The Concordia wrestling program will make its home debut on Thursday (Nov. 30) when Dakota Wesleyan pays a visit to Walz Arena. The Bulldogs have won each of their last 21 GPAC duals.
Sophomore Deandre Chery paced Concordia wrestling with four victories during Saturday's action at the UNK Open in Kearney, Neb. Collectively, the 20th-ranked Bulldogs combined for 20 wins.
Five grapplers turned in place finishes at the Grand View University Open on Saturday (Nov. 11) in what was the second outing of the season for the 16th-ranked Bulldogs. Cameron Devers is 7-1 this season.
The 2017-18 Concordia wrestling season is underway. The Bulldogs combined for 51 victories, seven place finishes and three titles at the Dan Harris Open hosted by Baker University on Sunday (Nov. 5).
Kirk Kaliszewski and two other national qualifiers return for a wrestling program looking to continue a run of GPAC dominance and national prominence. The Bulldogs will have a different look with 18 newcomers.
The three-time defending GPAC champion Bulldogs will open up the 2017-18 season ranked 16th in the NAIA. Five different Concordia grapplers appeared in the individual national rankings.
Winner of three-straight GPAC titles, the Concordia wrestling team is looking ahead to 2017-18. On Wednesday (June 21), the program announced its schedule for this winter. The season will open up on Nov. 5.
For the third time in four years, Concordia wrestling has earned a top 10 placement on the NWCA list of All-Academic teams. The Bulldogs led the nation with five individual All-Academic award winners.
In the first season of head coach Andrew Nicola's tenure, the Concordia wrestling program maintained its perch atop the conference and the senior class went out in style.
For the second year in a row, senior Foster Bunce has collected Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition. A native of Munith, Mich., Bunce is majoring in business administration.
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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