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Vilde Eriksen chipping to the green Women’s Golf— Fourth-Place Finishers May 18 The Saint Leo women’s golf team finished the first round 10th out of 12 teams with a 305 (+17), 15 strokes out of the lead. May 19 The women’s golf team fired a 294 in the second round, climbing to fifth on the team leaderboard at the tournament’s halfway point. May 20 Saint Leo slipped to seventh on the team leaderboard with a three-day score of 896 (+32)—25 strokes off the pace set by leader Rollins College (FL). May 21 Saint Leo women’s golf climbed three spots in Saturday’s final round to finish tied for fourth at the 2016 NCAA Division II Women’s Golf National Championship. June 6 Head Men’s Golf Coach Chris Greenwood was named the 2016 Dave Williams Division II National Coach of the Year. Bradley Bee is a director of Athletics Communications and traveled with the teams to Denver. Saint Leo University SPIRIT.SAINTLEO.EDU 31 National champs! Men’s Golf—National Champions May 17 With cold and rainy conditions in the first round, the Saint Leo men’s golf team shot a 278 (-10) to head into the second round in first place. May 18 Saint Leo men’s golf carded a 15-under 273 in the second round to extend its team lead to 11 strokes. May 19 The men’s golf team was atop both the individual and team leaderboards at the completion of stroke play. Freshman  Hugo Bernard shot an even-par 72 and finished stroke play at -13 (203) to win the NCAA Division II individual championship. May 20 No. 2-ranked Saint Leo defeated Wilmington (DE) in the medal/match quarterfinals in the morning, before knocking off Lynn (FL) in the afternoon semifinals on the match play tiebreaker. After 90 holes of golf, the top two teams in the nation advanced out of the semifinals and headed to the national championship. May 21 The Lions men’s golf team pulled it off and made history. The Lions used a 3-2 score in match play to take down Chico State (CA) and claim Saint Leo University’s first ever team national championship. Individual champ Hugo Bernard chipping out of a bunker


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