Tiger women ready for national championships

Adam Anderson please

Lauren Fitts Adam Anderson please MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University women’s golf team makes its 10th appearance at the NAIA Women’s Golf National Championships next week, and the Tigers are hoping their 10th appearance goes as well as the first. DWU, which has qualified for nationals each year since the 2003-04 season, finished [...]

Johnson, Hieb earn All-GPAC honors

MITCHELL, S.D. – Two members of the Dakota Wesleyan University men’s golf team earned All-Great Plains Athletic Conference First Team honors, it was announced Tuesday morning by the league. Senior Travis Johnson earned the third conference honor and junior Austin Hieb both earned the first All-GPAC honors of his career after finishing in the top [...]

Tiger women sweep major GPAC golf awards

MITCHELL, S.D. – For the fifth straight year, the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s golf team swept the major Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason awards and also landed four golfers on the All-GPAC First Team, it was announced Tuesday morning by the league. Freshman Lauren Fitts is the GPAC Women’s Golfer-of-the-Year and head coach Adam Anderson [...]

Burback named GPAC golfer-of-the-week

Chelsea Burback from DWU.

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University women’s golf team used five solid individual performances to dominate the Great Plains Athletic Conference team race this season. The Tigers won their fifth straight conference title by 71 strokes to earn a trip to the NAIA Women’s Golf National Championships. One of those five individuals was junior [...]

DWU women, Fitts win GPAC titles

The DWU women's golf team won its fifth straight GPAC title and freshman Lauren Fitts earned GPAC Women's Golfer-of-the-Year honors.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Dakota Wesleyan University women’s golf team didn’t just win the 2012-13 Great Plains Athletic Conference title this year. It dominated the field en route to the title. The Tigers claimed their fifth straight conference title Friday, beating out second-place Northwestern College by 71 strokes. DWU has won the women’s golf [...]

DWU men finish fourth in GPAC standings

Travis Johnson from DWU.

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – The Dakota Wesleyan University men’s golf team finished seventh at the fourth and final Great Plains Athletic Conference Qualifier of the season Thursday afternoon in Sioux Center, Iowa, and ended the year fourth in the overall conference standings. The Tigers shot a 311 Thursday and finished two shots behind host-school Dordt, [...]

Spring blizzard forces more changes for DWU athletics

MITCHELL, S.D. – The three-day blizzard in Mitchell and the state of South Dakota has set spring sports back at Dakota Wesleyan University and forced changes in most all sports schedules for the coming days and weeks. The baseball team’s Great Plains Athletic Conference double against Northwestern, scheduled for Friday, April 12 in Mitchell, is [...]

Third women’s GPAC golf qualifier postponed

HASTINGS, Neb. – The calendar says April, but Mother Nature appears to have other thoughts. The Dakota Wesleyan University women’s golf team was at the third Great Plains Athletic Conference women’s golf qualifier of the season Tuesday in Hastings, Neb., but it has been postponed due to cold temperatures and ice buildup on the greens. [...]

Tiger men take third at third GPAC Qualifier

Josh Korn from DWU.

LINCOLN, Neb. – The Dakota Wesleyan University men’s golf team finished third at the third Great Plains Athletic Conference Qualifier of the season Monday afternoon and moved up to fourth in the team standings. The Tigers, who were in sixth after two conference qualifiers, shot a 302 Monday afternoon at Wilderness Ridge in Lincoln, Neb., [...]

DWU sweeps weekly GPAC golf awards

Chelsea Burback from DWU.

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University golf programs swept the Great Plains Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Week awards, it was announced Wednesday morning by the league. For the Tiger men, junior Austin Hieb earned the honor and junior Chelsea Burback was the women’s weekly winner for the DWU women. This is the second weekly honor of [...]