Last Friday, David Marquardt put the perfect cap on his collegiate golf career with a 14th place finish at the Division III National Championships.

Birdying his final hole as a member of Prairie Fire, Marquardt carded a 298 for the four-round tournament to become the fifth golfer in Knox history to win All-America honors.

He also finished only a stroke behind a group of golfers who tied for tenth overall. Asked what it felt like ...

BRASELTON, Ga. – Two rounds into the NCAA Division III National Championship, Knox senior David Marquardt finds himself tied for 12th overall.

With another 36 holes to play, Marquardt, the Midwest Conference individual champion, is well within striking distance of the tournament’s front-runners. He sits ten strokes behind leader Scott Harris of St John Fisher College, the only player under-par through two rounds. Three strokes separate the Fire’s captain from a spot in the ...

The Prairie Fire men’s golf team withstood a late charge from defending champion Monmouth last Saturday to win the Midwest Conference Championship. With the victory, Knox earned a berth at the NCAA Division III Championship next week in Braselton, Georgia.

From the get-go, the three-day tournament played out almost exactly how Knox had hoped. After keeping in contention on day one, the Fire took control during the second round. Carding seven scores of 82 ...

The men’s tennis team finished up their 2008 campaign at the MWC Singles and Doubles Championships in Madison, Wis. The highlights of the weekend were some encouraging play towards the program’s future and the final matches of a few graduating seniors.

Sophomore Jared Katchen reached the semi-finals of the number one singles tournament. Katchen, who was the team’s only underclassman this year, defeated his play-in and quarterfinal opponents in straight-sets before falling ...

In what was supposed to be their last chance to set the tone for the conference championship, the Prairie Fire came up a few strokes short of their expectations this past weekend.

It did not help that none of the 14 holes they played the first day of the Scot-Fire Invitational counted.

Knox came out firing on Friday, looking sharp until heavy rain forced golfers off the course. The first round’s scores were then ...