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Mustangs Dominate GPAC Qualifier No. 2
Mustangs Co-Champions Of GPAC Qualifier No. 1
Jacobs Medals To Lead Mustangs To Morningside Invite Crown
Nurse Is Co-GPAC Golfer Of The Week
 Cam Jacobs, a senior from Sioux City, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Golfer of the Week for Oct. 5 to Oct. 11.
Jacobs was the individual medalist at the GPAC Men’s Qualifier No. 2 held on Oct.6 at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course in Lincoln, Neb. Jacobs carded a two-over par 73 and took over the overall lead in the medalist race with a 36-hole total of 144. He has a five-stroke cushion over Luke Vermeer of Northwestern College, who is in second place at 149.
The final two GPAC Qualifier tournaments for the 2009-10 season will be played this spring. The combined scores from the four tournaments will determine final conference standings and NAIA National Tournament qualifiers.
Jacobs finished the fall season with an 18-hole scoring average of 76.4 for the Mustangs’ best average.
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Morningside College dominated the second Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men Golf Qualifier tournament held Tuesday at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course in Lincoln, Neb.
The Mustangs carded a team score of 312 to win the tournament by a 16-stroke margin over runner-up University of Sioux Falls. The Mustangs were co-champions of this year’s first GPAC Qualifier when they shared the title with Nebraska Wesleyan University. Two more GPAC Qualifiers will be played during the spring season.
The combined scores from the four tourneys will determine the final conference standings and the GPAC’s representatives at the 2010 NAIA Men’s Golf Championships.
Only four players broke 80 in Tuesday’s tourney on a day when cold and windy conditions led to an average score of 90.3.
Morningside’s Cam Jacobs, a senior from Sioux City, was the individual medalist with a two-over par 73 and is the combined individual leader with a two-round total of 144. Brayden Nurse, a senior from Grimes, Iowa, also broke 80 with a 79 for the day’s fourth best score. Dave Young, a junior from Hinton, Iowa, and Kevin Zoz, a sophomore from Murdock, Neb., each carded 80’s to tie for fifth place in the individual standings.
Morningside is in first place after the first two GPAC Qualifiers with a team score of 605 for a 20-stroke cushion over Nebraska Wesleyan, which is in second place with a 625. Jacobs tops the individual standings with a one-over par 144 for a five-stroke advantage over Luke Vermeer of Northwestern College.
Results
Two Round Totals
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Morningside and Nebraska Wesleyan are tied for first place after the first of four GPAC Men’s Golf Qualifiers to be held over the fall and spring seasons.
The Mustangs and Prairie Wolves each carded team scores of 293 to share team honors at Qualifier No. 1 held Thursday at Landsmeer Golf and Country Club in Orange City, Iowa. The top two teams in the combined four tournaments will each advance to next spring’s 2010 NAIA Men’s Golf Championships.
Cam Jacobs fired an even-par 71 to lead the Mustangs at Thursday’s tourney to put him third in the individual standings, three strokes off the pace of first round leader Kyle Jaacks of Nebraska Wesleyan.
Mustangs’ Brady Nurse and Dave Young each carded 73s to put them in a tie for seventh place in the individual standings. The Mustangs completed their team score with a 76 by Austin Vanderhoff.
Morningside will compete in the Briar Cliff Invitational on Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Results
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Cam Jacobs carded a two-under par 70 to cop medalist honors and lead Morningside to a first place finish at the Morningside Invitational men’s golf tournament on Tuesday at Whispering Creek Golf Club.
Jacobs went three-under par with a 33 on the front nine before closing with a 37 on the back side. Jacobs’ round featured an eagle three on the eighth hole. He had birdies on the par 3 second hole, the par 4 fifth hole, and the par 5 16th hole.
Morningside finished with a 307 to finish ahead of Briar Cliff (318) and Northwestern (319).
Aside from Jacobs’ medalist round of 70, the Mustangs also counted a 76 by Dave Young, an 80 by Kevin Zoz, and an 81 by Austin Vanderhoff. Young's 76 placed him third in the individual standings, while Zoz finished in a tie for ninth.
Morningside players Seth McCauley, Matt Ford, and Bob Sapp all finished in the top 10 with scores of 79, 80, and 80, respectively.
The Mustangs will compete in the Dordt Invitational on Thursday in Sioux Center, Iowa.
Results
 Morningside’s Brady Nurse, a senior from Grimes, Iowa, has been named the Co-Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Golfer of the Week along with Dakota Wesleyan University’s Tyler Evenson.
Nurse was the individual medalist with a two-over par 74 at last Friday’s Buena Vista University Invitational held at Lake Creek Country Club in Storm Lake, Iowa.
Nurse led the Mustangs to a third place finish in the team standings as Morningside finished only three strokes out of first place.
Morningside will compete in the Dordt College Invitational on Thursday in Sioux Center, Iowa.
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