Two earn All-Conference honors as Men's Golf finishes third at 2025 OAC Championships

May 4, 2025

WEST LAFAYETTE — The Ohio Northern men's golf team finished in third place at rain-shortened 2025 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships on Sunday.

The Basics

The tournament was shortened to 54 holes as play was suspended in the early afternoon on Saturday as players were finishing round two and beginning round three.
The teams finished round two, then played round three on Sunday to complete the tournament.
Ohio Northern was third of nine teams with a 41-over par 295-296-303—897.
John Carroll won the team title with a with a 28-over par 291-294-299—884, Otterbein was second with a 289-296-304—889 and Heidelberg was fourth at 305-308-295—908.
ONU Season Record: 67-51.
Venue: River Greens G.C. - West Lafayette, Ohio.

ONU Individuals

Freshman Ian Briars (Maumee/Anthony Wayne) earned All-Conference honors with a sixth finish with a 7-over par 72-72-77—221.
Junior Joey DeSimone (Monroe Falls/Stow-Monroe Falls) earned All-OAC honors by finishing 13th with a 10-over par 74-78-72—224.
Junior Bennett Christy (Plymouth, Ind.) tied for 15th with a 13-over par 72-73-82—227.
Senior Andrew Briars (Maumee/Anthony Wayne) tied for 24th with an 18-over par 77-76-79—232.
Freshman Dylan Potts (Dublin/Jerome) tied for 29th with a 19-over par 77-81-75—233.

Notables

The top 14 individuals and ties earn All-Conference honors.
Ian Briars led the Polar Bears in scoring this season with a 75.5 average for 23 rounds.
DeSimone was second at 77.4 for 22 rounds, Christy was third at 77.6 for 22 rounds and Andrew Briars was fourth at 77.7 for 20 rounds.
ONU head coach Chad Bucci is 436-413-16 in his 12th season at the helm of the men's program, a winning percentage of .512.

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