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Named NAIA national qualifiers on Tuesday, Creighton Baughman, Mason Garcia and Tommy Wentz were also recognized with All-GPAC honors on Wednesday. Each placed in the top three in the conference in their respective weight classes.
Named NAIA national qualifiers on Tuesday, Creighton Baughman, Mason Garcia and Tommy Wentz were also recognized with All-GPAC honors on Wednesday. Each placed in the top three in the conference in their respective weight classes.
It became official on Tuesday (Feb. 20) as the NAIA announced the wrestling national qualifying field. Three Bulldogs will be headed to the national stage: Creighton Baughman, Tommy Wentz and Mason Garcia.
While hosting the 2024 GPAC Championships, the Bulldogs placed fifth as a team while qualifying three individuals for the national tournament: Creighton Baughman, Mason Garcia and Tommy Wentz.
Four Bulldogs reached the semifinals and another six remain alive on the backside of the brackets at the 2024 GPAC Wrestling Championships. The event is being hosted at Concordia.
For the first time since 2016, Concordia will serve as host of the GPAC Wrestling Championships. the 2024 conference tournament will feature a session on both Friday and Saturday while determining team and individual champions.
After completing a spotless 15-0 dual record for 2023-24, Creighton Baughman was honored on Tuesday (Feb. 6) as the GPAC Wrestler of the Week. Baughman has twice taken this award this season.
Back-to-back wins for Grant Wells and Creighton Baughman provided the highlights for the Bulldogs in a 44-8 dual loss at No. 7 Doane. Baughman completed a spotless 15-0 season dual record.
It took less than 40 minutes for Concordia Wrestling to claim a 48-6 home win over Colby Community College. The Bulldogs used the evening to honor seven seniors. As a bonus, freshman Barret Brandt broke the program pins record.
As part of a weekend that will wrap up the 2023-24 dual schedule, the Bulldogs will welcome Colby Community College to Seward for senior night before then visiting No. 7 Doane on Saturday.
The Bulldogs traveled to Sioux City, Iowa for the GPAC Duals #2, facing three separate conference opponents on Saturday (Jan. 27). Concordia started with a victory against Northwestern, 33-11, then dropped two back to back heartbreakers versus Briar Cliff, 22-20, and Jamestown, 29-21.
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.