Men's Golf wraps up Fall schedule with third place finish at Capital Fall Classic

By Tim Glon

GALENA — Freshman Zach Goodchild fired a 3-over par 111 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a third place finish at the 27-hole Capital Fall Classic Friday at the Royal American Links golf course.

The Polar Bears end their Fall season with a 21-13 record.

The tournament was scheduled for 36 holes, but was delayed at the onset due to heavy fog and was shortened to 27 holes.

Goodchild fired a 3-over par 75 in the first round, then carded an even-par 36 on the back 9 to finish tied for seventh out of 34 golfers on the par-72, 6859-yard course.

Junior Rick Deichert tied for ninth with a 112, senior Ryan Wirtz tied for 15th with a 115, junior Brandon Lambert tied for 20th with a 116 and senior Colin Burns was 25th with a 118.

ONU finished with a 303-151—454. Mount Vernon Nazarene won the team title with a 440, Otterbein was second with a 441 and Capital was fifth with a 458.

Otterbein's David Monaco won Medalist honors with a 105.

Team Standings

1. Mount Vernon Nazarene 297-143—440, 2. Otterbein 295-146—441, 3. Ohio Northern 303-151—454, 4. Capital 311-147—458, 5. Columbus State C.C. 317-151—468.

Top 5 Individuals

1. David Monaco (Ott) 73-33—105, 2. Charlie Phillips (MVN) 75-33—108, t3. Tyler Alexander (MVN) 75-34—109, 3. Zack Forker (MVN) 70-39—109, t5. Austin Wells (Ott) 73-37—110, t5. Andrew Kotes (Ott) 76-34—110.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t7. Zach Goodchild (ONU) 75-36—111, t9. Rick Deichert 75-37—112, t15. Ryan Wirtz 77-38—115, t20. Brandon Lambert 76-40—116, 23. Colin Burns 78-40—118.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

t13. Tyler Davis 76-38—114.