LADY KNIGHTS & ZAIN, RED RIVER CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!!

Your Lady Knights played in the RRAC/KCAC Conference Championship at Lincoln Park GC in Oklahoma City. The conference tournament was ran by Southwestern College.

A team consisting of Freshmen Fariza Zain, Laura Deleonardis, Daniela Martinez; Junior Carol Galindo and playing in her final conference tournament, Senior Esther Kang ventured to a course they played in the fall to compete against conference foes UT-Brownsville and Texas Wesleyan.

Starting in windy but warm conditions the First round was a struggle for the Lady Knights as loose shots and even looser putts as they fired a poor opening round of 331 to lie 4 shots off the lead set by Texas Wesleyan.

Led by another solid round by the in-form Fariza Zain who fired 74 to lead the field.

Coach Belfield "Highly disappointing first round, we came in here with high expectations to not only win but dominate. Our putting today was as bad as I have ever seen it. We didn't do a good enough job of grinding out a score and as a result Texas Wesleyan are beating us. There is not a doubt in my mind however that we will come through tomorrow".

The second round started in frigid conditions as the temperature had plummeted 40* from the previous day! Wind, sleet and rain didn't help the day get any warmer!

The Lady Knights again started off sluggish and were behind after the front 9 but superb back nines from Laura Deleonardis and Daniela Martinez as well as the round of the day from Senior Esther Kang helped the Lady Knights pull away on the back nine and end up with a comfortable 18 shot win! Fariza Zain won the individual conference title by 2 strokes!

Coach Belfield "We have played in some miserable conditions this semester but this round trumps the lot! It was terrible out there! The front nine was a bit of a disaster, Fariza and Esther turned ok but the other 3 were struggling. Laura and Daniela turned their rounds completely around however firing Even and +2 respectively.

The star of the day though was Esther who fired the lowest round of the day! It was great to see her step up as a senior and make sure this wasn't her last tournament! It was also fantastic to see Fariza pick up her first collegiate win, she has put in work in the right areas of her game it was great to see her take the W.

We have a ton of work to do before Nationals, but we are looking forward to heading up to Nebraska and competing against the elite teams!"

Led by Fariza Zain 1st with 74-79, Esther Kang (5th 84-76), Daniela Martinez & Laura Deleonardis (T12th 86-83 & 87-82) and Carol Galindo (15th 87-84).

RESULTS!!

Knights Golf sign British Standout!

Head Coach Ben Belfield would like to announce the signing of

Steven Anderson for the 2013/14 season.

Steven is from the Channel Islands, UK and is currently an active participant for his county team.

Steven has played in a number of national tournaments, including the Carris Trophy.

 

 

Coach Belfield "I am extremely pleased to have signed Steven. He stands tall at 6ft 3" and has shown that he can play really solid golf!

He is off the main Island at home which has left him a bit under the radar. I am really looking forward to seeing how much he can progress when he is surrounded by good players! Steven impressed me with his desire to get better and his work ethic, he truly wants to find out how good he can be!

I look forward to seeing how much he can get out of himself over the next 4 years!"

Knights move to 14th in latest Golf World Poll

(NEW YORK, NY)—The latest Golf World/Nike Golf NAIA College Coaches’ Poll has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, Nike Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The complete results, including results from Divisions I, II, III and NJCAA will appear in the April 22, 2013 issue of Golf World and are live now:  

Texas Wesleyan claimed eight of the nine available first-place votes to hold on to its No. 1 ranking in the latest Golf World/Nike Golf men's NAIA coaches' poll. The Rams have won five team titles during the 2012-13 season and haven't finished outside the top four in their eight tournament starts.

Oklahoma City and CSU-San Marcos remained No. 2 and 3 in the poll. Rounding out the top five are the University of the Cumberlands and Our Lady of the Lake.

New to the top 25: Faulkner, which tied for No. 20 and No. 24 Concordia (Ore.)

Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches’ Poll

April 22, 2013 Issue

NAIA

Rank    Team                                                             Points       Last

1.            Texas Wesleyan (8)                                 215              1

2.            Oklahoma City (1)                                   214              2

3.            CSU-San Marcos                                        200              3

4.            U. of the Cumberlands                            194              10

5.            Our Lady of the Lake                               175              8

6.            Johnson & Wales                                       168              6

7.            Lee                                                                   159              4

8.            Grand View                                                  149              17

9.            The Master’s College                                147              12

10.          Bellevue                                                        135              5

11.          College of Coastal Georgia                     112              7

12.          William Woods                                          108              14

13.          British Columbia                                       105              9

14.          Northwood (Texas)                                 103              11

15.          Wayland Baptist                                        100              13

16.          USC-Beaufort                                              95                 16

17.          Oklahoma Baptist                                     76                 18

18.          Webber International                             66                 25

19.          Ashford                                                         47                 23

20.          Faulkner                                                       44                 NR

                Lindsey Wilson                                          44                 20

22.          Northwestern (IA)                                   42                 15

23.          Northwood (Fla.)                                     37                 24

24.          Concordia (Ore.)                                       33                 NR

25.          Marian U.-Indianapolis                           28                 21

Also receiving votes: Bethany (Kan.), 16; Holy Cross College, 16; SCAD Savannah, 16; Victoria, 14; Rogers State, 12; Davenport, 11; Southern Wesleyan, 11; Southeastern, 10; AIB College of Business, 9; Evangel, 9; Taylor, 3; SCAD Atlanta, 1; Thomas, 1.

Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 - Northwood 9th!!

Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 – No. 3

April 12, 2013

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the third-consecutive poll, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) sits atop the 2013 NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Friday. The Bees received 10-of-17 first-place votes for 456 points to earn the No. 1 ranking in the third-regular season edition.

 

SCAD Savannah returned to the course on April 6 when the Bees participated in the Embry-Riddle (Fla.) Bash at the Beach. SCAD Savannah finished third out of 12 teams in that event, led by Alazne Urizar, who finished tied for second after shooting rounds of 76-74 – 150; one stroke behind the winner Patrizia Trevisan of NCAA Division I Bethune-Cookman (Fla.).

 

Moving up two spots to No. 2 is Oklahoma City, who received four first-place votes and 439 points. The Stars finished second in the Kangaroo Invitational hosted by NCAA Division I Missouri-Kansas City. Oklahoma City shot rounds of 301-303-319 for a total of 923, four strokes behind the winner. Holding steady at No. 3 is Cal State San Marcos with one first-place vote and 434 points. The Cougars participated in the NCAA Division II Sonoma State (Calif.) Spring Invitational and finished in second-place with a team total of 956 (318-318-320).

 

Coming in tied at No. 4 is William Woods (Mo.) and Lubbock Christian (Texas). Both teams received one first-place vote and tallied 427 points. William Woods took first-place in both events it participated in over this past week. On April 2, William Woods won its own tournament, the Owls Invitational. The Owls finished the week with a victory at the Washington (Mo.) University Spring Invitational on April 5-7. Lubbock Christian finished fifth in the Dallas Baptist (Texas) Invitational on April 2. The Chaps shots rounds of 316-300 – 616 during the two day event.

Three schools made the biggest move this week, Oklahoma City, Bethel (Ind.) and Bellevue (Neb.), jumping two spots in the poll. Cumberland (Tenn.) slid the farthest falling four positions.

 

Joining the Top 25 this week is No. 23 William Penn (Iowa) and No. 25 Oklahoma Baptist. William Penn took second in the Ashford (Iowa) Spring Invitational on April 6. The Statesmen were lead by Maggie Yong, who tied for second-place after shooting rounds of 79-80 – 159, one stroke behind the winner. Oklahoma Baptist finished third in the Oklahoma Baptist Spring Invitational on April 8. Whitney Manley led the Bison with rounds of 82-76 – 158 for a fifth-place finish.

On the other end of the spectrum, Mobile (Ala.) (No. 24) and Grand View (Iowa) (No. 25) fell out of the poll.

 

2013 NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3

RANK	LAST	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (10)	456
2	4	Oklahoma City (4)	439
3	3	Cal State San Marcos (1)	434
4	5	William Woods (Mo.) (1)	427
4	2	Lubbock Christian (Texas) (1)	427
6	6	British Columbia	385
7	7	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	382
8	8	Lee (Tenn.)	359
9	9	Northwood (Texas)	340
10	9	Northwood (Fla.)	334
11	11	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	323
12	12	Victoria (B.C.)	288
13	13	South Carolina Beaufort	285
14	14	Cumberlands (Ky.)	278
15	17	Bethel (Ind.)	246
16	16	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	235
17	18	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	232
18	20	Bellevue (Neb.)	213
19	15	Cumberland (Tenn.)	196
19	19	Coastal Georgia	196
21	21	Rogers State (Okla.)	153
22	23	Concordia (Ore.)	147
23	RV	William Penn (Iowa)	126
24	21	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	116
25	RV	Oklahoma Baptist	93

Others receiving votes: Mobile (Ala.) 78; Grand View (Iowa) 76; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 73; Westminster (Utah) 22; SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 20; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 18; College of Idaho 17; Texas at Brownsville 11; St. Francis (Ill.) 4; Aquinas (Mich.) 3; Biola (Calif.) 3; Texas Wesleyan 3; Bethel (Tenn.) 3.

NAIA Men’s Golf Top 25 Poll - Northwood 14th!

NAIA Men’s Golf Top 25 Poll – No. 3

April 12, 2013

By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications and Sports Information

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A fourth-place finish at the DBU Classic April 7–9 allowed Texas Wesleyan to maintain its No. 1 for a fourth-straight week in the NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Friday. The Rams were the unanimous selection for the second-straight poll, receiving all 20 first-place votes and 560 points.

Texas Wesleyan, who was competing in an event hosted by NCAA Division II Dallas Baptist (Texas), was the top NAIA team on the leader board with a 54-hole score of 304-295-301—900. Dylan Anthony’s (75-71-74—220) seventh-place finish led the team, while Nathan Anderson (76-73-75—224) finished tied for 13th and Dillon Watkins (75-76-76—227) landed in 24th-place to round out the Ram’s top 25 finishers. Texas Wesleyan’s next event is the 2013 Red River Athletic Conference Championships at the Cypresswood Country Club in Houston, Texas, April 29—30.

The next three of the top five also carried over their exact positions from the March 29 edition. No. 2 Oklahoma City, who received 541 points, beat out nine NCAA Division I squads en route to a third-place finish at the Wallace Jones Invitational at the Calvert Crossing Golf Club in Calhoun, La., April 8—9. As he has done for much of the season, Anthony Marchesani paced the Stars by carding a 72-76-75—223, good for a seventh-place finish. He concluded the event with eight birdies and led the field in par-3 scoring at 2.92 shots per hole.

Third-ranked Cal State San Marcos came in with 519 points despite being idle since finishing runner-up at the Battle at Primm, Nev., March 25—26. The Cougars return to the course on April 29—30 for the Association of Independents Championship in Victoria, Texas.

No. 4 Cumberlands (Ky.) rounds out the quartet with 505 points. A sixth-place (tied) result by Niclas Rigbrandt (74-73—147) led the Patriots to a third-place team finish at the NAIA Classic in Indianapolis, Ind., April 8—9. As a team, Cumberlands finished four strokes off the lead with a 293-300—593.

The only top-five newcomer, No. 5 Johnson & Wales (Fla.) advanced one spot from last edition with 465 points. The Wildcats continued their stellar play this season, overcoming a five-stroke deficit with a second-round 285 to edge Embry-Riddle (Fla.) by two shots en route to their second-straight team title at the Bash at the Beach in Daytona, Fla., April 6—7.

Three teams made significant positive movement within the poll this week, led by No. 19 Faulkner’s (Ala.) four-point jump from No. 23. The Eagles, who are two weeks removed from making their first-ever appearance in the Top 25, won their fourth-straight tournament with a victory at the Natural State Golf Classic in Heber Springs, Ark., April 6. No. 7 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) (previously No. 10) and No. 8 Grand View (Iowa) (previously No. 11) round out the trio with three-spot improvements.
On the flip side, Mount Mercy’s (Iowa) five-spot slide from No. 19 to No. 24 was the largest fall amongst the Top 25.

2012-13 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3 (April 12)

RANK	LAST TIME	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Texas Wesleyan (20)	560
2	2	Oklahoma City	541
3	3	Cal State San Marcos	519
4	4	Cumberlands (Ky.)	505
5	6	Johnson & Wales (Fla.)	465
6	5	Lee (Tenn.)	463
7	10	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	432
8	11	Grand View (Iowa)	432
T9	7	Bellevue (Neb.)	417
T9	8	Coastal Georgia	417
11	9	The Master’s (Calif.)	391
12	13	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	358
13	12	British Columbia	330
14	14	Northwood (Texas)	316
15	15	William Woods (Mo.)	286
16	16	St. Thomas (Fla.)	282
17	17	Northwestern (Iowa)	262
18	19	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	227
19	23	Faulkner (Ala.)	222
20	20	South Carolina Beaufort	216
21	21	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	177
22	22	Oklahoma Baptist	170
23	25	Ashford (Iowa)	154
24	19	Mount Mercy (Iowa)	140
25	24	Marian (Ind.)	137

Others receiving votes: Webber International (Fla.) 112; Concordia (Ore.) 110; Southern Wesleyan (S.C.) 46; Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 41; Bethany (Kan.) 29; Rogers State (Okla.) 20; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 19; Victoria (B.C.) 18; Holy Cross (Ind.) 13; Davenport (Mich.) 11; Bethel (Ind.) 10; AIB (Iowa) 7; Southwestern (Kan.) 5; Westminster (Utah) 5; Spring Hill (Ala.) 4; Morningside (Iowa) 4.

Knights finish 7th in DII event!

Your Northwood Knights played in the DBU Classic hosted by Dallas Baptist University and held at Hackberry Country Club in Irving, Texas.

 

A prominently DII field which included No.5 Abilene Christian as well as 4 other Top 50 ranked team also consisted of NAIA No.1 Texas Wesleyan & No.19 Lubbock Christian.

 

The Knights started the first round in breezy conditions with a decent score of 301 to lie in 3rd place behind Oklahoma Christian & host Dallas Baptist.

The Knights followed that round with a somewhat disappointing 304 to end the day in 5th place.

 

Coach Belfield "Hackberry Creek is a tough course and the conditions, whilst not tough, were tricky enough to cause problems. The first round wasn't too bad but we played poorly throughout the second round with the exception of Derek, who actually played a lot better than his Even Par score suggests. We are still placed decently though and look forward to coming out tomorrow and posting a good score!"

 

The Knights, facing strong winds (again!), did not play very well but battled enough to come in with 312 to fall two spots to 7th. Led by a solid finish by Derek Trofimczuk, the Knights came above Lubbock Christian, No.5 (DII) Abilene Christian as well as a couple of other solid DII teams.

 

Coach Belfield "Tough to gauge this one. We/I have have extremely high standards for each other, we have fallen way below that today but managed to post a respectable finish. I thought a couple of my players severely lost their composure today which is highly disappointing.

I was pleased to see Daniel hobble round to a superb back nine, It was also great to see Derek start to round back into form, even though he finished in the Top 10, I actually thought he played better than his score suggests. This is our last tournament before conference and we are still in an enviable position. We control our own destiny and I am looking to forward to competing at conference, and getting ourselves back into form prior to Nationals!"

 

Led by Derek Trofimczuk T8th (74-72-75), Joss Gosling placed T25th with 75-76-77,

Daniel Stoakes (T45th 77-80-76 ) & Travis Kemp (53rd 75-77-84)

and Drake Genna (T72nd 79-79-86).

Knights sign Welsh standout!

Head Coach Ben Belfield would like to announce the signing of

Delon Hau for the 2013/14 season.

Delon is from Glamorgan, Wales and is currently ranked 1840 best amateur in the World & currently plays on the Welsh National team.

Delon has played in a number of national tournaments, including the British Boys Amateur, Welsh Amateur, Sir Henry Cooper Masters and represented Wales at the Home Internationals.

Coach Belfield "I am extremely pleased to have signed Delon. He brings a lot of international experience and pedigree to the squad!

He has shown that he can play consistent golf.

He has been able to play a number of British tournaments which should help him in his transition to the USA.

Representing your country is one of the highest honours possible, for him to have experienced this and dealt with the pressure should help him immensely.

It is an exciting time for Delon, he is the first Welsh player I have signed and the first player to have played in as many quality tournaments coming in as a freshman.

I look forward to seeing how much he can get out of himself over the next 4 years!"

Lady Knights take 3rd, break 2 school records!

Your Lady Knights competed in the Southwest Classic hosted by Dallas Baptist University at Tierra Verde GC in Arlington, TX.

Competing against one of the strongest fields of the season which included No.9 (DII) Midwestern State, No.14 (DII) Central Oklahoma, No.17 (DII) Dallas Baptist, No.22 (DII) Oklahoma Christian as well as No.2 (NAIA) Lubbock Christian.

Coach Belfield "I am really looking forward to this tournament, the girls have a bit of confidence, a bit of a swagger coming after their win last week. Although only 2 of the girls have seen Tierra Verde before, it is a really fun, scoreable golf course. I think they are going to enjoy it!"

Due to an uncertain forecast on Tuesday, the ladies played 27 holes on Monday.
Round 1 started in glorious sunshine as the ladies started well, posting a solid 307 to lie in 3rd place through 18. Led by Senior Esther Kang and Freshman Fariza Zain's 73, the Lady Knights posted a score 1 shot off the school record!

The Ladies then turned right back around and start the next 9 holes, firing a team score of +5.

Coach Belfield "It was a decent first round score, we committed a couple of silly mistakes that stopped us from being at the top of the leaderboard but overall not a bad round. The 9 holes after was very good however! Laura really turned it around and posted a good 9, same as Daniela. Esther & Fariza both continued their good play. We are looking forward finishing it off tomorrow!"

The Lady Knights came out to a slower start than they wanted in the final 9 holes but recovered nicely to smash the school record by 5 shots!! Led by a superb 72 by Fariza Zain as she tied fellow Freshman Laura Deleonardis's 36 hole scoring record! The Knights were passed by Midwestern State but held onto 3rd as they beat Central Oklahoma, Lubbock Christian as well as 4 other strong teams.

Coach Belfield "What a great way to go into conference! We are the hottest team in the NAIA right now! It is so great to see my girls playing with confidence and living up to the high standards we have for each other.

We need to put in some work before Nationals to cut out a couple of loose shots/swings that are holding us back from shooting under 300 but it is great to see us playing to a high level. I am especially pleased for Fariza who has worked at a particular weakness all term, and the work is starting to pay off! It was also great to see Esther get back to playing at the level she was before she got injured.

We look forward to challenge of getting better before Nationals, so that we can really be at our peak!"

Led by Fariza Zain 3rd with 73-72, Esther Kang (T5th 73-76), Daniela Martinez (T22nd 81-75), Laura Deleonardis (T27th 80-78) and Carol Galindo (44th 83-84).

RESULTS!!