Men's Golf finishes fifth at Muskingum Spring Invitational

By Tim Glon

ZANESVILLE — Junior Nolan Kimberly (Zanesville) shot a season-low 74 to tie for third and lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a fifth place finish at a second Muskingum Spring Invitational on Monday at the Zanesville Country Club.

The Polar Bears (5-15-2 overall) finished fifth of five teams with 314 strokes and were only 12 shots off the lead in the tightly-contested battle.

Kimberly was just one shot off his career low of 73 to finish third of out of 33 golfers.

junior Andrew Slusher (Covington) tied for 13th with a 78, sophomore Josh Steyer (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) tied for 16th with a 79, junior Jared Hernandez (Van Wert) was 25th with an 83 and junior Austin White was 26th with an 84 for Ohio Northern.

Muskingum won the team title with a 302, Otterbein was second with a 304, Capital was third with a 308 and Marietta was fourth with a 311.

Marietta's Gage Herb won Medalist honors with a 75.

The Polar Bears will return to action on Friday when they host the Polar Bear Classic at Colonial Golfers Club.

Team Standings

1. Muskingum 302, 2. Otterbein 304, 3. Capital 308, 4. Marrietta 311, 5. Ohio Northern 314.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Gage Herb (Mar) 70, 2. Cameron Henry (Musk) 71, t3. Nolan Kimberly (ONU) 74, t3. Andrew Simpson (Cap) 74, t3. Brenton Franks (Musk) 74.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t3. Nolan Kimberly 74, t13. Andrew Slusher 78, t16. Josh Steyer 79, 25. Jared Hernandez 83, 26. Austin White 84.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

33. Jacob Brooks 89.