{"id":1185,"date":"2010-10-01T20:58:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T20:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2016-01-04T17:31:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T17:31:11","slug":"ladies-of-the-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2010\/10\/01\/ladies-of-the-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladies of the links lift the team"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Shelman<\/p>\n

There was a time not all that long ago when simply getting enough players to field a complete team was a challenge for the Augsburg women\u2019s golf program. As a result, the on-course performance of the Auggies wasn\u2019t where it might have been.<\/p>\n

Johanna Frykmark (left) and Stef Zappa (right) have changed that. The two seniors have brought stability, seriousness, and increased levels of success to Augsburg\u2019s women\u2019s golf program. They have both been All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) selections, both have shown great improvement on the course, and both will graduate at the end of this semester after three-and-a-half years on campus. <\/p>\n

\"picture<\/a>\u201cWithout them, our team wouldn\u2019t be anywhere near where we are now,\u201d coach Ted Vickerman says. \u201cThey\u2019ve really changed the mentality to where we want to do our best. We\u2019re beating teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two take pride in how the program has changed during their tenure. \u201cOur first year, we were last in the conference, but we had fun doing it,\u201d Zappa says. \u201cEverybody\u2019s improved. Both of us have had five or six stokes (average per round) of improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the MIAC championship meet\u2014her final collegiate event\u2014in early October, Zappa became the first Augsburg women\u2019s golfer to earn multiple All-MIAC honors, finishing seventh, the highest-ever finish for an Auggie at the MIAC championships.<\/p>\n

Johanna Frykmark finished in 25th place and joins Zappa as the second of three Auggie women\u2019s golfers to record 25th-or-better finishes in three MIAC meets.<\/p>\n

Both appreciate their time at Augsburg and the role golf has played in their Auggie experience. \u201cMy first year was pretty rough,\u201d Frykmark says. \u201cI had a hard time fitting in and I missed home a lot. I\u2019ve changed so much as a person since I came here. The golf team was a big part of that; they were my second family when I got here.\u201d<\/p>\n

After completing her degree in international business and business management, Frykmark hopes to find a position with an international company that does business both in the U.S. and in<\/p>\n

her native Sweden.<\/p>\n

Zappa is on her way to becoming a teacher, spending this semester student-teaching first- and second-graders at Barton Open School in South Minneapolis. She\u2019s also helping to coach volleyball at Minneapolis South High School.<\/p>\n

While that\u2019s a heavy load, Zappa wasn\u2019t going to walk away from the golf team. Zappa\u2014who had a hole-in-one on her 20th birthday during a tournament at Carleton\u2014didn\u2019t practice with the team as often this fall as she would have liked. Instead, she practiced in the evenings and remained one<\/p>\n

of the team\u2019s top golfers\u2014that is, on a team much more stable than before Zappa and Frykmark arrived on campus.<\/p>\n

JEFF SHELMAN is the former director of media relations in the Marketing and Communication office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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