With the University of Nebraska at Omaha leaving Division II and adding a men's team, the state now has three men's and three women's programs in Division I golf.
The fall season begins Tuesday with Creighton's women hosting Northern Iowa in a 10 a.m. dual at Omaha Country Club. The major events are Nebraska's Chip-N Club women's invitational at the Country Club of Lincoln and the Huskers' Fairway Club men's invitational at ArborLinks in Nebraska City, both on Sept. 12 and 13.
Rosters:
Nebraska men (Bill Spangler, coach): Dan Dawson, jr., England; Ross Dickson, fr., England; Neil Dufford, jr., Midland, Texas; Manuel Lavin de la Riva, so., Mexico; Jordan Reinertson, jr., Gibbon, Neb.; Josh Reinertson, fr., Gibbon; Scott Willman, sr., Prairie Village, Kan.; Austin Zimmerman, sr., Lincoln.
Nebraska women (Robin Krapfl, coach): Katie Keiser, sr., Gothenburg, Neb.; Kayla Knopik, Papillion; Shelby Martinek, fr., Tempe, Ariz.; Remylee Molyneux, so. Thousand Oaks, Calif.; Steffi Neisen, so., New Prague, Minn.; Jackie O'Doherty, fr., Lincoln; Carolyn Schorgl, so., Leawood, Kan.; Morgan Smejkal, fr., Columbus; Cassidy Stelzmiller, fr., Placerville, Calif.; Katelyn Wright, so., Incline Village, Nev.
Creighton men (Chris Wiemers, coach): Collin Craft, so., Omaha; Jack Dressen, sr., Edina, Minn.; Ryan Herter, sr., Shorewood, Ill.; Ben Lowman, sr., Manhattan, Kan.; Daniel McKernan, so., Bellevue; Austin Miller, sr., Gering, Neb.; John Rasmussen, jr., Omaha; Johnny Spellerberg, fr., Fremont; Kevin Stanek, sr., Bellevue; Trey Turley, so., Kansas City, Mo.
Creighton women (Debbie Conry, coach): Emily Allison, so., Marshalltown, Iowa; Celeste Gassman, jr., Kansas City, Mo.; Taylor Hill, fr., Council Bluffs; Katie Morel, fr., Overland Park, Kan.; Mary Cathryn Rau, fr., Irving, Texas; Jill Stuckenschneider, jr., Leawood, Kan.; Jaci Thode, sr., Washington, Iowa; Rachel Thompson, fr., Chesterfield, Mo.
UNO men (Tim Nelson, coach): Scott Beach, jr., Omaha; Alex Holtan, fr., Corcoran, Minn.; Mitch Johnson, fr., Omaha; Kurtis Kammerer, so., Omaha; Karl Krieser, fr., Omaha; Mark Stovie, jr., Omaha.
UNO women (Tim Nelson, coach): Armana Christianson, sr., Omaha; Melyssa Doerr, so., La Vista; Elizabeth Havekost, jr., Beatrice, Neb.; Danielle Kuchar, jr., Humphrey, Neb.; Jessica Lindblad, ff., Hastings, Neb.; Rebecca Pollock, sr., Omaha; Brooke Thilges, so., Manhattan, Kan.
Chip shots
• Former University of Arizona golfer Nate Tyler won the Oregon Trail Pro-Am at Scotts Bluff Country Club by four strokes. O'Neill's John Hurley, who played in the final threesome, backed up with a final-round 75 to finish seven strokes behind. Tyler's college teammate, Scottsbluff's Nate Lashley, bypassed the tournament to play in the Utah Open.
• Brandon Crick of McCook took second at the Dakotas Tour's North Dakota State Open. Entering the season-ending tour championship this week at The Ridge in Sioux Center, Iowa, he's fifth and A.J. Elgert of Lincoln 11th in the points race.
• The Steve Hogan Memorial Tournament, which benefits the Hogan's Junior Golf Heroes — The First Tee of Omaha program, is Sept. 26 at Elmwood Park. Entry information is available at www.thefirstteeomaha.org; or by calling Doug Stewart at 402-960-2203.
— Stu Pospisil
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