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NSIC Men's Golf All-Tournament Team
1. Tyler Koivisto (SCSU)     73-73-73= 219  +3
2. Ross Miller (MSU)         76-70-76= 222  +6
t3. Devin Holmes (SCSU)   74-76-73=223  +7
t3. Charlie West  (SCSU)   76-75-72=223  +7
t5. O'Keefe, Kowan (MISU) 77-80-71=228  +12
t5. Adam Petterson, (CU)   77-79-72=228  +12

Augustana's Clay Kopplin finished 10th at the NSIC Men's Golf Championship for Augustana this past weekend in Omaha, Neb. The tournament was cut short due to poor weather conditions and called off after the third round of play Saturday at the Tiburon Golf Course. Kopplin posted a his lowest round of the tournament on Saturday with a four-over-par 76, brining the Piedmont, S.D. natives total to 232 (79-77-76) for the three-round tournament, putting in 10th, the highest of any Viking in the 10-team field.
The Vikings took sixth place after three rounds of the NSIC Men's Golf Championship this past weekend at the Tiburon Golf Course in Omaha, Neb. The tournament was called off after three rounds due to poor weather conditions and St. Cloud State was declared the winner. Augustana shot an impressive 299 in the third round, brining its three-round total to 942 (327-316-299). The Vikings' 299 was the third lowest total in the third round. All Augustana golfers shot a 76 or lower in what turned out to be the final round of the tournament, highlighted by Collin Hammer's 73 in his lone round for the Vikings at the event.

Bemidji State, led by a ninth place finish from freshman Aaron Leintz, completed the weather-shortened 2013-14 NSIC Championship in eighth place. The Beavers began the spring portion of the unique 72-hole event tied for sixth place with 314-329—643 (+67), but a 304 (+16) at Tiburon Golf Course Saturday, caused BSU to slip to eighth (947/+83) before poor weather conditions in the Omaha, Neb. area prevented the Beavers from a bounce back performance on the final day of competition. Leintz finished the event with a one-over-par 73 to climb five spots on the leader board Saturday and finish the event in ninth place overall at 14-over-par (230/+14)--11 stokes out of medallist position. The championship brought and end to the Beavers' 2014 spring season.
 
Concordia-St. Paul's Adam Petterson (Jr., Lakeville, Minn.) shot his third consecutive par round in the only and final round of the NSIC Championships to move into NSIC All-Tournament Team honors. His strong play also helped the team surge to a tie for second place at the championships. Petterson's 72 in the only round played at Tiburon Golf Course in Omaha, Neb. was the third best score of the third round. Petterson tied for fifth overall, playing +12 in three championship rounds.

Minnesota Crookston placed fifth at the NSIC Men's Golf Championship following the third round played Saturday at Tiburon Golf Club in Omaha, Neb. The Golden Eagles were led by Matt McClure (Jr., Grand Rapids, Minn.), who finished in seventh for the tournament. In addition, Jesse Roscoe (Jr., Big Stone City, S.D.) put together the lowest round of Saturday with a 71 and moved up 18 spots to finish tied for 13th. The fourth round of the tournament was cancelled due to weather.
UMC is currently working on a final tournament of the year, More information on the location and teams competing in the tournament will be announced as they become available.

Minnesota State finished tied for second at the 2013-14 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Men's Golf Championship. The Mavericks totaled 920 strokes for the tournament's 54 holes. Junior Ross Miller, who shot rounds of 76, 70 and 76 for a three-round six-over par total of 222, claimed second place in the individual standings, three strokes off the pace of SCSU's Tyler Koivisto, who shot  219 for three rounds. MSU senior Bennett Black tied for 20th (79-82-77=238). Next action for Minnesota State is the Bobby Krig Invitational April 21 (LeSueur CC) and April 22 (Sand Creek GC).

Minot State finished seventh overall at the 2013-14 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Men's Golf Championships, breaking a tie with a 301 in the third – and ultimately – final round. The event was shortened by a round due to poor weather conditions. The Beavers came into the spring season tied for sixth with two other teams and finished two strokes behind Augustana College, but moved three ahead of Bemidji State. MISU junior Kowan O'Keefe (5-10, Jr., Blind Bay, British Columbia / Salmon Arm Secondary) followed up his conference title in 2012-13 with a respectable tie for fifth this season, earning back-to-back All-NSIC honors. Senior Casey Gleich (5-9, Sr., Bismarck, N.D. / Bismarck) finished tied for 15th in the conference, while redshirt freshman Karson O'Keefe (5-11, Jr., Blind Bay, British Columbia / Salmon Arm Secondary) was tied for 17th to round out the Beavers' top 20 finishes.

Sioux Falls competed in the NSIC Golf Championships this weekend at Tiburon Golf Course in Omaha, Neb. with the final round of the four round event being cancelled on Sunday due to poor weather conditions in the Omaha area. The Cougars ended the Golf season with a 10th place finish in the conference with their combined team score of 968 (+104). Derek Dillon (Fr., Garretson, S.D./Garretson HS) was the top USF finisher as he finished in a tie for 17th overall with his three round score of 237 (+21). After finishing the fall championships with an 86 and 76, he saved his best round for last as he shot a 75 in his final round.

St. Cloud State captured its second straight NSIC title winning the 54-hole tournament posting a team score of 296-303-291-890. The Huskies final round 291 at the par 72, 7,005-yard Tiburon Golf Club in Omaha, Neb., marked the lowest team score of the tournament. St. Cloud State finished at +26, 30 strokes in front of second place teams Minnesota State University and Concordia-St. Paul. With the win, the Huskies earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Super Regional May 5-7. Tyler Koivisto (Jr., Cokato, Minn.) was the individual champion as he finished the tournament at three-over-par with consistent rounds of 73-73-73 for a 219 and medalist honors. Koivisto was joined by teammates Devin Holmes (Sr., Ramsey, Minn.) and Charlie West (Sr., Victoria, Minn.) on the six person NSIC All-Tournament Team. Holmes and West tied for third place at seven-over-par 223. Holmes shot rounds of 74-76-73. West posted scores of 76-75-72.  Rounding out the Huskies in team scoring were Matt Bible (So., Pleasant Prairie, Wis.) and Chase Hahne (So., Ramsey, Minn.) as both players shot 73 in the final round. Koivisto joins Charlie West (2012) as the most recent Husky to earn NSIC medalist honors.

Upper Iowa shot a 319 on day one of the spring half of the NSIC Men's Golf Championships.  The team finished in ninth place with a 54-hole total of 965 (+101).  Bradly Loughren placed 12th overall with rounds of 81, 75 and 78.  Christian Archer shot a 78 in the final round  to place 29th; he improved from an 87 in round one to an 80 in round two before his 78.  Curtis Cooksley tied for 32nd with scores of 84, 82 and 81, while Hunter Voigts placed 36th with an 81, 86 and 84.  Landon Vinger played in the fall and shot 83 and 80, while Alex Tranbarger played the spring and shot an 82 in round three.
 
Winona State's Jake Olsonoski (So., Bloomington, Minn. (Jefferson) paced Winona State with a tie for seventh at the NSIC Championship. Olsonoski recorded rounds of 76-77-76 to earn the top-ten finish at the league championship. WSU finished fourth as a team, with Tyler Schmude finishing one place out of the top-ten, firing rounds of 78-81-74 to place 11th. The Warriors recorded a team score of 934 to earn their fourth-place showing.

Rank		Player	Team	Scores			Total	Par
	1	Koivisto, Tyler	St. Cloud State	73	73	73	219	+3
	2	Miller, Ross	Minnesota State	76	70	76	222	+6
t	3	Holmes, Devin	St. Cloud State	74	76	73	223	+7
t	3	West, Charlie	St. Cloud State	76	75	72	223	+7
t	5	O'Keefe, Kowan	Minot State	77	80	71	228	+12
t	5	Petterson, Adam	Concordia-St. Paul	77	79	72	228	+12
t	7	McClure, Matt	Minnesota Crookston	73	79	77	229	+13
t	7	Olsonoski, Jake	Winona State	76	77	76	229	+13
	9	Leintz, Aaron	Bemidji State	76	81	73	230	+14
	10	Kopplin, Clay	Augustana	79	77	76	232	+16
	11	Schmude, Tyler	Winona State	78	81	74	233	+17
	12	Loughren, Brady	Upper Iowa	81	75	78	234	+18
t	13	Holm, Mitch	Winona State	78	73	84	235	+19
t	13	Roscoe, Jesse	Minnesota Crookston	85	79	71	235	+19
t	15	Flavin, David	Concordia-St. Paul	74	83	79	236	+20
t	15	Gleich, Casey	Minot State	81	80	75	236	+20
t	17	Benson, Andrew	Bemidji State	85	79	73	237	+21
t	17	Dillon, Derek	Sioux Falls	86	76	75	237	+21
t	17	O'Keefe, Karson	Minot State	81	77	79	237	+21
t	20	Black, Bennett	Minnesota State	79	82	77	238	+22
t	20	Oster, A.J.	Bemidji State	81	78	79	238	+22
t	20	Trautman, Drew	Augustana	84	78	76	238	+22
t	23	Emond, Garrett	Concordia-St. Paul	85	80	74	239	+23
t	23	Roedl, Michael	Minnesota Crookston	79	78	82	239	+23
t	25	Auman, Nick	Concordia-St. Paul	79	88	74	241	+25
t	25	Heppner, Seth	Minnesota Crookston	79	81	81	241	+25
	27	Zeyen, Alex	Winona State	86	82	74	242	+26
	28	Dueschscherer, Cody	Minot State	84	83	76	243	+27
	29	Archer, Christian	Upper Iowa	87	80	78	245	+29
t	30	Grothe, John	Augustana	85	87	74	246	+30
t	30	Nelson, Andrew	Sioux Falls	82	84	80	246	+30
t	32	Cooksley, Curtis	Upper Iowa	84	82	81	247	+31
t	32	Van't Hul, Jon	Sioux Falls	90	81	76	247	+31
t	34	Atkins, Josh	Sioux Falls	80	84	84	248	+32
t	34	Bollant, Luke	Winona State	87	80	81	248	+32
	36	Voigts, Hunter	Upper Iowa	81	86	84	251	+35
	37	Liebel, Nick	Minot State	87	86	80	253	+37
		Muenzhuber, Corey	Minnesota State	74	76	dnc	DNF
		Spier, Matt	Concordia-St. Paul	75	77	dnc	DNF
		Massey, Andrew	St. Cloud State	74	79	dnc	DNF
		Edstrom, Jason	Minnesota State	80	78	dnc	DNF
		Jensvold, Tyler	Augustana	83	79	dnc	DNF
		Haukom, CJ	Augustana	81	82	dnc	DNF
		Kraft, Rob	Minnesota State	82	81	dnc	DNF
		Vinger, Landon	Upper Iowa	83	80	dnc	DNF
		Hafdal, John	Bemidji State	78	91	dnc	DNF
		Becks, Josh	Bemidji State	79	91	dnc	DNF
		Lunda, Evan	Minnesota Crookston	83	87	dnc	DNF
		Loosbrock, Ben	Sioux Falls	98	88	dnc	DNF
		Bible, Matt	St. Cloud State	dnc	dnc	73	DNF
		Hahne, Chase	St. Cloud State	dnc	dnc	73	DNF
		Hammer, Collin	Augustana	dnc	dnc	73	DNF
		Eich, Talon	Sioux Falls	dnc	dnc	74	DNF
		Pexa, Jack	St. Cloud State	75	dq	dnc	DNF
		Fritz, Nick	Minnesota State	dnc	dnc	76	DNF
		Kopplin, Kyle	Augustana	dnc	dnc	76	DNF
		Maiers, Chance	Concordia-St. Paul	dnc	dnc	76	DNF
		Anderson, Casey	Minnesota State	dnc	dnc	77	DNF
		Greenberg, Michael	Minnesota State	dnc	dnc	78	DNF
		Radcliffe, Jordan	Minnesota Crookston	dnc	dnc	78	DNF
		Ellefsen, Andrew	Bemidji State	dnc	dnc	79	DNF
		Selle, Joe	Bemidji State	dnc	dnc	79	DNF
		Tranbarger, Alex	Upper Iowa	dnc	dnc	82	DNF

The 2013-14 NSIC Men's Golf Championship consisted of 72 holes, in which 36 were
played Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 at Madden's Resort on Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minn.
The final 36 holes were played April 12-13 at Tiburon Golf Course in Omaha, Neb.
***Round Four was canceled due to poor weather.

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