EDINA, Minn. - The College of Saint Benedict golf team wrapped up the 2026 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships with a sixth-place finish Sunday, Oct. 4. CSB shot a 25-over 313 on the final round of the par 72, 5,691-yard Braemar Golf Course, finishing the tournament with a 54-hole score of 944. The tournament total for the Bennies is the second-best in program history, just one stroke shy of the all-time record set at the 2017 MIAC Championships.
Junior Sophia Anderson (Albany, Minn./Albany Area) shot a three-over 75 to finish with the best round of the day by a Bennie. Anderson finished the front nine one-under par, using a pair of birdies on holes one and seven and an eagle on four. Anderson finished the championship in a tie for 16th after firing a 54-hole score of 19-over 235. Junior
Kenna Henriksen (Olivia, Minn./BOLD) joined Anderson in the tie for 16th, as she notched a nine-over 81 to finish the weekend.
First-year Hallie Johnson (Red Wing, Minn./Red Wing) recorded the best overall finish for CSB, as she tied for 13th. Johnson recorded a 16-over 232 for the tournament, as she finished with a seven-over 79 on her final round. The 54-hole score for the first-year ties the second-lowest round in school history and is the best since Bridget Cummings finished with a 232 in 2013. Kathryn Hauff set the program record in 2011 behind a runner-up finish at the MIAC Championships and finished her career as a two-time NCAA Division III All-American.
Junior Avery Maus (Kimball, Minn./Kimball Area) joined Johnson with a 79 on the day, breaking 80 for the first time in her career. Maus birdied the last two holes of the tournament to secure the career-low score. Sophomore
Layla Mathews (Becker, Minn./Becker) shot an eight-over 80 to finish the weekend in a tie for 29th. All five Bennies boasted a career-low 54-hole score.
St. Catherine University captured the crown after recording an 18-over 882, establishing a new MIAC Championships record. With the championship, the Wildcats secure the league's automatic bid to the 2027 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships on May 11-14, 2027, at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va. Gustavus Adolphus College and Macalester College tied for second after recording matching 56-over 920s. St. Kate's also claimed the individual championship, as Caylin Cantwell fired a MIAC Championship-record six-under 210 for the weekend.
Individual Standings
*indicates career-low
Team Standings
1. St. Catherine, 294-291-297=882
T2. Gustavus Adolphus, 308-308-304=920
T2. Macalester, 302-307-311=920
4. St. Olaf, 313-324-299=936
5. Bethel, 315-315-312=942
6. Saint Benedict, 318-313-313=944
7. Carleton, 307-319-319=945
8. Concordia, 320-333-315=968
9. St. Scholastica, 330-346-329=1005
