1st of 14 at Denison Fall Classic

Sept. 13-14, 2008

Senior Jeff Nieman (Maineville/Cincinnati Moeller) won medalist honors to lead Ohio Wesleyan at the Denison Fall Classic, hosted by Denison University on Saturday and Sunday at the Granville Golf Club.

Ohio Wesleyan won the tournament with a total of 579 shots to 591 for John Carroll. Allegheny finished in third place with 597 points, followed by Wittenberg (599), DePauw (601), Denison (602), Mount Union (603), Muskingum (617), and Baldwin-Wallace and Wabash (620). Ohio Northern finished 11th at 631, followed by Wooster (638), Kenyon (642) and Hiram (694).

The 36-hole event is the first of 4 regular-season tournaments which count toward determining the North Coast Athletic Conference's automatic qualifer for the NCAA Division III championships.

Nieman fired a second-round 68 to finish with a 138, defeating Mount Union's Lucas Murray by 3 shots.

Senior Andy Schillig (Pataskala/Licking Heights) finished sixth with a 143, junior Jesse Chiero (Westerville/South) tied for seventh place at 144, and junior Jordan Benner (Beavercreek) and senior Adam Claytor (Columbus/Wellington) tied for 34th place at 154.

Ohio Wesleyan players competing as individuals included senior Kyle Martin (Dublin/Wellington), who tied for 11th place with a 149; junior Michael Sarap (Cambridge) and junior Peter Joyce (Chevy Chase, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase), who tied for 20th place at 152; and junior Tommy Harman (Perrysburg), who tied for 29th place at 153.

Final Results (pdf document)