For the second tournament in a row, Mario Ybarra earned a place finish while leading the 19th-ranked Bulldogs at UNK's annual tournament. Concordia wrestlers combined for 21 wins.
Michael Stann and Mario Ybarra led the way by pinning their opponents as part of a 29-10 GPAC dual win over Northwestern on Friday (Nov. 15). Concordia won seven of 10 matches over the Red Raiders.
The GPAC dual season will get underway on Friday when Concordia hosts Northwestern inside Walz Arena. The Bulldogs are 33-4 in conference duals over the previous five seasons.
The 18th-ranked Concordia wrestling team began its 2019-20 season by claiming three place finishes and 29 victories at the Dakota Wesleyan Open on Saturday (Nov. 9).
Four national qualifiers, including GPAC champion Deandre Chery, return for a Concordia wrestling program coming off a co-GPAC dual title in 2019. Levi Calhoun enters his season season as head coach.
Tyree Cox has been announced as new assistant coach for the Concordia wrestling program. Cox joins a team guided by head coach Levi Calhoun, who steered the Bulldogs to a share of the GPAC dual title in 2018-19.
Winner of GPAC titles in four of the past five seasons, the Concordia wrestling program has announced its schedule for 2019-20. The slate features five home duals, a trip to Las Vegas and seven regular-season tournaments.
A regular in the top 10 of the NWCA scholar team list, the 2018-19 Bulldogs checked in at No. 6 among all NAIA programs. Individually, senior Walker Fisher was honored as a Scholar All-American by the NWCA.
It was a big season for the likes of Deandre Chery, Alberto Garcia and Michael Stann, who helped lead the Bulldogs to a GPAC dual title in 2018-19. Garcia then found his way onto the All-America podium.
Walker Fisher and Darrin Miller represented the Concordia wrestling program with NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors, as announced on March 1. Fisher was also a national qualifier.
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.
By just about any measure, the 2014-15 season marked the most successful in the history of Concordia University wrestling. In head coach Dana Vote’s third season, the Bulldogs went a perfect 7-0 in GPAC duals, outscoring their conference rivals by a combined total of 242-59.
Consider the time spent at Santa Ana College a crossroads. Muddled in southern California traffic jams, Andrew Schulte had plenty of time to ponder his next move.
The 2015 NAIA Wrestling National Championships came to a head in the afternoon on Saturday with four Bulldogs locking up spots on the medal stand as All-Americans.
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