Crusaders Win First
Tournament Title in Program History
September 23, 2006
Site:
Livonia, Mich.
Course: Fellows Creek Golf Club (Par 72)
Tournament: WHAC Jamboree #5
MU Finish: 1st
Place of 6 Teams (302,
+14)
Top MU Individual:
Steve South (69,
-3),
T-2nd place
Next MU Event:
Sept. 28th at WHAC Jamboree #6 (Grand Rapids, Mich. - Thornapple
Pointe GC)
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Steve South fired a
69, finishing in second place after a 3-under par performance on
Saturday. |
CANTON, Mich.
-- The Madonna men's golf team has come a long way in just four years. On
Saturday, the Crusaders notched their first ever tournament title at the WHAC
Jamboree #5 at Fellows Creek Golf Club in Canton.
As a team, the Crusaders carded a 302 and finished one stroke ahead of league
leading Davenport and Aquinas.
Freshman
Steve South (Westland,
MI/Livonia Franklin HS) paced the Crusaders with a second place finish after
shooting a 3-under par 69 in wet conditions on the MU home course.
Junior
Aaron Cheesman
(Canton, MI/Salem
HS) shot a 76 and tied for seventh place in the fifth league event of the
season.
Senior
Steve Robinson
(Livonia,
MI/Churchill HS) carded a 78 and finished in 13th place. Sophomore
Matt Robinson
(Livonia, MI/Churchill HS)
rounded out the Crusaders scoring efforts with a 79 on the day.
Junior
Jono McMahon
(Windsor, ON/Massey
HS) and freshman
Justin Taurence
(Wyandotte, MI/Roosevelt HS) also competed for Madonna, turning in scores of
81 and 83 respectively.
The Crusaders will return to action on September 28 when they compete at WHAC Jamboree #6,
the final conference event,
at Thornapple Pointe Golf Club in Grand Rapids.
Contact:
Tony Baldwin, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
tbaldwin@madonna.edu
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