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VCSU<\/a> junior Jocelyn Braunberger<\/a> erased a four-shot deficit on Thursday to win medalist honors at the 36-hole Dickinson State Spring Invite.<\/p>\n Braunberger entered the final round trailing by four shots after shooting an 86 on Wednesday. On Thursday, she carded an 81 \u2013 the best round of the tournament \u2013 en route to a three-shot victory and her seventh career win.<\/p>\n The two-day meet at Heart River Golf Course in Dickinson was the final tune-up for VCSU before the NSAA Championships, which will be held Monday and Tuesday in La Crosse, Wis.<\/p>\n The small tournament included just VCSU and Dickinson. Braunberger’s 167 total and first-place finish led the Viking women. Hayley Shanks<\/a> placed fifth with a 190 total (89-101). Ashley McKittrick<\/a> was eighth (205, 112-93) and Megan Haugrud<\/a> was ninth (240, 118-122). Dickinson State won the women’s tournament with a 701 total (343-358). The Vikings shot an 802 (405-397).<\/p>\n On the men’s side, Rory Gentzkow<\/a> placed third to lead the Vikings. After shooting a first-round 80 on Wednesday, Gentzkow carded a 2-over 74 on Thursday to finish in third place. His 10-over total of 154 was just three shots off the champion.<\/p>\n Taylor Finlayson<\/a> recorded a 162 total (80-82) to place sixth, and Jayden Ewoniuk<\/a> finished with a 165 (85-80) to place seventh. Darynt Carroll<\/a> (184, 96-88) was 11th, and Hunter Berg<\/a> (191, 104-87) was 12th.<\/p>\n The Viking men placed second with a 664 total. VCSU shot a 341 on Wednesday, but cut 18 shots to card a 323 on Thursday. Dickinson State won the tournament with a 625 total.<\/p>\n Up next:<\/strong> Valley City State competes at the NSAA Conference Championships. The 36-hole tournament will be played Monday and Tuesday in La Crosse, Wis.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thursday VCSU junior Jocelyn Braunberger erased a four-shot deficit on Thursday to win medalist honors at the 36-hole Dickinson State Spring Invite. Braunberger entered the final round trailing by four shots after shooting an 86 on Wednesday. On Thursday, she carded an 81 \u2013 the best round of the tournament […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":172319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224083,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224082\/revisions\/224083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/172319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}