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Defending Champ Central Leads After 18 Holes at IIAC Championships

Loras' Sam Herrmann Fires 73, Leads Medalist Race by Three Strokes

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STORM LAKE, IOWA . . . Two-time defending champion Central College, behind four golfers in the top-13, fired a 313 and holds a three-stroke lead over host Buena Vista University after 18 holes at the 2011 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) Men’s Golf Championship.

Loras’ Sam Herrmann, who went off early in the day, posted the low round of the day with a 1-over-par 73. Central’s Justin Livingston and Dubuque’s Eric Wolfe are both three strokes back at 4-over 76. Livingston and Wolfe played in the day’s final threesome. Loras’ Joe Leibfried and Simpson’s Matt Spaulding are tied for fourth place after 18 holes after firing 77s.

Behind Buena Vista (316) sits Loras (319), Dubuque (320), Luther (324), Simpson (328), and Coe (329).

The IIAC Championship continues on Sunday at Lake Creek Country Club near Storm Lake. Tee times begin at 10 a.m. with players from Central, Buena Vista, and Loras. The second wave consisting of players from Dubuque, Luther, and Simpson will go off at approximately 10:50 a.m., followed by players from Coe, Wartburg, and Cornell beginning at approximately 11:40 a.m.

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