Sylven is taking advantage of the extra year of eligibility the NCAA granted because of COVID-19 and competing for the Tritons while completing his degree in sport management....
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The Tritons matched the best finish in school history by tying for fifth at the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship at TPC Michigan....
Sylven, a sport management major from Falkenberg, Sweden, joins the 1973 men's soccer team as the only national champions in school history....
Senior Manon Labeur was the top UMSL finisher in the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championship, placing 41st with a combined score of 230 in the 54-hole tournament....
Both the women's and men's golf teams booked tickets to the NCAA Division II Championships by finishing fifth in last week's regional tournaments....
UMSL freshmen golfers Tove Brunell and Juliette Lecomte garnered All-GLVC honors while leading the Tritons to a runner-up finish at the conference championship....
The men's golf team secured its first Great Lakes Valley Conference championship since 2016. Senior Joel Sylven led the way, winning medalist honors....
Sylven ended the year with a 71.89 stroke average, a new single-season UMSL record....
Both the men's and women's golf teams punched their tickets to the NCAA Division II Championships with strong showings at their respective regional tournaments....
"We really felt it was important to have both golf programs under one leadership and that now was the time to do it," said Lori Flanagan, UMSL director of athletics....
