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2005-06 Concordia Wrestling
Schedule Now Online!
- Tentative
2005 Cobber Wrestling Schedule
February 19
Heartbreak in the City
- Dennis Kline Finishes 3rd at Regional But Fails to Get National Bid.
Matchday: Matchday
Recap - Complete Results
MINNEAPOLIS-- The 2005 Great
Lakes Regional was surrounded by heartbreak for Concordia. The Cobbers'
two top wrestlers nearly missed an opportunity to become the first Concordia
wrestler to compete at the NCAA National Meet since the 2000-01 season.
Entering the meet, Lee
Rahrlien and Dennis Kline had legitimate chances to earn a bid
to the national meet. Kline, wrestling at 197, came the closest as he finished
third in his weight class. Despite competing in one of the toughest weight
classes in the regional, Kline was snubbed by the committee as only two
wrestlers from the 197-lb weight class were chosen for nationals. Rahrlien
wrestled through an injury throughout the competition and had to default
in the fifth place match.(More)
February 2
Cobbers Can't Climb Out
of 19-Point Hole, Fall 31-15 to Jamestown.
Matchday: Matchday
Recap - Complete Results
January 22
Cobbers Can't Overcome
Strength of MSU-Moorhead, Fall 38-3.
Matchday: Matchday
Recap - Complete Results
- Action Pictures - Matchday
Program (word)
MOORHEAD-- Concordia fell
behind 9-0 to cross-town rival at the start of their dual match, and was
never able to recover as they fell 38-3 to the Dragons.
The loss snaps a four-match
winning streak for the Cobbers and drops their dual-match record to 4-2
for the season. MSU-Moorhead raises their mark to 4-1 for the 2004-05 campaign.
The victory is the 19th straight for the Dragons over the Cobbers.(More) |
January 19
Cobbers Beat NCAA Division
II Northern State for Second Consecutive Year.
- Complete
Results
ABERDEEN, S.D.-- For the
second consecutive year Concordia wrestled NCAA Division II foe Northern
State in a dual match, and for the second straight year the Cobbers scored
27 points their way to a victory.
This year, Concordia won
six of the ten matches and claimed a 27-15 victory. The win improves the
Cobbers' dual match record to 4-1 this season. Concordia recently went
3-1 at the Terry Haws Dual Tournament held at St. John's.
The match was decided in
the final four individual bouts of the night. After falling behind 12-6
after the first four matches, the Cobbers claimed two victories by forfeit
to take the lead at 18-12. With the match hanging in the balance, Thane
Taylor (Fr., St. Cloud, Minn.), Lee Rahrlien (Jr., Graceville,
Minn.) and David Ahmed (So., Conrad, Mont.) all won their match
by a decision and Concordia was able to prevail by the 12-point margin.(More)
January 15
Cobbers Post 3-1 Record
at Terry Haws Dual Tournament at St. John's.
- Complete
Results
COLLEGEVILLE-- Concordia
continues to improve and impress in the 2004-05 season. The latest measuring
stick was a quality showing in the Terry Haws Dual Tournament held at St.
John's.
The Cobbers dropped their
first match of the day but then rattled off three straight wins to finish
the meet with a 3-1 record. That mark placed them second in the "B" bracket
and it was tied for the third best record in the tournament.
The top three Cobber wrestlers
once again led by example. Dennis Kline (Sr., Plymouth, Minn.),
Lee
Rahrlien (Jr., Graceville, Minn.) and Smokey McBride (So., Eagan,
Minn.) all posted 4-0 records. Kline had the most impressive slate for
the Cobbers. The senior 197-pounder won all of his matches by a fall. Rahrlien,
wrestling at 157, had one fall, a technical fall and a major decision in
his four victories. McBride had two falls and won two matches by forfeit
at the 125-pound weight class.(More) |
December 11
Cobbers Finish Off 2004
by Competing at St. Cloud State Invite.
- Complete
SCSU Invitational Results (pdf)
Cobber Records at the
SCSU Invite:
Smoke McBride (125) 0-2;
Wes Graff (133) 0-2; Dustin Weege (149) 0-2; Lee Rahrlien (157) 1-2; David
Ahmed (165) 0-2; Mitch Gabrielson (174) 0-2; Luke Reuss (184) 0-2.
December 7
Clay Nagel Named Concordia
Wrestling Coach for the 2005-06 Season.
(MOORHEAD)--Concordia-Moorhead
athletics director Dr. Larry Papenfuss announced today that Clay
Nagel has been named the head coach for the Concordia wrestling team
for the 2005-06 season. Nagel was hired in August to be the team’s co-head
coach for the 2004-05 season. Nagel will take over for Doug Perry who has
coached the team for the past 14 seasons and will be resigning in the spring.
Nagel is a well-traveled
wrestling veteran that brings a wealth of top-level experience to the program.
For the past 17 years he has been the head coach at Frazee High School.
While under the tutelage of Nagel, the Hornets won three Minnesota state
championships and 13 section titles. He was named the Minnesota State High
School Class "A" Coach of the Year in 1999. He has also been named the
Region Coach of the Year seven times and the Sub-Section Coach of the Year
on six different occasions. In 1999 he was elected the President of the
Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association.(More) |
December 4
Improving Cobbers Have
Solid Showing at MSU-Moorhead Open.
- Smokey McBride finishes
2nd at 125; Lee Rahrlien finishes 3rd at extremely tough 157.
- Complete
Meet Results
MOORHEAD-- The number of
wrestlers that Concordia has competing in each tournament is slightly down
from previous years, however the quality of results is steadily increasing
from week to week, meet to meet.
The ever-improving Cobbers
traveled across eighth street to compete in the Dragon Open and came away
with another solid performance and had several wrestlers finish in the
top five of their individual weight class.
Lee Rahrlien (Jr.,
Graceville, Minn.) has emerged as a top-flight collegiate wrestler at 157.
He finished third in the weight division with his only loss coming to two-time
national champion Marcus LeVessuer of Augsburg. Rahrlien was the
only wrestler in the tournament that did not lose to LeVessuer by a pin.
In fact, the rest of LeVesseur's opponents did not make it out of the first
round against the undefeated champion. Rahrlien finished the meet with
a team-best, 4-1 record, and posted three wins over wrestlers from national
power Augsburg. Two of the three wins against the Auggie grapplers came
by pin.(More)
November 13
Cobbers Open 2004-05
Season By Competing at NDSU Open
- Complete
Results
The Concordia wrestling
team opened the 2004-05 season by competing in the NDSU Bison Open. Despite
the step-up in competition, the Cobbers had several outstanding individual
performances and placed two wrestlers in fifth place. Both Lee Rahrlien
(Jr., Graceville, Minn.) and David Ahmed (So., Conrad, Mont.) finished
fifth in their respective weight classes.
Rahrlien finished fifth at
157. He went 6-2 in the meet, and was knocked out of the championship bracket
on a 5-3 decision to Collin Kelly of NDSU who went on to win the weight
class. Rahrlien defeated wrestlers from the University of Mary and Jamestown
College. His biggest victory came against Mike Quamme of Division I North
Dakota State. Rahrlien came up with a 9-7 decision over Quamme in the quarterfinals
of the wrestlebacks.
Ahmed recorded a fifth place
finish at 165. He finished the meet with a 4-2 record, although his last
win was a forfeit victory over teammate Mitch Gabrielson (So., Fergus
Falls, Minn.). Ahmed had wins over wrestlers from MSU-Moorhead and the
University of Mary. Gabrielson posted a 3-2 record in matches against wrestlers
from other schools.
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