Spartan Men Finish 3rd at Home, Ewan Has Solid Outing

Results of the Spartan Invitational (Sept 19-20) at Pebble Lake Golf Course in Fergus Falls

*M State Men's Golf Team shot a 2 day total of 651 to finish in a tie for third at the Spartan Invitational on Sunday/Monday. 

*M State's Hunter Burnside finished 4^th individually with a two day total of 154 (80-74)

*Jamestown Orange (612) won in a team playoff over Jamestown Black (612).

*Jackson Worner of Jamestown Orange was the medalist with a 2 day score of 148 (72-760

*Jamestown Orange (686) won the women's team competition over MN-Morris (704)

*M State's Audra Ewan finished 11^th individually (Field of 27 golfers) with a two day score of 182 (88-94)

Men's Team Results:

1.Jamestown Orange 612 (303-309)

2.Jamestown Black 612 (305-307)

T3.M State 651 (320-331)

T3.Alex Tech 651 (315-336)

5.Valley City State 684 (335-349)

6.MN-Morris 727 (375-352)

M State Individual Men's Results:

Hunter Burnside- 154 (80-74) (4^th Individually)

Grant Inniger- 160 (73-87) (T12)

Joel Quam- 164 (82-82) (T16)

Mikey Vall- 173 (85-88) (T27)

Sam Western- 183 (89-94) (32)

Jordan Caspers- 200 (101-99) (34)

M State Individual Women's Results:

Audra Ewan- 182 (88-94) (11^th)

Coach Jason Retzlaff:

"We always love playing at home at Pebble Lake which is always a great test of golf. We had an outstanding field that included numerous four year colleges.  The conditions couldn't have been more different each day with Sunday being hot/windy and Monday being cold/rainy.  Monday was especially difficult as scoring was higher for the field.With our men, we had stretches of very good golf but need to be able to sustain it for longer stretches.  Grant Inniger was tremendous on Sunday and Hunter Burnside played fantastic golf on Monday.  Joel Quam really hung in there to shoot even par on his last nine holes today. "

"Audra Ewan had a very nice finish just outside the top 10 in a strong field of nearly thirty golfers.  She is an impressive player and it was great to see her shoot in the 80's on Sunday." 

The Spartans will next compete on Friday at the UMM Invite at Minnewaska GC and Saturday at the Cougar Invite at Pomme de Terre GC.