SEWARD, Neb. – The 2023-24 Concordia University Wrestling season will ring in a new season on Wednesday evening as the Bulldogs prepare to welcome Midland to Friedrich Arena. The dual is slated to get underway at 7 p.m. CT. Based on the GPAC preseason rankings, this will be a matchup between the Nos. 6 and 8 teams in the conference. Head Coach Chase Clasen’s squad believes it can again outperform outside expectations after placing third in the GPAC this past season.
Concordia vs. Midland
Wednesday, Nov. 1 | 7 p.m. | Friedrich Arena (Seward, Neb.)
Webcast: https://team1sports.com/cune/
This is the start of year two for Clasen leading the Concordia program. The achievements in 2022-23 included a program record-tying 13 dual wins, third place GPAC finishes in the regular season and postseason, a GPAC title for Issiah Burks and four individual NAIA national qualifiers. The Bulldogs bring back one national qualifier in 141-pounder Creighton Baughman, who went 25-10 overall last season. To begin 2023-24, Baughman is ranked second in the GPAC and 10th nationally in his weight class. He’s one of six Concordia competitors to receive GPAC preseason rankings (top six in weight class).
Midland will debut a new head coach in Doyle Trout. He inherits a program that went 2-6 in GPAC duals last season. Two Warriors are ranked at the conference level: Janson Pilkington (fifth at 125) and Zion Amerson (sixth at 149). The program’s one 2023 national qualifier, Kolton Kammeyer, departed. These two sides also opened the 2022-23 season with a dual in Fremont. The result was a 28-17 win for the Bulldogs.
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 (0-0, 0-0 GPAC)
125 – Aidan Trowbridge: GPAC – 6th
141 – Creighton Baughman: GPAC – 2nd | NAIA – 10th
157 – Jeaven Scdoris: GPAC – 3rd
157 – Brent Ward: GPAC – 4th
165 – Tommy Wentz: GPAC – 5th
174 – Sean Duffy: GPAC – 6th
184 – Garret Moser: GPAC – 5th
285 – Cy Renney: GPAC – 6th
Midland (0-0, 0-0 GPAC)
125 – Janson Pilkington: GPAC – 5th
149 – Zion Amerson: GPAC – 6th
The season’s first tournament will unfold on Saturday (Nov. 4) when Concordia is slated to compete at the Luther Hill Invite hosted by NCAA Division III Simpson University in Indiana, Iowa. The next home dual on the schedule is set for Nov. 17 with Hastings scheduled to make a visit to Friedrich Arean on that date.