LCSC men’s golf team captures title at Westminster

04-22-08

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Lewis-Clark State College men’s golf team captured the team title in the fifth and final Frontier Conference match of the season, but came up short in its bid to capture the overall conference title on Tuesday. 

The Warriors won Westminster’s portion of the tournament with an 874 after firing a final round team score of 293 on Tuesday. Rocky Mountain, which had a final round of 291, was second at 877. 

However, combining the team scores from the previous tournament, Rocky Mountain had an 11 shot lead over the Warriors entering the final tournament. LCSC was only able to pick up three shots, which enabled Rocky Mountain to claim the over title. 

Chris Kneen, a freshman from the Isle of Man, won medalist honors for LCSC. He fired a 5-under-par 67 on the final day to finish at 6-under 210 for the tournament. 

On the women’s side, Rocky Mountain won both the team title and overall conference title. Rocky finished with a 949 total, while LCSC was second at 958. The Warriors also were second to Rocky in the conference title chase. 

LCSC junior Juanita Villa placed second overall in the 54-hole tournament with a 233 total after a 81 on Tuesday. 

Both Warrior teams will now participate in the Region 1 Tournament at Coeur d’Alene next Monday and Tuesday.

MEN

Team scores – LCSC 874, Rocky Mountain 877, Montna Tech 909, Westminster 926, Carroll 942, Great Falls 950, Western Montana 1,014.

LCSC – Chris Kneen 67-210, Nic Arrenbrecht 75-220, Jeff Ray 76-222, Patrick Casabonne 75-226, Scott Mooney 88-237.

Women

Team scores – Rocky Mountain 949, LCSC 958, Carroll 1082, Westminster 1384, Montana-State Northern not available.

LCSC – Juanita Villa 81-233, Cortney Shrout 79-236, Sue James 81-245, Samara Kluever 82-247, Alana Norris 83-249.