Round 2 Results

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. – Saint John's golf moved up to third place out of nine teams at the 2026 MIAC Championships on Sunday, Oct. 11, at Edinburgh G.C. (par 72).

SJU shot Sunday's second-best score – a 3-over par 291 – which was one shot behind first-place Bethel's 290. The Royals were a collective -10 at the turn but carded 13 bogeys and a pair of doubles on the back nine. SJU is nine shots behind Concordia in second after the Cobbers carded a 292 (+4) in round two. They are 12 shots behind Bethel in first. St. Olaf and Carleton both trail the Johnnies in fourth with a 606 (+30). 

The Johnnies begin Monday's final round at 11:03 a.m. with Bethel and Concordia.

Senior Nate Appelhof (Blaine, Minn./Totino-Grace) still leads SJU after moving up two spots to fifth with an even-par 72. Appelhof was 1-under through his first nine holes after carding four birdies. He added two more on the back nine but bogeyed three times on par 4s. He has the best record on par 5s through the tournament, shooting a collective -7 and an average of 4.30. His 11 total birdies are also the most in the championship so far.

Freshman William Andrus (St. George, Utah/Homeschool) made the biggest jump of the day for the Johnnies, vaulting 13 spots on the leaderboard into 22nd after carding a 72 alongside Appelhof. Andrus shot four consecutive birdies on holes Nos. 4-7. After a bogey on eight, he followed with nine consecutive pars before doubling No. 18. 

Junior Gavin Grahek (Maple Grove, Minn.) added four birdies to the Johnnies' total – two each on the front and back nine. He added 10 pars but doubled once and bogeyed three times for a 73. Like Andrus, Grahek jumped up the individual leaderboard, climbing seven spots into a tie for 11th with a two-round 79-73 (+8).

Sophomore Austin Roloff (Minneapolis, Minn./Spring Lake Park) moved up one spot with a day-two 74 (+2). He balanced a pair of bogeys with two birdies on his front nine and shot even on 11 other holes. He continues to lead the tournament in pars with 25.

Sophomore Luke Ehmke (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge) held at 32nd after shooting a 7-over par 79. He had a two-shot birdie on Hole No. 14 but doubled three times.