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| Recent Results: Augsburg Invitational SMU men 7th, 13th out of 13 teams / Details Wartburg Invitational SMU women 8th out of 15 teams / Details |
| Upcoming Events: Sat.,-Sun., Sept. 16-17: SMU men at Saint John's Invitational, St. Cloud, Minn. |
Same course, very different results for Cardinal men
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Kate
O'Connor 82 at Wartburg |
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Savage 81-78 at Augsburg Invite |
Last Saturday afternoon, the Cardinals gave Stimmel an even more impressive glimpse, as SMU posted a school-record score of 346 during the opening round of the Wartburg Invitational.
Unfortunately for the Cardinals, Mother Nature decided to rain on SMU's record-setting parade, as a constant downpour and temperatures in the mid-50s caused Sunday's second round to be postponed.
"It was good to see us come out and put four consistent rounds together," said Stimmel, who had four players shoot first-round scores in the 80s, led by Kate O'Connor's (Orland Park, Ill.) 82 en route to their eighth-place finish. "It's nice to have the luxury of having to throw out a pretty good score. When you can bunch a lot of good numbers together like we did, that's encouraging."
Along with O'Connor's opening-round 82, the Cardinals also got an 87 from Katelyn Rizzi (Austin, Minn.), an 88 from Caty Beel (Tucson, Ariz.) and an 89 from Angie Christiansen (West Salem, Wis.). Val Mescke's (Pine River, Minn.) 92 rounded out the Cardinals' first-round performance.
"We were really looking forward to (Sunday's) round — we all felt like we could put up some pretty good numbers," Stimmel said, whose Cardinals did get nine holes in on Sunday, with O'Connor's 46 the low round. "But the rain and the cold made it miserable out there."
THE SMU MEN'S GOLF TEAM OPENED ITS SEASON with an impressive 307 team score in a dual-meet victory over Macalester at Mississippi Dunes Golf Course in Cottage Grove, Minn.
A week later, the Cardinals were back on the Mississippi Dunes Golf Course for the Augsburg Invitational.
Same course, but — unfortunately for SMU — not-so-same results.
"I don't know what happened, we played so well (at Mississippi Dunes) last week, but we really struggled this weekend," said SMU coach Tom Farren, whose team shot a 325-325—650 in the two-day tournament. "We just did not play well at all."
Scott Savage (Mahtomedi, Minn.) led the way for the Cardinals, putting together rounds of 81-78 for a 159 total. Josh Wendel (Rosemount, Minn.) added a 79-82—161, followed by Bill Ryan (Western Springs, Ill. / 84-83—167), Jesse Polk (Hastings, Minn. / 87-82—169) and Mike Dvorak (Litchfield, Minn. / 81-92—173).
"The weather conditions were tough, but that's no excuse — everyone was in the same boat," said Farren. "It was just one of those weekends."