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ROCKFORD, Ill. – Entering Saturday’s final 18 holes tied with Carroll University, St. Norbert College shot a 311 as team to win the 2015 Midwest Conference Men’s Golf Championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years.
Results
Isaiah Harmison, Alex Okray, and Ben Verbeten all fired 77s on Saturday to lead the Green Knights to the team title. Nick Mueller shot an 80 to complete the scoring on the final 18. The Green Knight’s Ben Socha finished tied for third individually with Lawrence University’s Nigel Schuster with a three day total of 234. Ben Bobinski and Harmison tied for eighth, while Alex Okray and Ben Verbeten tied for 10
th with Lawrence’s Nathan Ley.
Finishing second were the Pioneers of Carroll University, who finished nine strokes behind the leaders. Colton Woyak fired a 74 to keep the Pioneers close and took fifth as an individual, while Henry Mulvey’s 80 was the second best score for Carroll. Mulvey finished second overall with a 16 over-par 232.
Drake Decker took top honors as he finished with the best 54-hole score. The junior shot a 73 on the first day and back-to-back 77s to put Monmouth College in third place as a team. Luke Kreiter had a strong tournament as well for the Fighting Scots, including shooting a 73 on Friday. Kreiter finished in a tie for sixth with Illinois College’s AJ Jeffers after they shot 236s.
Grinnell College took fourth place as a team, despite improving their team score each day. Lawrence placed fifth with a team score of 990, while Illinois College (1,001) and Lake Forest College (1,003) completed the scoring in sixth and seventh, respectively.
At the conclusion of the tournament, St. Norbert head coach Tripp Maher was honored as the 2015 Midwest Conference Coach of the Year after his Green Knights claimed the trophy.
St. Norbert has qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship on May 12-15 and Grandover Resort in Greensboro, N.C.