Meet Results
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - No doubt about it. The Edgewood College men's golf team is locked in for this week's upcoming opening rounds of the NACC Championships. The Eagles have served notice that they are playing their best golf at the right time of the season, firing a school record 587 in winning the MSOE Invitational for the second time in three years.
THE BASICS
RESULTS: Edgewood College 1st of 15 teams, 294-293-587 (+15)
LOCATION: Grand Geneva Resort, The Highlands and The Brute courses
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Kyle Bruce and Zach Hentrich torched the courses and Grand Geneva Resort for two straight days. Bruce fired a one-under par 71 on The Highlands course on Sunday and followed it with another one-under par 72 on Monday on The Brute. Bruce placed second by one stroke to Marian University's Ryonen Faris after nearly making up a three shot deficit heading into the final round.
- Hentrich finished the tournament at one-over par with matching scores of 72 on each course.
- Nathan Gilbert secured a top-10 finish on the strength of his opening round 72. He finished with a 79 on Monday to land in ninth place overall.
- Rogan Murphy posted matching 80's on each day of the tournament to finish solidly in the top half of the field.
- Alex Wedige stepped in as an injury replacement for the second round of the event and fired a season-low 71 (-1) to boost the Eagles team score.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Eagles score of 587 marked the lowest 36-hole team score in school history, beating the previous record of 588 set at the 2013 MSOE Invitational. The Eagles lowest score relative to par in school history remains +14 at the Marian Spring Invitation in April 2013 at Morningside Golf Course.
- Bruce's score of 141 was also a career low, breaking his personal best of 146 which he set in the first two events of the 2014-15 season.
- Hentrich's 144 was also a career low for 36 holes. He had set a new personal best two weeks ago at the Wisconsin Lutheran College Fall Invitational with a 145, and then matched it last weekend at the Midwest Region Classic.
- Gilbert's 72 on Sunday and Wedige's 71 on Monday were also career low rounds as a collegiate player.
- The title was the Eagles first event championship since winning the Culver's Edgewood College Fall Classic to open the 2014-15 season.
FOR THE FOES
- Faris of Marian University won the event with a first round 66 and then held off Bruce with a score of 74 on Monday.
- Edgewood College defeated second place Carthage College by 19 strokes and were 35 strokes ahead of fourth place Lakeland College, the next highest NACC school in the field.
UP NEXT
- The first and second rounds of the NACC Championships begin on Saturday in Green Lake, Wis. For the first time Lawsonia Golf Club will serve as host for the fall portion of the NACC Championships. The final two rounds will be played in the spring at Stonebridge G.C. in Aurora, Ill.
