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DAY 2 - SUNDAY, OCT. 7
COMBINED RESULTS | TEAM RESULTS | INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

JORDAN, Minn. -- The Augsburg University men's golf team tied for a second-place finish at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships, with the final two rounds completed on Sunday at the Ridges at Sand Creek.

THE BASICS
RESULTS: Augsburg t-2nd/10 (886)
LOCATION: Ridges at Sand Creek (Par 72, 6,961 yards), Jordan, Minn.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The final two rounds of the 54-hole event were played on Sunday, due to the likelihood of rain all day on Monday. Augsburg started the day in third place, but used a 293 score in the second round on Sunday morning to move into second place, two strokes behind St. Thomas.
• A wild final round ensued on Sunday afternoon, with the lead changing hands several times between St. Thomas, Augsburg and Gustavus. Augsburg held a four-stroke lead at one point, but St. Thomas made a late charge and won the title with an 882 (291-298-293) total, four strokes ahead of the 886 of both Augsburg (298-293-295) and Gustavus (307-291-288).
• Brett Buckingham (JR, Glenwood, Minn./Minnewaska Area HS), last year's MIAC individual co-medalist, earned MIAC All-Championship Team (top-10) honors for the second straight year and automatic All-MIAC honors for the third straight season, finishing in fourth place with a 54-hole total of 1-over-par 217 (70-72-73), seven strokes behind medalist Jacob Pedersen of Gustavus (210). Buckingham has recorded top-10 individual finishes in four of his five events during the fall half of the 2018-19 season.
• Dakota Krech (SR, Blaine, Minn./Blaine HS) earned MIAC All-Championship Team and automatic All-MIAC honors for the first time with his best-ever finish at the conference meet, tying for sixth place with a 220 (78-73-69) total, his career-best 54-hole score. His final-round 69, a stroke off his career-best single-round score, was a stroke off the best single-round score of the tournament.
• Harrison Cooper (JR, Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley HS) finished in a tie for 15th place with a three-round total of 225 (71-75-79). The finish was his third straight top-25 finish at the conference meet, after earning All-MIAC honors with a sixth-place finish last year and a 22nd-place finish in 2016.
• Competing in their first MIAC Championships, Gunnar Goodmanson (SO, Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS) finished in a tie for 22nd place with a 228 (79-73-76) total, and David Walker (JR, Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS) finished in a tie for 37th place with a career-best 54-hole score of 237 (82-80-75), with his final-round 75 tying a season-best score.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg's 886 total marked a school record for a 54-hole total in the "modern era" of the men's golf program (1994-95 to present), breaking the old mark of 891, set in the 2016 Saint John's Spring Invitational. The finish marked the first time Augsburg has finished a 54-hole meet with all three rounds scoring under 300.
• It is the third time in the last four years that Augsburg has recorded a top-three finish at the MIAC Championships. The Auggies won the MIAC title in 2015 and finished third last season.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg wraps up the fall half of the 2017-18 season, competing at the Berry College (Ga.) Chick-Fil-A Collegiate Classic on Oct. 22-23 at the Stonebridge Golf Club in Rome, Ga.

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DAY 1 - SATURDAY, OCT. 6
TEAM RESULTS | INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

JORDAN, Minn. -- With four golfers standing in the top 28, the Augsburg University men's golf team stands in third place after the first round of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday at the Ridges at Sand Creek.

THE BASICS
RESULTS: Augsburg 3rd/10 (298)
LOCATION: Ridges at Sand Creek (Par 72, 6,961 yards), Jordan, Minn.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Brett Buckingham (JR, Glenwood, Minn./Minnewaska Area HS), last year's MIAC individual co-medalist, stands in a tie for second place after the first round, shooting a 2-under-par 70, two strokes behind first-round leader Kristian Woie of St. Olaf. Buckingham had four birdies in his opening round.
• Standing just a stroke behind Buckingham is Harrison Cooper (JR, Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley HS), tied for fifth place with a 1-under-par 71.
• As a team, Augsburg stands in third place with a 10-over-par 298 score, seven strokes behind co-leaders St. Thomas and St. Olaf, which both shot 291. Saint John's stands in third place at 301.
• Dakota Krech (SR, Blaine, Minn./Blaine HS) stands in a tie for 23rd place with an opening round of 78, while Gunnar Goodmanson (SO, Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS) is in a tie for 28th place with a 79 round. David Walker (JR, Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS) is in a tie for 42nd place, after shooting an opening-round 82.
• Augsburg's tee times for Sunday's (10/7) second round begin at 8 a.m.