On Tap
Macalester wraps up the fall portion of its 2014-15 schedule this weekend when it hosts St. Catherine in a match-play event at Highland National Golf Course, Saturday, at 12:30 p.m.
 
The Event
Saturday's match with St. Catherine will feature six singles matches at the par-72, 5,843-yard Highland National Golf Course. The event will start with the first group of two singles matches teeing off at 12:30 p.m.
 
Last Week
Jessica Yost was the team's top golfer on days one and three as she shot 84-85-83—252 to tie for 25^th place.
 
Cydni McMillian was the team's most consistent golfer as she shot matching 87s before a final-round 89 to finish tied for 39^th at 263.
 
Kyla Martin's second round 84 was her best round since shooting an 82 in the second round of the Jekyll Island Collegiate Invitational (3/17/12). She finished in 41^st place with a 265 and was followed by Jessica Stone's 266. Suzanne Dufault tied for 50^th with a 54-hole score of 278.

He's the Boss
Tomas Adalsteinsson is in his third year as the Macalester's men's and women's golf coach, having joined the Macalester staff in 2012.

Adalsteinsson is a former golfer for Iceland's national team and, in 2000, placed 25th at the European Team Championship. In 2001 he was Icelandic Junior Champion and Icelandic Junior Tour Champion.

Prior to coming to Macalester, Adalsteinsson was the head boys' varsity golf coach at Lakeville South High School in Lakeville, Minn., and, prior to that, he was the head boys' coach at University High School in San Francisco and a junior instructor at his home course, Keilir Golf Club in Iceland.

Adalsteinsson led Lakeville South during the spring season of 2012 to second place in the South Suburban Conference. The team set two school records during the season, and ended fifth in its section, only four shots from first place and a spot in the state championships.

In his teens, Adalsteinsson golfed with the Icelandic youth national teams from 1998-2003. He has experience coaching both golf and soccer. Adalsteinsson served as an assistant women's soccer coach at Carleton College and has also been a staff coach for Eden Prairie Soccer Club.

Adalsteinsson is a graduate of the University of Iceland and received his master's in sports psychology from John F. Kennedy University in California. Adalsteinsson has provided sport psychology consultation to individuals and teams.

Did You Know?
First-year golfer Jessica Yost has been Macalester's top finisher in three of the four events in which she has completed this season. All nine of her rounds this season have been in the 80s and she was the medalist at the season-opening Mac/Mary's Dual, shooting an 81. Yost has also shot six of the team's top 10 individual rounds this season.
 
Honors for the best round of the fall season belong to Jessica Stone, who shot a 77 in the first round of the Concordia Invitational (9/6/14).

Kyla Martin's final two rounds at the MIAC Championships of 84-86 were her first rounds in the 80s since shooting an opening-round 86 at the 2012 MIAC Champships (10/6/12).