St. Scholastica men hold on for program-first UMAC golf championship
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.---After two close days of competition between three men's teams at the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Golf Championship, the College of St. Scholastica men's golf team carded the lowest round of the day to hold on for a program-first conference title Saturday at the Alexandria Golf Club.
The Saints carded a day-low of 311 (+23) to finish six strokes ahead of the University of Northwestern with a three-day championship-winning total of 926 (+62). Joey Cummings of the University of Wisconsin-Superior took medalist honors after shooting the day's low round of 75 (+3) to finish four strokes ahead of the field with a three-round score of 222 (+6).
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En route to victory, three Saints marched into the top 10 inlcuding Marc Peterson who finished third with a total of 227 (+11), while Liam Butche and Spencer Viita finished tied for eighth with a 233 (+17). Viita tied Cummings with a 75 (+3) for his best round of the weekend. Peterson and Butche finished the weekend with rounds of 79 (+7). Tyler Madill rounded out the Saints' scoring with a 12th-place finish and Anthony Ahrens was 14th after shooting 78 (+6) in the final round.
Wisconsin-Superior finished with the second-lowest round of the day with a 312 (+24), but came up just one stroke short of runner up with a three-day score of 933 (+69). Northwestern tallied a round of 315 (+27) to hold on for second place.
The Eagles lowest round of the day came from Nick Mahowald with a 77 (+5), while Mac Saby and Caleb Johnson each carded scores of 79 (+7). Saby placed fourth with a 228 (+12) to lead the Eagles over the course of the tournament. Johnson and Mahowald both finished in a tie for fifth with totals of 232 (+16).
Behind the leading effort of Cummings, the Yellowjackets finished with their second-straight third-place finish. Ryan Peterson tallied a 78 (+6) to finish tied with Johnson and Mahowald in fifth.
Bethany Lutheran College had the biggest turnaround of the day Saturday shaving 13 strokes from their second round score with the third-lowest round of 313 (+25). Jordan Petzel led the charge for the Vikings placing 11th.
Northland College placed fifth behind the consistent play of Oscar Larsson who finished as the individual runner-up for the tournament. Larsson scored his second round of 75 (+3) to finish with a score of 226 (+10).
Crown College managed to maintain their spot in the standings for sixth place, while Martin Luther College dropped 10 strokes Saturday to jump to seventh after landing in ninth after the first day. North Central University and the University of Minnesota Morris rounded out the standings in eighth and ninth, respectively.