WACONIA, Minn. - The Martin Luther College men's golf team opened the 2021 season with a 3-2 defeat to Crown College in a match-play competition at Island View Golf Course.

The Knights scored their two points thanks to an 8-5 win by Kyle Lindemann in number-one singles, and then a 7-3 win by Micah Otto in their number-three match. Lindemann shot 79 overall, while Otto shot 80 on the day.

Outside of the top five players, Paul Frick, Ryan Boggs and Luke Fix each won their matches.

The full scoring from the event is below:

No. 1 | MLC's Kyle Lindemann (79) def. Crown's Lane Thomas (82) 8-5
No. 2 | Crown's Titus Wookey (75) def. MLC's John Fix (83) 9-3
No. 3 | MLC's Micah Otto (80) def. Crown's Drake Dawson (81) 3-7
No. 4 | Crown's Matt Yerke (80) def. MLC's Malakai Dunn (92) 10-3
No. 5 | Crown's Rey Cantu (88) def. Benjamin Gensmer (88) 7-5

No. 6 | MLC's Paul Frick (88) def. Crown's Charlie West (97) 8-4
No. 7 | MLC's Ryan Boggs (93) def. Crown's Seth Royston (94) 7-6
No. 8 | MLC's Luke Fix (97) def. Crown's Jared Patterson (97) 7-4

The Knights will return to action on Friday, September 3, when they host Bethany Lutheran College for the Wittenberg Cup match at New Ulm Country Club.