Holly Knudsen led the charge for the Minot State University (MSU) Beavers at the Augustana Spring Invite in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on April 7 and 8. The Chaplin product opened with an 82 at Elmwood Golf Club, she shot 79 in round two finishing at 17-over par. The Beavers tied for fifth in the team competition, Knudsen’s tie for 12th was MSU’s top placing.
Knudsen and the team will head to Adams Pointe Golf Club in Blue Springs, Missouri for the NSIC Tournament on April 25 to 27.
On the men’s side of the Augustana Spring Invite Saskatchewan golfers were all over the leaderboard. MSU collected a second place in the team competition.
Estevan’s Jace Carlisle tied for seventh place, he shot a tournament low 69 in round one and 77 in the second round, teammate Winston Grayson of Kipling tied for 13th place at 6-over par, 150 (78,72). Darien Herlick of Weyburn fired rounds of 77 and 75 for the Beavers, he was tied for 22nd, Estevan’s Chase Gedak carded a 77 in the first round and 76 in the second round, the Golf Kenosee member was tied for 25th.
MSU was just three shots back of Augustana’s ‘A’ team that won the team competition. The Beavers conclude the spring season at the NSIC Tournament starting April 17 at Adams Pointe Golf Club.
The Waldorf Warriors were in Marshall, Missouri for the Missouri Valley Invitational on April 7 and 8. Saskatoon’s Caden Loeppky was competing for the Warriors ‘B’ team at Indian Foothills Golf Course. The Willows Club member shot 87 in round one, bounced back nicely with a 77 in the middle round, in the final round he shot 84. Loeppky tied for 35th at 32-over par, his team placed seventh overall.
Next up is the Loras Invitational on April 13 and 14 in Asbury, Iowa at The Meadows Golf Club.
Regina duo Will Blake and Luke Cote alongside their Southern Arkansas University (SAU) Mulerider teammates were in Mayetta, Kansas on April 7 and 8 for the Firekeeper Open at Firekeeper Golf Club.
Blake went 74, 78, and 73 for a 54-hole total of 9-over par, 225, he was tied for 37th. Cote tied for 47th at 10-over par, 226. The Royal Regina Golf Club shooter shot 74, 73, and 79.
SAU placed eighth as a team, next up is the Great American Conference Tournament in Fort Smith, Arkansas starting April 21 at Hardscrabble Country Club.
At the Penn Oaks Golf Club in West Chester, Pennsylvania on April 7 and 8 the Indianna University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Crimson Hawks were in action. In the field of the Dr. Edwin B. Cottrell Invitational was Waskesiu junior graduates Alex Swinnerton and Guillermo Salazar.
Swinnerton was his steady self shooting rounds of 74 and 79 leaving the Saskatoon product in a tie for seventh overall. Salazar, who hails from Calgary, Alberta but spent summers at Waskesiu growing up finished tied for 47th, he opened with a 79 but his second round was 91 dropping him 14 spots down the leaderboard.
IUP was third as a team. The next event for the Crimson Hawks is their lone home event of the season, the Cecil C. Spadafora Invitational at Indiana Country Club on April 15 and 16.
In New Orleans, Louisiana on April 7 and 8 Saskatoon’s Chase Pochylko was competing in a three school match play event for Nicholls University. In his first match, the Riverside Country Club member tied New Orleans University’s Maximilian Wojciechowski at Bayou Oaks at City Park. On day two Pochylko outlasted Southeast Louisiana’s Viggo Hed 1UP. After hole seven Pochylko was 3DOWN but forced his way to the front on the back nine.
The Colonels turn their attention to the Southland Conference Championships in Kerrville, Texas at Comanche Trace – The Hills / The Creeks Courses from April 21 to 23.
The Southwestern Community College Spartans took part in an event featuring several NCAA Div. 1 teams and placed fourth overall at the Kishwaukee Intercollegiate at Kishwaukee Country Club in Dekalb, Illinois on April 5. Playing 36 holes in one day, Saskatoon’s Justin Miller shot 79 and 86 placing 39th in the event.
Miller and the Spartans will travel to Indianola Country Club in Indianola, Iowa for the Storm Spring Classic on April 16.