Men's Golf Tied for 2nd After 54 Holes of IIAC Championships
May 1, 2015
PEOSTA, Iowa - Pleasant conditions at Thunder Hills Country Club led to low scores Friday as players completed rounds two and three at the 2015 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) Men's Golf Championship.
Forced to play 36 holes in one day for possibly the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the championship, Central (307-291-296--894) posted two sub-300 rounds to extend its lead to 26 strokes over both Simpson (321-297-302--920) and Dubuque (314-304-302--920). Wartburg (320-302-300--922) sits fourth, just two strokes back of the Storm and Spartans and four strokes clear of Luther (329-300-297--926). Buena Vista (319-314-311--944), Loras (323-322-307--952) and Coe (350-330-315--995) round out the team scores.
Forced to play 36 holes in one day for possibly the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the championship, Central (307-291-296--894) posted two sub-300 rounds to extend its lead to 26 strokes over both Simpson (321-297-302--920) and Dubuque (314-304-302--920). Wartburg (320-302-300--922) sits fourth, just two strokes back of the Storm and Spartans and four strokes clear of Luther (329-300-297--926). Buena Vista (319-314-311--944), Loras (323-322-307--952) and Coe (350-330-315--995) round out the team scores.
On a day when many players flirted with par, four players matched the number and one bettered it. Central's Desmond Stoll accounted for two of those rounds. He had four birdies in each round, carding a 71 in the morning and a 70 in the afternoon and sits at 3-over 217 (76-71-70) for the tournament. Stoll is six strokes clear of a group of five players at 9-over 223 -- Buena Vista'sJohn Bral (75-77-71), Coe's Tyler Gunderson (75-76-72), Dubuque's Josh Schuberg (78-73-72), Luther's Peter Kephart (77-75-71) and Simpson's Andy Hutchins (77-72-74).
Central's Adam Squires (75-72-77) is seventh at 10-over 224, while teammate Jon Prescott (81-73-71) is eighth at 11-over 225 and Wartburg's Michael Canfield (78-76-72) is ninth at 12-over 226. Dubuque's Troy Krueger (79-75-73) and Simpson's Trent Lindenman (79-72-76) are tied for 10th at 13-over 227.
Saturday's final round will begin at 11 a.m. with players from Loras and Coe teeing off in the initial wave. Players from Wartburg, Luther and Buena Vista will comprise the second wave with No. 5 players going off the No. 1 tee at approximately 11:40 a.m. The final wave, with players from Central, Simpson and Dubuque, is slated to begin at roughly 12:20 p.m.
Iowa Conference Men's Golf Championship
At Peosta
(Thunder Hills C.C., par 71)
Through 54 of 72 Holes
Teams -- 1. Central, 894; 2. (tie) Dubuque and Simpson, 920; 4. Wartburg, 922; 5. Luther, 926; 6. Buena Vista, 944; 7. Loras, 952; 8. Coe, 995.
Top 6 individuals -- 1. Desmond Stoll (CEN), 217; 2. (tie) John Bral (BVU), Tyler Gunderson (COE), Andy Hutchins (SIM), Peter Kephart (LUT) and Josh Schuberg (DBQ), 223.
Buena Vista (319-314-311--944): T2. Bral 75-77-71--223, T17. Brady Haye 73-76-85--234, T25. Hunter Bruhn 84-79-76--239, T34. Luke Anderson 87-82-82--251, 36. Miller Hatcher 87-85-82--254.
Central (307-291-296--894): 1. Stoll 76-71-70--217, 7. Adam Squires 75-72-77--224, 8. Jon Prescott 81-73-71--225, 12. Clayton Curwin 75-75-79--229, T21. David Watson 81-78-78--237.
Coe (350-330-315--995): T2. Gunderson 75-76-72--223, T34. Seth Inman 86-82-83--251, 37. Hunter Mulnix 96-85-81--262, 38. Anthony Worden 97-87-79--263, 39. Alex Everhart 93-94-87--274.
Dubuque (314-304-302--920): T2. Schuberg 78-73-72--223, T10. Troy Krueger 79-75-73--227, 13. Anders Haukoos 79-78-73--230, 30. Chance Manternach 78-78-86--242. NR. Lane Hawkins rep-rep-84--NTS, NR. Tyler Engelken 90-81-dnc--NTS
Loras (323-322-307--952): T17. Logan Bahl 77-82-75--234, T25. Ben Suchomski 81-80-78--239, T27. Brody Kuhar 86-78-76--240, 32. Peter Leinenweber 82-82-82--246, 33. Jason Beer 83-88-78--249.
Luther (329-300-297--926): T2. Kephart 77-75-71--223, 14. Britton Vander Linden 82-74-75--231, 16. Elliot Horst 86-75-72--233, T27. Sam Grotnes 85-76-79--240. 31. Bryce Pierce 85-80-79--244.
Simpson (321-297-302--920): T2. Hutchins 77-72-74--223, T10. Trent Lindenman 79-72-76--227, T21. Nathan Molstead 82-77-78--237, T21. Jimmy Siebert 86-76-75--237, 24. Shaan Desai 83-78-77--238.
Wartburg (320-302-300--920): 9. Michael Canfield 78-76-72--226, 15. Carson Barron 81-75-76--232, T17. Tanner Randall 79-82-83--234, 20. Ryan Shields 82-73-80--235, T27. Hunter Giesselmann 83-78-79--240.
Note: The Championship will conclude with 18 holes Saturday at Thunder Hills.
