Andy Bonar
The Wittenberg men's golf team posted another strong finish last
weekend, taking fourth place in the loaded Denison Fall
Invitational. The Tigers rallied from eighth place in the 14-team
competition after Day 1, shooting one of the best team scores of
Day 2 to move into medal contention and beat out several top
regional contenders.
Of the three teams to defeat Wittenberg, two were perennial NCAA
Division III Tournament participants Ohio Wesleyan (third) and
Otterbein (first). The Tigers were just five strokes behind the
Bishops, who were North Coast Athletic Conference champions each of
the last two years. Finishing behind Wittenberg were Wooster,
Denison and Muskingum, three of the teams the Tigers will be
battling with in the spring for the three Great Lakes Regional
berths in the national tournament.
The Tigers' top finisher was senior Andy Bonar (Lancaster,
Ohio/Lancaster), who placed fifth with a two-day total of
148. That included a one-over-par 72 on the second day of the
competition.
Sophomore Scott Aker (Springfield, Ohio/Shawnee)
finished 14th with a 150, junior Kris Schmelzer (Lancaster,
Ohio/Lancaster) carded a 153, good for 23rd place, and
junior Dane Sandridge (Westfield Center, Ohio/Lodi
Cloverleaf) took 49th with a 160.
The Tigers round out their four-tournament fall schedule with a
date at Mount Union on Saturday.