Scot Golfers Start 2001-02 Season With Top-10 Finish
The College of Wooster golf team got its 2001-02 campaign off to a
solid start with a top-10 finish at the 2nd Annual Buck Leslie
Invitational, hosted by Washington & Lee University at the par-71,
6444-yard Lexington Golf & Country Club in Lexington, Va., on Sept. 17-18.
Wooster placed 10th in the 16-team field, which featured two NCAA
Division I schools as well as a pair of nationally-ranked squads in
Division III.
Averett College, which came in ninth at the 2001 NCAA Division III
Championships, won the event, firing team scores of 287-289=576, while
Christopher Newport University was runner-up (296-288=584) following its
15th-place finish at last season's national tournament.
Next were host Washington & Lee (305-301=606), Drexel University
(306-305=611), Roanoke College (309-314=623), North Carolina Wesleyan
University (308-316=624), Lynchburg College (312-315=627), Hampden-Sydney
College (323-306=629), and Randolph Macon College (317-314=631).
The Scots, who carded rounds of 318-314=632, finished in front of
Ferrum College (328-322=650), Virginia Wesleyan College (325-325=650),
Virginia Military Institute (328-326=654), Chowan College (329-337=666),
Bridgewater College (340-329=669), and Newport News Apprentice School
(340-344=684).
Individually, Wooster was led by freshman Joe Punturi (Elizabeth,
Pa. / Elizabeth-Forward), who came in a tie for 24th among the 79 linksters
after scoring 78-78=156. Averett's Toni Karjalainen captured medalist
honors (73-68=141).
One stroke behind Punturi was Scot junior Jonathan Pintado (Joplin,
Mo. / Thomas Jefferson), who shot 79-78=157 for a 27th-place tie. Next for
the Wooster contingent were freshmen Jordan Roeschlaub (Scotts Mills, Ore.
/ Silverton) and Tyler Scott (Loudonville, Ohio / Loudonville), who tied
for 41st with 162s, as Roeschlaub entered the clubhouse with 83-79 and
Scott had 78-84.
Also for the Scots, junior Matt Elliott (Wooster, Ohio / Wooster)
turned in an 85-79=164, good enough for a tie for 49th-place overall.
Wooster continues its fall schedule next week with the
Baldwin-Wallace College Fall Invitational at Hawk's Nest Golf Club in
Creston, Ohio, Sunday and Monday, Sept. 23-24.
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