Southwestern College Collegian

Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: Sports

With regionals right around the corner, the men's and women's golf teams had a few tournaments to get out of the way before they could begin preparing for their biggest tournaments of the season. The last competition for the men's team before regionals was the Men's Golf Conference Championship this past Monday and Tuesday in Garden City at the Buffalo Dunes Golf Course. Scores were unavailable at press time. The women's golf team competed in the Pirate Invitational on April 14 and 15 in Parkville, Mo., at the National Golf Course. The tournament was hosted by Park University. Leading the way for the Lady Builders was Rachael Locke, business senior. She took second out of 81 golfers with 81-82-163. Blair Koehn, business junior, finished third with 81-86-167. Kenna Corley, digital arts junior, placed 30th with 92-97-189. Kaydee Johnson, business freshman, finished 43rd with 99-96-195. Amy Kellner, graduate student, placed 54th with 106-95-201. The team finished second behind Rockhurst University. Koehn said, "I felt that the team played better at Park's tournament, but we still have some room for improvement before regionals." The final tournament of the season for both teams will be the Men's and Women's Golf Regional Championship on April 28 and 29 in Bonner Springs at the Sunflower Hills Golf Course. This tournament will determine the fate for the teams' seasons. Locke said, "This tournament is what will either continue our season towards nationals or end it at regionals." In order to qualify the teams will have to work together. Locke said, "We all need to put in our ability to be consistent and shoot low scores together in the two days in order to have a solid finish at the end of the season." If the men qualify for nationals they will be traveling to Plymouth, Ind., from May 13 through 16. The men's golf team will compete at the Indiana National Golf Course. The national tournament for the women will take place in San Marcos, Calif., from May 20 through 23 at the Lake San Marcos Golf Course. Cameron Siefkes is a sophomore majoring in communication. You may e-mail her at cameron.siefkes@sckans.edu.

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