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Mustangs Win Palace City Classic
Mustangs Reign At Mount Marty Invitational
Thompson Named GPAC Golfer Of The Week
Medalist Effort By Thompson Leads Mustangs To Victory
Morningside finished fourth at GPAC Men’s Golf Qualifier #2 held Thursday at Lochland Golf Course in Hastings, Neb.
The Mustangs had a score of 318 to finish in a tie with Northwestern College for fourth place, 11 strokes behind tournament winner Doane College.
With two of the four GPAC Qualifiers for 2011-12 in the books, the Mustangs are in fifth place in the combined scoring with a 621. Defending GPAC champion Nebraska Wesleyan leads the way with a 609.
Brandon Thompson and Cole Schwarz each carded five-over par 77s to lead the Mustangs at GPAC Qualifier #2. Alex Wendell was next with an 80.
Thompson is in fifth place in the combined tournament scoring with 151 to put him four strokes off the pace of Drew Taylor of Nebraska Wesleyan, who leads the medalist race with a 147.
Results
GPAC Qualifier Combined Results
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Nick Hessa |
Morningside College won the men’s division of the 2011 Dakota Wesleyan University Palace City Classic golf tournament held Friday and Saturday in Mitchell, S.D.
The tournament was played at Lakeview Golf Course on Friday and Wild Oak Golf Club on Saturday.
The Mustangs finished the two-day event with a team score of 599 for a five-stroke cushion over runner-up Northwestern College.
Brandon Thompson, a freshman from Totland, England, led the Mustangs with rounds of 73 and 72 to finish as the runner-up medalist with a 143. Matt Pitts, a sophomore from Cherokee, Iowa, and Nick Hessa, a junior from Sioux City, tied for fourth in the individual standings with 150s. Hessa had a four-under par 68 on Friday to tie the Mustangs’ 18-hole scoring record. He finished with an 82 on Saturday. Pitts opened with a 74 on Friday and finished with a 76 on Saturday.
Thompson, Pitts, and Hessa were all named to the all-tournament team.
The Mustangs completed their team scoring with rounds of 74 and 80 for a 154 total from Alex Wendell, a freshman from Johnston, Iowa.
The Mustangs pocketed their third tournament title of the season after they reigned at the Morningside and Mount Marty Invitationals earlier this season.
Morningside will compete in GPAC Qualifier No. 2 of the 2011-12 season on Thursday in Hastings, Neb.
Results
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Brandon Thompson |
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Morningside’s men’s golf team chalked up its second tournament victory of the fall season when the Mustangs reigned at Friday’s 10-team Mount Marty College Invitational at Fox Run Golf Course in Yankton, S.D.
The Mustangs carded a team score of 289 to win by a two-stroke margin over runner-up Northwestern College.
Freshman Brandon Thompson led the Mustangs with a 71 to finish second in the individual standings. It was Thompson’s third 71 in four tournament rounds this season.
Alex Wendell and Matt Pitts finished one stroke back with 72s to finish tied for fourth place. The Mustangs completed their team score with a 74 from Cole Schwarz, which put him fifth in the final individual standings.
Kyle Skinner also broke 80 for the Mustangs with a 78.
The Mustangs will return to Fox Run on Tuesday, Sept. 13, for the first of four GPAC Qualifier tournaments for the 2011-12 season.
Results
 Brandon Thompson, a freshman from Totland, Isle of Wright, England, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Golfer of the Week.
Thompson carded a one-under par 71 to take individual medalist honors in his collegiate debut to lead the Mustangs to the team championship at last Wednesday’s Morningside Invitational held at Whispering Creek Golf Club.
Thompson took top honors in a field that included 68 golfers.
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Brandon Thompson |
Kyle Skinner |
Brandon Thompson, a freshman from Totland, England, fired a one-under par 71 to claim medalist honors in his Morningside College debut to lead the Mustangs to victory at Wednesday’s 13-team Morningside Invitational at Whispering Creek Golf Club.
Thompson’s 71 edged Dakota Wesleyan University’s Austin Hieb and Iowa Western Community College’s Lance Lawson by one stroke for medalist honors.
The Mustangs finished with a winning score of 298 to edge Iowa Western by three strokes for team honors. Morningside counted four scores in the 70s en route to the team title. Aside from Thompson’s medalist round, the Mustangs also received a brilliant debut from Kyle Skinner, a freshman from Urbandale, Iowa, who shot a one-over par 73 to finish in a tie for fourth place in the individual standings. Morningside completed its score with a 75 from Seth McCauley, a junior from Lawrence, Kan., and a 79 from Matt Pitts, a sophomore from Cherokee, Iowa.
Alex Wendell, a freshman from Johnston, Iowa, fired a one-over par 73 to finish in a tie for fourth place in the individual standings and lead the Morningside B team to a fourth place finish in the team standings with a 319.
Morningside will compete in the two-day Siouxland Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 6, in Sioux Center, Iowa, and Wednesday, Sept. 7, in Orange City, Iowa.
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