luther finishes 4th at IIAC championships - Looft all-conference
Oct. 3, 2009
The Iowa Conference championships wrapped up this afternoon here in Decorah at Oneota Golf and Country Club. The final 36-holes of the 72-hole tournament were played in cold, wet conditions on the par 72, 5,800 yard trek.
Wartburg College tallied a four round total of 1,286 and captured the team championship by 17 strokes. Central College was second at 1,303, followed by Simpson College at 1343. Luther finished fourth at carding a 1,367.
Emily Looft became a two-time all-conference performer shooting a 78 this afternoon and finished third overall from the field of 41 golfers. Looft shot rounds of 80-81-85-78 for a 72-hole total of 324. With this honor she becomes only the sixth golfer in Luther history to earn all-conference honors twice.
Kaitlyn Traxler missed earning all-conference honors by one stroke. Traxler shot rounds of 80-83-85-89-337 and finished in a two-way tie for 11th place. The top-10 golfers earn all-conference honors.
Completing the Norse five and how they finished included Krista Solie (16th - 347), Andrea Pagh (24th - 359) and Krista Gulstrand (29th - 372).
