Men's Golf finishes third at Defiance Fall Invitational

DEFIANCE — Sophomore Ryan Wirtz fired a 4-over par 75 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a third place finish at the Defiance Fall Invitational Sunday at Kettenring Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (19-3-1) tied for third with 316 strokes.

Trine (Ind.) won the team title with a 312, Tiffin was second with a 315, Rochester (Mich.) tied with ONU for third with 316 and Albion (Mich.) was fifth with a 317.

Wirtz tied for second out of 56 golfers with a 38-37—75 on the 6130-yard, par 71, course.

Sophomore Colin Burns and senior Phillip Caffee tied for 14th with 78s, junior Travis Ballinger tied for 41st with an 85 and sophomore Patrick Helman tied for 45th with an 88.

Playing as an individual, ONU freshman Ted Loewendick tied for second with a 75.

Tiffin's Phil Patten took Medalist honors with a 73.

The Polar Bears will return to action next Saturday and Sunday at the Heidelberg Fall Invitational.

Team Standings

1. Trine (Ind.) 312, 2. Tiffin 315, t3. Ohio Northern 316, t3. Rochester (Mich.) 316, 5. Albion (Mich.) 317, 6. Ohio State-Lima 319, 7. Northwestern Ohio 324, 8. Defiance 333.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Phil Patten (Tif) 73, t2. Ryan Wirtz (ONU) 765, t2. Ted Loewendick (ONU) 75, t2. Corey Martinez (Tif) 75, t2. Ryan Kapanowskie (Roch) 75.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t2. Ryan Wirtz 75, t14. Phillip Caffee 78, t14. Colin Burns 78, t41. Travis Ballinger 85, t45. Patrick Helman 88.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

t2. Ted Loewendick 75, t24. Andrew Quintrell 81, t45. Bruce Hamit 85.