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Dunsire Finishes In Top Ten at Saint Mary’s Invitational

Huskies Wrap Up Fall With Eighth Place Showing

Tommy Dunsire
Scott Walstrom, NIU

Men's Golf | November 2

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – The Northern Illinois University men's golf team wrapped up its fall slate Wednesday with an eighth-place finish at the Saint Mary's Invitational, hosted by Saint Mary's at Poppy Hills Golf Club.
 
Graduate Student Tommy Dunsire (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) posted his second top-10 finish of the year. Dunsire tied for ninth place with a 54-hole score of one-over par 214. He opened the tournament Monday with an even par round of 71. On Tuesday, Dunsire carded a 73 which put him in a tie for 15th at two-over par. His best round of the week came in the final round, leading the Huskies with a one-under par 70. Dunsire was one-over par on the day with five holes to play and birdied his 16th and his final hole to finish in the red and move six spots up the leaderboard.
 
Campbell Wolf (Mechanicsburg, Pa./ETSU) had his best finish of the season this week, tying for 22nd at five-over par. The graduate student had back-to-back rounds of 73 to open the tournament, then moved up five spots Wednesday with a one-over par 72.
 
NIU was in eighth place after the first round with a team score of five-over par 289. Zach Place (Roselle, Ill./Lake Park) and Ian Bruchhauser (Temecula, Calif./Great Oak) rounded out NIU's scoring group on Monday, adding to Dunsire's 71 and Wolf's 73 with rounds of 72 and 73 respectively. The Huskies fell back to 10th on Tuesday but got back up to eighth on Wednesday with a team score of six-over 290. Ben Sluzas (Lockport, Ill./Lockport) had his best round of the week in the final round with a two-over 73, helping NIU get back into the top ten.
 
San Diego won the tournament over #18 Colorado State, with the host Gaels in third. NIU finished two strokes ahead of UTSA for ninth and four ahead of Washington State in tenth.
 
The Huskies open their spring season March 20-21, 2023 at the Missouri State Intercollegiate.
 
NIU Results (Par 71)
T-9: Tommy Dunsire (71-73-70=214)
T-22: Campbell Wolf (73-73-72=218)
T-55: Ian Bruchhauser (73-78-75=226)
T-58: Ben Sluzas (76-78-73=227)
T-69: Zach Place (72-79-79=230)
 
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