Coe Men's Golf

Coe's Gunderson 11th at Dubuque golf

DUBUQUE - Tyler Gunderson of Coe College shot a 9-over-par 79 Saturday and is tied for 11th place after the first round of the University of Dubuque Fall Invitational at the Dubuque Golf & Country Club.

The Kohawks are in eighth place out of nine teams.

Trent Lindenman of Simpson took the first-day lead with a 2-over 72.

Team Standings

1. Clarke 309, 2. Simpson 310, 3. Loras 315, 4. Augustana 317, 5. Carleton 318, 6. Augustana Blue 333, 7. Dubuque 336, 8. Coe 351, 9. Clarke Blue 364.

Coe - 11. Tyler Gunderson 79, 32. Anthony Worden 85, 40. Seth Inman 92, 43. Hunter Mulnix 95, 47. Alex Everhart 97.

Mustangs take second at own tourney

Mount Mercy came up three shots short, finishing tied for second behind Illinois Wesleyan in the Mount Mercy Invitational Sunday at Hunters Ridge.

The winners had a team score of 567. Mount Mercy and Grand View each had 570, Kirkwood was fourth at 584. Coe finished 22nd at 684.

Mount Mercy's best individual finishers were Nathan Chilcott and Jack South, who each finished tied for fifth at 141, four shots behind medalist Myles Pfingsten of Grand View.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Illinois Wesleyan 567, 2. (tie) Mount Mercy 570, Grand View 570, 4. Kirkwood 584, 5. AIB 589, 6. Cardinal Stritch 592, 7. Grand View 'B' 600,8. St. Francis 601, 9. Simpson 607, 10. Viterbo 615.11. (tie) Black Hawk 619, Wartburg 619, 13. Mount Mercy Gold 622, 14. DMACC 631, 15. Walforf 634, 16. Loras 635, 17. Buena Vista 637, 18. Missouri Valley 638, 19. Clarke 647, 20. St. Mary's 658, 21. Viterbo Silver 665, 22. Coe 684.

MOUNT MERCY: 5. Nathan Chilcott 68-73=141, 5. Jack South 72-69=141, 11. Matt Schlueter 73-70=143, 19. Jacob Selander 73-73=146, 36. Jamie Booth 79-72=151.

KIRKWOOD: 12. Blaine Buhr 71-73=144, 15. Dan Cutkomp 73-72=145, 19. Aleix Riera Garcia 75-71=146, 29. Dylan Daxon 75-74=149, 36. Carson Whittington 76-75=151, 56. Drew Digman 73-84=157.

MOUNT MERCY GOLD: 29. Dillon Baker 76-73=149, 32. Warren Bynoe 76-74=150, 75. Ben Franklin 76-85=161, 81. Colton Clemmer 79-83=162.

COE: 42. Tyler Gunderson 76-77=153, 102. Anthony Worden 84-85=169, 114. Alex Everhart 86-95=181, 115.  Seth Inman 84-99=183, 119. Hunter Mulnix 101-97=198.

Chilcott fires 68 as Mustangs take lead

Nathan Chilcott shot a 4-under-par 68 Saturday to help Mount Mercy take the first-round lead at the Cropper Golf Classic at Hunters Ridge.

Chilcott has a three-shot edge over seven golfers heading into the final round today.

Mount Mercy leads AIB, 286-290, in the team standings.

Blaine Buhr of Kirkwood fired a 1-under 71 and is tied for second place. The Eagles are in fifth place in the standings.

Tyler Gunderson shot a 4-over 76 for Coe, which is in 21st place out of 22 teams.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Mount Mercy 286, 2. AIB 290, 3. (tie) Grand View 292, Illinois Wesleyan 292, 5. Kirkwood 294, 6. (tie) Cardinal Stritch 299, St. Francis 299, 8. (tie) Grand View 'B' 304, Viterbo 304, 10. Wartburg 306, 11. Mount Mercy Gold 307, 12. DMACC 314, 13. Simpson 316, 14. (tie) Black Hawk 317,Waldorf 317, 16. Loras 319, 17. Buena Vista 325, 18. Missouri Valley 325, 19. Clarke 327, 20. Viterbo Silver 329, 21. Coe 330, 22. Saint Mary's 340.

MOUNT MERCY: 1. Nathan Chilcott 68, 9. Jack South 72, 16. Matt Schlueter 73, 16. Jacob Selander 73, 55. Jamie Booth 79.

KIRKWOOD: 2. Blaine Buhr 71, 16. Dan Cutkomp 73, 16. Drew Digman 73, 34. Dylan Daxon 75, 34. Aleix Riera Garcia 75, 38. Carson Whittington 76.

MOUNT MERCY GOLD: 38. Dillon Baker, 38. Warren Bynoe 76, 38. Ben Franklin 76, 55. Colton Clemmer 79.

COE: 38. Tyler Gunderson 76, 97. Seth Inman 84, 97. Anthony Worden 84, 105. Alex Everhart 86, 118. Hunter Mulnix 101.

Coe's Gunderson 4th at IIAC golf

DUBUQUE - Tyler Gunderson of Coe finished fourth at the Iowa Conference men's golf tournament Saturday at the Dubuque Golf & Country Club with a 72-hole score of 301.

Gunderson missed finishing second by two strokes.

Eric Wolfe of Dubuque won the tournament at 4-over-par 288. Dubuque won the team championship for the first time since 1975.

Gunderson had rounds of 74, 73, 75 and 79 and was named all-conference for the third time. Coe finished sixth out of eight teams at 1,282.

COE: Tyler Gunderson 74-73-75-79=301, Derek Nicholson 80-83-80-77=320, Mitch Moon 79-80-81-82=322, Kyle Boardman 82-89-82-86=339, Zach Stafford

85-92-89-90=356.