The postseason starts now for the Concordia wrestling program, which has hopes of earning many individual national tournament bids at this Saturday's GPAC championships. Hastings serves as the host.
While wrestling with a heavy heart, senior Jerry Stepps III completed a perfect GPAC dual record as part of Thursday's (Feb. 8) dual at Morningside. The Bulldogs fell by a 22-11 team score.
With second place in the final GPAC standings on the line, Concordia and 19th-ranked Morningside will go head-to-head in Sioux City, Iowa. It will be the final dual of the 2017-18 season for both teams.
One of only three Concordia wrestlers in action on Saturday (Feb. 3), Tyler Jorgensen made a splash in the 174-pound bracket at the Edmonds Open with an upset of a wrestler ranked 14th nationally.
Seniors Giovanni Castillo, Michael Duffy, Jerry Stepps III and Jared Woods each claimed wins to help Concordia earn a 21-16 team victory over Northwestern on Thursday (Feb. 1). The Bulldogs celebrated senior night in style.
A group of nine seniors will be recognized prior to Thursday's dual versus Northwestern. At 4-2 GPAC duals, the Bulldogs still have an outside shot at sharing the conference title if it can come out on top this week at home.
Jerry Stepps III highlighted the efforts of the Bulldog wrestling program on Saturday (Jan. 27) with a 4-0 day. As a team, Concordia came up one win short of running the table at the GPAC Duals in Sioux City, Iowa.
A pivotal Saturday awaits the Concordia wrestling program, which will be at Briar Cliff for four conference duals. The Bulldogs remain hopeful of keeping their streak of conference titles alive.
Four Bulldogs all came up empty in Saturday morning (Jan. 20) matches at the Missouri Valley Invite. Each of the seven Concordia representatives to compete earned at least one win.
Four Bulldogs lived to fight another day at the Missouri Valley Invite, which got underway Friday afternoon (Jan. 19) in Marshall, Mo. Chris Kimball made waves by upsetting the NAIA's third-ranked 141-pounder.
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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