DECORAH, Iowa - The Luther College Men's Golf team held off a late surge from Wartburg to earn the programs 10th Iowa Conference Men's Golf Championship. The Norse shot 1,215 over the course of four rounds to beat Wartburg by five strokes. Simpson's
Trent Lindenman won the individual title by 10 shots with a tournament total of 291 (+3) to earn Most Valuable Player honors.
Scott Fjelstul of Luther was named Iowa Conference Coach of the Year for an IIAC record ninth time.
Trent Lindenman led a group of ten to earn All-Iowa Conference honors, he became the first Simpson winner since 2003. Wartburg's
Tanner Randall and Luther's
Elliot Horst tied for second with Randall winning the tie breaker after three holes. There was a four-way tie for fourth place between
Walker Adams of Central,
Michael Canfield of Wartburg, and
Cameron Shere of Dubuque. Adams won the tie breaker with Canfield in two holes. Shere was eliminated after the first hole. Shere shot the lowest round of the championships with a 70 on Saturday.
Hunter Giesselmann of Wartburg finished with a 303 for seventh place. Luther's
Peter Kephart was eighth at 306.
Joe Fewer of Luther won the tie breaker versus
Peter Leinenweber of Loras to break the nine/tenth place tie.
Lindenman and Canfield earned their third All-Iowa Conference honor. Lindenman had finished in tenth the previous two championships. Canfield was sixth in 2015 and tenth in 2014. Horst picks up his second All-IIAC honor after taking seventh in 2014. Adams, Shere, and Fewer made the most of their Iowa Conference Championships debuts earnings all-conference in their first time playing in the event.
The win earns Luther the right to represent the IIAC and travel to Rochester, NY for the NCAA Division III Championships on May 10-13. The lowest team round of the championships belongs to Dubuque in Round 4 with a 294. The Spartans were led by Shere's 70 and
Chance Manternach's 71. Simpson sent head coach Jason Marvelli out on the right foot with a third place finish, the highest for the Storm since 2007. Marvelli announced he was stepping down after eight years.
