Kylie Bridenhagen/Winonan

The Winona State men’s golf team started off their season with a fourth place finish at the Bemidji State Invitational.

Senior Alex Zeyen took home the individual title.

“With this being my third year playing here, and after finishing with a few top tens during the 2012 spring season, I have high expectations for myself.” Zeyen said.

This first place finish definitely will be a confidence booster going into the rest of the season.

Zeyen was also honored with the NSIC men’s golf player of the week due to his impressive start to the season.

Although the team is young, Zeyen believes that they have the potential to be in the top three teams in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

“If we can get four solid scores come tournament time, I think we have a good chance of landing in the top three teams,” Zeyen said. “We have a lot of potential to do damage in the NSIC this year.”

Concluding the final round of the Bemidji State Invitational, the Warriors finished in the top five at the 12-team tournament.

Shooting a team total of 604, Winona State earned the forth place spot, just one stroke behind the 2012-13 MSU men’s golf team.

Minot State was second with 602, and the winner of the invitational was Manitoba, with 599.

Zeyen, who shot 70 the first day, was able to stay ahead of Manitoba’s Bobby Wiebe and Scott Mazur, after shooting 73 during the second round of play.

This placed him in first—his first ever-collegiate individual title.

The rest of the Warrior team had strong finishes as well.

Tyler Schmude’s final round was 77, which placed him tied for 7th after shooting 73 the first day.

Mitch Holm was tied for 26th after 72 the first round and 83 the final round. Troy Salewske finished tied for 39th with 79 and 81.

Rounding out the Warrior lineup was Aaron Forgaard, who shot 85 the first day and finished with 79.

His combined scores placed him tied for 54th overall.

This past weekend, the team traveled to St. Paul, Minnesota to compete at the Concordia Invitational.

First rounds started on Sunday, with final play starting at 9 a.m. Monday.

Winona State is currently sitting in fourth place after first round.

They shot a team total of 301, which is just four shots behind the invitational leader, Nebraska-Omaha.

Minnesota State is in second with 299 and Augustana is in third with a combined score of 300.

Zeyen is sitting in a third place tie after shooting 73 day one, just four shots from Kowan O’Keefe of Minot State— leader of the invitational so far.

Forgaard is just one stroke behind his teammate; he shot 74, which is currently a tie for sixth.

Holm is tied for 14th after scoring 75 during first round play.

Schmude has 79, and is tied for 36th, and Salewske is tied for 47th with 81.

The Warrior women are also playing at the Concordia Invitational, sitting in eighth place out of the 16-team field, after their opening round.

Winona’s combined team score is 336.

Augustana is currently the top team, shooting 305 the first day.

Grand Valley State is second with 316.

Rounding out the top three are two teams tied with the team score of 319—the home team, Concordia-St. Paul and Nebraska-Omaha.

Samantha Koste is atop the Warrior lineup, tied for 19th with 80.

Paige Schmidt is tied for 36th with 84.

Tied for 42nd is Kelly Blegen with 85.

Shooting 87, Katie Blegen is tied for 52nd.

Erin Schneder is sitting in tied for 77th with 107.

The final results of the Warrior men’s and women’s golf teams are pending, and will be announced on the Warrior athletic homepage, www.winonastatewarriors.com on Tuesday.

Contact Kylie at KBridenhagen11@winona. edu.