Both the NIU men’s and women’s golf teams finished strong over the weekend in their respective tournaments.

Huskie head coach Pam Tyska and her women’s team moved from a fifth-place tie to finish second at the 20-team Illinois State Lady Redird Classic (Sept. 16-17). Indiana University finished well ahead (26 strokes) of NIU in capturing the tournament title.

“After Saturday’s scores (all five NIU players shot 79-plus), we came back today and played exactly as we needed to play,” Tyska said. “Our five players rose to the occassion and shot the scores on the final 18-holes that we should be shooting all along.”

The male contingent, under the venerable eyes of coach Jack Pheanis, placed third in the 17-team Association of Mid-Continent Universities/University of Northern Iowa Invitational. The University of Illinois took top-team honors, while the University of Wisconsin finished second.

“We played super today, but so did Illinois,” Pheanis said. “We shot six under as a team.”

NIU was led by Rick Stewart (290 total) who finshed tied for second individually with Wisconsin’s Ron Wuensche.

The meet was contested over three different courses in the Cedar Falls-Waterloo, Iowa area. NIU travels to Madison, Wisc. for Friday and Saturday’s (Sept. 22-23) University of Wisconsin Badger Fall Invitational.