On the links: Tech men take tourney

By The Standard Staff - 09/14/2005

Lewis-Clark State first round leader Nikki Olson reacts to her missed putt for par on the ninth green of the Butte Country Club Tuesday during the final round of the Montana Tech Invitational.

The Montana Tech men's golf team pulled off a rare accomplishment Tuesday — the Orediggers won a tournament.

Led by freshman Mitch Evanecz's 4-under-par 66, the Orediggers shot a blistering 280 on the Butte Country Club to win their own tournament with a 54-hole total of 872.

Tech shot 299 and 293 in two rounds Monday.

Evanecz's 5-over total of 215 was good for third place in the individual standings.

Rocky Mountain College's Kelbi Lee won with a 213, followed by Lewis-Clark State College's Jeff Smith at 214.

Tech's Jason Johnstone, who was playing with the Orediggers' No. 2 team, tied for fourth at 216 — which really says a lot about the Orediggers' depth this season.

Oredigger Jon Johnstone placed sixth at 217, while Byron Olson and Tyler Williams each fired 222, one shot out of the top 10.

Lewis-Clark, which shot a 291 Tuesday, placed second behind the Orediggers at 878. Rocky was third at 882.

On the girls' side, Lewis-Clark State's Nikki Olson's 235 three-round total was good for first place and led the Warriors to an easy team victory.

L-C's 984 was 27 shots better than second-place Rocky (1011).

The University of Montana-Western placed third at 1106, followed by Carroll College (1142) and Tech (1222).

MEN Team Results 1, Montana Tech 299-293-280 — 872; 2, Lewis-Clark State 295-292 —291 — 878; 3, Rocky Mountain 288-301-293 — 882; 4, Westminster 298-308-303 — 909; 5, Montana Tech No. 2 303-325-303 — 932; 6, Miles CC 308-327-298 — 933; 7, UM-Western 314-309-315 — 938; 8, Carroll College 312-311-320 — 943; 9, Great Falls 411-417-378 — 1206.

Top 10 individuals 1, Kelbi Lee, RMC 70-72-71 — 213; 2, Jeff Smith, LCSC 69-73-72 — 214; 3, Mitch Evanecz, MT 75-74-66 — 215; 4 (tie), Jason Johnstone, MT 67-78-71 — 216; and David Nuhn, LCSC 72-74-70 — 216; 6, Jon Johnstone, MT 74-72-71 — 217; 7 (tie), Alex Bojanic, RMC 72-75-72 — 219; and Nik Arrenbrecht, LCSC 73-73-73 — 219; 9 (tie), Jon Sundberg, RMC 76-73-72 — 221; and 9, Steven Tyler, RMC 72-79-70 — 221; Montana Tech (872) — Mitchell Evanecz 75-74-66 — 215, Jon Johnstone 74-72-71 — 217, Byron Olson 75-75-72 — 222, Tyler Williams 78-71-73 — 222, Stephan Sedor 76-78-71 — 225.

Lewis-Clark State (878) — David Nuhn 72-74-70 — 216, Nik Arrenbrecht 73-73-73 — 219, Jeff Thoeny 75-74 -76 — 225, Marc Vedder 80-71-75 — 226, Shawn Krahling 75-79-73 — 227.

Rocky Mountain College (882) — Kelby Lee 70-72-71 — 213, Alex Bojanic 72-75-72 — 219, Steven Tyler 72-79-70 — 221, Matt Oja 93-82-80 — 255, Jacob Richards 74-75-DQ.

Westminster (909) — Tyler Wiscomb 79-74-71 — 224, Patrick Roeder 69-80-82 — 231, Adam Epson 78-81-73 — 232, Chad Rinderknecht 75-76-81 — 232, David Wintzer 76-78-78 — 232.

Montana Tech No. 2 (932) — Jason Johnstone 67-78-71 — 216, Tyler Lamb 76-84-77 — 237, Patrick O'Rourke 77-84-77 — 238, Jeff Wood 83-79-79 — 241.

Miles CC (933) — Logan Kugler 72-83-72 — 227, Trent Normandy 77-80-75 — 232, Chad Fowler 79-81-74 — 234, Adam Benson 80-83-77 — 240, Bo Stiles 95-86-84 — 265.

UM-Western (938) — Josh Shad 76-74-75 — 225, Danny Oberweiser 76-76-77 — 229, Casey Duschanek 79-78-80 — 237, Tanner Lagge 83-85-83 — 251, Tyler McCabe 87-81 84 — 252.

See TOURNEY, Page B6 Carroll College (943) — Ryan Buls 79-76-79 — 234, Ben Waiss 78-79- 79—236, Brett Damaskos 78-80 79 — 237, John Beltrone 82-76-87 — 245, Chris King 77-87-83 — 247.

Great Falls (1206) — Alan Ramorini 79-75-74 — 228, Jay Hardesty 77-92-86 — 255, Lance Wilson 89-88-89 — 266, Mike Graham 167-162-128 — 457.

EXTRAS — Jeff Smith, LCSC 69-73-72 — 214; Jon Sundberg, RMC 76-73-72 — 221; Blake Amberson, LCSC 73-75-76 — 224; Jason Humphrey, LCSC 75-77-73 — 225; Jared Atkins, RMC 76-76-73 — 225; John Galt, RMC 79-80-76 — 235; Tyson Henderson, UMW 83-84-79 — 246; Marcus Erickson, UMW 86-82-83 — 251; Lee Lunsford, UMW 81-91-90 — 262.

WOMEN Team Results 1, Lewis-Clark State 334-333-317 — 984; 2, Rocky Mountain 345-336-330 — 1011; 3, UM-Western 372-370-364 — 1106; 4, Carroll College 390-383-369 — 1142; 5, Montana Tech 414-415-393 — 1222; 6, MSU-Northern 429-425-428 — 1282; Miles CC 418-406-No final score; Westminster-No Team Score; Great Falls-No Team Score.

Top 10 individuals 1, Nikki Olson, LCSC 80-77-78 — 235; 2, Rachel Warren, RMC 78-84-77 — 239, Chantell Beveridge-LCSC 82-85-80 — 247; 4, Carlie Breen, RMC 91-83-78 — 252; 5, Samara Kluever, LCSC 84-86-86 — 256; 6, Sable Hamilton, RMC 91-86-80 — 257; 7, Katie Wilson, UMW 84-89-85 — 258; 8, Nicole Fisher, LCSC 97-85-77 — 259; 9, Katie Fuqua, LCSC 88-91-82 — 261; 10, Shawna Elliott-RMC 85-92-86 — 263.

Lewis-Clark State (984) — Nikki Olson 80-77-78 — 235, Chantelle Beveridge 82-85-80 — 247, Samara Kluever 84-86-86 — 256, Nicole Fisher 97-85-77 — 259, Katie Fuqua 88-91-82 — 261.

Rocky Mountain (1011) — Rachel Warren 78-84-77 — 239, Carlie Breen 91-83-78 — 252, Sable Hamilton 91-86-80 — 257, Shawna Elliott 85-92-86 — 263, Kelsey Phillips 97-83-85 — 265.

UM-Western (1106) — Katie Wilson 84-89-85 — 258, Ashley Meine 92-89-86 — 267, Allie Bethel 92-101-95 — 288, Lisa Minnehan 104-91-98 — 293.

Carroll College (1142) — Andrea Tucker 93-93-88 — 274, Veronica Crew 96-97-84 — 277, Audrey Adams 102-86-96 — 284, Tessa Dahlen 99-111-101 — 311, Erika Buechler 114-107-106 — 327.

Montana Tech (1222) — Victoria Kazmierczak 93-96-87 — 276, Karen Gillespie 106-99-96 — 301, Jacqui Millam 109-101-103 — 313, Amy Eubanks 106-117-107 — 330.

MSU-Northern (1282) — Julie Wagner 97-94-88 — 279, Anita Strommen 94-102-99 — 295, Heather Reiner 101-100-113 — 314, Heather Haas 137-129-128 — 394.

Great Falls — Emily Pfeifer 104-107-94 — 305, Karly Eyre 106-102 89 — 297.

Miles CC — Andrea Flotkoetter 93-89-88 — 270, Marci Fandrich 96-96 WD, JoAna Ginalias 115-110-115 — 340, Courtney McRae 114-111-125 — 350.

EXTRAS — Katie Truscott, RMC 89-88-93 — 270; Karissa Hughes, RMC 99-100-90 — 289; Kaydie Cresswell, LC 106-95-95 — 296; Heidi Waterhouse, RM 113-104-99 — 316.