Men's Golf finishes eighth at OAC Spring Championships

By Tim Glon

SUNBURY — Senior Zach Goodchild (Pickerington/North) tied for 12th with a 78-79—157 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team at the OAC Spring Championships Friday and Saturday at NorthStar Golf Club.

The Polar Bears (16-39 overall) finished eighth of nine teams with a 321-327--648 in the tightly contested team standings.

Otterbein won the team title with a 613, Mount Union and John Carroll tied for second with 631s and Capital was fourth with a 637.

There were just 11 strokes separating the fourth through eighth place teams.

Junior Nick Anderson (Mason) and sophomore Ryan Tatman (West Chester/Lakota East) tied for 19th with 161s and junior Joshua Turich (Centerville) was 49th with a 169.

Ohio Northern will be the No. 8 seed on next month's OAC Tournament after finishing ninth in the OAC Fall Preview and their eighth place finish in this weekend's OAC Spring Championships.

The Polar Bears will return to action April 7-8 when they host the OAC Spring Classic at Colonial Golfers Club.

Team Standings

1. Otterbein 303-310--613, t2. Mount Union 315, 316--631, t2. John Carroll 311-320--631. 4. Capital 322-315--637, 5. Heidelberg 318-322--640, 6. Muskingum 325-320--645, 7. Baldwin Wallace 324-322--646, 8. Ohio Northern 321-327--648, 9. Marietta 331-338--669.

Top 5 Individual Results

1. Austin Wells (Ott) 75-74—149, 2. Kurt Fortman (Ott) 74-77--151, 3. Spencer Jordan (Ott) 76-76--152, 4. Sam Marty (Ott) 77-76--153, t5. Johnny Peck (Ott) 75-79--154, t5. Sean O'Grady (JCU) 77-77--154, t5. Jacob Van Leeuwen (Musk) 79-75--154.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t12. Zach Goodchild 78-79—15, t19. Nick Anderson 81-80—161, t19. Ryan Tatman 80-81—161, 49. Joshua Turich 82-87—169, 54 David Gorman 87-87—174.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

50. Riku Watanabe 86-85--171, t51. Ethan Smith 89-83--172, 59. Brant Morton 92-87--179.