Women's Golf opens 2012-13 season with ninth place finish at Denison Invitational

By Tim Glon

GRANVILLE —The Ohio Northern women's golf team opened its 2012-13 season with a ninth place finish at the Denison Fall Invitational Saturday and Sunday at the Granville Golf Course.

The Polar Bears (2-8) finished with 767 strokes on the Par 71, 6210-yard course.

Wittenberg won the team title with 652 strokes, Denison was second with 669 strokes and Otterbein was third with 672 strokes.

Sophomore Megan Conley led Ohio Northern with a 30th place finish out of 76 golfers with an 87-91—178.

Sophomore Allison Fye was 46th with a 98-89—187, Courtney Knippen was 51st with a 96-107—203, freshman Alex Manno was 52nd with a 107-97—204 and sophomore Kaitlyn Nestel tied for 55th with a 103-106—209.

Denison's Brynn FitzGerald won Medalist honors with a 10-over par 75-77—152.

The Polar Bears will return to action Tuesday at the Jon Speiss Memorial Tournament in Wauseon.

Team Standings

1. Wittenberg 332-320—652, 2. Denison 335-334—669, 3. Otterbein 334-338—672, 4. Allegheny (Pa.) 348-336—684, 5. Baldwin Wallace 344-341—685, 6. Ohio Wesleyan 354-340—694, 7. Wooster 367-358—725, 8. Capital 385-375—760, 9. Ohio Northern 384-383—767, 10. Muskingum 419-403—822, 11. Hiram 451-438—889.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Brynn FitzGerald (Den) 75-77—152, 2. Nicole Waers (Wit) 78-77—155, t3. Liz Blyth (All) 80-81—161, t3. Allie Lawwill (Wit) 84-77—161, 5. Courtney Tincher (OWU) 84-79—163.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t30. Megan Conley 87-91—178, 46. Allison Fye 98-89—187, 51. Courtney Knippen 96-107—203, 52. Alex Manno 107-97—204, t55. Kaitlyn Nestel 103-106—209.