Men's Golf rallies to win Defiance Spring Invitational

Men's Golf rallies to win Defiance Spring Invitational
Results
April 23, 2017

By Tim Glon

DEFIANCE -- The Ohio Northern men's golf team fired a second round 294 to rally from a 2-shot deficit to post a 10-shot victory at the 11-team Defiance Spring Invitational Saturday-Sunday at Eagle Rock Golf Club.

The Polar Bears (45-30-1 overall) clinched their third consecutive winning season with the win.

Senior Blaine Ricketts (Belle Center/Ben Logan) finished second out of 73 golfers with a 5-over par 145 on the 6130-yard, par-70 course.

Junior Zach Goodchild (Pickerington/North), senior Tyler Davis (Liberty Center) and sophomore Nick Anderson (Mason) also posted top-10 finishes for ONU.

Goodchild and Davis tied for fifth with 149s and Anderson tied for ninth with a 152.

Ohio Northern trailed Mount Saint Joseph by two strokes after the first round after carding a 301 on Saturday.

ONU's 294 on Sunday was 12 shots better then the 306 carded by MSJ, resulting in a 10-point win for the Polar Bears.

Davis fired a 72 and Ricketts, Goodchild and Anderson all carded 74s on Sunday.

The 294 tied for the third-lowest 18-hole team score in ONU men's golf history and the 595 was the fifth-lowest 36-hole total at Ohio Northern.

Alex Miday of Defiance edged Ricketts for Medalist honors with a 72-69--141.

The Polar Bears will wrap up their regular season Friday-Sunday at the 72-hole Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at River Greens Golf Course in West Lafayette.

Team Standings

1. Ohio Northern 301-294--595, 2. Mount Saint Joseph 299-306--605, 3. Defiance 312-295--607, t4. Madonna (Mich.) 305-312--617, t4. Cleary (Mich.) 308-309--617, 6. Franklin (Ind.) 310-309--619, 7. Rochester (Mich.) 320-327--647, 8. Earlham (Ind.) 328-320--648, 9. Heidelberg 320-333--653, 10. Madonna "B" 338-332--670, 11. Anderson (Ind.) 341-343--684, 12. Ohio Northern "B" 353-341--694, 13. Ohio State-Lima 350-348--698.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Alex Miday (Def) 72-69--141, 2. Blaine Ricketts (ONU) 71-74--145, 3. Jacob Tinsley (Def) 74-73--147, 4. Eric Attard (Madonna) 75-73--148, t5. Zach Goodchild (ONU) 75-74--149, t5. Tyler Davis 77-72--149.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

2. Blaine Ricketts 71-74--145, t5. Zach Goodchild 75-74--149, t5. Tyler Davis 77-72--149, t9. Nick Anderson 78-74--152, 61. Tim Monroe 79-91--170.

Ohio Northern "B" Individual Results

t30. Ryan Tatman 79-81--160, t52. Joshua Turich 92-75--167, t62. David Gorman 87-84--171, 73. Tanner Rader 95-101--196.