2005-2006
MATCH RECAPS
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MAY
16-19:
NAIA
CHAMPIONSHIPS
OLATHE,
Kan. - University of St. Francis senior
Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena,
IL) fired a third-round score of
79, his best outing in three days, but
failed to advance to the fourth and
final round of the NAIA Men's Golf Championship
at Prairie Highlands Golf Course.
Bradbury,
who struggled the first two days with
rounds of 81 and 84, finished at 28-over
par for the three days. He was one of
four individual players in the field
of 144 that included 28 teams.
Bradbury
earned his spot in the NAIA national
field by winning medalist honors last
October at the NAIA Region VII Championships.
He is the first USF individual to ever
qualify for the national tournament.
The Saints have previously sent teams
to the national meet.
APRIL
24:
ELMHURST
INVITATIONAL
OAK
BROOK, Ill. -- Martin Bozek (Stagg
HS/Hickory Hills, IL) fired a two-under
par 70 to capture medalist honors and
lead University of St. Francis to a
second-place finish in the eight-team
Elmhurst Invitational at Oak Brook Golf
Club on Monday.
The
Saints' team total of 319 put them 11
strokes behind host Elmhurst College.
In addition to Bozek's 70 (37-33),
USF's Jon Zolecki (Minooka HS/Channahon,
IL) shot a 77 (42-35), Ben Bradbury
(Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena, IL) carded
an 81 (44-37) and Andrew Nelson (Crete-Monee
HS/Crete, IL) finished with a 91
(42-49). USF's fifth player, Sean
Koch (Shepard HS/Crestwood, IL),
had to withdraw when class commitments
prevented his getting to the Oak Brook
Golf Club before his scheduled tee time.
Elmhurst
won the team title with all four of
its players shooting 78 or less.
APRIL
21-22:
ILLINOIS
WESLEYAN INVITATIONAL
NORMAL,
Ill. -- University of St. Francis shared
the first-round lead at 294 with Millikin
on Friday but slipped to a 302 in Saturday's
second round to finish in a three-way
tie for second in the 20-team Illinois
Wesleyan Invitational.
Nine
of the 10 individual rounds fired by
USF players were in the 70's. Junior
Martin Bozek (Stagg HS/Hickory Hills,
IL) had the Saints' best two-day
total of 145 (72-73) and finished in
a three-way tie for second place just
one stroke behind medalist Corey Choate
of Millikin. Senior Ben Bradbury
(Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena, IL) notched
the Saints' best round with a first-day
score of 71 and finished at 147 (71-76),
tying for eighth place individually.
Juniors Jon Zolecki (Minooka HS/Channahon,
IL), Sean Koch (Shepard HS/Crestwood,
IL) and Grant Garza (Lockport
HS/Lockport, IL) rounded out the
Saints' team card. Zolecki tied
for 22nd with a total of 151 (74-77),
Koch tied for 43rd at 155 (79-76)
and Garza tied for 75th with
a mark of 160 (77-83).
The
Saints and Millikin led Carthage (WI)
and host Illinois Wesleyan by a single
stroke after Friday's play. Millikin
snapped the tie with a 298 on Saturday,
while the Saints fell to 302 and joined
Saint Ambrose (IA) and Carthage in a
three-way tie for second.
APRIL
18:
ST.
FRANCIS SPRING INVITATIONAL
JOLIET,
Ill. -- University of St. Francis took
four of the top five individual slots
and was the only team to crack the 300
mark in capturing the title of the Saints'
own St. Francis Spring Invitational
on Tuesday at Wedgewood Golf Course.
Juniors
Grant Garza (Lockport HS/Lockport,
IL) and Jon Zolecki (Minooka
HS/Channahon, IL) led all scorers
with 18-hole rounds of even-par 72,
each firing 36's on the front and back
nines. Garza earned medalist
honors in the tie-breaker.
Illinois
Central's Derek Loy was one shot back
at 73, followed closely by USF senior
Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena,
IL) and junior Sean Koch (Shepard
HS/Crestwood, IL) who each carded
74's.
The
Saints' team total of 292 was nine strokes
better than runnerup Illinois Central
who finished at 301. Rock Valley CC
was third at 309, with Coe (IA) College
and Robert Morris tying for fourth at
314.
APRIL
14-15:
WESTERN
ILLINOIS INVITATIONAL
MACOMB,
Ill. -- Junior Martin Bozek (Stagg
HS/Hickory Hills, IL) fired three
rounds in the 70's and tied for 32nd
individually to lead University of St.
Francis to a 10th-place finish in the
13-team Western Illinois Invitational
at the Harry Mussato Golf Course.
Bozek
was the lone Saint to break 80 in all
three rounds of the tourney. Junior
Jon Zolecki (Minooka HS/Channahon,
IL) narrowly missed that mark when
he fired an 81 in the third round after
shooting 77 and 75 in the first two
sets of 18 holes. Zolecki finished
the tourney with a score of 233, just
two strokes behind Bozek's 231.
USF's
lowest round of the tourney was a 73
shot by senior Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way
HS/Mokena, IL) in the second round.
Bradbury sandwiched that one-over
par score with rounds of 82 and 80 and
completed the tourney with a score of
235.
Junior
Sean Koch (Shepard HS/Crestwood,
IL) was the Saints' fourth scorer
with a total of 239 (80-82-77). Junior
Casey Fraher (Pontiac HS/Odell, IL)
finished the three rounds with a total
of 266 (88-86-92).
Host
Western Illinois won the tournament
with a team score of 862, followed by
Indian Hills Community College (882)
and Saint Ambrose (892).
OCTOBER
17-18:
NAIA
REGION VII CHAMPIONSHIP
PEORIA,
Ill. --- Unuiversity of St. Francis
senior Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way
HS/Mokena, IL) captured medalist
honors and was named NAIA Region VII
Player of the Year after firing a one-under
par, 36-hole total of 143 at the NAIA
Region Championship meet at Weaver Ridge
Golf Club.
Bradbury’s
outstanding performance helped the Saints
to a sixth-place finish in the 10-team
field. USF finished 21 strokes behind
champion St. Ambrose IA.
Bradbury’s
effort earned him a spot in the field
at next Spring’s NAIA Championship
to be held May 16-19, 2006, at Prairie
Highlands Golf Club in Olathe, Kan.
"Ben
really played some great golf for us,"
said USF head coach Paul Downey.
"His overall play for the two days
was fantastic."
"His
second shot (on the par 5, 535-yard
18th hole) was one of the best shots
out of the rough area that I had ever
seen under pressure," continued
Downey. "He just hit a wedge
shot 160 yards to the middle of the
green and then two-putted for birdie
to win it."
The
medalist honors add to a long list of
accomplishments for Bradbury,
the lone senior on USF’s roster.
He is a three-time first-team All-Northern
Illinois Intercollegiate Golf Conference
selection and was second-team this year.
He earned medalist honors at the conference
championship as a sophomore and junior.
He will be making his first trip to
the national tournament.
In
addition to Bradbury’s performance,
the Saints also got strong efforts from
juniors Martin Bozek (Stagg HS/Hickory
Hills, IL) and Jon Zolecki (Minooka
HS/Channahon, IL). Bozek
fired rounds of 74 and 76 for a two-day,
six-over par total of 150. Zolecki
finished at eight over par 152 with
rounds of 80 and 72.
Junior
Grant Garza (Lockport HS/Lockport,
IL) shot a 158 (82-76) and junior
Sean Koch (Shepard HS/Crestwood,
IL) posted a 165 (80-85) to round
out the Saints’ scoring.
NOTES:
Bradbury won medalist honors by
a single stroke over Aaron Tank of Mount
Mercy IA and Jeremy Danilson of Grand
View IA ... Bradbury’s birdie
on the 18th hole of the second round
proved to be decisive ... St. Ambrose
cruised to the team title with all five
players shooting four-over par or better
for the two days of competition.
OCTOBER
6:
NORTHERN
ILLINOIS INTERCOLLEGIATE GOLF CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONSHIP
JOLIET,
Ill. --- Junior Martin Bozek’s
(Stagg HS/Hickory Hills, IL) two-over
par 73 led five Saints with rounds of
79 or better as University of St. Francis
continued its domination of the Northern
Illinois Intercollegiate Golf Conference
by winning the league’s tournament
and regular season championships at
Inwood Golf Course in Joliet.
Bozek
placed second overall, trailing only
conference medalist Adam Placko of Robert
Morris who fired a 72. USF’s Grant
Garza (Lockport HS/Lockport, IL)
placed fifth with a 76 and junior Jon
Zolecki (Minooka HS/Channahon, IL)
tied for sixth with a 77. Kyle Bullock
(Bradley-Bourbonnais HS/Bradley, IL)
and Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way
HS/Mokena, IL) tied for ninth with
79’s. Their scores were critical
as the top four scorers for both USF
and Robert Morris presented a tie for
first place at 305. The lower fifth-player
score broke the tie. One of the two
USF 79’s counted as the fourth
score and the other broke the tie with
Robert Morris as the Eagles’ fifth
score was an 85.
The
Saints have won 14 NIIGC titles since
1982 and have taken seven of the last
eight. In addition, USF has won eight
league tournament championships and
six of the last seven.
USF
completes the Fall portion of its 2005-06
schedule at the NAIA Region VII Championship
Tournament in Peoria on Oct. 17-18.
NOTES:
Bozek and Zolecki earned
first-team all-NIIGC honors, while Bullock,
Bradbury and Garza all
were recognized as second-team all-NIIGC
... Bozek is in his first year
at USF but for Zolecki it marks
his third straight first-team honors
... Bullock redshirted last year
in his first season at USF so he, too,
is a first-time honoree ... Garza
and Bradbury were first-team
all-league last year ... Bozek
has had the hot hand for USF this week
...On Monday, he earned medalist honors
at the North Central College tourney
with an even-par 72.
OCTOBER
3:
NORTH
CENTRAL COLLEGE FALL GOLF INVITATIONAL
NAPERVILLE,
Ill. --- Junior Martin Bozek (Staff
HS/Hickory Hills, IL) captured medalist
honors with an even-par 72 to lead University
of St. Francis to a second-place finish
in the five-team North Central College
Fall Golf Invitational Monday at Cress
Creek Country Club.
Rival
Robert Morris College edged out the
Saints for the team title. The Eagles
compiled a score of 311 while the Saints
fired a composite score of 317.
Bozek
earned top honors by finishing one stroke
ahead of both Chris Myers of Robert
Morris and Kyle Mann of Elmhurst.
Other
USF scorers included seniors Ben
Bradbury (Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena, IL)
and Rob Martin (Morris HS/Morris,
IL) who each shot 79, junior Sean
Koch (Shepard HS/Crestwood, IL)
who finished with an 80 and junior Kyle
Bullock (Bradley-Bourbonnais HS/Bradley,
IL) who posted a 92.
NOTES: Bozek’s
72 was his second-lowest round of the
Fall season ... He fired a 70 in the
USF/Lewis Univesity Challenge on Sept.
7 at Wedgewood Golf Course in Joliet
... It also marked the first time in
Bozek’s inaugural season
at USF that he has won medalist honors
... Martin fired his sixth sub-80
round of the Fall in as many tries ...
Junior Jon Zolecki (Minooka HS/Channahon,
IL), the Saints’ No. 1 player
this Fall, did not play in the meet
... The Saints are now 48-16-1 overall
and 14-2-1 against Northern Illinois
Intercollegiate Golf Conference opponents
... The two losses and one tie in conference
were both against Robert Morris ...
The Saints are 3-2-1 versus Robert Morris
for the season.
SEPTEMBER
28:
UNIVERSITY
OF ST. FRANCIS INVITATIONAL
JOLIET,
Ill. --- University of St. Francis had
all four players shoot 76 or better
to match a 2005 Fall season team-low
score of 294 and capture the title in
the University of St. Francis Invitational
at Inwood Golf Course on Wednesday.
Senior
Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena,
IL) and junior Kyle Bullock (Bradley-Bourbonnais
HS/Bradley, IL) shared individual
medalist honors after each Saint fired
a one-over par 72. Junior Martin
Bozek (Stagg HS/Hickory Hills, IL)
carded a three-over par 74 and junior
Grant Garza (Lockport HS/Lockport,
IL) finished with a 76. Junior Jon
Zolecki (Minooka HS/Channahon, IL) was
disqualified and did not post a score.
The
Saints finished 10 strokes ahead of
Northern Ilinois Intercollegiate Golf
Conference rival Robert Morris who placed
second in the six-team field with a
score of 304. Three more NIIGC teams
followed with Aurora in third at 316,
Olivet Nazarene in fourth at 320 and
Indiana-Northwest in fifth at 333. Calumet
(IN) completed the scoring at 358.
USF
now stands 45-15-1 in overall competition
this Fall. The Saints are 14-1-1 against
NIIGC teams, losing once to Robert Morris
and tying the Eagles on one other occasion.
The
Saints play at the North Central College
Invitational in Naperville next Monday,
Oct. 3.
NOTES:
USF’s team total of 294 matched
previous efforts at the USF/Lewis University
Challenge at Wedgewood Golf Course in
Joliet on Sept. 7 and at the Saint Ambrose
Invitational on Sept. 2 ... This marked
the third time in seven events that
a USF player or players have earned
medalist honors ... Bullock’s
round of 72 was his lowest of the Fall
season, while Bradbury matched
his best round of the Fall (a 72 at
Wedgewood against Lewis on Sept. 7)
... The meet at North Central next Monday
is the final tuneup prior to the NIIGC
Championship meet to be held at Inwood
Golf Course on Oct. 6.
SEPTEMBER
20:
UNIVERSITY
OF ST. FRANCIS FALL CLASSIC
JOLIET,
Ill. --- Knox College took top team
honors and University of St. Francis’
Gold team tied for third just four strokes
back in the USF Fall Classic played
at Wedgewood Golf Course on Tuesday.
USF’s Brown team finished in seventh
place, just seven strokes behind the
Saints’ top team.
Iowa
Wesleyan’s Adam Lindsay captured
medalist honors with an impressive round
of 66 and was the only player to better
par on the par 72 layout. USF junior
Grant Garza (Lockport HS/Lockport,
IL) was one of three players to
shoot even-par 72 and tie for second
place. Saints’ junior Jon Zolecki
(Minooka HS/Channahon, IL) was in
a group at 73 and tied for fifth spot.
Knox
took team honors with a final score
of 297. Danville Area Community College
was second at 299 and USF matched Northern
Illinois Intercollegiate Golf Conference
rival Robert Morris’ 301 for third
place. Knox finished first thanks to
a pair of 72’s, a 75 and and a
78 among its four low scorers.
In
addition to Garza and Zolecki,
USF’s Gold team posted a 77 from
junior Sean Cook (Shepard HS/Crestwood,
IL), a 79 from senior Ben Bradbury
(Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena, IL) and
an 81 from junior Martin Bozek (Stagg
HS/Hickory Hills, IL).
The
USF Brown team was paced by senior Rob
Martin (Morris HS/Morris, IL) who
carded a 76. Junior Jayson Povalish
(Reed-Custer HS/Braidwood, IL) and
sophomore Andrew Nelson (Crete-Monee
HS/Crete, IL) each fired rounds
of 77. Junior Kyle Bullock (Bradley-Bourbonnais
HS/Bradley, IL) finished with a
78 and junior Scot Stewart (Reed-Custer
HS/Braidwood, IL) shot an 81.
The
Saints play next on Sept. 28 when they
play host to the University of St. Francis
Invitational at Inwood Golf Course in
Joliet.
NOTES:
Koch (77) and Povalish
(77) each fired season-low rounds at
Wedgewood ... Martin (76) and
Nelson (77) matched their low
rounds of the Fall season ... Stewart
played in his first competitive round
of the season ... The USF Brown team
finished higher than three other NIIGC
entrants -- Olivet Nazarene, Indiana-Northwest
and Rockford College ... Tuesday’s
play marked the fourth time this Fall
that USF has run into NIIGC rival Robert
Morris and the two teams tied for third
place ... USF defeated Robert Morris
at the Robert Morris Invitational and
at the Mount Mercy Classic but lost
to the Eagles in the season-opening
Aurora University Invitational ... Only
a total of nine strokes separate the
Saints (1527) and the Eagles (1536)
over those four competitions, which
include five rounds of golf.
SEPTEMBER
17-18:
MOUNT
MERCY COLLEGE NORTH COUNTRY CLASSIC
MARION,
Iowa -- University of St. Francis placed
ninth out of 20 teams in the two-day
Mt. Mercy College Invitational Sept.
17-18 at Hunters Ridge Golf Course.
The
USF men shot a 312 on Saturday and lowered
their score to 305 on Sunday for a two-round
total of 617, 26 strokes behind team
champion St. Ambrose (IA). Northern
Illinois Intercollegiate Golf Conference
rival Robert Morris College finished
right behind USF in 10th place with
a team score of 619.
Senior
Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena,
IL) led the Saints with a two-day
total of 149 (77-72) and tied for 14th
in the tournament. His even-par 72 on
Sunday was the Saints’ lowest individual
round of the weekend.
Junior
Martin Bozek (Stagg HS/Hickory Hills,
IL) was next for USF with a score
of 151 (76-75), followed by junior Jon
Zolecki (Minooka HS/Channahon, IL)
who shot 153 (76-77), junior Sean
Koch (Shepard HS/Crestwood, IL)
who posted a 169 (83-86) and junior
Kyle Bullock (Bradley-Bourbonnais
HS/Bradley, IL) who carded a 172
(91-81).
NOTES:
Bradbury’s even-par round
of 72 was the lowest of the weekend
for the Saints ... It matched Bradbury’s
best round of the season, a 72 he fired
in the USF/Lewis University Challenge
back on Sept. 7 ... Zolecki’s
76 on Saturday snapped a string of three
straight rounds in which he had equalled
or bettered par ... Bozek tied
for 18th at Mt. Mercy with his rounds
of 76 and 75 ... He is now averaging
75.5 per round for the season, second
only on the team to Zolecki’s
mark of 72.3 ... The team scores of
312 and 305 for the two days at Mt.
Mercy marked the two highest totals
of the young season for USF.
SEPTEMBER
12:
ROBERT
MORRIS COLLEGE INVITATIONAL
WAUKEGAN,
Ill. --- University of St. Francis improved
its season mark to 19-5 overall and
7-1 in the Northern Illinois Intercollegiate
Golf Conference with an impressive first-place
finish in the Robert Morris College
Invitational at Bonnie Brook Golf Course
on Monday.
The Saints avenged an early-season setback
to the hosts by compiling a score of
306, eight strokes better than runner-up
Robert Morris.
USF was led once again by junior Jon
Zolecki (Minooka HS/Channahon, IL),
who earned medalist honors with an even
par 72. Junior Kyle Bullock (Bradley-Bourbonnais
HS/Bradley, IL) shot a career-best
74 and placed second overall. Senior
Rob Martin (Morris HS/Morris, IL)
checked in next for USF with a 79 and
senior Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way
HS/Mokena, IL) and junior Martin
Bozek (Stagg HS/Hickory Hills, IL)
rounded out the Saints’ scoring
with a pair of 81s.
USF’s team toal of 306 topped fellow
NIIGC members Robert Morris (314), Olivet
Nazarene (336) and Rockford (366). Indiana
Northwest also competed but only fielded
three players and did not post a team
score.
NOTES:
Zolecki’s even-par round
of 72 marked the third straight round
in which he has equalled or bettered
par ... Bullock’s 74 was
a collegiate career best, eclipsing
his 76 set just last Wednesday (Sept.
7) in the USF/Lewis University Challenge
... USF placed second to Robert Morris
in the season-opening Aurora University
Invitational back on Sept. 1. RMC topped
the Saints by a single stroke (302-303)
that day to account for USF’s only
blemish on its NIIGC slate to date ...
USF has dominated conference play of
late, winning the NIIGC title in each
of the past seven seasons and in eight
of the previous nine years ... St. Francis
travels to Marion, Iowa, for the Mount
Mercy College Invitational this coming
weekend (Sept. 17-18).
SEPTEMBER
7:
USF/LEWIS
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
JOLIET,
Ill. --- Wednesday’s near-90-degree
temperature was nothing compared to
the heat University of St. Francis brought
to Wedgewood Golf Course in its annual
fall dual match with Lewis University.
Led by junior Jon Zolecki (Minooka
H.S./Channahon, IL), USF scorched
the course, firing a school-record 7-under-par
281 to upend the Flyers, 281-292.
Zolecki’s 4-under 68 marked
the second time in six days that he
accomplished the personal-best feat.
On Friday, at the St. Ambrose University
(IA) Invitational, he shot an identical
round to place third, one stroke behind
the co-medalists.
Zolecki was not the only one
shooting well on Wednesday, either.
Six golfers in all, including each of
USF’s other three scorers, shot
no less than par.
Newcomer Martin Bozek (Stagg H.S./Hickory
Hills, IL) notched a round of 70
for the Saints, while Lewis’ Lloyd
Roth and St. Francis’ Grant
Garza (Lockport H.S./Lockport, IL)
finished with 71s.
Senior Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way
H.S./Mokena, IL) rounded out the
list of red-hot Saints with his 72,
the same total as the Flyers’ Sumeet
Arora.
USF’s round shattered its previous-best
mark, which was a 289.
NOTES:
Bozek, in just three outings as
a member of the Saints, has shown improvement
each time out, topped by his first under-par
card on Wednesday ... Bradbury’s
performance marked the fourth time he
has shot at or below par in his career,
with his best outing coming last fall
when he authored a 71 at the Saint Joseph’s
College (IN) Puma Invitational (Sept.
13) ... Garza matched his all-time
best showing with his 71 on Wednesday.
He initially set that mark at last year’s
season opener, the Olivet Nazarene University
Invitational (Aug. 31) ... Others establishing
new career lows that did not figure
in the team’s scoring against Lewis
were junior Kyle Bullock (Bradley-Bourbonnais
H.S./Bradley, IL) and sophomore
Andrew Nelson (Crete-Monee H.S./Crete,
IL). Bullock’s 76 was
six strokes better than the 82 he recorded
at the 2002 USF Fall Classic (Sept.
23), while Nelson, with his 77,
cut two strokes off his previous-best
79 set at last year’s St. Francis
Invite (Sept. 21) ... Making their USF
debuts on Wednesday were junior Sean
Koch (Shepard H.S./Crestwood, IL)
and freshman David Lohmar (Reed-Custer
H.S./Braidwood, IL). Both players
shot 78.
SEPTEMBER
2:
ST.
AMBROSE
UNIVERSITY (IA) INVITATIONAL
DAVENPORT, Iowa --- A career-best four-under-par
68 by junior Jon Zolecki (Minooka
H.S./Channahon, IL) led University
of St. Francis to a score of 294 and
a fifth-place showing among 16 teams
at the
St. Ambrose University (IA) Invitational
on Friday.
Zolecki’s performance tied
him for third in a field of 86 participants.
Junior Martin Bozek (Stagg H.S./Hickory
Hills, IL) added a 73 for the Saints,
while seniors Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way
H.S./Mokena, IL) and Rob Martin
(Morris H.S./Morris, IL) had rounds
of 76 and 77, respectively
The four teams that finished ahead of
USF - St. Ambrose White (278), St. Ambrose
Blue (282), Grand View College (IA)
(285) and Mt. Mercy College (IA) (287)
- all shot under par, which was 288.
Overall, 12 golfers registered sub-par
scores, including Pat Breitbach of St.
Ambrose White and Mt. Mercy’s Scot
Glasford, who tallied rounds of 67.
NOTES:
Prior to Friday, Zolecki’s
career best for 18 holes was 71, which
is a mark he reached as a freshman IN
2003 ... After shooting a 78 in his
debut Thursday, Bozek shaved
five strokes off that total at St. Ambrose
en route to his round of 73 ... If USF
is to guarantee itself an automatic
bid to the NAIA Championships, it will
have to get past St. Ambrose, Grand
View and Mt. Mercy in the Region VII
Tournament in October.
SEPTEMBER
1:
AURORA
UNIVERSITY NIIGC INVITATIONAL
BRISTOL, Ill. --- To say that University
of St. Francis has dominated the Northern
Illinois Intercollegiate Golf Conference
would be an understatement as the Saints
have captured the league title in each
of the last seven years and in eight
of the previous nine campaigns.
But
despite that success, USF took second
among six teams in the season opener
at the Aurora University NIIGC Invitational
on Thursday.
The
Saints’ team score of 303 was just
one stroke behind the 302 turned in
by champion Robert Morris College.
Junior
Jon Zolecki (Minooka H.S./Channahon,
IL) led the Saints with a round
of 73, which was good for second in
the overall standings.
Seniors
Ben Bradbury (Lincoln-Way H.S./Mokena,
IL) and Rob Martin (Morris H.S./Morris,
IL) shot a 76 to tie for fifth among
the 29 individuals.
Junior
Martin Bozek (Stagg H.S./Hickory
Hills, IL) rounded out USF’s
scoring with his round of 78.
Robert
Morris was paced by medalist Andrew
Lundin (69) and Adam Placko (74).
NOTES: Seeing Zolecki
finish atop the team standings is nothing
new as he either owned or tied for the
Saints’ top score in 13 of 23 rounds
a year ago ... Bozek, a transfer
from Moraine Valley Community College,
made his debut as a Saint on Thursday
... Also competing for USF at the meet
was junior Grant Garza (Lockport
H.S./Lockport, IL), who registered
an 80 ... Before Thursday, Robert Morris
was the last team to beat St. Francis
in a conference meet, edging the Saints
308 to 311 on Sept. 8, 2004.
