Four Knights golfers named All-Conference;
Nahm CVAC Women’s Coach of the Year

April 18, 2005

THOMASVILLE, NC— St. Andrews Presbyterian College had four golfers selected to the 2005 CVAC All-Conference list including Alvin Yeung, Josh Boucher, Heather Pothier and Andrea Johnston. First year head coach Josh Nahm was voted the CVAC Women’s Coach of the Year.

The Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference All-CVAC Teams were determined by vote from each head coach of participating institutions. Nominations are collected and then voted upon by ballot and tallied to determine Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Coach of the Year, All-CVAC First Team, All-CVAC Second Team and All-CVAC Honorable Mention (men only). Awards were presented at the CVAC Golf Team Banquet at the Conference Tournament Championships hosted by Coker College at Hartsville Country Club in Hartsville, SC.

First year head coach Josh Nahm, who played four years for the Knights and was a two-time All-Conference selection, was voted the women’s Coach of the Year. Nahm took over the second year program this summer after serving as an assistant last year. The Knights have improved on its best one-day tournament team score by 103 strokes from last year. Last years low round was a 446 while this year’s new mark is a 343 at the Agnes McAmis Memorial hosted by Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee. Nahm has done this while also coaching a competitive men’s team.

Alvin Yeung (Markham, Ontario, Canada), the 2004 CVAC Freshman of the Year, made the All-CVAC First Team with a 76.85 scoring average in seven tournaments this year. Yeung had 11 rounds under 80 and three top-10 finishes including tying for first at the Carolina Sands Intercollegiate. Yeung’s low round of the year, an even-par 72, was recorded at the St. Andrews Fall Invitational.

Josh Boucher (Peoria, Illinois) was selected to the All-CVAC Honorable Mention list. Boucher had a 78.5 scoring average in eight tournaments this year. Boucher had nine rounds under 80 and three top-10 finishes. Boucher has the Knights low round of the year with a five-under par 67 at the Buccaneer Invitational.

Heather Pothier (Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada) was named to the All-CVAC First Team after leading the Knights with an 83.06 scoring average. Pothier holds the Knights best tournament round with a three-over par 75 at the Lady Falcon Invitational. Pothier had six rounds under 80 with a victory at the Lincoln Memorial Invitational, four top-5’s, and five top-10’s.

Andrea Johnston (Chapel Hill, NC) was named to the All-CVAC Second Team for the second straight year. Johnston has a 89.44 scoring average in ten tournaments this year with a low round of four-over par 76 at the Agnes McAmis Memorial. Johnston has four top-10 finishes including a fourth place showing at the Lincoln Memorial Invite.

This year’s award winners are as follows:

MEN'S GOLF:

Player of the Year:
Louis-Pierre Godin, Coker

Freshman of the Year:
Stephen Clark, Pfeiffer

Coach of the Year:
John Handrigan, Coker

All-CVAC First Team:
Louis-Pierre Godin, Coker
Jon Wetton, Barton
Jordan Stelmach, Pfeiffer
Dion Sirianni, Lees-McRae
Alvin Yeung, St. Andrews

All-CVAC Second Team:
Ian Kenwright, Pfeiffer
Vincent Dumachel, Pfeiffer
Chris White, Queens
Bryan Overby, Barton
Ryan Bates, Belmont Abbey

Honorable Mention:
Eric Royster, Mount Olive
Joe Dvozenja, Barton
Josh Boucher, St. Andrews
Brad Eskierka, Anderson
Johary Raveloarisan, Coker  

WOMEN'S GOLF:

Player of the Year:
Nikki Taggart, Pfeiffer

Freshman of the Year:
Nikki Taggart, Pfeiffer

Coach of the Year:
Josh Nahm, St. Andrews

All-CVAC First Team:
Nikki Taggart, Pfeiffer
Heather Pothier, St. Andrews
Fiona Hindshaw, Pfeiffer
Leslie Ledbetter, Pfeiffer
Holly Tomkins, Limestone

All-CVAC Second Team:
Katie Clayton, Limestone
Catelyn Eddy, Queens
Andrea Johnston, St. Andrews
Lindsey Snyder, Mount Olive
Brandi Jackson, Anderson

Record setting tourney for Johnston and Knights golfers

April 5, 2005

GREENEVILLE, TN—Sophomore Andrea Johnston (Chapel Hill, NC) fired consecutive collegiate-low rounds at the 2005 Agnes McAmis Memorial (hosted by Tusculum) on Monday and Tuesday as the St. Andrews women’s golf team carded a school record 726 to finish 14th.

Johnston shot rounds of 81 and 76 to finish tied for seventh in the 96-player field on the 5,804-yard, par-72 Link Hills Country Club.

Johnston provided the highlight of the tournament on Monday when she aced the 147-yard, par-3 16 th hole with an eight iron. It’s the first hole-in-one in St. Andrews women’s team history.

All five Knights improved their scorecards on Tuesday as SAPC posted a one-day team best 343 and moved up two spots to finish 14 th out of 17 teams. Heather Pothier (Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada) finished tied for 21st with an 85-79-164. Tara Laird (Manilla, IN) posted 104-92-196 and Sally McDaniel (Stanley, NC) shot 113-96-209. Kristen Bowling (Marietta, GA) finished the scoring with 124-118-242.

University of Central Arkansas senior Kate Eck fired a tournament-best 78-72-150 to claim medalist honors and lead the Sugar Bears to the team title with a 615..

Pfeiffer finished second in the team standings at 633, followed by the University of West Florida (642), Florida Gulf Coast University (647) and Catawba College (670).

Lady Knights golfers 7th at Old North State

March 15, 2005

BADIN, NC—Freshman Heather Pothier fired the low round of the tournament on Tuesday to finish in third place at the Lady Falcon Invitational and help the St. Andrews women’s golf team to a seventh place showing.

Pothier sat in a six-way tie for ninth place after carding an 85 in Monday’s opening round. The Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, native responded with a tournament-low three-over par 75 in the second round on the 6,008-yard par-72 Old North State Club. Pothier finished three shots behind tournament medalist Paige Haverty (Catawba). Pothier’s 75 marks her best collegiate 18-hole tournament score after 12 competitive rounds.

Sophomore Andrea Johnston (Chapel Hill, NC) improved by 12 stokes after carding an 85 in the second round and finishing in a tie for 26th out of 55 golfers. Freshman Tara Laird (Manilla, IL) made the biggest improvement for the Knights on Tuesday lowering her score by 15 stokes. Freshmen Sally McDaniel ( Stanley, NC) and Cara Daily (Advance, NC) completed the scoring for the Knights.

St. Andrews finished with a 401-371-772 and ahead of CVAC rival Queens University of Charlotte. Host Pfeiffer University won the tourney with a 349-330-679.

The Knights host the St. Andrews Spring Invitational at the Woodlake Resort & Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday, March 21-22.

Pothier wins first tournament; Knights second at LMU Invite

March 1, 2005

TAZEWELL, TN—Freshman Heather Pothier (Truro, NS, Canada) led the St. Andrews women’s golf team with a tournament best 11-over par 83 to take medalist honors at the Lincoln Memorial University Invitational. The Knights came in second out of two teams.

Pothier’s 83 on the 5,811-yard, par-72 Woodlake Golf Club was four strokes better than any other competitor. Sophomore Andrea Johnston (Chapel Hill, NC) had a fourth place finish after carding a 92. Tara Laird (Manilla, IN) shot a 105, Sally McDaniel (Stanley, NC) had a 106 and Cara Daily (Advance, NC) finished with a 137.

St. Andrews finished 13 strokes behind host Lincoln Memorial, who shot a 373 on Monday. The Knights had an outside shot of catching the Railsplitters, but Tuesday’s second round was cancelled because of inclement weather.

The SAPC women’s golf team will next hit the links at the Old North State Club in Badin, NC, on March 14-15 for the Lady Falcon Invitational (hosted by Pfeiffer University).

Knights finish 16th at Kiawah Island

February 6, 2005

KIAWAH ISLAND, SC—The University of Central Arkansas placed four players in the top 10 as the Sugar Bears captured the 2005 Tusculum College/Kiawah Island Women's Intercollegiate, held this weekend at the Cougar Point Golf Club. The Knights finished in 16th place in the 17-team field with a team score of 819.

Central Arkansas, ranked No. 8 in NCAA Division II, posted a team score of 627 to win by nine shots over second place University of West Florida (No. 4 in NCAA II).

West Florida carded the best round on Sunday with 312 to shoot 636 on the weekend.  The Argonauts were led by Clara Fornella, who claimed medalist honors for a second straight year.  Fornella shot 152 to edge Carlie Gordon of Lenoir-Rhyne College by one stroke.  UCA's Tanner Trumbo finished third with 154, while Kim Meyer-Scott of Northern Kentucky University shot 155 to place fourth.  Melissa Sneller of Grand Valley State University finished in a five-way tie for fifth place and claimed the last All-Tournament spot on a scorecard playoff.

Nova Southeastern University finished third with 650, while Grand Valley State placed fourth with 661.  Northern Kentucky finished fifth with 669, followed by Pfeiffer University (686), Lenoir-Rhyne (687), Savannah College of Art and Design (696), tournament host Tusculum (704) and Anderson College (705) rounded out the top 10.

The Florida Institute of Technology shot 710 to finish 11th, followed by Wingate (720), Catawba College (729), Limestone (729), Queens University of Charlotte (803), St. Andrews Presbyterian College (819) and Louisburg College (1163).

The Knights were led by Heather Pothier ( Truro, NS, Canada), who posted a 177 (88 and 89) for a tie for 37th place in the 88-player field. Andrea Johnston ( Chapel Hill, NC) carded a 196, Tara Laird (Manilla, IN) shot a 220, Sally McDaniel ( Stanley, NC) scored a 226 and Kristen Bowling ( Marietta, GA) had a 280.

The SAPC women’s golf team will next hit the links at the Woodlake Country Club in Tazewell, TN, on February 28 and March 1 for the Lincoln Memorial Invitational.

2005 Spring Golf Preview & Poll

January 24, 2005

LAURINBURG, NC--The St. Andrews men’s and women’s golf programs look to build on an average fall season and plan on being very competitive in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference (CVAC) this spring.

The St. Andrews men’s team was picked sixth in the 2005 CVAC Pre-Season Poll as voted upon by the leagues coaches after having an up-and-down fall season. The Knights, who finished sixth in the 2004 CVAC Tournament and fourth in the Atlantic Regional, were picked behind Coker, Barton, Pfeiffer, Belmont Abbey and Queens.

The Knights started the year off with a disappointing eighth place showing in the Anderson Invitational but bounced back with a good appearance in the Johnny Palmer Invitational. St. Andrews finished in the top-half of a very difficult field including ahead of CVAC rivals Queens, Barton, Anderson, Mount Olive and Lees-McRae.

The highlight of the fall came in late September when the Knights hosted the St. Andrews Fall Invitational at the Deercroft Golf Club. SAPC won the 12-team tournament with a 15-over par 303.

First year head coach Josh Nahm, who played his collegiate golf at St. Andrews, will guide a young but talented group of 12 gentlemen. 2004 CVAC Freshman of the Year, Alvin Yeung, looks to improve on his team low 77.0 fall stroke average while seniors Josh Boucher and Jon Hermanson look to go out with a bang. Graham Bell, Cory Fleck, John Kolls, Matt Wilson and Nathan Young all played in multiple tournaments for the Knights in the fall.

The St. Andrews women’s golf team, who are picked sixth in the 2005 CVAC Pre-Season Coaches Poll, will look to build on last year’s inaugural season. The Knights have already beaten last year’s low one-day team total by 85 strokes this fall.

The Knights return two players in Andrea Johnston and Kristen Bowling. Johnson made last years CVAC All-Conference Second Team. Nahm added four new players including Heather Pothier, Tara Laird, Sally McDaniel and Cara Daily. Pothier holds SAPC’s individual low tournament round with a 77.

Both teams will play in five regular season tournaments including hosting the St. Andrews Spring Invitation on March 21-22 at the Woodlake Country Club in Pinehurst, NC. The Knights will compete for the CVAC Conference Title in Hartsville, SC (hosted by Coker) on April 17-19. The 2005 Atlantic Super Regional will be hosted by Columbus State on May 2-4.

CVAC Women’s Golf Pre-Season Coaches Poll

(First place votes in parenthesis)
1. Pfeiffer University (4) 24
2. Anderson College (2) 22
3. Limestone College 17
4. Queens University of Charlotte 10
5. Mount Olive College 9
6. St. Andrews Presbyterian College 8

The Knights will travel to Charlotte, NC for the Top Flite/Rafferty’s Intercollegiate hosted by Queens this weekend, October 3-4.

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