GPAC titles and NAIA national championships berths will be at stake on Saturday when the conference wrestling championships unfold in Orange City, Iowa. The Bulldogs are coming off a share of the GPAC dual title.
The largest home crowd of the 2018-19 wrestling season came out hoping to see the Bulldogs claim an outright GPAC title. Unfortunately, Concordia fell, 27-12, while honoring its senior class.
Thanks to a win over the NAIA's 19th-ranked 149-pounder, junior Cameron Devers has been named the GPAC Wrestler of the Week. Devers has helped the Bulldogs to a 7-0 mark in GPAC duals.
An outright GPAC dual title and a perfect run through the conference slate will be on the line Thursday when the Bulldogs host Morningside. Concordia will also honor six seniors prior to the dual.
Ten Bulldogs combined for 14 victories while in action at the Sioux City Dave Edmonds Open on Saturday (Feb. 2). For some Concordia competitors, it marked the final matches of the 2018-19 season.
The Bulldogs won seven of 10 matches (four with bonus points) while clinching at least a share of the GPAC dual title on Thursday (Jan. 31). Concordia is now 7-0 inside the conference after a 28-10 win at Northwestern.
A dominating day at the GPAC Duals boosted the Bulldogs into first place all alone atop the conference standings. In Saturday (Jan. 26)'s action, Concordia defeated Hastings, Jamestown, Doane and Briar Cliff.
Concordia will welcome Briar Cliff, Doane, Hastings and Jamestown for a pod of the GPAC Duals on Saturday. Concordia stands at 2-0 in conference duals heading into the pivotal day for the GPAC.
While up against some of the best competition the NAIA has to offer, the Bulldogs placed 18th out of 41 teams at the Missouri Valley Invite (Jan. 18-19). Individually, Michael Stann finished sixth in the heavyweight bracket.
Eleven Bulldogs combined for 19 wins and two place finishes while in action at the Cusatis Open hosted by Hastings on Saturday (Jan. 5). Deandre Chery and Zack Moistner both recorded fourth-place finishes.
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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