MAPLEWOOD, Minn. – Thursday was a banner day for the University of Northwestern Men's Golf team, as the Eagles toppled the program record for team low round with a 287 (-1) in a dual against Augsburg at Keller Golf Course. The previous record of 289 was set in 2017 at the UNW Invite at Gross National Golf Club in Minneapolis. Northwestern also had a second team compete in the day's festivities, which finished with a score of 310 (+20).
 
Leading the way was Shane Seiffert (Corcoran, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong), who carded three birdies and 15 pars on his way to a 69 (-3) and a first-place finish, individually. Not far behind the junior was freshman Jackson Courteau (Otsego, Minn./Rogers), who was -4 through 10 holes thanks to three birdies and an eagle on 10, and ended up in third place with a career-best score of 71 (-1). Trevor Zenk (Forest Lake, Minn./Legacy Christian Academy) made three birdies to fire a career-low 73 (+1) and place fifth, while Jakob Swanson (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview) made a birdie on the third hole and an eagle on 10 to finish with a 74 (+2). Although their scores didn't count toward the team total, Gordon Skaar (Coleraine, Minn./Homeschool) (three birdies, all on the back nine) and Carson Mersberger (Kiel, Wis./Elkhart Lake-Glenbeaulah) (one birdie) turned in good days with rounds of 75 (+3) and 77 (+5), respectively.
 
Northwestern's "B" team had a good outing as well, led by Noah Frazell's (Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock) 75 (+3), which featured birdies on three and 10. Carter Dilly (Henning, Minn./Henning) fired a 76 (+4) after birdieing holes three, 11 and 16, while Dawson Burke (Rogers, Minn./Maple Grove) finished with a career-best of 77 (+5) behind a trio of birdies himself. Andrew Carlson (Mosinee, Wis./Mosinee) turned in a career-low 80 (+8) that included a birdie on the par-five 10^th, while Sam Schwarz (Marshall, Minn./Marshall) lit it up with four birdies on his way to a total of 87 (+15).
 
After the historic day at Keller, UNW will play one final dual to close out its season on Monday, May 5^th at Carleton. The opening tee shot is scheduled for 12:00 PM at Northfield Golf Club.