Slusher, Kimberly earn All-Conference honors as Men's Golf finishes third at OAC Championships
By Tim Glon
WEST LAFAYETTE — Seniors Andrew Slusher (Covington) and Nolan Kimberly (Zanesville) earned All-Conference honors with top-10 finishes, leading the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a third place finish at the 2022 OAC Championships Friday-Sunday at River Greens Golf Course.
The Polar Bears finish their season with a 36-30-4 overall record and ended the 72-hole tournament with a 301-302-303-305—1211 to maintain their third place standing after each of the four rounds.
Slusher finished seventh of 45 golfers with a 9-over par 73-73-75-76—297 and Kimberly tied for ninth with a 72-76-77-74—299.
Slusher is now a two-time All-OAC honoree after finishing t13th in 2021.
The top 14 finishers earned All-Conference honors.
Junior Josh Steyer (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) finished 21st with an 80-77-74-78—309, senior Jared Hernandez (Van Wert) tied for 23rd with an 82-76-77-77—312 and senior Austin White (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township) tied for 35th with a 76-80-87-82—325.
Mount Union's Ian Smith and John Carroll's John Roder tied for Medalist honors with a 2-over par 290s.
John Carroll rallied from a 9-shot deficit to edge Otterbein by two shots for the team title with a 1186. Capital finished fourth with a 1215, four shots behind ONU.
Team Standings
1. John Carroll 297-298-295-296—1186, 2. Otterbein 289-287-305-307—1188, 3. Ohio Northern 301-302-303-305—1211, 4. Capital 312-305-295-303—1215, 5. Baldwin Wallace 305-302-310-317—1234, 6. Marietta 322-304-300-311—1237, 7. Mount Union 310-313-318-307—1248, 8. Muskingum 305-318-333-309—1265, 9. Heidelberg 321-333-341-330—1325.
Top 14 Individual Results (Top 14 finishers earn All-OAC honors)
t1. Ian Smith (MtU) 68-71-79-72—290, t1. John Roder (JCU) 76-74-71-69—290, 3. Sam Lahmon (Ott) 70-74-76-74—294, t4. Colin Frimel (Cap) 79-76-68-72—295, t4. Jacob Hazen (JCU) 72-77-74-72—295, t4. Logan Bratsch (BW) 78-72-69-76—295, 7. Andrew Slusher (ONU) 73-73-75-76—297, 8. Ian Johnston (Ott) 74-69-76-79—298, t9. Nolan Kimberly (ONU) 72-76-77-74—299, t9. Jack Wynard (JCU) 73-74-75-77—299, t9. Carson Fox (Mar) 75-75-75-74—299, 12. Kurt Fortman (Ott) 74-71-78-78—301, 13. Logan Reed (Ott) 71-75-79-77—302, 14. Cameron Henry (Musk) 70-75-82-8-76—303.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
8. Andrew Slusher 73-73-75-76—297, t9. Nolan Kimberly 72-76-77-74—299, 21. Josh Steyer 80-77-74-78—309, t23. Jared Hernandez 82-76-77-77—312, t35. Austin White 76-80-87-82—325.