SEWARD, Neb. – With a rematch from last year’s GPAC tournament championship on the docket, the Bulldogs will travel to Hastings in their midweek match (Oct. 8), then return home to host Waldorf for Homecoming. Concordia University, Nebraska Men’s Soccer split the last two contests, dominating in a 3-0 shutout over Mount Marty and falling to Morningside (3-1). The side has a 4-7 overall showing and a 2-2 record in conference play.
This Week
Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Hastings (5-2-4, 2-1-2 GPAC), 5:30 p.m.
Live Webcast | Live Stats | Location: Lloyd Wilson Field (Hastings, Neb.)
Saturday, Oct. 11 vs. Waldorf (3-9, 0-4 GPAC), 5:30 p.m.
Live Webcast | Live Stats | Location: Bulldog Stadium (Seward, Neb.)
The Bulldogs came out striking the ball early and often and dealt 22 shots at the first-time starter for the Lancers. An avalanche of scores would finally collapse, starting in the 63rd minute. Slade Leicht and Hugo Garrote came together to slide a through ball to the crafty Ricards Busmeisters notching his fourth goal of the season. Over the next eight minutes, the Bulldogs put this one to bed as freshmen Milo Hegarty (69’) and Conner Robbins (70’) got on the board with the first goals of their careers. Assists were credited to Leicht on goal No. 2 and to Garrote and Kai Olbrich on goal No. 3. The lopsided affair finally came to fruition as Mount Marty was only allowed six shots and Inigo Chavarria claimed his first clean sheet in 2025.
Down 2-0, Busmeisters helped the Bulldogs rally against the Mustangs with a penalty after Mike Wyvill was fouled inside the box. Needing one to equalize, Concordia gave up a third goal via a foul inside the 18-yard box and wasn’t able to find another score. Morningside ran away with the shot count late (19-9), with both squads only having three in the first half. With each keeper having five saves, Nolan Fuelberth would have eight shot attempts on goal thrown his way.
Tied for fourth in the GPAC for shots per game, the Bulldogs have continued to improve their offensive presence through their 11 games. With 13 goals and eight assists, the squad has tallied 34 points. Shooting 55 times in the last three games, the striking pace has moved up a notch with quality shots coming from many, including Kai Olbrich, Busmeisters, Hugo Garrote, Oliver Benson, Hegarty and Jasper Hofland. Olbrich (.667), Joe McCarroll (.571) and Benson (.545) are out front in shots on goal percentages.
For the 5th time in 10 years, the Dawgs and Broncos clashed in the conference playoff championship and the visitors came out on top (1-0) in Bulldog Stadium. The defenses were almost impenetrable as both teams only posted two shots on frame apiece. Hastings’ Lewis Albert found a score in the 25th minute, assisted by Juan Arteaga-Lopez. The two teams were even in almost every category with the Bulldogs taking a 6-5 slim shot advantage in the end. In the last meeting versus the Warriors, Concordia hit double-digit goals with seven different players changing the number on the board. Kai Olbrich, Aidan Nachi, Youssef Heggy all scored twice, with the rest of the goals coming from Ryan Wokutch, Martin Herrera, Ferdi Hagen, and Mattis Hollnagel.
In the third NAIA RPI ratings, the Bulldogs are set at 134th with a 0.457 RPI. Concordia has been rated at 128th in strength of schedule. Just in front of the Dawgs, Hastings has earned a rating of 103rd and a schedule slated at 154th. Waldorf is rated 186th and has a strength of schedule at 175 in the country. Midland is rated 11th, as the highest in the conference and a 55th schedule strength. Bellevue University (66), William Woods (83), Northwestern (89) and Morningside (92nd) are all in the top 100 of teams the Bulldogs have played or will play in 2025.
Hastings
The Broncos have produced a three-game unbeaten streak versus Doane (1-1), Dakota Wesleyan (2-2) and Waldorf (3-0), moving their record to 5-2-4 overall and 1-1-2 in conference. Having scored 20 goals, Hastings has shot a .174 percentage and a .551 shot on goal percentage. Averaging 12.4 takes a contest, the Broncos have a high assist-to-goal ratio with 16 coming from their teammates' passes. They have averaged 1.82 goals per game while only giving up 1.36 to their opponents. Tim Berger has put a team-leading five goals and four assists for the Hastings side. David Maqueda and Juan Lopez-Arteaga have three dishes apiece and three others have two goals. Keeper Ethan Watkins has owned the net for the Broncos playing 989 of the 990 minutes. Watkins has allowed 15 goals while catching 41 saves on a .732 save percentage with two shutouts.
Waldorf
The Warriors last defeated Union Adventist University (Neb.), 4-2, in a recent non-conference matchup. Waldorf has a winless 0-4 start to GPAC competition, having fallen to Northwestern (3-0), Doane (3-0), Dordt (5-0) and Hastings (3-0). The Warriors are 3-9 overall with five goals scored in 2025. With a .066 shot percentage, WU has a .461 shot on goal percentage. With 4.8 shots per game, the Warriors score 0.31 goals per game. Louis Hernandez and Ryder Tormaschy have scored two goals apiece. Freshman Ben Kenn and senior Osvaldo Andrade have posted the most time between the posts. Ken has allowed 33 goals and grabbed 84 saves with a .718 save percentage. With 29 goals allowed, Andrade has 57 saves with a .663 percentage.
Next Week
Concordia will hit the road for both games next week traveling to Midland and Dakota Wesleyan. The Bulldogs will play at Heedum Field and the Pepsi-Cola Soccer Complex.
Wednesday, Oct. 15
5 p.m. – at Midland
Saturday, Oct. 18
4 p.m. – at Dakota Wesleyan