The Prairie Fire concluded a successful 2010-11 season with a 3rd place finish at Midwest Conference Men's Golf Tournament.

Two juniors -- Bobby Stuebi (Western Springs, Illinois) and Jamie Jang (San Carlos, California) -- both shot 237 to place 4th overall.

Stuebi moved up from 8th place after two rounds with his third straight 79.  Jang entered Saturday's third round in 2nd place after firing a 73 in the second round, a season low and the second best score of the day.  His two-round total of 154 trailed Carroll University's Eric Busalacchi by just one stroke. 

Jang matched his first round score of 82 on Saturday while Busalacchi carded a 78 for an overall score of 232 and a 1st place finish.  He held off MWC runner-up John Pechan of Lawrence University by three strokes.  Pechan also shot a 78 in the third round after a first round score of 82 followed by a 75 in the second round that moved him into a 4th place tie going into Saturday's final 18 holes.

Carroll's Blaine Lynch (76-81-79 236) placed 3rd and teammate Sam Luedtke (77-80-80 237) tied Jang and Stuebi for 4th place.   The three led the Pioneers, which combined to shoot 948, to their first-ever Midwest Conference Men's Golf championship and an automatic bid into NCAA Division-III Championships.  Carroll's Dave Andrews was named the 2011 MWC Men's Golf Coach of the Year.

The Prairie Fire, after shooting a 333 in the first round, had a second round score of 317 for a 650 overall to close within eight strokes of Monmouth College (323-319 642) for second place.  The Scots shot a 325 in the final round, three strokes ahead of the Prairie Fire (333-317-328 978) to finish at 967.  Knox finished six strokes ahead of 4th place St. Norbert College.  Grinnell College rounded out the top five at 1011.

Just missing a top ten finish was Prairie Fire first-year golfer James Fenner (East Peoria, Illinois).  Fenner rebounded from a first round 83 with a 78 in the second round.  He closed with an 83 to finish with a three-round score of 244 and 11th place overall.

Senior co-captains Kevin Morris (Belvidere, Illinois) and A.J. Shule (Saint Anne, Illinois) placed 32nd (269) and 37th (276), respectively.  Senior Pete Cain (Redlands, California) had a three-round total of 299 for 47th place.

The Prairie Fire also finished 3rd in last year's MWC Championship.