EWC wins McCook tournament

Lancer Golfer - Joshua Wiese
Lancer Golfer - Joshua Wiese

The Eastern Wyoming College Lancer men's golf team competed in McCook, NE September 2-3 where they won the tournament with a score of 601. McCook Community College was second with 610.

"It's always great to earn a team win at McCook, especially after going into the second day 1 stroke behind McCook and with a strong region this year," said Coach Zach Smith. "It was nice to play there with 2 days of pleasant weather, which rarely happens for their tournament. We are looking forward to our home tournament this week."

Leading the Lancers was freshman Joshua Wiese, Cape Town, South Africa. He shot 74, 74 – 149 and tied for 4th. Other Lancer scores were as follows:

Brendan Thomas, sophomore, Farmington, UT – 77, 73 – 150, 6th
Conrado Chozas, sophomore, Madrid, Spain – 74, 77 – 151, tied 7th
Oscar Behle, freshman, Hjarup, Sweden – 74, 77 – 151, tied 7th
Tim Van Stiphout, sophomore, Hasselt, Belguim – 72, 80 – 152, tied 9th
Russel Sprecher, sophomore, Casper, WY – 77, 77 – 154, 12th

The Lancers host their home tournament on September 9-10.