University of Minnesota Crookston Athletics

The 2002 Minnesota Crookston men’s golf team became the first program in school history to capture a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Championship by shooting a team score of 459 over 27 holes at Pebble Creek Golf Club in Becker, Minn. The team that competed at the NSIC Championship included Branden Schwartz, Nate Dahl, Vance Harren, Adam Dohlman, and Kent Orvik. In addition to their team championship, Schwartz became the first player in program history to win the individual NSIC Championship. The team’s Head Coach Jason Tangquist also earned NSIC Men’s Coach of the Year in 2002 following the team’s championship. Dahl finished third in the NSIC Championship, just two strokes behind his teammate Schwartz. The team also included Matt Hiller, Keith Johnson, Eric Barber, Tony Brateng, Scott Mack, Dominic Ste. Marie, and Chad Underdal. Brad Heppner was the Assistant Coach during the season as well. Harren was named NSIC All-Academic during the 2002 season. The same squad went on to compete in the NCAA Super Regional in the Spring of 2003, finishing eighth with Schwartz, Dohlman, Brateng, Underdal, and Hiller competing.