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MEN'S GOLF
MLC TAKES 6TH AT UMAC CHAMPIONSHIP
BECKER -- Benjamin Pearson and John Martin battled tough weekend conditions to earn top-10 finishes for the Martin Luther College men's golf team at the UMAC Golf Championship at Pebble Creek Golf Club.
Martin carded a team-best 7-over 79 in the final round and Pearson was a stroke behind with an 80. Pearson finished 19-over for the tournament, good for a tie for fifth. He made finished the weekend with a team-high 34 pars. Martin finished 20-over and tied for eighth, making a team-high six birdies over the week.
It’s the first time that MLC golf has had two players finish inside the top 10 at the UMAC Championship since at least 2012.
Luke Latzke finished 26th after carding a final round 15-over and a score of 37-over for the tournament. Cooper Jensen was the final counting score on Saturday with a 17-over and closed out a tournament finish of 32nd.
MLC dropped Adam Loberger’s 18-over third round. He finished 31st overall.
The men’s team finished sixth with a 985.
WOMEN'S GOLF
MLC TAKES 5TH AT UMAC CHAMPIONSHIP
BECKER -- The Martin Luther College women’s golf team finished its season on Saturday with a fifth-place finish at the UMAC Championship, played at Pebble Creek Golf Club.
Freshman Olivia Footh led the team in the final round with a 108. Junior Erin Pulice was right behind with a 109. Pulice finished the tournament at 93-over and finished in 17th overall while Footh carded a 117-over and finished 20th.
Allie Rogne had the team’s lone birdie of the day on the par-3 12th. She shot a 111 on Saturday and finished the tournament 138-over, good for 24th. Sam Miller’s 116 was the final counting score on Saturday. She finished the weekend in 26th place with a score of 143-over.
The Knights dropped Emily Hacker’s final round score, but Hacker finished third on the team over the three days and 23rd overall with a tournament score of 136-over.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
GREENVILLE 28, MLC 0
GREENVILLE, Ill. – Greenville dominated every facet of the game on Saturday afternoon on its way to a 28-0 win against Martin Luther College in UMAC play.
The Panthers led in nearly every meaningful statistical category. They outgained the Knights both rushing and receiving, their advantage in total offense was 463-193, including a 15-minute edge in time of possession.
Similar offensive issues popped up for MLC once again as they were just 2-for-11 on third downs, often operating in third-and-long situations. Conversely, Greenville converted a staggering 8-of-15 third downs and another 2-of-5 fourth-down tries.
Greenville scored on back-to-back possessions at the end of the first quarter and then again at the start of the second. Meanwhile the Knights struggled to get anything going, punting five times and turning the ball over on downs once in the first half. The Panthers scored their third touchdown with less than a minute left in the first half and took a 21-0 lead into the break.
MLC only got three offensive possessions in the second half, losing a possession because of a muffed punt that Greenville recovered. On their three drives, one ended in a punt, one with an interception and the final drive ended the game.
Ethan Melso, Carson Burow and Tyler Case each made double-digit tackles on defense. Melso had 13, Burow made 11 and Case had 10.