Monday was a good day at Ellis Park Golf Course for geese, baby goslings and Megan Furnish.

The geese and their goslings acted like the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet was being held for their benefit as they waddled near the ponds and marched onto the course.

Meanwhile, Furnish owned Ellis Park and fired an even-par 72 on the soggy 4,787-yard layout to trim Amy Ihm of Dubuque Wahlert by one shot.

Furnish has been winning meets this spring, but she hadn't been satisfied with all her shots. That changed Monday as the Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior was solid from tee to green.

"I was kind of unhappy with my overall game. There were some areas that were struggling, but today I think it all kind of came together and I felt confident in every area of the game," she said.

"My short game was kind of struggling. My putting ... my 50, 60, 70-yard approach shots. So I've been really practicing hard on those and having drills to work on those areas, so those came together nice."

Furnish, who will play college golf next year at Missouri State, collected two birdies, 14 pars and two bogies.

Furnish tied for first place at the Linn-Mar Invitational last week with an 82 at Hunters Ridge and won the CRANDIC meet at Airport National with a 73 two weeks ago, but she wasn't happy with either of those rounds.

Her even-par 72 Monday was the best score of her life at Ellis Park and came on a cool, gray day with a few puddles on the course from Sunday's rain.

"It gives me a little more confidence, but I can't stop working," she said. "I've got to be out there practicing and making sure my game is up to par."

All 14 Mississippi Valley Conference teams played in the Super Meet. Cedar Falls, the defending state champion, continued to dominate MVC competition and won the meet with a four-player score of 332 for an impressive 30-shot victory over Linn-Mar.

The Xavier Saints got strong rounds from Grace Winker and Maddie Bertsch and finished third in the team standings at 365. Winker fired a 7-over-par 79 to tie for third place in the individual standings and Bertsch shot an 81 to place fifth.

Ali Lindo of Kennedy, bothered by a knee injury, limped home with an 88 to tie Julie Pople of Linn-Mar for 10th place.

The Super Meet counts as 50 percent toward the overall MVC conference title this season. The final round will be played next Monday.

MVC SUPER MEET
At Ellis Park
4,787 yards, Par 72

Team Standings

1. Cedar Falls 332, 2. Linn-Mar 362, 3. Xavier 365, 4. Dubuque Senior 367, 5. Wahlert 381, 6. Iowa City City 388, 7. Iowa City West 391, 8. Jefferson 404, 9. Prairie 407, 10. Kennedy 412, 11. Hempstead 414, 12. Waterloo West 423, 13. Washington 438, 14. Waterloo East (incomplete team).

Top 10 Individuals

1. Megan Furnish, Jefferson       72
2. Amy Ihm, Wahlert                73
3. Grace Winker, Xavier             79
Alison Rolinger, Cedar Falls      79
5. Maddie Bertsch, Xavier          81
6. Taylor Roberts, Cedar Falls     82
7. Megan Brewer, Cedar Falls     85
8. MJ Kamin, Washington          86
Hannah Hagarty, Cedar Falls    86
10. Ali Lindo, Kennedy              88
Julie Pople, Linn-Mar             88

LINN-MAR: Julie Pople 88, Katie Harding 89, CJ Davis 92, Danielle Toy 93, Rachel Thrune 95, Emma Lorenz 100.

XAVIER: Grace Winker 79, Maddie Bertsch 81, Lisa Olberding 101, Morgan DeLong 104, Taylor Wertzberger 105, Kara Zwanzinger 108.

JEFFERSON: Megan Furnish 72, Megan Kibby 109, Marissa Fehlhafer 111, Emily Aukes 112, Sarah Tortora 135, Erin Kibby 141.

PRAIRIE: Emily Machula 99, Konnor Griffith 100, Emily Perrin 101, Kerstin Flugum 107, Alyssa Beisker 111, Jenna Nicolls 118.

KENNEDY: Ali Lindo 88, Sadie Schultz 106, Hannah Harberts 108, Raemi Chavez 110, Amanda Wiedemeier 126, Breanna Osterkamp 132.

WASHINGTON: MJ Kamin 86, Kandis O'Donnell 101, Sophia Ochs 125, Elizabeth Stanczyk 126, Katherine Wohlers 140, Hannah Bott 150.