RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Seven Great American Conference teams competed across two tournaments this week: Henderson State's Battle for the Belt and Nova Southeastern's National Preview.
Northwestern Oklahoma State delivered the best team performance of the week, winning the Battle for the Belt with a 5-under 859 team score. The Rangers were the only team in the field to shoot under par for the event.
Tournament-host Henderson St. finished second at 4-over 868 while its 'B' team finished third. The Reddie 'A' team was two shots back of NWOSU entering the final day of competition before finishign as runner-up while the other red-and-gray fivesome shot a 1-under 287 to climb one spot to third.
Southern Nazarene climbed one spot on the final day as well, carding an even-par 288 to finish fourth with a 54-hole 18-over 882. Arkansas-Monticello finished out the top five with a 28-over 892 while Landry Rogers of UAM tied for second with HSU's Brode Horton and last week's GAC Men's Golfer of the Week, NWOSU's Mathieu Zerwin at 2-under 214.
Over in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla, Harding took ninth with a 36-over 900 at the National Preview. Austin Bibb was the top finishing Bisons with a 7-over 223 for a spot at 27th.
GAC GOLFERS OF THE WEEK
Pierce Geminden | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Sr. | Spring, Texas
Northwestern Oklahoma State senior golfer Pierce Geminden won the Battle for the Belt in Hot Springs, Ark., by seven strokes with a 54-hole score of 9-under 207. After shooting a 1-over 73 in round one, Geminded shot to the top of the leaderboard with a field-best 7-under 65 in round two. The Lone Star State product held onto the lead with a final-round 3-under 69.
WEEKLY WINNERS
GAC Men's Golfer of the Week
Sept. 10 Colin Purifoy, Henderson State
Sept. 16 Luke Cote, Southern Arkansas
Sept. 23 Mathieu Zerwin, Northwestern Oklahoma State
Sept. 20 Pierce Geminden, Northwestern Oklahoma State
GAC Women's Golfer of the Week
Sept. 10 Emma Thompson, Southeastern Oklahoma State
Sept. 16 Morgan Simmons, Oklahoma Baptist
Sept. 23 Daniela Espinoza, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Sept. 30 NO AWARD