Burns leads Men's Golf to fourth place finish at Trine (Ind.) A.C. Eddy Invitational

By Tim Glon

ANGOLA, Ind. — Junior Colin Burns carded a 5-over par 76 to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a fourth place finish at the Trine (Ind.) A.C. Eddy Invitational on Wednesday at the Zollnerg Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (43-17-1 overall) finished fourth of six teams with a 318.

Trine won the team title with a 290, Huntington (Ind.) was second with a 298 and Calumet (Ind.) was third with a 312.

Burns finished tied for 11th out of 51 golfers with his 76 over the 6,384-yard, par-71 course.

Junior Ryan Wirtz shot a 79 to finish tied for 25th, sophomore Andrew Quintrell tied for 28th with an 80 and freshman Brandon Lambert was 40th with an 83.

Trine's Pat Wolcott took Medalist honors with a 1-under par 70.

The Polar Bears will return to action April 24-25 at the OAC Spring Invitational at Otterbein.

Team Standings

1. Trine (Ind.) 290, 2. Huntington (Ind.) 300, 3. Calumet (Ind.) 312, 4. Ohio Northern 318, 5. Albion (Mich.) 322, 6. Olivet (Mich.) 328.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Pat Wolcott (Trine) 70, t2. Graham Bennett (Trine) 71, t2. Corey Brenigan (Trine B) 71, 4. Tyler Nicol (Calumet) 72, t5. Nolan Eli (Trine) 73, t5. Rylan Porter (Huntington) 73, t5. Anthony Rubino (Calumet) 73.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t11. Colin Burns 76, t25. Ryan Wirtz 79, t28. Andrew quintrell 80, 40. Brandon Lambert 83, 41. Rick Deichert 84.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

t25. Ted Loewendick 79, 50. Angelo Palmer 89.