Men's Golf wraps up regular season with third-place finish at Defiance Invitational

By Tim Glon

DEFIANCE — The Ohio Northern men's golf team wrapped up its regular season schedule with a third-place finish at the Defiance Spring Invite on Wednesday at Eagle Rock Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (39-37 overall) finished with a 306 in the four-team tournament.

Northwestern Ohio won the team title with a 292, Lourdes was second with a 297 and Defiance was fourth with a 388.

Freshman Evan Dennison (Ashland/Mapleton) shot the low round for Ohio Northern with a 2-ver par 74 to finish fifth out of 32 golfers.

Freshman Austin Hanni-Wells (Findlay/Liberty-Benton) was sixth with a 75 and sophomore Ethan Ricketts (Belle Center/Ben Logan) and freshman Wyatt Bowen (Columbus/Dublin Scioto) tied for 10th with 76s for ONU.

Luke Turner of UNOH won a playoff victory over teammate Guilermo Garron for Medalist honors after both golfers shot 2-under par 70s.

The Polar Bears return to action Friday-Sunday at the 72-hole Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at River Greens Golf Course in West Lafayette, Ohio.

Team Standings

1. Northwestern Ohio 292, 2. Lourdes 297, 3. Ohio Northern 306, 4. Defiance 388.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Luke Turner (UNOH) 70, 2. Guiillermo Garron (UNOH) 70, 3. Jack Murphy (LU) 72, 4. Carter Schimmoeller (UNOH) 73, 5. Evan Dennison (ONU) 74.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t6. Austin Hanni-Wells 75, t10. Ethan Ricketts 76, t10. Wyatt Bowen 76, t14. Will Copfer 79, t18. Jagan Wilkerson 81.

Ohio Northern "B" Individual Results

5. Evan Dennison 74, 13. Jevin Beard 78, 26. Aidan Chandler 89, 27. Matt Russo 91, 29. Sutton Bucci 96.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

12. Jacob Brooks 77, 21. Garrett Allen 84.