DANVILLE, Ind. — The Wittenberg Tigers stepped back into NCAA Division III competition for the first time in the spring 2010 season and came away with an impressive six-stroke win on the home course of perennial powerhouse DePauw.
The Tigers paced the six-team field with a two-day total of 592. Wittenberg carded the best team score on each day, following a Day 1 295 with a 297 on Sunday to defeat DePauw by six strokes. Third-place Benedictine was a whopping 39 strokes off the pace set by Wittenberg, which heads back into North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) action Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18, at Springfield Country Club.
Freshman Craig Osterbrock (Wilmington, Ohio/Wilmington) took second place in the individual competition with a two-day total of 141. He had a chance to equal DePauw's Nick Reardon - who posted matching 70s for a 140 - but Osterbrock bogeyed his final hole on Sunday. Still, he finished with a collegiate-best 68 in the closing round.
Sophomore Ben Smith (North Bend, Ohio/Elder) was also stellar in both rounds, following up his collegiate-best 71 on Day 1 with a 76 for 147 and sole possession of third place. Sophomore Ricky Boerner (Hilliard, Ohio/Watterson) followed with a 152 for sixth place and junior Bleu George (Lancaster, Ohio/Fisher Catholic)rounded out the Tigers' top finishers with a seventh-place finish. He carded rounds of 75 and 78 for a 153.