The wins and the awards continue to pile up for Concordia men's soccer. Jack Bennett and Lewis Rathbone both collected GPAC weekly honors, as announced by the conference on Tuesday (Oct. 3).
Undefeated and now ranked second in the official GPAC ratings, Concordia will face two significant road challenges this week with trips to Briar Cliff and Northwestern. The Bulldogs stand at 9-0-1.
Lewis Rathbone scored another goal and Concordia men's soccer claimed another victory. The still unbeaten Bulldogs rolled to a 3-0 win over a perennially strong Bellevue program on Saturday (Sept. 30).
Lewis Rathbone is a soaking up a senior year that is off to a rip roaring start. The Manchester, England, native is one of the nation's leading goal scorers for one of the nation's last remaining unbeaten teams.
Micah Lehenbauer provided the bulk of the fireworks in a 6-0 rout of Mount Marty on Tuesday (Sept. 26) evening. The Bulldogs (8-0-1) remain undefeated after nine regular season games.
Concordia is in the midst of a program record unbeaten streak that it hopes to continue this week in home action against Mount Marty and Bellevue. The Bulldogs enter the week at 7-0-1 overall.
As the lone undefeated team in the GPAC, Concordia has now broken a school record for longest unbeaten run to begin a season. The Bulldogs opened up conference play on Sunday (Sept. 24) with a 5-0 win over Dakota Wesleyan.
Led by GPAC players of the week Jack Bennett and Lewis Rathbone, the Bulldogs will take a 6-0-1 overall mark into Saturday's action at Dakota Wesleyan. Concordia finished third in the GPAC in 2016.
Two standouts from the undefeated Concordia men's soccer team, Jack Bennett and Lewis Rathbone, have both earned GPAC player of the week honors. Rathbone totaled five combined goals during last week's pair of wins.
The only unbeaten men's soccer team left in the GPAC resides in Seward. Behind two more goals from surging Lewis Rathbone, the Bulldogs toppled Kansas Wesleyan, 3-0, on Saturday (Sept. 16) afternoon.
A member of a GPAC tournament championship team, Toby Down recently experienced another high. His Tai Po FC professional team celebrated a Hong Kong Premier League title this May.
With two senior captains having graduated, the Bulldogs are in the process of filling a leadership void. That was part of the focus this spring as head coach Jason Weides prepared his program for the 2019 season.
It was an entertaining season to be sure. Seven games went to overtime (12 total overtime periods) in a campaign that once again proved Concordia capable of competing with the best.
After letting go of a career in graphic design, Jason Weides has taken the Concordia men's soccer program to places it has never been before. Now in his 11th season, Weides has reached the 100-win mark.
On the brink of 100 career wins, Jason Weides begins his 11th season as head coach of a men's soccer program that has been a model of consistency. Stars such as Jack Bennett and Carlos Ferrer are back in the fold.
Five members of the standard setting 2017 Concordia men's soccer team spent the summer tearing it up with the Bugeaters FC, a newly formed United Premier Soccer League squad in Lincoln.
The spring season has been given head men's soccer coach Jason Weides a chance to see how his team will adapt without an accomplished senior class. Carlos Ferrer looks to be on the brink of a breakout.
Due to a multitude of factors, Concordia men’s soccer continues to climb. Summed up by Lehenbauer, the prospect of competing for championships, “over time, became an expectation instead of a hope.”
An unforgettable senior class spurred the Concordia men's soccer team on to an unforgettable 2017 season that saw the Bulldogs shatter the program wins record. Concordia also reached the GPAC final.
Already owners of school records for overall wins and conference wins in a single season, the 2017 Bulldogs want more. An upset of No. 8 Hastings on Wednesday would give them at least a share of the GPAC regular-season title.