Cavs Hold Position with Low Round of the Season
Complete Scores - Western Washington Invitational
BELLINGHAM, Wash.—All four Concordia golfers finished within three stokes of each other in the third and final round of action at the Western Washington Invitational to give the Cavaliers a ninth-place team finish.
Concordia (296-302-294—892) compiled its best round of the tournament on Tuesday with
Jess Wingett (78-79-72—229) posting a par 72 for the team low. One stroke back, freshman
Kolton Kyne (73-75-73—221) fired his second 1-over 73 of the event for the team's No.2 score while
Jed Dalton (70-74-74—218) and
Tanner Maahs (77-77-75—229) recorded a 74 and a 75 to complete the CU team scoring.
Dalton ended the 54-hole affair in a six-way tie for seventh place out of 63 competitors. At 2-over for the three rounds, Dalton was nine strokes back of the tournament champion Mark Strickland (67-73-69—209) from WWU. UBC's Josh Zhang (72-70-68—210) and Grand Canyon's (Ariz.) Mark Geddes (70-71-69—210) shared second place with 6-unders.
Kyne ended the two-day event in 21st place while Concordia's final three individuals all posted a 229.
Josh Vizcaino (76-76-77—229) rounded out the CU squad with a 77 on Tuesday.
The Cavaliers finished five strokes back of Utah's Dixie State (290-299-298—887) and seven strokes back of former NAIA rival Simon Fraser (302-289-294—885). The host Vikings from Western Washington (284-284-280—848) ran away with the tourney title with a 17-stroke edge over the runner-up from the University of British Columbia (293-287-285—865).
WWU was ranked No. 9 in NCAA DII to start the week while UBC is the returning third-place finisher at the 2012 NAIA National Championships. In all, five NCAA DII teams that were either ranked or received votes in the national poll were part of the 12-team field