HARTFORD, Wis. – The Parkside Men's Golf team improved in the second round of the season-opening WLC Fall Invite, shooting 15 strokes lower than round one to finish second as a team. The tournament was the debut for the Rangers under Director of Golf Carly Werwie-Swartz.

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RESULTS
The Rangers found their stride in the second round as every player shot lower than their first round scores. Although the team leaderboard remained the same throughout the day, the Rangers fell just short of Luther College, who edged out the Rangers by five strokes over the 36 holes. Meanwhile, the team was able to separate themselves from Aurora University, beating the Spartans by 16 shots. 
Three Rangers finished inside the top-ten individually for the tournament. It was senior Danny Sanicki who led the charge for the Rangers on day two with a three-under 69, the lowest 18-hole score of all players throughout the tournament. Sanicki missed a playoff by one stroke, finishing in a tie for third. 
Close behind was freshman Andrew Conrad who shot his first career under par round with a one-under 71 in the final round, good for a tie for fifth. Senior Steven Sanicki finished with an even par 72, thanks to a 33 (-3) on the back nine, and finished seventh for the tournament. Sophomore Tanner Olson improved by three strokes in the second round with a 74 and finished in a tie for 13^th. Rounding out the team scores for the Rangers in round two was freshman Peter Blazevic who shot a 77, good for a tie for 26^th. Junior Garrett Olson finished in a tie for 29^th with a 78 in round two.
Luther College took home the team title with a team score of 736 as Brandon Dorans of Luther and Jack Vercautren of Aurora University tied for the individual honors.
T-3^rd Danny Sanicki – 74, 69 – 143 (-1)
T-5^th Andrew Conrad – 74, 71 – 145 (+1)
7^th Steven Sanicki – 74, 72 – 146 (+2)
T-13^th Tanner Olson – 77, 74 – 151 (+7)
T-26^th Peter Blazevic – 79, 77 – 156 (+12)
T-29^th Garrett Olson – 79, 78 – 157 (+13)

HEAR FROM COACH WERWIE-SWARTZ
"What a great start to the season! Our team played really well this weekend, especially today given the conditions of how windy it was for both rounds. The format this week was 6 players and counting 5 scores and our final round was +3 which was great to see. Our team did a great job mentally and stayed positive throughout both rounds. Really proud of them with that part of their games. Danny played solid all weekend especially today with his -3 (69) and same with Andrew -1 (71). Overall I'm excited for our season as our team is really supportive of one another and I feel we can achieve great success this year."
 
STAT LEADERS
The Rangers continued to lead the field in scoring relative to par on the par threes with an average of 3.15 (+7) for the tournament.
Conrad finished one-under par on the par threes and lead the field with Steven Sanicki just behind with an average of even on those holes. Conrad also led the field in total pars with 27 and Danny Sanicki was just behind in second with 25 for the tournament. Steven Sanicki had the most birdies for the Rangers with seven.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Rangers will prepare to go to Springfield, Ill. to compete in the Fall Midwest Regional, hosted by the University of Illinois-Springfield on Oct. 3-4.