The 2017-18 season will resume this week at the National Duals for 19th-ranked Concordia. The Bulldogs have drawn No. 7 Life University in the first round that will get underway on Thursday morning (Jan. 4).
A 4-0 run at the Oklahoma City Duals helped senior Jared Woods collect GPAC wrestler of the week honors for the first time in his career. Woods upset the 11th-ranked wrestler in the 157-pound weight class in Oklahoma City.
Jared Woods led the way for a Concordia wrestling squad that split its four matchups at the Oklahoma City Duals on Sunday (Dec. 17). Woods collected four of the team's 24 individual victories on the day.
Next up for the 17th-ranked Concordia University wrestling team are Sunday's Oklahoma City Duals. The Bulldogs will test themselves against four fellow NAIA members in Oklahoma City.
Deandre Chery and Chucky Hedrick both claimed runner up finishes in their respective weight classes while leading the Concordia charge at the Doane Open on Saturday (Dec. 9). Twenty-three Bulldogs competed in the event.
Despite a pin from Walker Fisher to start the night, the 17th-ranked Concordia University wrestling team suffered a 23-21 home dual loss to Northwest Kansas Technical College on Friday (Dec. 8).
Ceron Francisco will go down as an all-time great Bulldog for the way he has handled himself on and off the mat. A national runner up back in March, Ceron is headed to Charlottesville to join the Cavalier Wrestling Club.
A home dual win streak of 13 will be on the line on Friday when the 17th-ranked Concordia wrestling team hosts Northwest Kansas Tech. The Bulldogs defeated Dakota Wesleyan 55-0 in their season-opening dual.
Eight Bulldogs collected place finishes as part of a long day at Saturday's (Dec. 2) Buena Vista University Open. Concordia's 13 wrestlers combined for 21 individual wins.
Five Bulldogs recorded pins and the 20th-ranked Concordia wrestling program opened up the dual season with a dominant 55-0 win over Dakota Wesleyan. The Bulldogs have won 22 consecutive conference duals.
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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