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2009-10 Event Results 1. Wittenberg 595-600 1195 All-NCAC Teams |
Edited: Oct. 11, 2009 Wittenberg finishes the fall season with the Wittenberg invitational on Tuesday at Windy Knoll Golf Course. Wabash also participated in the Small College Classic and finished eighth in the 10-team field. Senior Sam Russell (Springfield, OH/Greenon) continued his amazing comeback from a serious fall last summer. He recorded the first hole-in-one of his collegiate career on the 14th hole at the Deer Creek Golf Club. He finished the tournament in a tie for 34th with scores of 78+81=159 to lead the Little Giants (316+329=645). Ohio Wesleyan competed at the Gordin-Myers Collegiate Classic, hosted by Duke University at The Duke Golf Club in Durham, N.C. The field included seven of the top 12 teams from last year’s NCAA III championships, as well as some Division I players competing as individuals. Senior Jesse Chiero (Westerville, OH/South) posted an impressive finish with a score of 231, good for a tie for 25th. OWU was sixth with a three-round team score of 953. Methodist won the event with a 54-hole total of 880. Senior Michael Sarap (Cambridge, OH/Cambridge) tied for 46th with a three-round score of 238. The Gordin-Myers Collegiate Classic is named in honor of former Ohio Wesleyan golf coach Dick Gordin and the late Rod Myers, longtime golf coach at Duke University. The tournament annually matches many of the top finishers from the previous spring’s NCAA Division III championship tournament. This year, the format has included the addition of Division I players to the field, all competing as individuals. In the most recent Golf World/Nike Golf men’s coaches poll, Ohio Wesleyan is ranked 12th and Wittenberg is tied for 23rd. Allegheny also received votes. (Golf World/Nike Golf poll) Allegheny is in third place among six teams after the first day of the Nazareth Invitational at the Irondequoit Country Club outside Rochester, New York. (team standings after day one) Sophomore Matthew Donahoe (Amherst, NY/Nichols) is the top Gator in the individual standings. He shot a five-over-par 77 on day one. (individual standings after day one). |
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