Scots Sitting in Sixth-Place After Second Event of NCAC Golf Championship Series

Through two tournaments of the 2008-09 North Coast Athletic Conference Golf Championship Series, one of which was this weekend’s Oberlin College Fall Invitational, The College of Wooster’s young squad sits in sixth-place with a score of 1285, including a 647 over 36 holes at the Oberlin Country Club.

Ohio Wesleyan University won the Oberlin Fall Invitational with a 581, extending its lead in the NCAC Championship Series to a commanding 45 strokes (1160) over Allegheny College (1205). Just one shot back is Wittenberg University (1206), followed by Denison University (1228), Wabash College (1254), the Fighting Scots, Kenyon College (1295), Hiram College (1403), and Oberlin College.

Individually, freshman Michael Peters led Wooster on both Saturday and Sunday, firing a 75 and a 78, respectively, on the par-72, 6,880-yard course. His 153 total was good for a tie for 11th-place overall, while Ohio Wesleyan’s Jeff Nieman took medalist honors via a two-under 142.

Also for the Scots at Oberlin, freshman Greg Benckart shot his opening round in the 70s (78) and followed that up with a solid 82 for a 160 score. Blake Sword, yet another freshman starter, scored both days, entering the clubhouse with an 84 and an 80, while Wooster’s No. 1 in the lineup, senior Sean Glaser, bounced back from an opening 91 with an 82 Sunday. Junior Tim Sullivan’s first round of 88 counted.

Playing as individuals were Scot teammates Kevin Truitt (81-86) and David Boardman (90-95).

Wooster wraps up its fall schedule this coming weekend with the DePauw Small College Classic, which will take place at Deer Creek Golf Club in Clayton, Ind.