Sophomore Brandon Lambert leads Men's Golf in season-opening Bowling Green State Invitational
By Tim Glon
ADA — Sophomore Brandon Lambert fired a 79-78-73—230 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team in its 2013-14 season-opening tournament at Bowling Green State on Monday and Tuesday at Stone Ridge Golf Course.
Lambert finished 19th out of 38 golfers with a 14-over par score on the par-72, 7064-yard course.
The Polar Bears (0-5) finished sixth out of the six non-Division I teams with a 318-318-308—944.
NCAA Division II schools Wayne State (Mich.), Findlay and Ashland finished 1-2-3 among the non-Division I schools with 884, 900 and 907 strokes, respectively.
Junior Andrew Quintrell and sophomore Rick Deichert tied for 30th with 239s, freshman Blaine Ricketts was 35th with a 245 and junior Ted Loewendick was 36th with a 249.
Wayne State's Tyler Laserra won Medalist honors with a 1-over par 217.
Among Division I schools, Marshall was first with an 866, Valparaiso was second with an 869 and Wisconsin-Green Bay was third with an 870.
The teams played 36 holes on Monday and finished with 18 holes on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday and Sunday at the Ohio Athletic Conference Fall Invitational hosted by Baldwin Wallace at the Columbis Hills Country Club.
Team Standings
1. Wayne State (Mich.) 299-294-291—884, 2. Findlay 306-289-305—900, 3. Ashland 295-303-309—907, 4. Otterbein 310-307-305—922, 5. Ohio Wesleyan 310-306-309—925, 6. Ohio Northern 318-318-308—944.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Tyler Laserra (WSU) 75-73-69—884, 2. Marcus Hunt (Fin) 73-75-71—219, 3. Alex Laserra (WSU) 75-72-73—220, 4. Jordan Andrus (WSU) 73-74-75—222, t5. Chris Pavelic (OWU) 73-71-79—223, t5. Austin Hill (WSU) 72-70-81‚223.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
19. Brandon Lambert 79-78-73—230, t30. Rick Deichert 77-84-78—239, t30. Andrew Quintrell 79-82-78—239, 35. Blaine Ricketts 91-75-79—245, 36. Ted Loewendick 83-83-83—249
Other Ohio Northern Individual Results
37. Tyler Davis 83-83-85—251, 38. Pat Helman 95-86-84—265.