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Abels, Nordeen Pace Jacket Golfers
(4/16/07)
DALLAS, TX – Montana State-Billings
golfers Zach Abels and Amy Nordeen are fighting for top
10 finishes after the first day of the Heartland
Conference Championships on Monday. Abels sits in a tie
for twelfth place after two rounds in the men’s
tournament. Nordeen is tied for eleventh after the
first round of women’s action. The tournament will
conclude on Tuesday at the Hackberry Creek Country Club.
The Yellowjacket men are in sixth
place after Monday’s opening rounds on the 7,013-yard,
par-72 course. MSUB is 70-over par with rounds of 318
and 328. Abels was in ninth place after a first round
76, dropping to twelfth with a second round 78. He’ll
enter Tuesday’s final round at 10-over par. Michael
Konrad posted rounds of 82 and 80 to finish the day in a
tie for 29th with an 18-over 162. Rounding out the
Yellowjacket scorers were Tyler Nicholas with a 22-over
166, Jason Kinsey with a 26-over 170, and Mike Watson
with a 26-over 170.
The Yellowjacket women are in fifth
place on the 5,979-yard, par 72 course. MSUB shot an
87-over 375 in the opening round. Nordeen carded a
15-over 87. Teammate Emily Maag was close behind with
an 88, putting her in a tie for 14th. Three
Yellowjackets are bunched at 23rd, 26th, and 27th.
Haley Montalban is tied for 23rd after a 26-over 98.
Karrie Brack shot a 30-over 102, and Jessica Boyer
posted a 105.
Men’s Team Standings
(2 rounds)
1. St. Mary’s – 298-296-594 (+18)
2. St. Edward’s – 301-299-600 (+24)
3. Dallas Baptist – 316-303-619 (+43)
4. Lincoln – 310-311-621 (+45)
5. Incarnate Word – 317-312-629 (+53)
6. Montana State-Billings – 318-328-646 (+70)
7. Newman – 312-335-647 (+71)
8. Texas A&M-International – 337-340-677 (+101)
9. Oklahoma Panhandle State – 332-354-686 (+110)
Men’s Top 10
1. Ronnie Van Woesik (DBU) – 73-70-143 (-1)
2. KC Lim (STMU) – 73-71-144 (E)
t3. Jamie Amoretti (STMU) – 72-76-148 (+4)
t3. Matt Smith (SEU) – 72-76-148 (+4)
t5. Rodolfo Gamino (LU) – 78-71-149 (+5)
t5. Nick May (NU) – 74-75-149 (+5)
t5. Collin Mayer (SEU) – 77-72-149 (+5)
8. Blake Slaughter (SEU) – 76-75-151 (+7)
9. Preston Akromis (STMU) – 79-73-152 (+8)
t10. Jeff Howard (SEU) – 76-77-153 (+9)
t10. Jimmy Willinghan (STMU) – 74-79-153 (+9)
Women’s Team Standings (1 round)
1. St. Edward’s – 325 (+37)
2. St. Mary’s – 333 (+45)
3. Dallas Baptist (338 (+50)
4. Newman – 350 (+62)
5. Montana State-Billings – 375 (+87)
6. Incarnate Word – 380 (+92)
7. Oklahoma Panhandle State – 451 (+163)
Women’s Top 10
1. Jessica Harbin (STMU) – 73 (+1)
t2. Emily Kvinta (SEU) – 74 (+2)
t2. Hether Wilbur (DBU) – 74 (+2)
4. Jacqueline Struck (SEU) – 80 (+8)
5. Allison Kinser (SEU) – 81 (+9)
6. Rachel Ward (NU) – 82 (+10)
7. Elizabeth Brandt (STMU) – 83 (+11)
8. Vanessa Slater (NU) – 84 (+12)
9. Jamie Shirley (DBU) – 85 (+13)
10. Amanda Anderson (STMU) – 87 (+15) |
