FINAL STATISTICS
PHOTO GALLERY
COON RAPIDS, Minn. --
Joel Kociemba (SR, Andover, Minn./St. Francis HS) earned All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors with a three-day total of 227, leading the Augsburg College men's golf team to an eighth-place team finish at the MIAC championships, held over the weekend at Bunker Hills Golf Course.
One of just 11 golfers to have three rounds in the 70s in the three-day, 54-hole event, Kociemba finished with a 227 (75-75-77) total, good for ninth place in the 50-golfer event. After last year's 13th-place individual finish, Kociemba earned All-MIAC (top-10) honors for the first time in his career.
As a team, Augsburg finished eighth in the conference meet with a three-day total of 949 (316-317-316).
Brian Deuel (JR, Vadnais Heights, Minn./White Bear Lake HS) and
Zach Johnson (SO, Sartell, Minn.) tied for 29th with 239 totals, with Deuel shooting rounds of 80, 81 and 78, and Johnson shooting rounds of 78, 79 and 82.
Jason Henning (SR, Coon Rapids, Minn.) and
Tucker Williams (JR, Roseville, Minn.) tied for 40th in the event with 248 totals, with Henning shooting rounds of 83, 82 and 83, and Williams shooting rounds of 83, 86 and 79.
Augsburg closes the fall half of the 2010-11 season at the Gustavus Twin Cities Classic next Saturday to Monday (10/9-11) at three Twin Cities courses -- the Elk River (Minn.) Country Club, the Links at Northfork in Ramsey, Minn., and the Wayzata (Minn.) Country Club.