Men's Golf rallies for second place finish at OAC Spring Invitational
By Tim Glon
PATASKALA — Sophomore Joshua Turich (Centerville) tied his career-low 18- and 36-hole rounds to help the Ohio Northern men's golf team rally to a second place finish at the OAC Spring Invitational Sunday-Monday at Cumberland Trails Golf Club.
The Polar Bears improve to 35-30-1 on the season.
Turich fired a 77-77—154 to equal his performance in the OAC Fall Invitational, where his 77-77—154 were career his 18- and 36-hole lows.
His 154 in the OAC Spring Invitational tied him for 14th out of 55 golfers.
Junior Zach Goodchild (Pickerington/North) finished a team-best 72-79—151 to finish sixth at 7-over par 6805-yard course.
Senior Blaine Ricketts (Belle Center/Ben Logan) tied for 11th with a 77-76—153, senior Tyler Davis (Liberty Center) tied for 32nd with a 78-83—161 and freshman Ryan Tatman (West Chester/Lakota East) tied for 34th with an 81-81—162.
Ohio Northern was in fourth place after the first day with a 304, but passed Heidelberg and John Carroll with a second round 313.
ONU finished fourth at the OAC Fall Preview and has now either won or finished second in the last three OAC Spring Invitational tournaments.
Otterbein won the team title with a 295-304—599, Capital was third with a 312-307—619 and Heidelberg was fourth with a 299-321—620.
The Polar Bears will return to action April 22-23 at the Defiance Spring Invitational.
Team Standings
1. Otterbein 295-304—599, 2. Ohio Northern 304-313—617, 3. Capital 312-307—619, 4. Heidelberg 299-321—620, 5. John Carroll 303-320—623, 6. Baldwin Wallace 310-321—631, 7. Mount Union 320-316—636, 8. Muskingum 318-334—653.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Scott Schroeder (BW) 71-73—144, 2. Austin Wells (Ott) 72-75—147, 3. Andrew Sikorski (Berg) 72-76—148, 4. Tyler Elgin (Ott) 72-77—149, 5. Spencer Jordan (Ott) 70-80—150.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
6. Zach Goodchild 72-79—151, t11. Blaine Ricketts 77-76—153, t14. Joshua Turich 77-77—154, t32. Tyler Davis 78-83—161, t34. Ryan Tatman 81-81—162.
Other Ohio Northern Individual Results
t42. Riku Watanabe 88-82—170, 50 David Gorman 87-88—175.