The College of Wooster golf team completed the 2007-08 season,
finishing in fifth-place with a total of 953 strokes over the
54-hole North Coast Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday
and Sunday. The two-day event was hosted by Denison University at
the par-71, 6,559-yard Granville Golf Course.
Ohio Wesleyan University captured its second-straight NCAC
postseason crown with an 887, just 35-over par, as well as the
conference’s new season-long championship, which encompasses
the results from three regular season events plus the NCAC
Championships. The Battling Bishops’ overall score was 2669
and they received the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA
Div. III Championships.
In contention for an at-large bid to nationals is Allegheny
College, which was runner-up at both the postseason championship
(922) and in the overall standings (2714). Wittenberg University
rounded into its top form for the NCAC Championships, finishing
third (938), but was fourth for the season (2812), while Denison
wound up fourth in the postseason tournament (940), but third in
the final team standings (2796). Wooster’s 953 strokes over
the two-day event give it a season total of 2820, good for
fifth-place in the final standings, as the other four teams were
well back.
Leading the Scots were seniors Pat Lynch and Erik Shoger, as Lynch
tied for 11th and Shoger for 15th overall at the postseason
championship. Lynch shot an opening 82, but followed it up with two
rounds in the 70s including a final-round 73, while Shoger carded a
first-round 81 followed by rounds of 80 and 76. Lynch, along with
Jim Ipema, who tied for 27th (80-81-88) earned all-NCAC second-team
honors. Lynch took a spot on the second-team after tallying a 687
at the four required NCAC events in 2007-08, while Ipema carded a
season-long NCAC score of 713.
Also for Wooster, senior Jason Greenwald scored during all three
rounds of the NCAC Championships, as he tied for 21st (77-83-81),
while sophomore Tim Sullivan was a few strokes from scoring for the
Scots in each of the first two rounds (84-86), but fired a
final-round 81 and ended up 30th overall.
