April 30, 2005

IOWA CITY, IOWA . . . Behind its first Conference medalist since 1998, Loras College won its first Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) men’s golf Championship in over 50 years. Senior Pete Weber took home the Conference Medalist and Most Valuable Player honors with an Iowa Conference 72-hole Championship record score of two-under-par 286, 11 strokes ahead of Simpson’s Mike Martin.

The title is Loras’ fourth overall and first since 1954. The Duhawks shot a final round 306 at Finkibine Golf Course on Saturday for a 72-hole score of 1206, 11 shots better than runner-up and defending Champion Wartburg. Central finished third with a 1220 followed by Luther (1233) and Simpson (1254).

Weber, the first Duhawk golfer to win an individual Conference title since Tim Davis in 1998, went to the top of the leaderboard after shooting a second round 69 to take a three stroke lead. He extended his lead to six strokes after the third round before shooting a 73 in Saturday’s final round for the winning 11-stroke margin.

Rounding out the top-10, which are designated All-Conference players were: Central’s Nick Grossman (298, 3rd); Wartburg’s Alan Johnson (301, 4th); Loras’ Adam Luehmann (304, 5th after winning playoff); Wartburg’s Kevin Ault (304, 6th after losing playoff); Central’s Jake Pearson (304, 7th after winning playoff); Luther’s Mike Eisele (304, 8th losing playoff); Central’s Brett Meyer (306, 9th); and Buena Vista’s Alex Downing (307, 10th after winning playoff).

Coach of the Year: Loras head coach Denise Udelhofen became the first Duhawk men’s golf coach to be named Iowa Conference Coach of the Year. She led Loras to the team title posting an 11 stroke improvement from its 1217 third-place Championship finish a year ago.

Complete men’s golf Championship results are here.

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