The Viking men's golf team sits in 2^nd place through the first half of the Midwest Collegiate Conference Championship Tournament held at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City.

They will have to wait until spring to make their move for the top spot.

This year's conference tournament features 36 holes of play in the fall followed by 36 holes in the spring to combine for a 72-hole final result.

The second half of the tournament will be held at Oskaloosa Golf Course in April.

St. Ambrose leads the tournament at 580. The Vikings sit at 588 leading 3^rd place Viterbo with a score of 603.

Luke Carson is leading the Vikings with a score of 74-68 = 142, which has him tied for 2^nd place individually.

Josh Manske sits tied for 4^th individually with a score of 71-72= 143.

Josh Manske won the Peaks Classic hosted by Wayland Baptist University September 15, 16 at Grandote Peaks in LaVeta Colorado. Manske fired rounds of 71-76-67=214, his final round 67 was the low round of the tournament and enabled him to come from five strokes back and overtake the leader

The Viking team finished the three day tournament with a total of 880 good for third place behind two nationally ranked teams, Wayland Baptist and University of Victoria. The team posted the lowest team scores in the first and third rounds shooting one under par and three under par respectively.

Grand View College Men's Golf finished the rain-shortened St. Ambrose Invitational tied for 2^nd as a team. The Vikings shot a 293 which was six strokes behind tournament host St. Ambrose. Grand View was paced by Graeme Molloy and Yousaf Khan who each shot a round of 71 and finished in fifth place. Due to weather the event was a single round tournament.