Deichert, Burns earn All-Conference accolades as Men's Golf finishes fourth at OAC Championships
By Tim Glon
WEST LAFAYETTE — Freshman Rick Deichert and junior Colin Burns earned All-Conference honors, leading Ohio Northern to a fourth place finish at the 2013 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championships Fridar-Sunday at the River Greens Golf Course.
The Polar Bears end their season with a 56-30-3 record and finished the 72-hole tournament with 1,235 strokes.
Deichert, who was tied for the 36-hole lead, finished tied for fifth out of 35 golfers with a 75-72-81-75—303.
Burns, who was the 2012 runner-up via a playoff, finished eighth with an 80-74-77-75—306.
The top 10 individuals earn All-OAC honors.
Junior Ryan Wirtz tied for 15th with an 80-77-75-80—312, sophomore Andrew Quintrell tied for 17th with a 76-76-81-81—314 and sophomore Ted Loewendick was 29th with an 82-78-82-83—325.
Otterbein won the 7-team tournament with a 1,213, Mount Union was second with a 1,216, John Carroll was third with a 1,229 and Capital was fifth with a 1,239.
The players completed 27 holes on Friday and 27 more on Saturday, setting up the 18-hole finish on Sunday.
John Carroll's Alex DiPalma won Medalist honors with a 73-73-77-75—299.
The Polar Bears set a school single-season scoring record in 2012-13, averaging 312.0 strokes per round. This breaks the previous record of 316.3 set in 2010-11.
Burns also finished the year with a 76.9 average for 21.5 rounds, which is the second-lowest in ONU history.
He will enter his senior season with three of the five lowest single-season averages at Ohio Northern.
Burns, Wirtz (78.5), freshman Brandon Lambert (78.8) and Deichert (79.3) posted four of the 16 lowest rounds in the history of the men's golf program.
Team Standings
1. Otterbein 302-298-303-310—1,213, 2. Mount Union 304-299-299-314—1,216, 3. John Carroll 303-308-303-315—1,229, 4. Ohio Northern 311-299-314-311—1,235, 5. Capital 312-312-301-314—1,239, 6. Muskingum 323-321-320-321—1,285, 7. Heidelberg 321-341-324-339—1,325.
Top 10 Individuals (All-Conference)
1. Alex DiPalma (JCU) 73-74-77-75—299, 2. Jon Lieser (MtU) 79-70-76-75—300, 3. David Monaco (Ott) 78-74-73-76—301, 4. Taylor Harle (Ott) 76-74-78-74—302, t5. Rick Deichert (ONU) 75-72-81-75—303, t5. Ben Lehrke (MtU) 76-76-73-78—303, 7. Dillon Bright (MtU) 75-76-74-80—305, 8. Colin Burns (ONU) 80-74-77-75—306, t9. Nicholas Boccio (JCU) 71-79-73-84—307, t9. Daniel Shafer (Cap) 78-78-74-77—307.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
t5. Rick Deichert 75-72-81-75—303, 8. Colin Burns 80-74-77-75—306, t15. Ryan Wirtz 80-77-75-80—312, t17. Andrew Quintrell 76-76-81-81—314, 29. Ted Loewendick 82-78-82-83—325.
