Men's Golf moves up, grabs ninth place finish at Berry (Ga.) Invitational
By Tim Glon
ROME, Ga. — The Ohio Northern men's golf team moved up two spots in the final round to finish ninth of 14 teams at the Berry (Ga.) Chik-Fil-A Invitational on Monday and Tuesday at the Stonebridge Golf Club.
The Polar Bears (18-23 overall) followed up a first round 315 with a second round 306 to finish with a season-low 621. ONU passed Shorter (Ga.) and Huntingdon (Ala.) and broke its first round tie with Covenant (Ga.) in the final round on Tuesday.
Senior Josh Steyer (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) moved up 11 places with a second round 75 to finish tied for 27th out of 92 golfers with a 78-75—153 on the 6724-yard, par-72 course.
Freshmen Bennet Christy (Plymouth, Ind.) tied for 36th with a 79-76—155, freshman Anthony Naso (Grosse Ile, Mich.) tied for 43rd with a 79-77—156 and sophomore Adam Trigg-Holdman (Cincinnati/Roger Bacon) tied for 48th with a 79-78—157.
Centre (Ky.) won the team title with a 586, Emory (Ga.) was second at 587 and Berry (Ga.) was third at 596.
Prayaag Oruganti of Emory won Medalist honors with a with a 5-under par 139.
The Polar Bears are done competing in the fall season and will announce their spring schedule in February.
Team Standings
1. Centre (Ky.) 293-293—586, 2. Emory "B" 292-295—587, 3. Berry (Ga.) "B" 304,-292—596 4. Birmingham Southern (Ala.) 300-299—599, 5. Piedmont (Ga.) "B" 307-303—610, 6. LaGrange (Ga.) 314-299—613, 7. Oglethorpe (Ga.) "B" 301-313—614, 8. Maryville (Tenn.) 304-316—620, 9. Ohio Northern 315-306—621, 10. Shorter (Ga.) "B" 310-317—627, 11. Belhaven (Miss.) 316-314—630, 12. Covenant (Ga.) 315-320—635, t913 Huntington (Ala.) 314-322—636, 14. Pfeiffer (N.C.) 337-306‚643.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Prayaag Oruganti (Emory) 70-69—139, 2. Jack Stafford (Berry) 76-67—143, 3. Brett Cooper (Centre) 73-71—144, 4. Logan Lowery (Emory) 74-71—145, t5. Logan Ommen (Berry) 75-71—146, t5. Thomas Reininger (Oglethorpe) 72-73—145, t5. Tanner Bronnum (Birmingham Southern) 73-73—146, t5. Joshua Peters (Centre) 73-73—146, t5. Parker Shimp (Emory) 75-71—146.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
t27. Josh Steyer 78-75—153, t36. Bennet Christy 79-76—155, t43. Anthony Naso 79-77—156, t48. Adam Trigg-Holdman 79-78—157, t93. David Walsh WD-85.