ICCAC men's and women's golf had seven teams in action across the state this weekend in three separate tournaments.
Wartburg Invite
James Morgan was the individual champion leading the Kirkwood Eagles to the title with a score of 596 at the Wartburg Invite. Morgan shot a 143 over 36 holes (-1) good enough for a five-shot victory. He was backed up in strong fashion with the rest of the Eagle golfers who all finished in the top 10. Brandon McCarty placed second with a 148 (+4). Matching 153's were shot by Jacob Patterson and JD Pollard, and Kolby Shackelford placed eighth with a 154 for the two-day tournament.
Hawkeye also joined Kirkwood at the Wartburg Invite and finished tied for second with a team score of 627. Tom Bell finished tied for third with a total score of 152. Bell was joined in the top 20 by teammates Ethan Streicher (158), Zach Teske (158), and Austin Reynolds (162).
Mustang Fall Invitational @ Mt. Mercy
The Southeastern Blackhawks women's golf team took to the course on the Sept. 26 at Hunter's Ridge Golf Course in Marion. The Blackhawks' low score came from freshman Addie Pry, who finished T-33 with a 33-over score of 105. The other scores posted were a 121 (+49) from Elle Jones and a 132 (+60) from Vanessa Golowach. It was the last event of the fall season for the women, but they look forward to more golf when the spring season rolls around.
Buena Vista Invite
The Iowa Lakes women took to Storm Lake to participate in the Buena Vista Invitational. The Lakers finished third out of the 10-team field with a total score of 348, equating out to 60-over par.
Gretchen Hofstad shot an 82, good enough for a fifth-place finish. She was joined in the top 10 by teammate Kelly Winter who finished eighth with a score of 84. The Lakers will be taking to Indianola Country Club on Wednesday as they compete in the Simpson Fall Invite.
Joining Iowa Lakes was the DMACC Bears who finished in fifth place as a team. With a score of 353, DMACC finished of 65-over par. Lydia Steier led the way for the Bears with a round of 83 and a sixth place finish on the individual leaderboard. Aubrey Duncan, Quinn Eslinger, and Krista Swenson were able to help Steier for the team total as they all tied for 19th with scores of 90.
Waldorf Invitational
On Sunday, NIACC men and women headed to Wedgewood Cove G.C in Albert Lea, Minn. The windy conditions made it difficult for a high number of good scores at the par-72 course.
As the only ICCAC team to be competing, they represented well coming through with a men's first place finish and a women's third place finish.
Leading the NIACC men was freshman John Doherty who shot a career-best 71 (-1) and was the individual champion. Doherty was joined in the top-10 by teammates Jack Barragy (76), JJ Wickman (79), Kai Nelles (79), and Jason Hesner (79). NIACC won the team championship by five strokes with a combined score of 305.
The Trojan women took third place with a team score of 370. They were led by Thea Lunning with a score of 82 (+10) who has been consistent for the Trojans after shooting a season-low 79 earlier last week.