Both SDSU teams finished in the top four of the Summit League Golf Championships.
The SDSU women’s golf time finished second in the Summit League Championship last week while the men took fourth on Tuesday.
Women
The eight total Summit League teams faced off at the Longbow Golf Course in Mesa, Arizona from April 20-22. Longbow Golf Course is a par 71 and is 6,175 yards in length.
Denver took home the title and had three golfers place inside the top in Clara Gestsdottir (first), Emma Bryant (tied for third) and Logan Hale (tied for fifth).
Shakira Kuys was the highest finisher for SDSU and was named to the Summit League All-Tournament team. Kuys, a native of Port Augusta, south Australia shot four over in three rounds of play and tied for fifth in the conference tournament.
Three more Jackrabbits finished in the top 20 with Piper Stubbs, Reese Jansa and McKenzie Mages.
Stubbs tied Haven Ward of Denver, Anna Swan and Avery Blake (both from Oral Roberts) for eighth place and shot five over while Jansa took 15th shooting nine over.
After going seven over in the first round of action, Jansa would finish the next two rounds over two (two over for round two and even for round three). Mages took 19th and shot 11 over par through three rounds.
Ireland native Molly O’Hara rounded out placing for the Jacks as she placed 30th with North Dakota’s Gigi Lund shooting 18 over.
Men
After leading the conference going into round three, the Jacks fell to the fourth spot by the end final round.
Tyler Seeling tied Kevin An of Oral Roberts and Willis Panz of Denver all shot seven under and tied for first. Seeling was the only first-place finisher to shoot above par in the final round. Seeling finished the tournament seven under.
Oral Roberts ended the tournament in first place and will advance on.
Drew Teeter finished the second-highest for the Jackrabbits and tied four other golfers for sixth place. Teeter went even in the final round for SDSU which was the team’s best shooting for the round and shot three under par overall.
Bryson Mercier shot one over throughout the tournament, going two under in round two. Mercier finished in 14th, tied with South Dakota’s Joe Rohlwing.
Tied in 29th was Ty Kretz who went six over throughout the course of three rounds. Kretz went two over in all rounds of the tournament.
Jake Olson finished up the placing for SDSU, taking 42, tied with St. Thomas golfer Tyler McNeive. Though shooting six over through two rounds, Olson struggled in the final round, finishing at seven over for the day.
