GPAC Conference Championship

Monday, April, 21, 2008 10:15 AM

Sophomore Luke Vermeer is the overall leader after day one at the GPAC Men's Golf Championships played at Green Valley Golf Club in Sioux City, Iowa. Vermeer carded a two-under 70 and is two shots in front of second place Tyler Evenson from Dakota Wesleyan. Vermeer shot an even-par 36 on the front nine and a two-under 34 on the back nine.

Northwestern is in sixth place after day one with a 318 and stands just four shots in back of fourth place teams, Nebraska Wesleyan and Midland Lutheran. Dakota Wesleyan is the overall leader with a 305 followed by a tie between Hastings (311) and Dordt (311). Defending champion Nebraska Wesleyan and Midland Lutheran both shot 314 while USF is in seventh place with a 320. The top five teams (minus Nebraska Wesleyan due to their NCAA D-III status) will move on to the regional tournament next week.

After Vermeer's 70, the Red Raiders were led by Nathan Summers and Kyle McGranahan who tied for 30th with an 82. Justin Pannkuk carded an 84 and tied for 40th place and Jamie Jeltema closed out the scoring with an 89 and tied for 50th.

The second and final round will get underway this morning (April 22) around 10:00 am.

GPAC Release

Finish	School	Strokes
1	Dakota Wesleyan	305
2	Tyler Evenson	36-36	72
5	Brett Abbotts	36-39	75
T 15	Chris Pritchard	39-39	78
T 23	Tom Hoek	43-37	80
T 30	Nick Gates	43-39	82
T 2	Dordt	311
T 9	Collin Broekhuis	39-38	77
T 9	Jason Kroese	38-39	77
T 15	Jordan Janz	39-39	78
T 19	Matt Zwart	40-39	79
T 40	Jared Rempel	45-39	84
T 2	Hastings	311
4	Will Logsdon	39-35	74
T 15	Nathan Gile	38-40	78
T 19	Brian Primavera	39-40	79
T 23	Jon Tanner	41-39	80
T 30	Rob Shannon	41-41	82
T 4	Midland Lutheran	314
4	Ben Deines	43-44	87
T 6	Ron Harder	38-38	76
T 9	Jason Zoz	38-39	77
T 15	Justin Zebolsky	40-38	78
T 36	Adam Tannehill	40-43	83
T 4	Nebraska Wesleyan	314
T 6	Patrick Hanzel	40-36	76
T 9	Tyler Lawson	41-36	77
T 23	Geoffrey Oliphant	38-42	80
T 28	Phil Hranac	41-40	81
T 36	Nate Jaeger	42-41	83
6	Northwestern	318
1	Luke Vermeer	36-34	70
T 30	Nathan Summers	41-41	82
T 30	Kyle McGranahan	40-42	82
T 40	Justin Pannkuk	44-40	84
T 50	Jamie Jeltema	49-40	89
7	USF	320
T 6	James Walsh	38-38	76
T 23	Nathan Schunke	39-41	80
T 30	Matt Bertsch	40-42	82
T 30	Lucas Dowden	41-41	82
45	Kyle Schock	42-43	85
8	Briar Cliff	324
T 9	Ben Keane	38-39	77
T 19	Billy Keane	41-38	79
T 40	Jeff Demers	42-42	84
T 40	Doug Loutsch	44-40	84
54	Brett McCarville	45-46	91
9	Morningside	325
3	Chris Rager	36-37	73
T 36	Austin Vanderhoff	41-42	83
T 36	Ryan Benes	38-45	83
T 46	Brandon Morehead	44-42	86
T 50	Andrew Martin	41-48	89
10	Concordia	327
T 9	Garrett Rathke	41-36	77
T 23	John Zilm	39-41	80
T 40	Mike Kulzer	41-43	84
T 46	Mike Frates	44-42	86
55	Alex Deeter	47-46	93
11	Doane	336
T 19	Marcus Anderson	40-39	79
T 28	Brandon Wehenkel	41-40	81
T 46	Mark Steskal	44-42	86
T 52	Trevor Rosenberger	45-45	90
T 52	Jon Jessen	46-44	90