POST FALLS, Idaho – Two Wildcats finished in the top 10 this weekend as the Linfield men's golf team placed fourth of nine teams at the Northwest Conference Spring Classic, hosted by Whitworth at The Links Golf Club.
 
Linfield got off to a hot start and closed the opening round in third place. The Wildcats improved by 19 strokes between rounds, posting a 310 on Saturday and a 291 on Sunday to finish with a final team score of 601, six strokes back of Willamette for a third-place mark.
 
Junior Trevor Price captained the Wildcats with a top score of 145 (+1). He carded 1-over-par 73 in the first round and even-par 72 in the second round on the par-72 course to end the weekend in a three-way tie for fourth place with Whitworth's Oliver Nordberg and Jacob Rawley.
 
Fellow junior Riley Lynch rode an even-par 72 in Round 2 to clinch a second top-10 placing for the 'Cats. His 148 (+4) was tied for 10^th place with Joshua Clogston of Pacific Lutheran and Brock Olson of Willamette. Freshman Jacob Smissen placed 18^th at 153 (+9), and junior Chris Cayford was two strokes behind at 155 to round out the team's scoring players in a tie for 19^th place. Freshman Zack LaPlaca finished in a four-way tie for 26^th place in a field of 43 competitors.
 
Whitman took home the team title with a final two-round score of 586 (+10), edging out Whitworth (588) by two strokes. The Blues' Tom Hoyne was the tournament's medalist, winning by two strokes at 140 (-4).
 
NEXT
Up next for the 'Cats is the NWC Championship, hosted by George Fox on April 22-23 at the OGA Golf Course in Woodburn, Oregon.