Burns fires an even par 72 to lead Men's Golf at Defiance Fall Invitational

By Tim Glon

DEFIANCE -- Senior Colin Burns fired an even par 72 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a fourth place finish at the 10-team Defiance Invitational on Sunday at Eagle Rock Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (15-9 overall) finished with a 308.

Burns finished tied for second out of 70 golfers, missing Medalist honors by just one stroke.

Junior Rick Deichert and sophomore Blaine Ricketts tied for 25th with 78s and junior Brandon Lambert tied for 36th with an 80.

Owens Community College won the team title with a 297, Rochester (Mich.) was second with a 300, Cleary (Mich.) was third with a 306 and Tiffin and Lourdes tied for fofth with 310s.

Philip Weppernig of Owens won Medalist honors with a 71.

The Polar Bears will return to action on Friday when they host the36-hole Polar Bear Classic at Colonial Golfers Club.

Team Standings

1. Owens CC 297, 2. Rochester (Mich.) 399, 3. Cleary (Mich.) 306, 4. Ohio Northern 308, t5. Tiffin 310, t5. Lourdes 310, 7. Defiance 318, 8. Jackson (Mich.) CC 322, 9. Trine (Ind.) 325.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Philip Weppernig (Owens) 71, t2. Colin Burns (ONU) 72, t2. Mason Motte (Roch) 72, t4. Chet Ryeson (Roch) 73, t4. Jordan Bollenbacher (Tiff) 73, t4. Ben Torchia (Lord) 73.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t2. Colin Burns 72, t25. Rick Deichert 78, t25. Blaine Ricketts 78, t36. Brandon Lambert 80, 66. Ryan Wirtz 89.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

t7. Tyler Davis 74, t7. Zach Goodchild 74, t30. Austin Tebbe 79, t42. Riku Watanabe 82, t59. T.J. Hoersten 85, t62. Tim Monroe 86, 69. Christopher Kolbe 95.