Le Mars, Iowa – In a competitive environment that featured eight of the competing 14 teams ranked within the NAIA Men's Golf Top 25 rating, the No. 2-ranked Friends University Falcons posted a solid third-place finish at the Northwest Iowa National Invitational this week in Le Mars, Iowa.
No. 7 OUAZ won the team title at -27 as a team, followed by Embry Riddle (-23) in second and the Falcons (-21) in third. The Master's (-15) was fourth, with No. 17 Grand View and No. 11 Marian (-11) tying for fifth to round out the top five.
Bernhard Koster led the Falcons and finished tied for fifth individually at nine under par, with Laken Matthews coming in tied for eighth at -7.
Jaydon Carruthers (-3) finished tied for 19th for the Falcons, with Jenson Boyce (-1) tied for 27th and Dawson Branstetter (+4) in a tie for the 50th spot.
The Falcons will next be in action at the Evangel Fall Invitational on Oct. 12-13 at the Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Course in Springfield, Mo.
