April 21, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Northern Illinois men’s golf team concluded its regular season with a 16th-place finish at the Boilermaker Invitational on Sunday Saturday on the Kampen Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Senior Bryce Emory (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) had the best individual finish for the Huskies, tying for 24th.
“It was a tough day, physically and mentally for the Huskies,” said NIU head coach Tom Porten. “We were down a man, Nick Schiavi had some kind of a back injury on his fourth or fifth hole, he played a couple more holes but just couldn’t go, so we were four-court-four.
“On the plus side, Griffin (Bauman) really battled all day, he made some birdies late to come in with a solid 73 to lead us and move up nine spots. Bryce (Emory) snuck into the top-25, so Griffin and Bryce were certainly positives looking ahead to the conference meet.”
Bauman’s 73 was the best round of the day for the Huskies as he finished the tournament with a 54-hole total of 227, tied for 37th after opening the day in a tie for 46th. After a difficult start to the day in which he was five-over through his first six holes, Emory carded a 79 to finish tied for 24th, his third top-25 finish of the season.
With sophomore Nick Schiavi (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) forced to withdraw due to injury, NIU counted and 82 from both senior Kurtis Luedtke (Aurora, Ill./West) and senior Greg Pohlmann (Decatur, Ill./Lakeview). Luedtke finished with a three-round 244 and Pohlmann carded a 54-hole total of 253.
The Huskies will return to action on Friday, May 3, when they open play at the Mid-American Conference Championship at Longaberger Golf Club in Nashport, Ohio. The three-day event will continue through Sunday, May 5.
Team Standings
T1. Louisville, +14, 295-292-291 -- 878
T1. Iowa, +14, 290-287-301 -- 878
3. Illinois, +16, 296-287-297 -- 880
4. Purdue, +17, 291-298-292 -- 881
5. Wichita State, +23, 287-297-303 -- 887
T6. Indiana, +25, 297-295-297 -- 889
T6. Kent State, +25, 308-294-287 -- 889
8. Cleveland State, +27, 301-293-297 -- 891
9. Toledo, +30, 303-291-300 -- 894
10. Michigan State, +35, 302-309-288 -- 899
T11. Akron, +47, 299-297-315 -- 911
T11. Creighton, +47, 306-301-304 -- 911
13. Eastern Michigan, +50, 308-302-304 -- 914
14. Loyola-Chicago, +56, 305-307-308 -- 920
15. Miami (Ohio), +63, 316-300-311 -- 927
16. Northern Illinois, +70, 317-301-316 -- 934
17. Drake, +74, 314-316-308 -- 938
18. Chicago State, +219, 384-191-292 -- 867
Huskie Individual Standings
T24. Bryce Emory, +7, 75-69-79 -- 223
T37. Griffin Bauman, +11, 81-73-73 -- 227
T82. Kurtis Luedtke, +28, 83-79-82 -- 244
T86. Greg Pohlmann, +37, 84-87-82 -- 253
W. Nick Schiavi, +14, 78-80-W – W
