OMAHA, Neb. – Forty-three golfers battled through high winds on Wednesday (April 12) as round one of the College of Saint Mary Spring Classic unfolded at Tiburon Golf Club in Omaha, Neb. The Concordia University Women’s Golf team carded a team score of 359 and leads the field of seven teams with one round to be played yet on Thursday. In large part due to the blustery conditions, not a single golfer cracked the 70s in round one of the tournament.
Head Coach Brett Muller’s squad is hoping to fend off four fellow GPAC teams and two other in-state foes at the CSM Classic. Heading into round two, the Bulldogs lead Northwestern (360), CSM (370), Nebraska Wesleyan (381), Hastings (390), Doane (407) and Peru State (417).
Individually, Concordia freshman Emery Custer has positioned herself for a chance at a tournament championship. With a 14-over-par 86 on Wednesday, Custer is just two strokes off co-leaders Mackenzie Loseke of Hastings and Claire Yunag of Northwestern. Custer is joined in the top 10 of the tournament leaderboard by teammates Logan Eschliman (89; 7th) and Mya Nurse (90; T-8th). Lauren Havlat resides just outside the top 10 after shooting a 94.
The team scoring average entering the event sat at 352.9. Havlat (85.3), Custer (86.4) and Nurse (87.1) own the Bulldogs’ top individual scoring averages.
Concordia round one scores (par 72):
T3. Emery Custer: 86
7. Logan Eschliman: 89
T8. Mya Nurse: 90
14. Lauren Havlat: 94
T32. Sarah Wilson: 105
35. Ashley Gerczynski: 108
T40. Ericka Kroeker: 116
Round two in Omaha will get underway with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. CT on Thursday. Once the tournament is in the books, the Bulldogs will have just one event remaining, the Bent Tree Intercollegiate Showcase (April 17-18), prior to the GPAC Championships (May 1-2). The CSM Spring Classic can be followed live via Golf Genius (GGID of CSM2023).