Men's Golf finishes fourth at DePauw (Ind.) Invitational
By Tim Glon
SELLERSBURG, Ind. — The Ohio Northern men's golf team finished fourth of eight teams at the DePauw (Ind.) Dan Quayle Invitational Monday and Tuesday at the Covered Bridge Golf Club.
The Polar Bears (25-29 overall) finished fourth of eight in the stroke play portion of the competition on Monday morning.
Freshman Anthony Naso (Grosse Ile, Mich.) tied for fourth out of 48 golfers with a one-over par 73 on the 6,833-yard course to lead Ohio Northern.
Freshman Joey DeSimone (Munroe Falls/Stow-Munroe Falls) tied for 16th with a 78, sophomore Adam Trigg-Holdman (Cincinnati/Roger Bacon) was 23rd with a 79 and sophomore Andrew Briars (Maumee/Anthony Wayne) tied for 24th with an 80.
In the match play segment on Monday afternoon, top-seeded DePauw (Ind.) defeated ONU 5-1 in the semifinals.
On Tuesday, Northern then fell to No. 3 seed Wittenberg 3-2-1 in the third place match.
The Polar Bears return to action on April 1-2 at the Bluffton Classic at Lost Creek Country Club.
Team Standings - Stroke Play
1. DePauw (Ind.) 297, 2. Wabash (Ind.) 299, 3. Wittenberg 308, t4. Ohio Northern 310, t4. DePauw (Ind.) "B", 6. Earlham (Ind.) 312, 7. Ohio Wesleyan 318, 8. Anderson (Ind.) 325.
Top 5 Individuals - Stroke Play
1. Mark Poole (Wabash) 68, t2. Brayden Weiss (Wabash) 73-70—143, t2. Cooper Benedict (DePauw) 71, t4. Anthony Naso (ONU) 73, t4. Manuel Loring (DePauw) 73, t4. Connor Polomsky (DePauw B) 73.
Ohio Northern Individual Results - Stroke Play
t4. Anthony Naso 73, t16. Joey DeSimone 78, 23. Adam Trigg-Holdman 79, t24. Andrew Briars 80, t28. Bennet Christy 81, t43. David Walsh 89.
Team Results - Match Play
No. 1 DePauw def. No. 2 Wabash, 4-2 - Championship
No. 3 Wittenberg def. No. 4 Ohio Northern, 3-2-1 - 3rd Place
No. 7 Ohio Wesleyan def. No. 5 DePauw B, 3.5-2.5 - 5th Place
No. 6 Earlham def. No. 8 Anderson, 5-1 - 7th Place
No. 1 DePauw def. No. 4 Ohio Northern, 5-1 - Semifinals
No. 2 Wittenberg def. No. 3 Wabash, 3.5-2.5 - Semifinals
No. 5 DePauw B def. No. 8 Anderson, 5.5-.5 - Cons. Semifinals
No. 7 Ohio Wesleyan def. No. 6 Earlham, 3.5-2.5 - Cons. Semifinals