9/23/2009 12:28:33 PM
MARSHALL, Minn. - The Southwest Minnesota State University women's golf team will host the 12th annual Mustang Invitational this Saturday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Marshall Golf Club. The 36-hole invite begins at 12 p.m. on Saturday with 18 holes and will conclude with the final round beginning at 9 a.m. on Sunday with a shotgun start.
Nearly 100 golfers are expected to compete from 14 teams including Southwest Minnesota State, Augustana, Concordia-Moorhead, Concordia-St. Paul, Gustavus, Manitoba, Minnesota State-Mankato, MSU Moorhead, Missouri Western State, Nebraska-Omaha, Upper Iowa, Wayne State, Winona State and Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Individuals from Minnesota, Crookston and Northern State will also participate.
Upper Iowa is the defending team champion after finishing with a tournament record score of 612 (+36). Erin Ommen from Nebraska-Omaha won the individual title with a tournament record 5-over-par 149.
This will be the third tournament this season for Southwest Minnesota State. The Mustangs finished third at the nine-team Augustana Invite two weeks ago and finished seventh at the 13-team Concordia University Invite this past weekend. Senior Melissa Lackas leads the team with a 78.0 stroke average and has finished tied for fourth and sixth in the first two tournaments. Sophomore KC Kane ranks second on the squad with a 79.3 average and has finished tied for fourth and tied for 14th in the first two tournaments.
SMSU’s five-person line-up for the weekend will consist of sophomore KC Kane (Buffalo, Minn.), senior Melissa Lackas (Independence, Iowa), freshman Krista Weiszhaar (Harwood, N.D.), junior Sarah Baukol (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) and junior Stephanie Bruns (Champlin, Minn.). Freshmen Haley Gudim (Isle, Minn.), Sarah Wahlstrom (Sheldon, Iowa) and Katelyn Schwartz (New Ulm, Minn.) will all play as individuals.
Mustang Invite Record Book
Team Champions
1998- Concordia (Moorhead) 322-332 654 (+78)
1999- North Dakota 332-348 680 (+104)
2000- Southwest Minnesota State 336-335 671 (+95)
2001- MSU Mankato 316-326 642 (+66)
2002- MSU Mankato 324-341 665 (+89)
2003- Nebraska-Omaha 326-315 641 (+65)
2004- North Dakota 315-330 645 (+69)
2005- Southwest Minnesota State 324-rain 324 (+36)
2006- North Dakota 335-317 652 (+76)
2007- Nebraska-Omaha 319-313 632 (+56)
2008- Upper Iowa 303-309 612 (+36)
Team Records
Best 18-Hole Score: 303 (+15), Upper Iowa, 1st round, 2008
Best 36-Hole Score: 612 (+36), Upper Iowa, 2nd round, 2008
Individual Records
Best 18-Hole Score: 72 (E), Erin Ommen, Nebraska-Omaha, 2nd round, 2008
Best 36-Hole Score: 149 (+5), Erin Ommen, Nebraska-Omaha,2008
Individual Champions
1998- Nicole Koskey, Concordia 79-81 160 (+16)
1999- Lindsay Johnson, North Dakota 73-89 162 (+18)
2000- Kasey Aanenson, MSU Mankato 76-82 158 (+14)
2001- Becky Digmann, MSU Mankato 75-79 154 (+10)
2002- Marci Falldorf, Bemidji State 82-78 160 (+16)
2003- Amana Stock, Nebraska-Omaha 76-76 152 (+8)
Jennifer Orcutt, Minn.-Crookston 76-76 152 (+8)
2004- Liz Kaler, North Dakota 77-76 153 (+9)
2005- Rachael Schmidt, Upper Iowa 77-rain 77 (+5)
2006- Rochelle Schmidt, Upper Iowa 76-75 151 (+7)
2007- Lindsay Newton, Nebraska-Omaha 77-78 155 (+11)
2008- Erin Ommen, Nebraska-Omaha 77-72 149 (+5)