Brandon Lambert fires a 77 to lead Men's Golf after first round of 2014 OAC Championships

April 25, 2014

By Tim Glon

WEST LAFAYETTE -- Sophomore Brandon Lambert fired a 5-over par 77 to lead Ohio Northern after 18 holes of the 72-hole Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championships Friday at River Greens Golf Course.

The Polar Bears are tied for fifth out of eight teams with Mount Union after the first round with a 314.

The 40 players actually played 27 holes on Friday, but only the first 18 holes were reported.

Lambert is tied for seventh after the first 18 holes.

The top 10 players and ties at the end of the tournament on Sunday receive All-OAC accolades.

Sophomore Rick Deichert earned All-OAC honors with a fifth place finish a year ago and currently is tied for 16th with freshman teammate Tyler Davis with 78s.

Junior Ted Loewendick is tied for 29th with an 81 and freshman Blaine Ricketts carded an 82 to stand in 32nd place.

Baldwin Wallace leads the team standings with a 303, Otterbein is second with a 307 and Capital is third with a 309.

The teams will play 27 more holes on Saturday and will wrap up the tournament with 18 holes on Sunday.

Team Standings

1. Baldwin Wallace 303, 2. Otterbein 307, 3. Capital 3-09, 4. John Carroll 312, t5. Ohio Northern 314, t5. Mount Union 314, 7. Muskingum 316, 8. Heidelberg 340.

Top 10 Individuals (All-OAC honorees)

1. Adam Sanders (BW) 74, t2. Scott Schroeder (BW) 75, t2. Clay Rice (Cap) 75, t2. Alex Di Palma (JCU) 75, t5. Stephen Spalding (BW) 76, t5. David Monaco (Ott) 76, t7. Brandon Lambert (ONU) 77, t7. Matt Mosca (Ott) 77, t7. Nicholas Rhodes (Ott) 77, t7. Luke Kindelin (Ott) 77, t7. Mark Williams (Cap) 77, t7. Jeff Czerniakowski (Cap) 77, t7. Casey Vancil (JCU) 77, t7. Nicholas Boccio (JCU) 77, t7. Ben Lehrke (MtU) 77.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t7. Brandon Lambert 77, t16. Rick Deichert 78, t16. Tyler Davis 78, t29. Ted Loewendick 81, 32. Blaine Ricketts 82.