Mesa Men Notch 3rd At Nationals

Darton and Tyler hold off T'Birds

Head Coach John Guerrero's squad had to battle inclement weather, even though the NJCAA's were held at Palm Valley Golf Course in Goodyear, Arizona, as well as fatigue, but notched a solid 3rd- place finish at Nationals.
"These golfers are really something special and it has been some time since Mesa has had such a solid core of young men representing their golf team," says Guerrero.
The team finished 3rd (+33), and only 13 strokes off the D2 Champs, Tyler Community College, out of Texas.
A final round 299 wasn't good enough to overtake Darton and Tyler, but Mesa was persistent and extremely resilient over the course of the four-day, oft-delayed event.
The team tallied a four-day total of 1185 (287-298-301-299), led by 5th- place overall finisher Andrew Augustyniak's (+4) 292 (73-72-77-70).
Austin Stone finished tied for 9th overall with a final (+6) 294 (71-77-73-73).
Brent Hobbs finsihed 12th overall with a (+7) 295 (71-71-74-79).
Corey Pike finished tied for 35th with a (+17) 305 (73-78-77-77).
Jake Golembiewski rounded out the Mesa team with a (+22) 310 (72-80-79-79).
A team entirely comprised of freshman, expect Mesa Men's Golf to be a factor at Nationals in 2009.

Golfers Slip To 3rd On Day Three

Third round 301 has Mesa ten strokes back heading into final day

Coach Guerrero and Brent Hobbs

Mesa men's golfers slipped one spot to 3rd heading into the final day at Palm Valley Golf Course in Goodyear, Arizona at the NJCAA National Championships.
Head coach John Guerrero saw his squad manuever amidst inclement weather throughout a delayed third round on Thursday. Rain and wind halted play around 2:00 p.m. as the leaders were only through three holes. The delay lasted nearly an hour. (more)

Brent Hobbs started the day 2nd overall but slipped to 3rd on Thursday. Hobbs is only two strokes in back of the leader. Through three rounds Hobbs is shooting a 216 (71,71,74-E).
Teammates Austin Stone is 10th (221) and Andrew Augustyniak is currently 11th (222).
Mesa (886) trails three-time defending national champion Darton CC out of Georgia by six strokes and the leaders, Tyler Junior College, out of Texas, by ten strokes.
Friday will be a pivotal day for the Mesa men as they try and capture the schools first national championship since the 1970's.

Head Coach John Guerrero with wife Karen at Palm Valley GC May 22, 2008 at the NJCAA's

Men 2nd in Nation After Two Rounds

T'Birds at +9 with a 585

After notching a 5th place finish last week at national competition with the women, head coach John Guerrero's men are 2nd at nationals through two rounds.
The men are only three strokes off the lead heading into Thursday's tee offs.
After a 287 round one and a 298 in the second, Mesa trails only Tyler Junior College for the NJCAA National Championship.
Brent Hobbs's back-to-back 71's (2nd overall individually at -2) has Mesa sitting pretty.
Andrew Augustyniak is tied for 5th overall (+1) after shooting a first-round 73 and following up with a 72 on day two.
Austin Stone is tied for 11th at +4, and Corey Pike is tied for 27th at +7.
Jake Golembiewski is 30th, tied with three others at +8.
The team is competing in Goodyear, Arizona and hopes to win a national championship and elevate Mesa golf to it's highest level ever.

Men Off To Nationals

May 20-23 in Goodyear

Head Coach John Guerrero has had a stellar year with both the men's and women's teams in 2008. The men are off to Goodyear, AZ for the NJCAA National Championships on May 20-23.

The team comprised of Andrew Augustyniak, Jake Golembiewski, Brent Hobbs, Austin Stone, Corey Pike, Tyler Clark, Tyler Coates, Matt Genchi, and Jared Godfrey hope to bring home the title.

Men Win First Title Of '08

Win South Mountain Invitational

The Mesa men's golf team capped off a great week for the Mesa golf teams by capturing 1st place at the South Mountain CC Invitational last week at Palm Valley Golf Course in Litchfield. 

The T-birds fired back- to-back even par rounds of 288-288-576 to finish seven strokes ahead of conference leading Scottsdale CC (583). 

"Our conference tournaments come down to a putting and mental decision contest between the top teams," Coach Guerrero said reffering to how evenly matched the top four teams are in the ACCAC. 

"I think the difference for us this week is we focused and kept our emotions in check.  I was pleased with our performance,"  Guerrero said.

The men were led by steady freshman Jake Golembiewski (69-73-142) who tied for 3rd and has placed in the top ten in all ACCAC events thus far.  Fellow freshman Andrew Augustyniak and Brent Hobbs both fired (145) totals and finished tied for 7th respectively.  Sophmore Austin Stone (147) finished 11th and had the teams best 2nd round firing -3 under (69). 

Next up for the men is the Scottsdale Invitational Mar. 17-18 at Hilcrest GC in Sun City, Az.

Men Notch A 4th-Place Finish At PVCC

Hobbs shoots well in tough tournament

The Thunderbird men finished a disappointing 4th at the Paradise Valley Invitational played at The Golf Club at Estrella in Goodyear, AZ.  Freshman Brent Hobbs, who led the tournament after day one, finshed in a tie for 6th, firing rounds of 73-76-149 to lead the team.  Fellow freshman Jake Golembiewski finshed tied for 10th (151).  MCC shot 306 in round one and was trailing Chandler/Gilbert by eight strokes after a blistery first day of competition.  Mesa improved the 2nd day (297) but slipped back two places as the scores improved with favorable weather conditions.  South Mountain CC (594)captured the team title besting runner up Scottdale (599) by 5 strokes.  Mesa finshed at 603.

Thunderbird Men Finish 4th At WNMU Cactus Thaw

Augustyniak leads Mesa in meet with four NCAA schools

The MCC Men's golf team finished in 4th place at the Cactus Thaw hosted by Western New Mexico University in Silver City, NM.  The Thunderbirds were led by freshman Andrew Augustyniak (75-73-148) who placed tied for 7th in the ten-team field which had four NCAA schools competing in the event.  Sophmore Austin Stone and local freshman Brent Hobbs (Mesa High) finished in a tie for 12th at 150.  Host School Western New Mexico captured the team title.

Spring 2008 Men's Golf Season Outlook

Head Coach John Guerrero has reason to be excited about his men's golf team. More on the season about to tee off on February 6 in a scrimmage with Crand Canyon University.

The team will drive for real on February 8-10 at the Cactus Thaw on the campus of Western New Mexico University in Silver City, NM.

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