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Sunday, April 10, 2016
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Smithville, Mo. - (Paradise Pointe – Par 72 – 6710 yards) - Minnesota State won its second consecutive NSIC Men’s Golf Championship as the Mavericks finished 12 strokes ahead of Winona State after the fourth and final round played at Paradise Pointe in Smithville, Missouri.  The Mavericks, which have won six of the last eight NSIC Championships, earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Central/Midwest Regional.
Minnesota State shot a final round 298 to finish at 1176, 32-over-par.  Winona State finished second at 1188 (+44) while St. Cloud State was third at 1190 (+46).  Bemidji State was fourth at 1197 (+53) while Augustana and Concordia-St. Paul tied for fifth at 1220 (+76).

The Mavericks were led by Kelton Schmitz who shot a final round 3-under-par 69 to earn NSIC Championship Medalist honors. Schmitz opened the championship last fall with an opening round 69 at the Jewel in Lake City, Minnesota.  In the second and third rounds he shot identical rounds of 75 to finish at 288 for the championship, 2-over-par.  Schmitz finished four strokes ahead of Bemidji State’s Cody Cook (72-73-76-71=292 +6) and five strokes ahead of Winona State’s Jonathan Lindquist (72-72-75-74=293 +7).  Bemidji State’s Will Czeh and St. Cloud State’s Troy Ryynanen tied for fourth place and joined Lindquist, Cook and Schmitz on the NSIC All-Tournament Team.    

With the win, Minnesota State earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Central/Midwest Regional Tournament which will be played at The Meadows in Allendale, Michigan (hosted by Grand Valley State) on May 2-4. The NCAA Championships will be held May 17-21 at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver (hosted by Metropolitan State University of Denver and Denver Sports Commission).

The entire field for the NCAA Men's Golf Championships will be announced Friday, April 22 at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com.  Ten teams (including automatic qualifiers) and the top four individuals not with a team will be selected from each region to compete in one of four 54-hole regional tournaments.  

The 2015-16 NSIC Men's Golf Championship consisted of 72 holes, in which 36 were played Oct. 5-6 at the Jewel Golf Club in Lake City, Minnesota. The final 36 holes were played on April 9-10 at Paradise Pointe Golf Complex in Smithville, Missouri.
 

Rank		Team	Scores				Total	Par
	1	Minnesota State	286	297	295	298	1176	+32
	2	Winona State	295	294	299	300	1188	+44
	3	St. Cloud State	294	302	294	300	1190	+46
	4	Bemidji State	301	302	298	296	1197	+53
t	5	Augustana	309	295	313	303	1220	+76
t	5	Concordia-St. Paul	315	295	302	308	1220	+76
	7	Minot State	311	315	310	302	1238	+94
	8	Upper Iowa	301	301	319	323	1244	+100
	9	Sioux Falls	313	315	329	313	1270	+126
	10	Minnesota Crookston	310	323	327	315	1275	+131

Rank		Player	Team	Scores				Total	Par
	1	Schmitz, Kelton	Minnesota State	69	75	75	69	288	+2
	2	Cook, Cody	Bemidji State	72	73	76	71	292	+6
	3	Lindquist, Jonathan	Winona State	72	72	75	74	293	+7
t	4	Czeh, Will	Bemidji State	72	76	70	76	294	+8
t	4	Ryynanen, Troy	St. Cloud State	73	71	78	72	294	+8
	6	Schmitz, Michael	Winona State	70	75	76	75	296	+10
t	7	Cooksley, Curtis	Upper Iowa	74	70	78	76	298	+12
t	7	Hernandez, Francisco	Minnesota State	73	79	70	76	298	+12
	9	Bandabur, Tommy	Minnesota State	73	75	74	77	299	+13
t	10	Auman, Nick	Concordia-St. Paul	82	74	70	74	300	+14
t	10	Olsonoski, Jake	Winona State	76	77	73	74	300	+14
t	12	Hahne, Chase	St. Cloud State	74	76	75	77	302	+16
t	12	Holm, Mitch	Winona State	77	72	75	78	302	+16
t	12	O'Keefe, Karson	Minot State	78	75	76	73	302	+16
t	12	Ted Urch	Augustana	76	72	81	73	302	+16
t	16	Parker Klitzke	Augustana	75	72	78	79	304	+18
t	16	Tranbarger, Jalen	Upper Iowa	75	77	78	74	304	+18
t	18	Barnhart, Jack	St. Cloud State	73	83	74	75	305	+19
t	18	Duncanson, Riley	St. Cloud State	75	82	72	76	305	+19
t	18	Leintz, Aaron	Bemidji State	77	77	76	75	305	+19
	21	Scharenbroich, David	St. Cloud State	74	73	73	86	306	+20
t	22	Cooper, Jacob	Minnesota State	81	71	79	76	307	+21
t	22	Hernandez, Nick	Winona State	78	75	77	77	307	+21
t	24	Clay Kopplin	Augustana	78	77	80	73	308	+22
t	24	Otto, Samuel	Bemidji State	82	76	76	74	308	+22
t	24	Uloth, Alex	Concordia-St. Paul	81	74	77	76	308	+22
t	27	Emond, Garrett	Concordia-St. Paul	76	73	80	80	309	+23
t	27	Kueutz, Matthew	Minot State	83	78	77	71	309	+23
t	27	Liebel, Nicholas	Minot State	76	80	78	75	309	+23
t	27	Van't Hul, Jon	Sioux Falls	74	79	79	77	309	+23
	31	Maiers, Chance	Concordia-St. Paul	78	74	80	78	310	+24
	32	Dillon, Derek	Sioux Falls	78	74	78	84	314	+28
	33	Loosbrock, Ben	Sioux Falls	80	78	84	73	315	+29
	34	Heppner, Seth	Minnesota Crookston	75	84	83	74	316	+30
	35	Archer, Christian	Upper Iowa	77	70	81	90	318	+32
	36	Kelly, Jersey	Minot State	80	82	82	83	327	+41
t	37	Kleindl, T'mone	Minnesota Crookston	81	84	80	83	328	+42
t	37	Ogrodnick, Aaron	Minot State	77	86	79	86	328	+42
	39	Koisti, Ben	Minnesota Crookston	78	81	91	83	333	+47
	40	Korn, Brett	Sioux Falls	84	97	88	79	348	+62
		Martinez, Gonzalo	Minnesota State	71	76	dnc	dnc	DNF
		Matt Drake	Augustana	dnc	dnc	74	78	DNF
		Svac, JJ	Minnesota State	dnc	dnc	76	77	DNF
		Anderson, Trent	Concordia-St. Paul	dnc	dnc	75	82	DNF
		Cobler, Chris	Minnesota Crookston	79	76	dnc	dnc	DNF
		Collin Hammer	Augustana	80	75	dnc	dnc	DNF
		Phillips, Ricky	Minnesota Crookston	dnc	dnc	79	78	DNF
		Jake Weber	Augustana	80	76	dnc	dnc	DNF
		Kelly, Deion	Concordia-St. Paul	80	77	dnc	dnc	DNF
		Mullins, Cory	Upper Iowa	75	84	dnc	dnc	DNF
		Johnson, Ethan	Minnesota Crookston	78	82	dnc	dnc	DNF
		Dakota Waverek	Augustana	dnc	dnc	83	80	DNF
		Brown, Brandon	Minnesota Crookston	dnc	dnc	85	80	DNF
		Martensson, Trevor	Bemidji State	dnc	dnc	84	81	DNF
		Riley, Derek	Bemidji State	80	84	dnc	dnc	DNF
		Prisbe, Ben	Sioux Falls	81	84	dnc	dnc	DNF
		Lensing, Joseph	Upper Iowa	dnc	dnc	88	83	DNF
		Granberg, Travis	Upper Iowa	dnc	dnc	82	90	DNF
		Nelson, Andrew	Sioux Falls	dnc	dnc	92	90	DNF
		Auer, Billy	Upper Iowa	92	97	dnc	dnc	DNF