Both the men’s and women’s golf teams played well in their most recent tournament, the Bethel Spring Invite at Blackthorn Golf Course in South Bend, Ind., on April 12.
The men picked up their second win of the season. Even more impressively, they did so in a 16-team field. It was the men’s first team victory since they won the Mike Lalaeff Memorial Invitational on Sept. 17.
The women, playing in just their third event as a team, placed sixth out of eight teams, though first-year Taylor Thompson again cracked the top-10, earning a tie for eighth place.
For the men, three Cougars placed in the top-5. Seniors James Kerr and Kerby Brown and junior Kyle Bahnick placed tied for second, alone in fourth and tied for fifth, respectively.
Senior Brendan Ryan was the only Cougar outside the top-5, but he impressively still managed a tie for ninth
place. Kerr’s first-round 67 had him leading
the pack heading into day two. He faltered in the second round, though, finishing with a 78.
The other golfers were quite consistent. Brown shot 73-73, Bahnick fired 73-74 and Ryan got around in 75-75.
On the women’s side, Thompson improved by four strokes from the first day to the next, following up an 84 with an 80.
First-year Katie Reno shot 86-90 to earn a solo 20th-place finish.
Fellow first-year Courtney Dudgeon improved drastically from day one to day two. She chased her first-round 97 by a second-round 84 to tie for 22nd place.
Ashley Anderson, also a first-year, rounded out the team score with rounds of 131 and 115.
Read about both teams’ performances in their respective Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Championships online at sxustudentmedia. com.
Tim Carroll
Senior Sports Editor
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