The Pioneers fired a three-day score of 986, 16 shots behind champion Knox College. Monmouth College placed second at 976, while Lawrence University, Carroll College and Ripon College all tied for fourth at 997.

Grinnell's top shooter was Carlos Lu '10 (pictured), who earned all-conference honors by tying for 10th with a 247. He had rounds of 79-88 and 80. Pete Kieselbach '10 tied for 12th with a 248 (75-82-91), R.J. Roewe '09 was 15th with a 250 (86-82-820 and Jeff Kljaich '11 tied for 19th with a 254 (78-91-85).

David Marquardt of Knox was the individual champ with an 8-over-par 224. Marquardt, who led after each of the three rounds, shot 72, 74 and 89.
Final Results

The Pioneers fired a 336 for a two-day total of 648. Knox College is the leader at 632 and Monmouth College is second with a 642.

Grinnell is led by Pete Kieselbach ‘10, who is tied for sixth individually with a two-day total of 13-over-par 157. He has rounds of 75 and 82. Carlos Lu ‘10 is tied for 16th with a 79-88-167, R.J. Roewe ‘09 is tied for 21st at 86-82-168, Jeff Kljaich ‘11 is tied for 24th at 78-91-169, Joe Fox ‘08 is tied for 31st at 80-92-172 and Alex McDonald ‘11 is tied for 40th at 95-84-179.

David Marquardt of Knox maintained his lead with a 2-over-par 146. He has rounds of 72 and 74.

The tourney finishes up Saturday, with the team champ earning a berth in the NCAA Division III National Tournament.
Second Round Results

The Pioneers fired a score of 312 at Aldeen Golf Club in Rockford, Ill., to lead Knox College by three strokes and defending champ Monmouth College by four. The tournament continues Friday and runs through Saturday.

Pete Kieselbach ‘10 (pictured) is tied for second place with a 3-over-par 75, while Jeff Kljaich ‘11 is tied for ninth at 78. Other Pioneers include Carlos Lu ‘10 (tied for 11th at 79), Joe Fox ‘08 (tied for 13th at 80), R.J. Roewe ‘09 (tied for 30th at 86) and Alex McDonald ‘11 (tied for 45th at 95). The individual leader is David Marquardt of Knox, who is at 72.

“Today was a good team day,” said Grinnell coach Brian Jaworski. “As a team we expect everyone to contribute and today we got four good scores, which is all that matters. I like our position because we feel confident and believe in each other since the guys want their scores to contribute toward the team score. We have six guys who are capable of scoring very well and we’ll need all six before this tournament is over.”
First Round Results

The meet begins at 11 a.m. on Thursday and continues through Saturday. Monmouth College won last year's title with a three-day total of 934. Grinnell was fourth at 981.

The Pioneers are coming off a seventh-place finish at last weekend's Scot-Fire Invitational. At that meet, Grinnell was paced by Pete Kieselbach '10, who tied for 12th with a 79, and R.J. Roewe '09, who tied for 37th with an 84.

The Pioneers fired a 334 and were paced by Pete Kieselbach '10, who shot a 39 and 40 for a 7-over-par 79. That tied him for 12th place. Other Pioneers were R.J. Roewe '09 (tied for 37th with a 44-40-84), Jeff Kljaich '11 (tied for 45th with a 43-42-85), Carlos Lu '10 (tied for 50th with a 44-42-86) and Alex McDonald '11 (tied for 64th with a 49-41-90).

As a team, Grinnell shot a 334. The winner was Robert Morris College, which shot a 311 and was paced by individual champion Chris Myers. He had a 74.

Grinnell travels to Rockford, Ill., to compete in the Midwest Conference Championships which run Thursday through Saturday.
Results

The meet is hosted by both Monmouth College on Friday, starting at 10 a.m., with Knox hosting action at 10 a.m. Saturday. Illinois College joins Grinnell, Monmouth and Knox for the meet.

Grinnell is coming off a ninth-place finish at the Community First Credit Union Invitational hosted by Indian Hills Community College. Pete Kieselbach '10 led Grinnell in that meet with a 13th-place finish.

Next weekend the Pioneers head to Aldeen Golf Club in Rockford, Ill., for the 2008 Midwest Conference Championship. The meet runs from May 1-3.

Kieselbach fired a 36-hole score of 75-79-154 to tie with three other golfers. Other Pioneers competing were Joe Fox '08 (tied for 20th with a 77-81-158), Carlos Lu '10 (tied for 35th with a 79-87-166), Alex McDonald '11 (tied for 35th with an 86-80-166), R.J. Roewe '09 (tied for 47th at 82-90-172) and Jeff Klaich '11 (tied for 59th with an 89-98-187).

As a team, Grinnell was ninth with a 658. The champ was the host school, which fired a 585. Taking individual honors was Steven McGlynn of Indian Hills, who shot a 3-under-par 74-67-141.

The Pioneers travel to Galesburg, Ill., this coming weekend to participate in the Midwest Conference South Division Championships hosted by Knox College. Action is slated for Friday and Saturday.
Team Results
Individual Results

Kieselbach fired a two-round score of 157, shooting an 82 on the front nine and 75 on the back. Alex McDonald '11 tied for 37th with an 80-81-161 and R.J. Roewe '09 tied for 56th with an 83-71-164. Others competing for Grinnell were Jeff Kljaich '11 (76th with an 84-89-173) and Carlos Lu '10 (77th with an 85-89-174).

Grinnell tied for 12th in the team standings with a 655. The winner was Gustavus Adolphus College, which had a 606. The individual champ was Nick Profancik of Maryville University. He fired a 139.
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Lu's score helped the Pioneers to a fifth-place finish in the team standings with a 332. Coe College edged Simpson 319-320 for the title.

Lu had a 42 on the front nine and 36 on the back. Pete Kieselbach '10 tied for 11th with a 41-40-81, R.J. Roewe '09 tied for 26th with a 42-43-85, Jeff Klajich '11 tied for 39th at 44-44-88 and Alex McDonald '11 shot 50-45-95 to tie for 60th.

The individual champ was Brett DeNeve of Simpson, who had a 36-38-74.

Grinnell's next action is at the Wartburg Invitational in Waverly on April 12-13.
Meet Results

Kieselbach shot a 75 on Friday and bettered that with a 74 on Saturday. The score tied him for 15th place overall. R.J. Roewe '10 was the next Pioneer in line, as he shot a 77-77-154 to tie for 26th and Carlos Lu '10 had a 77-81-158 to tie for 42nd.

Rounding out the Pioneers were Jeff Kljaich '09 (tied for 64th with an 85-83-168) and Alex McDonald '11 (tied for 70th with an 89-81-190). Justin Smool of host Central won the individual title with a 137. Central was also the team champ with a 560, 30 shots ahead of runner-up Iowa Wesleyan. Grinnell had a 627.

The Pioneers compete in the Simpson College Invitational on Tuesday.
Results

Kieselbach's score, which is tied for 19th overall, helped the Pioneers to eighth place in the team standings as they shot a 314. Host Central leads the 16-team field with a 277, while Iowa Wesleyan is second at 291.

Carlos Lu '10 and R.J. Roewe '09 each carded 77s for Grinnell, tying them for 26th place, Jeff Kljaich '11 is tied for 65th at 85 and Alex McDonald '11 shot an 89 to tie for 75th.

The meet concludes on Saturday.
Day 1 results

Among the returnees are three of the top Pioneer finishers at the 2007 Midwest Conference Championships, including third-place individual Pete Kieselbach '10. Kieselbach was in title contention the entire tourney and finished just four shots off the lead with a three-day total of 231, losing in a playoff for second place. His efforts helped the Pioneers place fourth as a team.

Also back is the Pioneers' second-top shooter from the MWC event, Carlos Lu '10, who shot a 249. Other Grinnell returnees who participated in the meet are R.J. Roewe '09, who had a 258, and Joe Fox '08, who shot 266.

Grinnell kicks off its 2008 campaign at the Central Dutch Classic in Pella on March 28 and 29.

The Grinnell College men's golf team finished eighth at the Ryerson Fall Classic hosted by Central College over the weekend in Pella.

The Pioneers had a team score of 689. Pete Kiseibach led Grinnell with a 160, good for an 18th-place tie. Following him were Carlos Lu (28th with a 165), Alex McDonald (38th with a 180), R.J. Roewe (42nd with a 192) and Joe Fox (43rd with a 194).

Chris Dogill of Indian Hills Gold was the individual champ at 140. Indian Hills Gold was also the team champ at 589.
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"Day three basically turned into a shootout vs. St. Norbert minus what Pete was doing, said Head Coach Brian Jaworski. "He was in medalist mode and his threesome had a different feel than the other groups. But make no mistake about it, we as a team were tied with "Norbert and we wanted to come out on top. The guys responded and I knew we would. This is one-hella-vu TEAM, and we had a good year. Maybe next year will be our GREAT year. Our nucleus is solid and we have some irons in the fire so we'll see how high we can climb in the years to come."

Kieselbach went out in 39 before firing a 38 on the back nine to lead Grinnell. Carlos Lu '10 shot a 79 while R.J. Roewe '09 followed with an 81. Ryan Long '07 and Joe Fox '08 shot rounds of 85 and 89, respectively, as Trek Langenhan '07 rounded out the scores for the Pioneers with a 94.

"Pete is great guy, a super good player, and a classy, competitor, Jaworski added. "For a guy who was playing in his first MWC Championships at a course he has never seen, paired with a two-time MWC Champion on day one and two and still put up three rounds in the 70's was and still is impressive."

Doug Middendorf led wire-to-wire to take the individual championship, finishing with a final round score of 75. David Marquardt shot a low-round of 74 before knocking off Kieselbach on the first playoff hole to finish second.

"Personally, he [Kieselbach] is one of the very best athletes I have ever coached at being fiercely competitive ALL the time and positive 99% of the time," Jaworski said. "He is excellent at playing to his strengths and then his mindset keeps him in the moment. He does his mental homework and comes out to play his game. He's good. He's real good and I am proud that he made a name for himself over the weekend. He wasted no time introducing himself to the MWC and that is important."

The Fighting Scots shot a final round of 309 to take the team title by 19 strokes over 2006 champion, Knox.

"In order to play this golf course well, you must hit many precise shots both in accuracy and distance. Our guys felt good about their play going into the Championships and I think we as a team feel good about what we accomplished--we rated our team performance as a B+."

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Day 2 Results

Carlos Lu '10 followed Kieselbach with a round of 81, while R.J. Roewe '09 responded with a 39 on the back nine after shooting 48 over the first nine holes. Trek Langenhan '07 and Ryan Long '07 shot rounds of 85 and 86, respectively, while Joe Fox '08 rounded out the top scores for Grinnell with an opening round of 91.

Monmouth (311) leads the overall team race by 11 strokes over Knox, while Carroll sits in third at 324. The Pioneers sit in fourth at 328 as St. Norbert rounds out the top five with a score 335.

The Fighting Scots also hold the top individual score as Doug Middendorf fired an opening round of 74 following a 35 on the front nine. Three-time champion Ryan Meier from Knox sits two strokes back after a round of 78.

The Championships continue on Saturday with opening tee-times scheduled for 9:00 a.m.

Day One Results

Pete Kieselbach '10 led Grinnell over the course of the two days with a pair of strong rounds. He opened play on Saturday with a round of 84 before shaving off seven strokes on his Sunday scorecard to finish in a tie for 14th. Teammate Carlos Lu '10 tied with Kieselbach after rounds of 82 and 79, respectively.

Ryan Long '07 was close behind in 16th with a two-day score of 167 as R.J. Roewe '09 turned in a 168 and finished 19th. Trek Langenhan landed a 22nd-place finish after shooting a 172, while Joe Fox '08 rounded out the top scores for the Pioneers with a 182 and a 29th-place finish.

The Prairie Fire also captured the individual champion as Ryan Meier shot a pair of rounds in the low 70's (74 and 71).

The Pioneers look to polish up their game as they take the course this weekend (Friday thru Sunday) in search of a strong finish in the Midwest Conference Championships, hosted by Carroll College at the Aldeen Golf Club in Rockford, Ill. Tee-times for the three-day event are yet to be determined.

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