WICHITA, Kan. – The Friends University Men's Golf Falcons made a clean sweep of this week's Crestview Spring Invitational, winning with a score of -10 to finish 18 strokes clear of none other than the Falcon B team at the Crestview Country Club in Wichita. Bethany College was the third-place team at +20.
Gabriele Romani was spectacular and won the individual title for the Falcons with a score of eight under par.
Laken Matthews finished third at two under, while Jenson Boyce came in sixth at +2. Trinton Nobles and Grant Waggoner were each tied for 10th with a score of +5 for the Falcons.
Leading the Friends B Team was Jack Cubitt as the overall runner up at five under par. Ben Ackley was one under and finished fourth, with Cameron Wahl (14th, +8), Colten Hoover (18th, +9) and Maverick Guinn (22nd, +11) also competing for the Falcon B squad.
"I think this tournament will be key in shaping the remainder of our season," said Friends men's golf head coach Dustin Galyon. "There were areas of our play and focus that were fantastic and there were areas that we will correct immediately. We had several guys compete at a high level and that was great! We have room to improve in several areas and I think mentally we have another gear we will get to.
Gabriele was fantastic. His maturity and play were evident all week and he deserved to win this tournament. Jack Cubitt had a great bounce-back round after last tourney! Laken and Ben both had fantastic first and second rounds. We have several key takeaways from this one and we will be better moving forward from it!"
Next up for Friends is The Battle on Mar. 23-24 in Laughlin, Nev.
