| 10.03.05 -
With 36 of the 54 holes complete in the Mid-Central Conference
Tournament, the Foresters stand in fourth place with a team score of
621. Marian followed up its 301 with a 299 to take the lead with
a 600 after two rounds. Indiana Wesleyan is currently in second
at 609, followed by Spring Arbor (619), HU (621), Bethel (634), Taylor
(656), St. Francis (659), Grace (672), and Goshen (749). The top
five teams will move on to the NAIA Region 8 Tournament which will be
held in the spring. In first
round action, Andrew Porterfield and Dan Knuth both shot a 75 to lead
the Foresters. Spencer Batt added a 77 and Wes Knuth had a 78.
HU's 305 put them in second place just four strokes off Marian's first
round 301 total. Round two saw only two Foresters break 80 with Batt
and Justin Imel each shooting a 77. Porterfield and Wes Knuth
both shot an 81. Batt's two round total of 154 puts him in a tie
for 10th in the individual standings.
"Even though we stumbled at the end of
the second round, I'm pretty pleased with how things turned out, said
Coach Schownir. "The first round was fantastic and I expected
scores to go a little higher in the second round of a 36-hole day.
Rock Hollow is such a demanding course that anything off line is
penalizing. Still, I like our position going into Tuesday's final
round and feel we can place third with a solid score." |
