South Bend, Ind. — The Aquinas College golf teams competed Friday and Saturday (Apr. 12-13) in the Pilot Invitational hosted by Bethel at the Blackthorn Golf Club. After both days of competition the women secured second place with a day two comeback, while the men found the middle of the pack with fifth.
Matt Denhartigh shoots best overall by securing the individual win in a playoff clinch.
Women:
The women's team showed great resilience and drive during this competition as they were seeded in fourth after day one. Day two saw the Saints drop their swings by 32, securing second place by eight swings. Host Bethel took the victory as they shot an impressive +53 overall.
Here are how the girls shot individually:
(T6)
Jayda Kerns 173 (89+84).
(9th)
Brooke Kalisz 178 (93+85).
(T12)
Zoey Quinn 182 (93+89).
(16th)
Emma Franklin183 (99+84).
(T20)
Maddie Schense 193 (101+92).
Here are how the teams did overall:
| Day One Placing |
Day Two Placing |
Team |
Day One Total Score |
Day Two Total Score |
Combined Score |
Course Difference |
| 1 |
1 |
Bethel |
322 |
307 |
629 |
+53 |
| 4 |
2 |
Aquinas |
374 |
342 |
716 |
+140 |
| 3 |
3 |
Cornerstone |
365 |
359 |
724 |
+148 |
| 2 |
4 |
St. Francis |
363 |
379 |
742 |
+166 |
| 5 |
5 |
Holy Cross |
428 |
396 |
824 |
+248 |
Here is what Head Coach
John Konya had to say about the ladies performances today, "The story here is the comeback today! A 32 stroke improvement today, from yesterday's scores, gave us a Runner-Up Finish! That's quite a comeback, and it shows what we are capable of, and the drive to improve. The girls didn't score very well [on day one], but were determined to be respectable when it was over, and they all played a role in this Runner-Up finish, though Emma made the biggest improvement. It's great to see her playing better golf. These girls are trending upwards"!
Men:
On the men side, after day one they found themselves at the middle of pack, but after day two they dropped one position to land in fifth overall. But
Matt Denhartigh shot best for the men while also taking the overall win by winning the tiebreaker playoff.
Here is how the team did individually:
(1st) Denhartigh 148 (76+72).
(T11)
Dominic Luciani 156 (78+78).
(T28)
Anthony Lalomia 166 (84+82).
(41st)
Caleb Blackburn 175 (88+87).
(T45)
Logan Wolters 183 (93+90).
And here are how the teams finished overall:
| Day One Placing |
Day Two Placing |
Team |
Day One Total Score |
Day Two Total Score |
Combined Score |
Course Difference |
| 1 |
1 |
Bethel A |
307 |
301 |
608 |
+32 |
| T2 |
2 |
Cornerstone |
321 |
294 |
615 |
+39 |
| T2 |
3 |
Spring Arbor |
321 |
313 |
634 |
+58 |
| 5 |
4 |
Grace |
328 |
310 |
638 |
+62 |
| 4 |
5 |
Aquinas |
326 |
319 |
645 |
+69 |
| 7 |
6 |
Holy Cross A |
343 |
315 |
658 |
+82 |
| 6 |
7 |
Bethel B |
340 |
320 |
660 |
+84 |
| 8 |
8 |
Holy Cross B |
361 |
340 |
701 |
+125 |
| 9 |
9 |
St. Francis |
372 |
334 |
706 |
+130 |
Here is what Coach Konya had to say about the mens performances today, "The big story is Matt, bringing home the trophy, as the medalist! He and Dom have been knocking on the door, for a few events now, and Matt finally pulled it off in a playoff. He played beautiful golf today, especially in the playoff, where he hit 3 perfect shots to seal the deal! I expect it to be Dom next, as they're super competitive! I'm really happy for Matt"!
Up Next
Both teams return to play on Monday (Apr. 15) at the Ackerman-Allen invitational hosted by Taylor at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.
