MCC Golfers finish in fourth place at Central Wyoming
RIVERTON, Wyo. – The McCook Community College golf team finished fourth in the two-day Central Wyoming Tournament Friday.
MCC came back from a 312 Thursday and was two shots off the pace of the winning Central Wyoming team posting a Friday score of 297, but finished 33 strokes back of the leaders.
"It was a good bounce-back round today and shows more of what we can be capable of," said MCC Coach Tyler Loop.
Central Wyoming had a 14-shot lead after the opening round Thursday and won by 13 shots over second-place Otero Junior College; Eastern Wyoming was third, four shots ahead of MCC.
"A 15-stroke difference between rounds one and two in two tournaments in a row shows we have a mental block in that first round that we need to get fixed, but they are young and still figuring things out," said Loop.
MCC freshmen Matt Grimonprez (Villenuave-d'ascq, France) and Everett Schroeder (Sheboygan, Wis.) tied for team-best scores with 150s, which tied them for sixth place. Grimonprez came back from an 81 in the opening round to shoot a 69 on Friday. That was two shots better than any golfer on the course Friday. Schroeder had rounds of 73 and 77.
Freshman Andrew Brown (Wollongong, Australia) finished with an 11-over par 155, with rounds of 80 and 75.
Zachary Woods (freshman, Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia) shot back-to-back rounds of 78 to finish at 156. Freshman Chance Gambini ( Las Vegas, Nev) came back from an 88 Thursday with a 76 Friday to finish at 164.
The Region IX field will be in Torrington, Wyo. Thursday and Friday for the Eastern Wyoming tournament.
Up-to-date information about MCC golf, including schedules, statistics, rosters and photos can be found on the MCC Athletics website.
TEAM RESULTS AT CENTRAL WYOMING TOURNAMENT
1. Central Wyoming + 12 293-295 – 588
2. Otero JC + 25 307-294 – 601
3. Eastern Wyoming + 29 308-297 – 605
4. McCook CC + 33 312-297 – 609
5. Northeastern JC + 68 320-324 – 644
6. Lamar CC + 75 314-337 – 651
MCC INDIVIDUAL SCORES
T6. Matt Grimonprez + 6 81-69 – 150
T6. Everett Schroeder + 6 73-77 – 150
14. Andrew Brown + 11 80-75 – 155
T15. Zachary Woods + 12 78-78 – 156
27. Chance Gambini + 20 88-76 – 164