The Cobbers finished the year with a tie for 4th at the MIAC championship. Freshman Brandon Riddering led the team in season scoring and fellow freshman Mike Simonich earned all-MIAC honors with a 152 score at the 1995 MIAC tournament to tie for 6th place.
1995-96 Concordia Men's Golf Roster Name Yr Hometown/High School Jon Birkeland Sr Sioux Falls, SD Paul Rickbeil Jr Worthington Mike Lanning So Moorhead Brandon Riddering Fr Maple Grove/Osseo Mike Simonich Fr Mora Darin Uselman Fr Fargo Coach: Jerry Pyle, 5th year
1995 Concordia Men's Golf Final Fall Statistics Team Scores Ave. 323 329 229 334 307 313 314 342 342 337 318 317 325.4 Name Rounds Played Ave. Brandon Riddering 77 85 80 79 75 78 77 79 90 80 76 81 79.8 Mike Simonich 81 82 87 83 74 80 78 88 85 81 79 73 80.9 Jon Birkeland 87 81 82 84 79 72 76 85 83 88 85 83 82.1 Paul Rickbeil 89 92 83 84 90 84 87 88 85 86.8 Mike Lanning 93 97 80 86 83 91 95 87 78 80 87.0 Jason Rhoades 78 81 90 88 79 83.2
1995 Men's Golf Schedule Time/Results 9/10-11 Bemidji State Invitational 12th of 15 323-329 9/15-17 Erv Kaiser-NDSU Invite 9th of 11 339-334-307 9/24-25 St. Cloud State Invitational 5th of 13 313-314 9/30-10/2 Twin Cities Classic 19th of 25 342-342-337 10/6-7 MIAC Championship 4th of 10 318-317 Pebble Creek, Becker, MN
Bemidji State Invitational 09/10-11/95 Cobber Scores RD1 RD2 TOT Jason Rhoades 78 81 159 Brandon Riddering 77 85 162 Mike Simonich 81 82 163 Jon Birkeland 87 81 168 Paul Rickbeil 89 92 181 Totals 323 329 652 Bemidji State Invitational Team Results 9/10-11/95 Team RD1-RD2-TOT Gustavus 295-309-604 Augsburg 306-300-606 St. Cloud 316-309-625 SDSU 317-312-629 UND 320-313-633 Mankato 318-317-635 Bemidji St. 320-317-637 Northwest 323-317-640 Augsburg II 328-313-641 NDSU 321-321-642 St. John's 342-309-651 Concordia 323-329-652 Bemidji St. II 340-325-665 UM-Morris 337-337-674 Mayville 402-377-779 Erv Kaiser Invitational 09/15-16/95 Oxbow, Fargo CC, Meadows Team RD1-RD2-RD3-TOT 1. NDSU Gold 321-314-299-934 2. Gustavus 337-318-296-951 3. SDSU 331-313-310-954 4. St. Cloud 327-328-300-955 5. Minot 327-324-305-956 6. UW-Eau Claire 331-330-297-958 7. UND 330-330-309-969 8. St. John's 337-331-302-970 9. Concordia 339-334-307-980 10. NDSU Green 346-335-307-988 11. Bemidji 342-339-314-995 12. Mayville 408-WD Erv Kaiser Invitational 09/15-16/95 Oxbow, Fargo CC, Meadows Cobber Scores RD1-RD2-RD3 TOT PLACE Brandon Riddering 80 79 75 234 5th Mike Simonich 87 83 74 244 29th Jon Birkeland 82 84 79 245 35th Jason Rhoades 90 88 79 257 56th Mike Lanning 93 97 80 270 59th 59 Competitors St. Cloud State Invitational Team Results 9/24-25/95 Team RD1-RD2-TOT 1. SCSU 311-302-613 2. Gustavus 313-301-614 3. Mankato 309-312-621 4. NDSU 315-306-621 5. Concordia 313-314-327 6. St. John's 312-318-330 7. Gustavus II 322-313-635 8. SCSU II 327-308-635 9. St. Thomas 326-326-652 10. Carleton 335-319-654 11. St. Olaf 338-328-666 12. UM-Morris 345-328-673 13. St. John's 353-334-685 St. Cloud State Invitational 09/24-25/95 Pebble Creek GC, Becker, MN Cobber Scores RD1 RD2 TOT PLACE Jon Birkeland 72 76 148 T-1st Brandon Riddering 78 77 155 13th Mike Simonich 80 78 158 20th Paul Rickbeil 83 84 167 46th Mike Lanning 86 83 169 50th 64 Competitors
Twin Cities Classic 9/30-10/2/95 Cobber Scores RD1 RD2 RD3 TOT Brandon Riddering 79 90 80 249 Mike Simonich 88 85 81 254 Jon Birkeland 85 83 88 256 Paul Rickbeil 90 84 87 261 Mike Lanning 91 95 87 273 Totals 342 342 335 1019 Twin Cities Classic Team Results 9/30-10/02/95 Pl Team RD1-RD2-RD3- TOT 1 Augsburg I 325-309-334- 960 2 NE-Wesleyan 323-314-324- 961 St. Ambrose 325-316-320- 961 4 Gustavus Gold 333-312-320- 965 SDSU 322-311-332- 965 6 St. Cloud 330-311-328- 969 7 Gustavus Black 319-327-328- 974 8 UW-Eau Claire 325-313-337- 975 9 Luther 341-322-317- 980 10 Mankato State 337-325-323- 985 11 UND 324-340-322- 986 NDSU 333-324-329- 986 13 Augsburg II 329-317-342- 988 14 Marion 343-328-320- 991 15 St. Thomas 329-336-336-1001 16 Winona St. 334-343-328-1005 17 Bemidji 343-331-337-1011 St. John's 347-325-337-1011 19 Concordia 342-342-337-1019 20 St. Mary's 329-350-342-1021 21 Milwaukee 354-334-335-1023 22 UM-Morris 339-341-346-1026 23 St. Olaf 347-338-343-1028 24 St. Cloud II 347-334-346-1029 25 Macalester 359-335-338-1032 MIAC Championships 10/6-7/95 Cobber Scores RD1 RD2 TOT Place Mike Simonich 79 73 152 T-6th * Brandon Riddering 76 81 157 T-15th Mike Lanning 78 80 158 T-19th Jon Birkeland 85 83 168 T-42nd Paul Rickbeil 88 85 173 48th Totals 318 317 635 50 Golfers Competed * All-MIAC MIAC Golf Championships Team Results 10/6-7/95 Pl Team RD1-RD2-TOT 1 Augsburg 302-296-598 2 Gustavus 297-305-602 3 St. John's 315-312-627 4 Concordia 318-317-635 St. Mary's 306-329-635 St. Olaf 313-322-635 7 Bethel 317-324-641 8 St. Thomas 324-322-646 9 Carleton 326-327-653 10 Macalester 324-336-660
Men's Golf Results 4/28/96 Mankato State Team Results 1 Gustavus Gold 592 2 Augsburg 595 3 St. Cloud State 615 4 Gustavus Black 623 5 Mankato State 624 St. John's 624 7 Bemidji State 625 8 Macalester 629 9 Concordia 631 10 Carleton 636 11 St. Thomas 648 12 St. Olaf 650 Individual Results 1st 2nd Tot Brandon Riddering 80 85 165 Mike Simonich 82 81 163 Jon Birkeland 81 77 158 Mike Lanning 82 79 161 Darin Uselman 74 77 151 Team Total 317 314 631 Men's Golf Home Page
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