Cobbers Blown Away at Erv Kaiser Invitational
FARGO, N.D.-- Fighting extremely windy conditions and simmering heat, Concordia tumbled to 11th place at the Erv Kaiser Invitational hosted by North Dakota State University. A pair of Cobber individual golfers were able to battle through the wind and finish in the top 15. North Dakota State won the team title, finishing with a team score of 923 - forty strokes better than the Cobbers.

Concordia was led by freshman Drew Dvorak (Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield HS), who fired three rounds in the 70's and finished 10th with a final total of  232 (74-79-79). Junior Mike Lundberg (White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS) finished in a tie for 14th at 234 (77-75-82). His final round of 82 prevented him from cracking the top 10 for the first time this season. Lundberg was in a tie for fourth place after the second round completed early on Sunday.

Both Lundberg and the rest of the Cobbers were affected by having to finish their second round at Village Green GC in Moorhead at 7:00pm on Sunday and then having to play their third round in temperatures that were in the 90's. 

Mark Thompson (Sr., Bena, Minn./Cass Lake-Bena HS) and Peter Krier (So., Lake Park, Minn./Hawley HS) rounded out the top four for the Cobber maroon team. Thompson shot a 247 (76-88-83) and finished tied for 53rd. Krier ended up in 62nd place with a 250 (82-81-87). The fifth member of the team, Erik Hansen (Jr., Hancock, Minn./Morris Area HS) struggled with the wind and his ability to keep his tee shots in the fairway and finished in a tie for 79th at 263 (85-90-88).

Concordia  will play in the Carleton Invitational on September 24-25. The meet will be held at the Northfield Country Club.
 
 
 

FINALRESULTS
1. North Dakota State 291-313-319—923 
2. Manitoba 307-303-315—925 
3. Winona State 306-309-314—929 
4. Minnesota-Crookston 314-311-316—941 
5. North Dakota State ‘B’ 309-324-317—950 
6. North Dakota 310-321-320—951 
7. Minnesota State-Mankato 312-314-326—952 
8. Manitoba ‘B’ 309-319-325—953 
9. Augustana 319-314-328—961 
10. Bemidji State 298-328-336—962 
11. Concordia-Moorhead 309-323-331—963 
12. South Dakota 322-317-328—967 
13. Minnesota State-Mankato ‘B’ 316-316-336—968 
14. Bemidji State ‘B’ 317-343-322—982 
15. North Dakota ‘B’ 317-333-339—989 
16. Concordia-Moorhead ‘B’ 347-337-347—1031 
17. Minnesota-Crookston 345-333-360—1038 
 
 

Individual Top 20 Results
1. Jay Haug, North Dakota State ‘B’, 76-74-75—225 
2. Eric Loeffler, Winona State, 75-75-76—226 
3. Brian Kornelson, Manitoba, 75-74-78—227 
T4. Eric Johnson, North Dakota State, 72-76-80—228 
T4. Scott Markham, Manitoba, 78-76-74—228 
6. Reid Mattson, North Dakota State, 79-73-78—230 
T7. Joe Dravland, Augustana, 76-77-78—231 
T7. Branden Schwartz, Crookston, 78-74-79—231 
T7. Adam Zander, North Dakota ‘B’, 75-77-79—231 
10. Drew Dvorak, Concordia, 74-79-79—232 
T11. Troy Merritt, Winona State, 76-81-76—233 
T11. Neil Rude, Bemidji State, 74-79-80—233 
T11. Scott Sorvaag, North Dakota, 76-80-77—233 
T14. Mike Lundberg, Concordia, 77-75-82—234 
T14. Jon Miller, North Dakota State, 73-84-77—234
T17. Ryan Carlson, Mankato, 79-78-78--235
T17. Matt Dawson, Mankato 'B', 77-76-82--235
T17. Joe Sorenson, South Dakota, 79-80-76--235
20. Brad Cole, Mankato, 77-77-82--236
 

Concordia Individual Team Results
Concordia Gold (309-323-331—963)
10. Drew Dvorak,  74-79-79—232 
T14. Mike Lundberg,  77-75-82—234
T53. Mark Thompson, 76-88-83--247
62. Peter Krier, 82-81-87--250
T79. Erik Nelson, 85-90-88--263 

Concordia Maroon (347-337-347—1031)
72. Reid C. Bentley, 90-82-85--257
74. Brian Kuehn, 84-82-93--259
T76. Sam Frick, 86-86-89--261
T79. Adam Aarestad, 87-95-81--263
82. Tyler Borman, 90-87-92--269