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Despite a big charge on day two from Malone College, the defending NAIA national champions, Otterbein College managed to hold on and win its third consecutive Parlor Restaurant/Bank One/College of Wooster Invitational on Saturday (April 21) at Wooster Country Club.
As a team, Malone fired the lowest score of the second and final round with a 302, but was only able to shave three strokes off of Otterbein's lead, which began the day at 13. The Cardinals, who have now won five of the last seven Wooster Invites, concluded the 36-hole event with rounds of 306-305=611.
The race for individual medalist honors also came down to Malone and Otterbein. But, in this one the Pioneers prevailed, as Greg Moss turned in a 73 after a 76 on Friday to overcome the Cardinals' Wes Harman, who finished the tournament one-stroke behind with 74-76=150.
Behind Otterbein and Malone (319-302=621) in the team standings were DePauw University (328-307=635), Ohio Wesleyan University (325-311=636), Mt. Union College (331-313=644), and Denison University (332-321=653).
One of the biggest movers on the second day was host Wooster, which moved up from a tie to 10th to being all alone in seventh-place after shooting a 317 - 21 strokes better than its Friday round.
Rounding out the 15-team field were Hope College (325-333=658), Wittenberg University (335-323=658), Heidelberg College (338-324=662), Marietta College (332-331=663), John Carroll University (344-320=664), Wabash College (353-335=688), Kenyon College (360-347=707), and Lake Erie College (383-385=768).
The Scots' big move came largely due to the career-best effort from Jon Pintado. Playing in front of relatives that came all the way from Louisiana and Missouri to see him play, the sophomore carded a 73 - 17 strokes better than his opening round. Not only was that good enough to tie for the second-best round of the day, but it bumped him 35 spots in the individual standings to a tie for 27th-place.
Classmate Matt Elliott turned in a 77 to lead Wooster and tie for 13th overall in the field of 77 golfers with a 159. Senior Nick Balcken, the team's leader in scoring average, shot an 81 for the second day in a row to finish in a tie for 23rd.
Also for the Scots, sophomore Ryan Flynn and junior Nate Zahn tied with each other for 62nd-place. Flynn had rounds of 90-86=176, while Zahn shot 85-91=176.
Wooster will wrap up its season next weekend, when it travels to nearby Garretsville, Ohio, for the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships, which are being played at Sugarbush Golf Course.
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