SEWARD, Neb. – After having wrestled in a couple of tournaments, the Bulldogs will return home for their second dual in Friedrich Arena against Hastings on Friday (Nov. 17). The dual is set to get underway at 7 p.m. CT. Preseason ranked No. 6 in the conference, Concordia has jumped up to No. 5 after adding four new ranked wrestlers with Martim Moniz (5th at 125), Grant Wells (5th at 133), Tracy Allen (5th at 149) and Hunter Wiemer (5th at 184). Landing at No. 3 in the GPAC at the end of the year has shown the potential under Head Coach Chase Clasen to return to the top of GPAC despite a preseason low ranking almost a month ago.
Concordia vs. Hastings
Friday, Nov. 17 | 7 p.m. | Friedrich Arena (Seward, Neb.)
Webcast: https://team1sports.com/cune/
The Bulldogs smashed the Warriors into the mat claiming their first dual (Nov. 1) win with ease in a 45-6 drubbing over the visitors. Concordia finished six matches with bonus points including wins by Moniz (Fall 2:49), Creighton Baughman (TF 15-0), Barret Brandt (Fall 2:02), Stephen Duffy (MD 17-5), Weimer (MD 15-4) and Mason Garcia (TF 21-6). Other winners for Concordia were Wells and Jeaven Scdoris (157) by forfeit and Allen by decision.
Concordia wrestled in the Luther Hill Invite and the Grand View Open with Moniz (at 125) going 7-4 through the past two tournaments. Baughman (141), a second year transfer from Iowa Western Community College, grabbed first place at Luther Hill completing an undefeated day (3-0) in the tournament and has a 6-2 record so far this season. Brandt (165), a freshman from Syracuse, Neb., collected third at Luther Hill with all five wins by pinfall. He fell by pin in his first match at Grand View but followed it up with five more straight wins by a finalizing slap of the mat, pushing his record to 11-2 (all pinfalls) on the season.
Weimer (184) took first at the Luther Hill invite, winning three straight at the weekend wrestle fest, and has a record of 4-2 in the 2023 season. Wells (133) grabbed second place after falling in his final bout by decision in his first loss of the year. The product Lincoln Lutheran High School, won his first four total matches and has an 8-3 overall record after a strong showing at Grand View earning sixth place.
Hastings comes into the matchup having lost both of their national qualifiers from last season in Kavika Aholelei and Cole Maschmann. Trey Heckadon will begin his first year as head coach of the Broncos and wrestled at Graceland University (Iowa) as a two-time national qualifier. In Hastings’ first tournament, Jake Patterson (157) had a good showing in the York Open taking first place (2-0) and Naim Abeuljubean (174) went 2-1 in the open, falling in the final by one point. The Dawgs came out on top with a dominating 36-10 victory over the Broncos in the last dual matchup in 2022.
For more on the 2023-24 Concordia Wrestling team, check out the season preview HERE. In addition, Baughman’s journey to Concordia was detailed in a feature that can be found HERE.
Ranked Competitors
Concordia (1-0, 1-0 GPAC)
125 – Martim Moniz: GPAC – 5th
133 – Grant Wells: GPAC – 5th
141 – Creighton Baughman: GPAC – 2nd | NAIA – 10th
149 – Tracey Allen: GPAC – 5th
157 – Jeaven Scdoris: GPAC – 6th
165 – Tommy Wentz: GPAC – 5th
174 – Sean Duffy: GPAC – 5th
184 – Hunter Weimer: GPAC – 5th
184 – Garret Moser: GPAC – 6th
Hastings (0-0, 0-0 GPAC)
No ranked competitors.
The next tournament will unfold on Saturday (Nov. 18) when Concordia is set to compete at the University of Nebraska-Kearney Open hosted at the Buffalo Co. Fairgrounds in Kearney, Neb. After, will be the GPAC Crossover Duals at Long Lines in Sioux City, Iowa. The duals are set to start at 4 p.m. CT on Tuesday (Nov. 21).