KOHLER, Wis. – The Edgewood College Men's Golf team is through two rounds of the NACC Championships. The Eagles are in second place after competing in the first two rounds at Blackwolf Run Meadows Valley Golf Course. The final two rounds will take place next weekend at Stonebridge Country Club in Aurora, Illinois.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Edgewood College was in third place after shooting a 310 in round one, but the Eagles handled the difficult conditions Monday better than most teams to move up to second place. The Eagles recorded a 318 on Monday. Aurora University is comfortably in first place with a team score of 602 over the first two rounds with the Eagles 26 shots back at 628. Concordia Wisconsin is two shots back of Edgewood College.
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Kasen Fager played well in his first NACC Championship experience. The Eagles sophomore is currently tied for third place after posting rounds of 74 and 79. He has three birdies over his two rounds. Fager's best nine-hole score to date was an even par 36 on the back nine on Monday.
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Matthew Davidson and
Jake Schroeckenthaler are tied for ninth on the leaderboard. Davidson shot a 76 on Sunday before carding an 81 on Monday. Schroeckenthaler recorded two rounds in the 70s and was one of the few players to improve from Sunday to Monday. He opened with a 79 before carding a 78 on Monday. Davidson had three birdies on Sunday and one on Monday, while Schroeckenthaler has three birdies through two rounds, all on the front nine.
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Josh Hentrich is tied for 16th after two rounds. He opened with an 81 and followed that up with an 80 on Monday. Hentrich has four birdies through the two rounds, two each day.
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Ryan Beck rounded out the Eagles lineup with rounds of 89 and 83, respectively. He birdied the par-4 fifth on Monday.
THE TOURNAMENT
- Team leader Aurora also has the top two golfers on the leaderboard. Scott Boyajian leads, shooting a two-over 146 through two rounds. His teammate Jack Vercautren was the only player to shut under par in either round, carding a 71 on Sunday before falling one shot back of Boyajian with a 76 on Monday.
- After CUW in third place, Marian (637) is in fourth, St. Norbert (648) in fifth, and Benedictine and Wisconsin Lutheran are tied four sixth with 649. MSOE (656), Dominican (686), and Lakeland (709) round out the team leaderboard.
UP NEXT
- The final two rounds of the NACC Championship are set for next week. Both rounds will be at Stonebridge Country Club in Aurora, Illinois. Round three is set for Sunday and will begin at 11 a.m., while the tournament will wrap up on Monday, April 26 with tee times beginning at 8:30 a.m.
