King Takes Third, Beacon Men Take Third
April 8, 2008
Women's Results
Men's Results
Eugene, OR - Ashley King (pictured, left) fired a final round 85 to finish the fourth and final regular season Cascade Conference golf event in third place, eight shots off of the leader. The Northwest Christian hosted event took place at Tokatee Golf Course, which is the home course for King in multiple ways, as her father is the club pro at the course.
The Concordia University team claimed five of the top six spots to claim a team victory in the tournament. The Cavs carded a 994 to grab a 242 stroke victory over second-place Corban.
Lindsay Aho shot a final-round 81 and carded a 242 for the tournament to lead the Concordia contingent, claiming medalist honors. Kim Lindow followed in second place and was just three shots back after posting a tournament-low 78 over the final 18 holes. Amy Esmeier grabbed fourth place and finished at 253 after a 79 in the final round. Lisa Schmidt rounded out the scoring in fifth place (90-80-84=254), and the fifth Cavalier, Kim Tilton, took sixth place with a 266.
Corban College took second place, scoring a 1236. Elizabeth Sherwin finished with 298 to lead the Warriors with a 9th-place finish. Right behind in tenth was Caylin Bankston who dropped under 100 for the first time in the tournament on Tuesday with a 99, finishing at 307. After scoring an ace in the first round on Monday, Emily Stumfel closed out the tournament with a 104 on Tuesday to finish at 311 for 11th place. Jordan Weldon rounded out the scoring with a 320.
Northwest Christian College, which was sitting comfortably in second place after the first 36 holes were unable to card a team score after Colleen Koopal had to withdraw due to illness after 13 holes in the third round. Jordie Howell shot a 104 on Tuesday to round out a 12th place finish at 312. Reanna Huston carded a 325, good for 14th.
Catherine Everest led a three member contingent from The College of Idaho, finishing in seventh place after a final round 95 put her at 277. April Patton was right behind in eighth, dropping eight strokes in the third round to 92 to finish at 292. Erica Sheppard rounded out the Yotes group with a 328 in 15th place.
Trailing Corban College by ten strokes heading into the third round, the Northwest Christian men's golf team looked to mount a come from behind fight for second place in the fourth Cascade Conference event taking place at Tokatee Golf Course.
The Beacons were able to beat Corban by five strokes over the final 18 holes to finish in third place and five strokes back. Justin Ahrens (pictured, right) claimed second place in the tournament firing a second consecutive round of 76 on Tuesday to finish at 226.
Tyler Austin closed out the Cascade tournament with a round three even-par 72, leading Concordia University to a 67-stroke victory. Austin finished at one-over par for the tournament (72-73-72=217) to claim a nine-shot victory over Ahrens.
Part of a second-place tie went to Concordia’s Craig Dehning, who shot a one-over 73 in the third round to finish at 226. Concordia also grabbed fourth and fifth place as Brad Bachman (76-75-76=227) and Marc Arima (78-78-77=233) rounded out the scoring.
Corban College took second place with a 967 final score, closing with a 331 in Tuesday’s third round. The Warriors were led by a 17-over 233 from Ben Sisler who tied for fifth overall. Other scorers for Corban were Wade Douglas (241), Nathan Furumasu (247), and Steve Landis (249) taking 11th, 12th, and 13th place respectively.
Brent McKee took eighth place for NCC with a 235 and Jeremy Chappell grabbed 15th place with a 255. Josh Samples rounded out the scoring with a personal tournament-low 83 in the third round to end at 256.
The College of Idaho took fourth place led by a 9th-place finish for Ben Coate (85-76-78=239). James Taylor (269) and Colin Slaughter (293) were also in the top-20 overall for the Yotes.
