Concordia will take eight qualifiers to the 2020 NAIA Wrestling National Championships. The Bulldog qualifying field grew on Tuesday (Feb. 25) when Deandre Chery was announced as an at-large selection.
Concordia will take eight qualifiers to the 2020 NAIA Wrestling National Championships. The Bulldog qualifying field grew on Tuesday (Feb. 25) when Deandre Chery was announced as an at-large selection.
A season of GPAC dominance was capped on Saturday (Feb. 22) with Concordia earning the conference tournament title behind three individual champions. Seven Bulldogs locked up bids to nationals.
With day one in the books, the 16th-ranked Bulldogs have ownership of first place at the GPAC Wrestling Championship. Nine Concordia grapplers have advanced to the conference semifinals.
With one trophy in hand, the Bulldogs hope to carry over their dual success into the postseason. Concordia will take 12 wrestlers to the GPAC championships hosted by Morningside on Friday and Saturday.
Head Coach Levi Calhoun wanted his guys to have some fun on Thursday (Feb. 6) evening. They did just that. The Bulldogs recorded four pins and blanked Bethany, 50-0, on senior night.
The final dual of the 2019-20 season will take place Thursday when the Bulldogs host Bethany College. Concordia is 5-0 at home this season. With one more win, Levi Calhoun's squad would tie a program record for dual wins in a season.
For the third time this season, Tanner Farmer has been named the GPAC Wrestler of the Week. He earned the award after winning the 285-pound title at the Sioux City Dave Edmonds Open with a 5-0 mark.
A group of 12 Bulldogs combined for three place finishes and 23 wins (10 by pin) at the Sioux City Dave Edmonds Open on Saturday (Feb. 1). Tanner Farmer captured his third tournament title this season.
Once again, the Concordia wrestling program has earned the label as undefeated and outright GPAC champion. While hosting a triangular on Thursday (Jan. 30), the Bulldogs defeated Dakota Wesleyan and York.
With at least a share of the GPAC regular-season title already in hand, the 20th-ranked Bulldogs will host Dakota Wesleyan and York on Thursday in a triangular. Concordia hopes to wrap up the outright GPAC championship.
As Kodie Cole himself puts it, "I might have a little different story than others." There's a lot of story left to be told for Cole, who has taken a winding path to being ranked No. 1 in the nation at 133 pounds.
Concordia University wrestling has a new leader in Andrew Nicola, but expectations remain sky high. Behind a talented senior class, the Bulldogs are again the favorite in the GPAC and in the region.
Andrew Nicola, most recently an assistant coach at California Baptist University, has been hired as head wrestling coach at Concordia University. He takes the place of former head coach Dana Vote.
The 2015-16 season was another step forward for the Concordia wrestling program, which finished eighth at the national championships and again dominated the GPAC.
Said Schulte of his national title, "It made sense to me why I sacrificed and trained so many hours of hard work for a moment of being No. 1. That was special to me." Read on for more of Schulte's thoughts.
Junior Andrew Schulte made history on Saturday, becoming the first Bulldog ever to win a national title. As a team Concordia placed eighth at the national championships.
Without even visiting campus, Jr Lule arrived at Concordia, a place where California junior college transfers like himself have thrived. Lule now enters the national championships on a roll.
“Don’t dwell on the results. Stay focused on the process.” That’s the company line continually regurgitated by members of the Concordia wrestling program. It’s that sort of attitude that has provided a foundation for the Bulldogs’ reversal of fortunes.
In yet another dominant outing in the conference, No. 7 Concordia clinched its second-straight GPAC dual title by way of a 32-7 win over Morningside on Feb. 11, 2016.
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