CLARKSTON, Wash. – The Rocky Mountain men and the Concordia women have the first round lead after Monday’s opening 18 holes in the Lewis-Clark State College Invitational golf tournament, which is being played at the Clarkston Golf & Country Club.
Both teams took advantage of sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s to shoot impressive rounds in what is the first tournament of the spring for most clubs.
The Rocky men, ranked No. 10 in the NAIA, had an even-par team score of 288. DJ Kovach fired the best round of the day with a 4-under-par 68 on the 6,680-yard tree-line course, which featured tough pin placements on Monday. Teammate Connor Rakowski was the only other player to break par at 70.
The University of Victoria men, ranked No. 20, are seven shots behind at 295, followed by Spokane Community College at 304 and host LCSC at 305.
On the women’s side, Concordia, ranked No 8, shot a 308 for a 20-shot lead over LCSC, which is ranked No. 23. Victoria, ranked No. 6 in the NAIA, is third at 338, two shots ahead of No. 15-ranked Rocky Mountain College.
For the Warrior men, Connor McCracken (above photo) and Scott Mooney both carded 75s, while Ben House and Chris Jarrett shot 77s. The highlight hole for LCSC was the 297-yard 18th hole, which is a blind downhill shot to both the fairway and green. McCracken and Mooney both birdied the hole with 15-20 foot putts, while House took an unusual route to a par. After hitting his first tee shot out of bounds, he drove the green and then made a long putt for par.
On the women’s side, Concordia’s Lindsay Aho and Kim Lindow tied for medalist honors with 2-over-par 74s. LCSC senior Cortney Shrout (left photo) had a solid round with a 77, followed by Alana Norris at 82, and Heather Bruce at 83.Monday’s opening round was delayed about an hour because of a light overnight frost.
The final round will be played on Tuesday.
This is the first of two home tournaments for LCSC this spring. The second is the final Frontier Conference Tournament of the season and will be on April 12-13 at the Lewiston Country Club.
MEN
Team scores – 1, Rocky Mountain 288. 2, Victoria 295. 3, Spokane CC 304. 4, Lewis-Clark State 305. 5, Concordia 309. 6, tie, Whitworth and Northwest Nazarene 313. 8, Lethbridge #1 314. 9, Pacific 315. 10, North Idaho College 316. 11, Lehtbridge #2 321.
Rocky Mountain – DJ Kovach 68, Connor Rakowski 70, Marcus Segerstrom 74, Jakob Good 76, Casey Faught 80.
Victoria – James Holland 72, Jordan Ediger 72, Samuel Holland 74, J. Moffatt 77, Jarred Callbeck 85.
Spokane Community College – Sam Krause 75, Tyler Johnson 76, Taylor Porter 76, Jason Molner 77, Corey Meyers 79.
Lewis-Clark State – Connor McCracken 75, Scott Mooney 75, Ben House 77, Chris Jarrett 77, Kyler Nillson 82.
Concordia – W. Snow 75, Jed Dalton 76, Jonny Miller 77, Corey King 81, Jeremy Webb 82.
Whitworth – Jeff Aly 76, Cameron Whittle 77, Ryan Young 79,, Christian Boudreau 81, Josh Kay 83.
Northwest Nazarene – Rowdy Hope 75, Leon Vasquez 79, Zach Grunig 79, Aaron VanDeHey 80, Jeff McDonald 80.
Lethbridge #1 – Boyes 76, Slysar 78, Borsa 79, E. Porter 81, Kuzma 84.
Pacific – Max Bonk 76, Sean Hamer 78, Eddie Stewart 79, Ben Wright 82, Parrish Evans 83.
North Idaho College – Branden Dalton 75, Jeremy Jensen 77, Dillon Williams 81, Ben Johnson 83, Kristopher Brett 94.
Lethbridge #2 – Copeland 77, Rumancik 79, Dhillon 79, Drew 86, Mola 86.
Whitman – Geoffry Burks 78, John Abercrombie 86.
Other individuals – Kyler Gable, SCC, 74, Tom Meyer, RMC, 77, Tim Andrew, Pacific, 78, Andy Rutz, RMC, 79, Bjorn Ottosson, RMC, 80, Blake Blakely, Concordia, 84, T. Roggenkamp, NNU, 84, Jeff Marfice, NIC, 87, Cody Mee, NIC, 91.
WOMEN
Team scores – 1, Concordia 308. 2, Lewis-Clark State 328. 3, Victoria 338. 4, Rocky Mountain 340. 5, Pacific 360. 6, North Idaho College 371.
Concordia – Lindsay Aho 74, Kim Lindow 74, Holly Speer 79, Sara Taylor 81, Madeline Jarrett 87.
Lewis-Clark State– Cortney Shrout 77, Alana Norris 82, Heather Bruce 83, Sue James 86, Brittney Wheeler 90.
Victoria – Megan Woodland 81, Kalli Gordon 85, Michaela Misener 86, Alyssa Herkel 86, Anne Balser 87.
Rocky Mountain – Rachel Hosterman 82, Jennifer Orchard 83, Erica Schlomer 84, Teresa Schlomer 91, Lindsey Holzwartg 94.
Pacific – Valerie Kitamori 82, Jasmine Ching 89, Jayme Hall 91, Cathryn Heath 98, Tami Park 101.
North Idaho College – Emily Thorud 82, Kelsey Harden 90, Amanda Wemple 93, Kayla Lloyd 106.
Whitworth – Mariesa Stombaugh 89, Krystal Pitkonen 93.
Lethbridge – A. Steffens 89.
Other individuals – Jordan Knapp, LCSC 88, S. Sykoid, NIC, 89, Kelsey Haycock, LCSC, 91, Katie Sauvageau, RMC, 96, Shanna Herman., LCSC, 97, Brenda Fasse, Concordia 103.
