MONKEY ISLAND, Okla.—The Southern Nazarene University Men's Golf team took a trip to Monkey Island where they competed at the MSSU Men's Fall Invite at the beautiful Shangri-La Country Club. The Crimson Storm finished 16th of 18 teams at the 6,876 yard, par-72 three round tournament.
Southern Nazarene jumped one spot on the final day, surpassing Southeastern Oklahoma State for 16th place in the tournament. After shooting 330 (+42) as a team in round one, SNU improved to back-to-back 306 (+18) showings in rounds two and three.
For the second straight tournament, Southern Nazarene was led by Noah Kern who finished tied for 45th in a 100 player field after a three-round score of 230 (+14). His best round came in round two when he shot just 1-over at 73.
Sam Schmidt was again just behind Kern, finishing with a total of 232 (+16) for a T-52 placing. He followed up an 81 (+9) in the first round with a 75 (+3) and 76 (+4) in rounds two and three.
Zander Tway finished third on the team and was one of four golfers to record multiple eagles in the tournament. He eagled the par-5 fourth hole in round two and the par-5 16th hole in round three. The eagle in round three led him to a team-best round of 72 (E). He finished with a three-round score of 242 (+26) after shooting 87-83-72.
Dawson Dunlap and Landon Hendrix rounded out the scoring for SNU. Dunlap placed T-81 while Hendrix took a T-90 finish. Dunlap improved from an 89 (+17) in round one to shooting a 75 (+3) in round two and 80 (+8) in round three. Hendrix went 83-84-82 across the three rounds.
Henderson State made a fierce push for the team title in the final round as they shot 278 (-10) to overcome an 11-stroke deficit and force a playoff with the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Despite the push, UMSL came away with the team title in the playoff.
St. Mary's Matt Jackman won the individual title at 210 (-6).
The Crimson Storm will be back on the course on October 10-11 for the MSU Invite in Wichita Falls, Texas.
