nailbiter of a fifth set.
  • One reason to believe in Concordia is because senior Emmie Noyd has been playing like an All-American at middle blocker. She has cleaned up throughout nonconference play – and here numbers so far in GPAC matches are just about as salty. She floored eight of her match high 20 kills in the third set versus Midland. In GPAC matches only, Noyd has notched 53 kills (4.08 per set) and has hit .316. The Shelby, Neb., native went for 18 kills and a .395. Among all NAIA plyers, Noyd ranks fourth in hitting percentage (.376), 18th in kills per set (4.0) and 43rd in blocks per set (1.05).
  • The offensive attack has been consistently good for the Bulldogs. They had also been stellar in their serve and pass games, until this past weekend. The discrepancies in serve and pass were ultimately the difference. Midland (11-3, 3-0 GPAC) came out like gangbusters in a fourth set dominated by the visitors. Concordia never gained traction and had only three kills in the fourth set. For the match, the Warriors had 11 aces to five service errors while the Bulldogs had four aces to nine service errors.
  • Junior Tara Callahan became the first Concordia player to earn an NAIA National Player of the Week award since 2016 when she was named the NAIA National Setter of the Week on Sept. 10. Alum Alayna Kavanaugh picked up the same award in November of 2016. Callahan has been a rock for a squad that ranks second nationally in hitting percentage (.282) and third in the NAIA in kills per set (14.55). Individually, Callahan is No. 2 nationally in assists per set (11.52).
  • Callahan worked outside hitter Kara Stark into the attack nicely versus Midland. Stark had committed 10 errors at College of Saint Mary, but rebounded three days later by smashing 17 kills on 31 swings (.419 hitting percentage). Callahan has plenty of options at her disposal with the likes of Noyd, Stark, Arleigh Costello, Camryn Opfer and Kalee Wiltfong each capable of burning opponents.
  • The GPAC grind will continue throughout the next month-and-a-half. A grind is exactly what it will be. According to Massey Ratings, four of the NAIA’s top 10 teams reside in the GPAC: No. 1 Northwestern, No. 8 Midland, No. 9 Jamestown and No. 10 Concordia. Ten GPAC squads are rated within the top 37 teams nationally. In other words, don’t expect anything to come easy.
  • The Bulldogs are prepping to head to Sioux City, Iowa, for tonight (Sept. 17)’s tussle with Morningside (8-4, 0-3 GPAC). First serve is set for 7:30 p.m. CT. Concordia will then dip outside of league play on Saturday by playing at Peru State College (3-13) at 2 p.m. After the Peru State match, the Bulldogs will play each of their final 12 regular season contests against GPAC foes.

Women’s Soccer

  • Concordia has put a win on the board. After a tough run through nonconference play, the Bulldogs found the positive result they’ve been looking for. They shook off a 2-1 home loss to Bellevue University on Sept. 11 by claiming a 3-0 victory at Presentation on Sept. 14. It ended a seven-game losing streak for the program. Head coach Chris Luther’s squad now stands at 1-6 overall (1-0 GPAC). For more information on Concordia women’s soccer, click HERE.
  • The Bulldogs had entered last week without having scored a goal all season. Dating back to the 2018 GPAC tournament championship clash at Hastings, Concordia had gone six games in a row without finding the back of the net. The drought came to a merciful end last week versus Bellevue when freshman Allee Downing’s header crossed the goal line in the 53rd minute. Three days later, Madeline Haugen and Katie Miles (twice) surfaced with goals.
  • The aforementioned names had a combined grand total of two career goals prior to last week’s action. Both Downing and Miles recorded their first career collegiate goals. Meanwhile, Haugen found the back of the net for the third time as a Bulldog. A native of San Diego, Haugen was credited with the game winning goal at Presentation. It marked the second game in a row that Concordia had gained a 1-0 lead.
  • The shot count at Presentation reflected what was the most dominant performance yet this season for the Bulldogs. They outshot Presentation 27-4 and had a 3-0 advantage in corner kicks. Goalkeeper Lindsey Carley made two saves in the second half to preserve Concordia’s first shutout of 2019. An improved Saints squad was coming off a 2-0 loss to Dordt and owns a 9-0 victory over Nebraska Christian College.
  • Carley was reinserted into the starting lineup after Jessica Knedler got the start earlier in the week versus Bellevue. Luther has attempted several tweaks to the lineup to provide a jolt for his team. To this point, the Bulldogs have not had the same starting lineup in back-to-back games. Sophomore Callie McNary got her first career start in the game at Presentation. Tori Cera also returned to the lineup last week after missing three previous contests due to injury.
  • Few probably would have expected Miles to be the one to score multiple goals last week at Presentation. The native of Marshall, Mo., had seen action in only one varsity game before entering the match this past Saturday. She took advantage of her opportunity and netted a goal in the 38th and 39th minutes. It’s the type of spark the Bulldogs have needed. Those were the only two shots Miles took on the day.
  • Perhaps the new beginnings of conference play will invigorate a Concordia program that has found a home near the top of the GPAC standings in recent years. Over Concordia’s last 28 conference regular-season games, it has gone a combined 23-1-4. It has also reached the GPAC tournament championship game five years running. The Bulldogs won three GPAC titles (two tournament, one regular season) under previous head coach Greg Henson.
  • Concordia will have a mid-week bye before hosting Northwestern (3-2-1, 0-0 GPAC) at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday. In last season’s matchup, the Bulldogs traveled to Orange City, Iowa, and walked away with a 3-1 triumph.

Golf

  • September is chock-full of tournaments for both the Concordia men’s and women’s golf programs. The women’s squad was especially busy of late having competed last week at both the Midland Invite (Sept. 9) and the Lila Frommelt Classic (Sept. 13-14). At the Frommelt Classic, the Bulldogs tied for sixth out of 12 squads present in Dakota Dunes, S.D. Meanwhile, the men were most recently in action at the Siouxland Invite (Sept. 9-10) where they placed seventh out of 14 squads. For more information on Concordia golf, click here: Men | Women.
  • Head coach Brett Muller’s women’s squad was coming off a second-place finish at the Midland Invite as it entered action in Dakota Dunes. The Bulldogs shot identical team scores of 355 on both days at Two Rivers Golf Club, putting them just two strokes out of fifth place at the Frommelt Classic. Through the first four rounds, Concordia has been remarkably consistent from a team perspective with respective totals of 356, 353, 355 and 355.
  • The results for standout sophomore Kendra Placke were not quite at her standard this past weekend. She shot a 36-hole total of 86-85–171 and placed in a tie for 16th. It was a solid tournament for junior Andrea Peterson (88-87–175), who placed 23rd out of 71 individuals. Senior Murphy Sears (88-88–176) was right behind her. Five other Bulldogs also represented the team in Dakota Dunes.
  • A Seward High School product, Placke had turned in back-to-back rounds of 81 (Matthew Goette Classic and Midland Invite) to begin her sophomore campaign. Both of those scores placed in her the top five the season’s first two tournaments. Even with her scores in the mid-80s last week, Placke still leads the team with a scoring average of 83.25. The rest of the team’s top five, in terms of 18-hole average, includes Sears (85.00), Peterson (90.00), Lauren Havlat (97.25) and Britney Jepsen (97.75).
  • The Concordia men wrapped up their second two-day tournament of the season exactly one week ago (Sept. 10) at the Siouxland Invite. The Bulldogs finished the event strong by carding a season low team score of 303 in action at Landsmeer Golf Club in Orange City, Iowa. Concordia is getting closer to the type of team Muller envisions for his program. Tylar Samek, Jay Gunaseelan and sophomore Jack Williams each shot rounds in the 70s on both days of the tournament. Samek and Gunaseelan shared 22nd place (out of 81 golfers) with identical scores of 76-73–149. Meanwhile, Williams enjoyed his best tournament as a Bulldog while turning in a two-round total of 79-74–153.
  • Through four rounds this fall, Samek paces the team with an 18-hole scoring average of 75.00. He has had close competition for that top spot with Gunaseelan (76.00), Drew D’Ercole (79.50) and Williams (80.00) all sporting season averages of 80 or lower. So far this fall, four Bulldogs have already turned in at least one round of 75 or lower. The top round has been a 73 (+2) by both Gunaseelan and Samek on the second day of the Siouxland Invite.
  • It’s still plenty early in the 2019-20 season, but the Concordia men do appear to have stronger depth than they had in 2018-19. The team scoring average currently rests at 310.0 (rounds so far of 316, 307, 314 and 303). That figure is slightly better than the 311.82 average produced by the 2018-19 squad. The newcomers like D’Ercole and Gunaseelan have helped make up for the graduation of Nolan Zikas, the team’s top player last season.
  • The women are in action today (Sept. 17) at the Nebraska Wesleyan Invite, which is being staged at Pioneers Golf Course in Lincoln. The Bulldog women will also have a match play event in Sioux City, Iowa, on Sept. 25. Meanwhile, the men have been idle since the Siouxland Invite concluded and are now looking forward to the GPAC Preview meet Monday (Sept. 23) of next week at Indian Creek Golf Club in Omaha.