Crusader golf takes fifth at NCCAA nationals
Posted by The Skyliner on October 21st, 2009Stephen Lane
Staff Writer
The Crusaders golf team traveled to West Palm Beach, Fla. last week to compete in the annual NCCAA national championship tournament. The Crusaders came into the championship having finished no higher than third this year but were hoping to make this their best match of the season and nab their first national championship.
The beginning looked promising for the Crusader golf team. They finished in fourth place after the first day of competition. The Crusaders came in the second day hungry and still seeking their first national championship.
The Crusaders as a team finished better than they did on the first day after two rounds but unfortunately they dropped from fourth place to fifth place with a total team score of 910.
The Crusaders finished 30 strokes behind the leader Dallas Baptist University, which shot an astonishing 820. Brad Caldwell, senior sport management, led the Crusaders with a 223 and finishing eighth in the individual category.
Following Caldwell, Brandon Coggins, senior elementary education, shot a 225, Andrew Beck, junior business administration, shot 228 and Harrison Martin, junior international business, shot a 267.
The Crusaders’ fourth and final tournament of the season is Oct. 19-20 in New Tazwell, Tenn., at the Lincoln Memorial Invitational Tournament. This will also be the first time since the 2007-2008 season that the Crusaders will compete in the Lincoln Memorial Invitational Tournament, in which they finished fifth.
Tags: Fall 2009, Vol. 109 - Issue 6