Men's Golf stands fifth after Day 2 of OAC Championships

By Tim Glon

WEST LAFAYETTE — The Ohio Northern men's golf team is in fifth place after the third round of the 2015 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championships at River Greens Golf Course Friday and Saturday.

The Polar Bears (40-16 overall) have a 306-308-317—931 after 54 of the 72 holes at the 3-day championships.

The teams will play the final 18 holes on Sunday.

Freshman Zach Goodchild is tied for 14th out of 40 golfers with a 15-over par 74-75-82—231.

Senior Ryan Wirtz is tied for 21st with a 79-75-80—234 and junior Rick Deichert and freshman Blaine Ricketts are tied for 27th with 239s.

Otterbein leads the team standings with an 893, Capital is second with a 903, Mount Union is third with a 907 and John Carroll is fourth with a 928.

The top 10 finishers and ties will earn All-OAC honors and the team champion will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA III Championships May 12-15 at Greensboro, N.C.

Team Standings

1. Otterbein 297-297-299—893, 2. Capital 310-296-297—930, 3. Mount Union 312-303-292—907, 4. John Carroll 311-303-314—928, 5. Ohio Northern 306-308-317—931, 6. Muskingum 319-308-305—932, 7. Baldwin Wallace 311-318-316—945, 8. Heidelberg 327-330-315—972.

Top 10 Individual Finishers (All-OAC Honorees)

1. David Monaco (Ott) 76-69-74—219, 2. Nick Popely (MtU) 80-74-67—221, t3. Luke Kindelin (Ott) 74-75-74—223, t3. Parker McComb (Cap) 76-74-73—223, t5. Adam Crider (Ott) 74-79-73—226, t5. Phillip Martin 75-77-74—226, 7. Mark Chrzanowski (JCU) 79-72-76—227, t8. Jeff Czerniakowski (Cap) 80-72-76—228, t8. Mitch Johnson 77-79-72—228, t10. Kris Clark (Ott) 78-74-78—230, t10. Daniel Shafer (Cap) 83-73-74—230, t10. Colin Westphal (MtU) 77-76-77—230, t10. Nathan Duff (Musk) 78-76-76—230.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t14. Zach Goodchild 74-75-82—231, t21. Ryan Wirtz 79-75-80—234, t27. Blaine Ricketts 79-77-83—239, t27. Rick Deichert 83-81-75—239, DQ. Colin Burns 74-DQ-80.