IOWA CITY, Iowa – For the second straight week, Nebraska Wesleyan senior men's golfer
Alex Kubik won a golf tournament as he led the Prairie Wolves to the team title at the Central College Fall Classic that was held Oct. 12-13 at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City, Iowa.
In their final competition of the fall season, NWU shot a team score of 300 on Tuesday to finish at 607 for the tournament to win by a commanding 27 strokes over second place William Penn University.
Once again it was Kubik who was the story of the tournament for the Prairie Wolves. After an opening round 76 on Monday to sit in a tie for 3
rd place, Kubik rebounded with an impressive 4-under par score of 68 to claim medalist honors by 10 strokes. He finished the tournament with an even par 144 winning his second straight tournament.
It was far from a one-man performance though as the Prairie Wolves had the top three individual placers and six players finished in the top ten.
Christian Hall was the individual runner-up with a score of 154 to edge teammate
Christian Ghilardi by one stroke. Hall shot 75 on Tuesday after his opening round score of 79, while Ghilardi had rounds of 78-77.
Bryce Vuncannon ended in 7
th place with a score of 157 (77-80) with
Grant Johnson and
Tyler Welch both tying for 8
th place. Johnson was in 3
rd on Monday with a 76, but dropped back with an 84 on Tuesday. Welch improved his score by four strokes on Tuesday shooting 82-78.