Men's Golf braves winter elements to finish third at John Carroll DiCillo Invitational

By Tim Glon

SHAKER HEIGHTS — The Ohio Northern men's golf team powered through wintery conditions to finish third of five teams at the John Carroll DiCillo Invitational on Monday at Shaker Heights Country Club.

The Polar Bears (13-15 overall) posted a 320 score in cold, windy and at times snowy conditions.

Senior Josh Steyer (Powell/Olentangy Liberty led ONU by finishing tied for eighth with a 6-over par 78 in the 56-man field.

Freshman Joey DeSimone (Munroe Falls/Stow - Munroe Falls) tied for 11th with a 79, sophomore Adam Trigg-Holdman (Cincinnati/Roger Bacon) tied for 15th with an 80, freshman Bennet Christy (Plymouth, Ind.) tied for 24th with an 83 and Domenic Pilla (Highland Heights/St. Ignatius) tied for 37th with an 86 for ONU.

Otterbein won the tournament with a 304, John Carroll was second with a 309, Wooster was fourth with a 323 and Capital was fifth with a 326.

Sam Lahmon and Carter Woodward of Otterbein and Zach Banks of John Carroll tied for Medalist honors with 74s.

The Polar Bears will wrap up their fall schedule this weekend at the Berry (Ga.) Classic.

Team Standings

1. Otterbein 304, 2. John Carroll 309, 3. Ohio Northern 320, 4. Wooster 323, 5. Capital 326.

Top 5 Individuals

t1. Sam Lahmon (Ott) 74, Carter Woodward (Ott) 74, t1. Zach Banks (JCU) 74, 4. Colin Frimel (Capital) 76, t5. Ian Johnston (Otterbein) 77, t5. Tyler Hilbert (Wooster) 77, t5. Adam Murphy (Capital) 77.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t8. Josh Steyer 78, t11. Joey DeSimone 79, t15. Adam Trigg-Holdman 80, t24. Bennet Christy 83, t37. Domenic Pilla 86.

Ohio Northern Individual "B" Results

t22. Dylan Morris 82, t41. Austin Hanni-Wells 87, t48. Matt Russo 93, t51. Andrew Lyon 95, 56. Garrett Allen 99.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

t45. Jagan Wilkerson 91, t48. Will Copfer 93.