The Dixie Sun

Issue date: 3/3/10 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Zach Vu Junior Chad Crowther, an integrated studies major from South Jordan, warms up on the green. Shooting a 74 in the first round, Crowther is a key player in this week's Coyote Classic tournament. The team finished the first round Monday in 11th place, but Tuesday's final results were not in by press time. Go to www.dixiesunlink.com to find out how the team finished in the tournament.

The Dixie State College Golf team finished the first round of the Coyote Classic in eleventh place after shooting a combined 297.

The tournament didn't have enough daylight, as the teams had to finish the second round early Tuesday morning. The teams still had two holes to play before moving on to the final round. Senior Cameron Crawford had the low score of the day, shooting a 70 for the first round and in a tie for eighth place individually.

Crawford, an accounting major from Sandy, said the team just needs to forget about the struggles from Monday and continue playing the way they know how.

"We had some really good numbers and we do pretty well, but there are just a few bad holes which really inflate our scores," Crawford said. "We just have to come out today (Tuesday) and forget about what has happened and play a solid round of golf."

The rest of the field includes conference rivals Grand Canyon University as well as Notre Dame de Namur University, who sit at seventh and fifteenth, respectively.

Junior Chad Crowther shot a 4-over-par 74 and is tied for 35. Chico State's Kyle Souza leads the tournament with a 4-under-par 66.

Sophomore Nick Drost, a business administration major from Salt Lake City, said the team could move up really quickly if they have a good final round.

"If everyone plays well and hits the ball the way they know how, we could move up from eleventh to the top 5 really quick," Drost said. "The only bad thing is it can go the opposite way and if they start playing bad, we could drop spots really quick as well. Team tournaments are hard because it is an individual score and no one on the rest of the team can help your score, but if you don't play well, the team score suffers."

DSC and the rest of the field finished the second and third rounds of the tournament, but the results were not available at press time. The team's next tournament is in Hayward, Calif., Sunday through Tuesday. The team will be looking to finish strong in order to make it to the regional playoffs for NCAA Division II Golf.

"We should make it to regionals especially after how we played in the fall," Crawford said. "It would take a complete collapse for us not to make it to the postseason."

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