PRIMM, Nev. --- The Pioneer men, ranked 24th in the first NAIA Coaches Poll of the season, struggled through some very "undesertlike" conditions on day two of the CBU Spring Break Classic at Primm Valley Golf Club, finishing in seventh place with a three-round total of 914.

Wayland went into the clubhouse on Monday sitting in fourth place just three strokes behind second place Point Loma Nazarene. The Pioneers opened with a 298, and then shot a terrific 287 on the second 18, but Tuesday in the desert was cold and snowy and a 329 was all the Pioneers could manage.

JAMUL, Calif. --- The Wayland Baptist men's golf team successfully opened the spring portion of its 2009-10 schedule with a second place finish at the Point Loma/Smee Builders Invitational, held Monday and Tuesday at Steele Canyon Golf Club.

The Pioneers, ranked 24th in the first NAIA Coaches Poll of the season, beat out three teams ahead of them in the ratings, including #3 Holy Names University and #12 California Baptist.

JAMUL, Calif. --- The Pioneer men's golfers opened the spring portion of their 2009-10 schedule on Monday at the Point Loma Nazarene/Smee Builders Invitational at Steele Canyon Golf Course.

WBU, led by junior Michael Loppnow, shot a 305 in the first round, and then came back with a 296 in the afternoon for a total 601. The Pioneers are five strokes behind the leaders, host Point Loma Nazarene, in second place.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Wayland Baptist men's and women's golf teams are both ranked #14 in the preseason NAIA Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll, released last week by the national office. Oklahoma City University is the No. 1 team in both polls.

Aurora, Col.---The Wayland men's golf team finished third at the Colorado School of Mines/Regis University Fall Invitational, which had to be shortened to 36-holes due to inclimate weather. The Pioneers fired a 295-298-593 to come up eight strokes in back of second place Colorado School of Mines. Johnson & Wales University took the team title with a 4-over 580.