The MVNU golf teams are looking forward to their upcoming spring season.

      Head coach Mike King is pleased with the team’s growing confidence in their abilities.

      “They’re starting to feel like they actually belong in the top part of the league,” King said.

      Captain Sam Romine says the team looks “pretty solid.”

      “We have four pretty solid players,” Romine said. “Hopefully momentum carries over from last spring.”

      Last spring, the team finished second to Taylor University, the top team in the Crossroads League.

      Romine says the team has a good shot at a league title this year.

      “I’m just excited to get back and play,” he said.

      Among the team strengths, King said, is the ability to stay calm under pressure. 

      The team doesn't “have a tendency to...

          Jaron Brust, Chandler Cook, Andrea Martin, Danielle Shaver and Brittany Smith have been together from the start.

         The five of them, now seniors, have competed on MVNU’s golf team since they entered college as freshmen in 2013.

         Fellow seniors Zach Arck, Seth King and Nate Spahr have made their ways onto the team within the last three years.

         All eight will be hitting the course together for the last time this spring. While they can all look forward to continued time on the green, they know they will miss their teammates and competition of college matches.

         Smith leaves with the lowest individual round record (76) in MVNU women’s golf history.

         Shaver will cap off 10 years of competitive golf experience at the end of her MVNU career.

         “I will miss playing competitively,” she said.

         Martin sa...

          The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s golf team has recorded four top-five finishes this spring season.

         Sophomores Sam Romine and Kaden Welch and junior Sean Thomas have led the way for the Cougars.

         The Cougars’ season was highlighted by a fifth-place finish at the Marian Invitational earlier this month.

         Welch recorded a total score of 150 (76, 74), tying for 13th place. Romine was six shots behind Welch. He finished tied for 26th place.

         In the Huntington University Forester Spring Invitational, Thomas finished third overall. His total score was 145 (73, 72). Welch, just two strokes behind Thomas, finished sixth overall.

         In the MVNU Spring Classic, Romine finished tied for third place. His total score was 146 (74, 72).

         “We saw a lot of positives this spring,” Romine said. “We grew and gained a lot of exper...

          The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s golf team finished sixth out of 15 teams at the Purgatory Intercollegiate Invitational.

         Sophomore Sam Romine tied for eighth place. He totaled 152 (75, 77) over the two-day match. Junior Sean Thomas’ 160 total (79, 81) earned him a 34th-place finish, and sophomore Kaden Welch finished one stroke behind Thomas.

         “We played well in our first start of the spring season,” Romine said.

         However, the wind conditions at Taylor University made the round difficult.

         “The conditions were challenging, but we put together two good rounds,” Romine said.

         He was “very pleased” with the Cougars’ overall finish.

         The Cougars will host the MVNU Spring Classic on Saturday at Chapel Hill Golf Course.

         Romine looks forward to the match and playing on his home course....

          The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s golf team kicks off the spring season this weekend at the Purgatory Intercollegiate hosted by Taylor University.

         Yesterday the Cougars finished sixth out of 15 with a team score of 320. Sophomore Sam Romine led the way for MVNU taking fifth place with an individual score of 75.

         The Cougars will be back on the course tomorrow for day two of the competition.

         Cougars’ Head Coach Mike King looks forward to seeing consistency among the teams as the spring season kicks off.

         “We finished really strong in the fall, and I look forward to seeing continued improvement this spring,” he said.

         During the fall season, the men’s team earned four top-five finishes including their home invitational.

         Junior Sean Thomas earned two first-place scores for the Cougars at the MVNU Fall Invita...

           The MVNU men’s golf team came in first out of the eight teams competing at the MVNU Fall Cougar Classic on Friday and Saturday.

           The Lady Cougars came in third place out of four teams.

            Leading the way and winning the tournament for the Cougars was junior Sean Thomas with a total score of 140. Thomas finished day one of the tournament with a score of 71 and day two with a score of 69.

            “It helped that it was our home tournament. I felt a little more comfortable with the course,” Thomas said.

            Thomas said the keys to his individual success were making adjustmen

ts and maintaining focus.

            Sophomore Sam Romine finished the tournament in sixth place with a total score of 150....

       The MVNU men’s golf team came in 10th place out of 19 teams at the Taylor University Invitational. The women’s team finished in 10th place out of the 13 teams competing.

       Leading the way for the men was sophomore Kaden Welch with a total score of 150.

       Welch finished day one with a score of 74 and day two with a score of 76. Junior Sean Thomas finished the tournament with a total score of 155.

       “We didn’t play our best. It was a hard course but we should have been better,” Thomas said. He added that the Cougars are still working towards their goal as a team and as individual competitors.

       “We have to put all of the right pieces together in our game to come out with a win,” Thomas said.

       Senior Brittany Smith led the Cougars with a first-round score of 83 and a second-round score of 82. Smith finished the tournament with a total score of 165. Sophomore Rachel Schroeder was just sev...

       The MVNU men’s golf team came in eighth out of 11 teams at the Bethel College Invitational. The Lady Cougars took ninth place out of 11 teams competing.

       Leading the way for the men’s team was sophomore Sam Romine with a total score of 153. Romine finished the weekend tied for 16th place out of 60 golfers. Senior Brittany Smith finished the day with a total score of 188, taking 39th place out of over 50 golfers for the women.

       The Cougars will be back in action on Oct. 3 at the Taylor University Invitational.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s golf team came in sixth place out of 11 teams at the Saint Francis Invitational. The Lady Cougars took ninth place out of 10 teams.

Leading the way for the men’s team was sophomore Kaden Welch with a total score of 155. Welch finished the day tied for 22nd place out of over 65 golfers. Senior Andrea Martin finished the day with a total score of 167, placing 35th out of over 70 golfers for the women.

The Cougars will be back in action on Sept. 30 at the Bethel College Invitational.

The Lady Cougar golf team is readying for another round.

The Lady Cougars made great progress last year, and look to continue that progress in the 2016-17 season.

“A big goal for the Lady Cougars this year is to have the top four averages be in the 80s,” coach Mike King said.

Senior Brittany Smith has done just that and has landed herself in the record books with the lowest single round in MVNU history with 83. She also has three more of the lowest rounds with a score of 84 and two rounds of 86.

Fellow senior Andrea Martin has also made MVNU history during her MVNU career with four rounds of 87.

As a group, last year’s team members landed themselves in the record books with four of the seven lowest team rounds.

King said the women have the ability to do even more this season.

“One of the biggest keys for the women’s success will be for them to become more consistent from round to round,” King said.

The Lady Cougars return all six of their golfers from last year and are joined by freshman Olivi...