NIACC women place fourth at own tournament

MASON CITY – The NIACC women's golf team placed fourth out of four teams with a 379 at the annual NIACC fall golf invitational Thursday at the Mason City Country Club.

Waldorf College was the women's champion with a 342.

Sophomore Savannah Lentz led the Lady Trojans with a 86. Also for the Lady Trojans, Lyndie Phillips shot an 89, Carlie Eckenrod shot a 96, Alyssa Purman shot a 108 and Rebecca Long shot a 114.

"Savannah played ok today," NIACC coach Chris Frenz said. "She's a little disappointed that she didn't go lower, but she was having a little trouble losing her tee shot to the right and got herself in a little trouble with the thick rough.

"But I know she'll bounce back for next weekends tournament. I was really happy with how freshman Lyndie Phillips played today after being 6 over her first three holes. It's always a little nerve wracking the first time out for the freshmen but she played great on the back 9 and came up with a solid opening round of 89."

Kirkwood was the men's team champion with a 288 and Iowa Central was second with a 296.

The NIACC men were led by sophomore Sam Steinwand, who was fifth with a 72. Sophomore Chris Staudt was next in line for the Trojans with a 79.

"Sam Steinwand showed some terrific sophomore leadership to finish two shots off the lead," Frenz said. "Sam has continued to work on his game and really came into the season with a focus to get to next level.  This was a great way to start.

"Chris Staudt has been very solid in qualifying and hung in there nicely today. It's early and we're still trying to figure out who's in the top 5 and the guys are so competitive right now for those positions it's going to be interesting to see who steps and take control. A 313 isn't terrible opening day score, but obviously the bar is being set lower each year in our league and we know what we have to get to."

Men's results

Kirkwood (288) – Charlie Hartwig 78, Dan Cutkomp 71, Jordan Even 71, Carson Whittington 73, Eddie Doyle 73.

Iowa Central (296) – Logan Yates 70, Jackson Purdy 71, Christian Birdsell 77, David Mejia 78, Jordan Rowe 79.

Waldorf (307) – Hugo Beccera 75, Rick Young 76, Thomas O'Rourke 79, Kole Hallmark 77, Austin Heeren 79.

DMACC (309) – Jess Marlow 74, Ty Mason 76, Andrew Hauswirth 79, Taylor Osterman 80, Jacob Johnson 85.

NIACC Blue (313) – Sam Steinwand 72, Chris Staudt 79, Spencer Davidson 81, Zach Nicholson 81, Brandon Nordman 88.

Southwestern  (319) –  Sam Hartsock 77, Coleton Hoepker 79, Christian Groumoutis 80, Dominck Moreno 83, Avery  Elliott 87.

NIACC Gold (321) – Joseph Lensing 75, Joe Nordquist 78, Kenton Waters 84, Brandon Hebel 84.

RCTC (330) – Keyth Hendricks 84, Brady Becker 79, Garret Stensgard 85, Brandon Hansen 82, Brandon Bergene.

Hawkeye (346) – Austin Buhrow 79, Michael Milius 81, Seth Hickman 90, Austin Cedro 96, Jonah Brown 99.

Incomplete men's teams

Ellsworth – Anibal Reinoso 73, Cole Birchmier 84, Sam Miller 96.

Waldorf – Zabdiel Flores 77, Chad Hein 74, Nick Boswell 75.

Iowa Central – Wes Buntenbach 73, Ross Rirekoff 84.

RCTC – Dillon Stevens 81, Ben Ulland 98.

Kirkwood – Mitch Willems 72, Louis Flynn 75

Southwestern – Ben Sandquist 87.

Hawkeye – Levi Suhr 88.

Individual medalist – Yates (Iowa Central) 70; Runner-up medalist – Cutkomp (Kirkwood) 71.

Women's results

Waldorf (342) – Maria Valdes 79, Maggie Peters 84, Trinity Hill 85, Kailee Ward 94, Haleigh Biernacki 101.

Iowa Central (344) – Julie Caisney 73, Brittani Jenson 83, Kylie Kaiper 92, Shannon Michelson 96, Payton Christy 96.

DMACC  (348) – Ashley Damler 85, Emily Rinehart 93, Josie McMartin 88, Rachael Walljasper 89.

NIACC (379) – Savannah Lentz 86, Lyndie Phillips 89, Carlie Eckenrod 96, Alyssa Purman 108, Rebecca Long 114.

Incomplete women's teams

DMACC – Mackenzie Fuller, Emma Sweeney, Breanna Quandt 101.

Hawkeye – Andi McConnell 95, Madigan Hillyard 101, Chole Landt 142.

RCTC – Mackenzie Olsen 88, Alesha Paulsen.

Iowa Central – Hannah Hoffa 108, Bri Allen 106.

Southwestern – Evy Wells 113.

Waldorf – McKenzie Fahrni 112.

Individual medalist – Laisney (Iowa Central) 73. Runner-up medalist – Valdes (Waldorf) 79.