Golf Finishes in Fifth of Eight at NCAC's


Nick Balcken
The College of Wooster golf team wrapped up its 2001 campaign this weekend (April 27-28) with a fifth-place finish among an eight-team field at the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament hosted by Hiram College at Sugar Bush Golf Club in Garrettsville, Ohio.

As a team, Wooster shot similar rounds of 332 and 335 on Friday and Saturday, respectively, for a total of 667 in the two-day, 36-hole event.

Outdistancing the Scots were team champion Allegheny College (307-314=621), followed by runner-up Ohio Wesleyan University (312-318=630), and Denison University (321-324=645) and Wittenberg University (329-328=657) in third- and fourth-place.

Behind Wooster were Wabash College (340-332=672), Kenyon College (351-357=710), and Hiram (409-387=794).

Individually, Nick Balcken wrapped up his career with the Scots by receiving all-conference honors for the third year. This time, the senior earned second-team recognition after firing 76-83=159, which put him in a tie for eighth in the field of 40 linksters.

Next for Wooster was sophomore Matt Eilliott, who came in a tie for 18th with a pair of 84s.

Completing the Scots' group were classmates Ryan Flynn, who carded 88-86-174 for a tie for 26th, Jon Pintado, who also totaled a 174 coming on scores of 84 and 90, and Graham Binder, who entered the clubhouse with 94-82=176, putting him alone in 29th-place.

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