The NCAA News - News and Features

May 26, 1997

Monarchs reign again in III men's golf by crushing field

Methodist continued its decade of dominance in Division III men's golf, running away from the field with a record-setting second round and capturing a fourth consecutive team title in the May 13-16 championships at The Medallion Club in Westerville, Ohio.

It is the Monarchs' seventh title in eight years -- a string that began in 1990 when Methodist unseated six-time defending champion Cal State Stanislaus.

The Monarchs placed four of their five golfers in the field's top 10, including medalist Brion McLaughlin, who fired a final-round 74 to edge teammate Mike Adamson by a stroke. Adamson, whose total included a record-tying second-round 66, was trying to become the first repeat medalist since Mike Bender of Cal State Stanislaus in 1979-80.

Methodist opened a 10-shot lead over host Otterbein after the first round. Chris Eaves and Bryan Wright both shot one-under-par 71s to pace the Monarchs attack. Guilford took over as primary chaser after the second round, but Methodist had opened a 24-stroke gap by that time after posting a team total of 284, besting their previous tournament record of 285.

Along with Adamson's second-round 66, Eaves shot a 71 and McLaughlin and Wright added a 73 and a 74, respectively, virtually securing the team title just halfway through the tournament.

The individual battle lasted longer, with McLaughlin overtaking Adamson in the final round. Adamson, a senior, opened the last day with a one-stroke lead over his freshman teammate, but shot a finishing 76.

McLaughlin became the sixth Methodist medalist in nine years.

Kevin Angle of Greensboro finished third with a final-round 74 and helped the Pride place second in the team standings. Otterbein finished third behind Matt Ehlinger, who tied Bryan Martin of Skidmore and Methodist's Wright for fourth place in the individual standings.

High winds plagued the golfers throughout the tournament and particularly during the third round, when gusts consistently hit 45 miles per hour. The low team round of the day was turned in by Otterbein, which compiled a 318. Methodist, fresh from its record 284, ballooned to 323 but still maintained a 24-stroke margin.

The low individual round on the third day was 76 by John Carroll's Jeff Sawitke and Skidmore's Martin.

Division III men's golf

TEAM RESULTS

1. Methodist, 289-284-323-295--1,191; 2. Greensboro, 301-298-323-304--1,226; 3. Otterbein, 299-303-318-310--1,230; 4. Allegheny, 307-305-329-301--1,237; 5. (tie) Emory, 313-304-322-300--1,239; and Guilford, 302-295-340-302--1,239; 7. Central (Iowa), 320-302-320-300--1,242; 8. (tie) UC San Diego, 299-310-328-306--1,243; and Skidmore, 307-307-320-309--1,243; 10. John Carroll, 312-301-322-315--1,250.

11. Gust. Adolphus, 308-305-327-318--1,258; 12. Luther, 312-298-332-319--1,261; 13. Olivet, 316-310-343-314--1,283; 14. (tie) Augsburg, 322-312-338-313--1,285; DePauw, 317-313-342-313--1,285; and Neb. Wesleyan, 317-313-340-315--1,285; 17. Binghamton, 324-312-338-316--1,290; 18. Williams, 314-318-348-320--1,300; 19. Salem St., 313-324-349-316--1,302; 20. Amherst, 333-318-346-318--1,315.

21. Western Md., 333-315-349-323--1,320; 22. Cal Lutheran, 333-328-351-334--1,346; 23. York (Pa.), 325-316-372-337--1,350.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1. Brion McLaughlin, Methodist, 73-73-77-74--297; 2. Mike Adamson, Methodist, 74-66-82-76--298; 3. Kevin Angle, Greensboro, 72-73-82-74--301; 4. (tie) Matt Ehlinger, Otterbein, 75-73-79-75--302; Bryan Martin, Skidmore, 77-71-76-78--302; and Bryan Wright, Methodist, 71-74-87-70--302; 7. (tie) Chris Eaves, Methodist, 71-71-82-79--303; Bo Reitz, Guilford, 78-69-86-70--303; Andrew White, Emory, 80-71-77-75--303; and Dan Winar, Otterbein, 75-70-83-75--303.

11. (tie) Darin Fisher, Central (Iowa), 79-72-79-74--304; and Bobby Ruffing, Allegheny, 76-74-79-75--304; 13. (tie) Ed Alvarez, Ferrum, 73-77-81-74--305; Mike Korenoski, Allegheny, 75-74-82-74--305; and Matthew Saglio, Guilford, 74-70-86-75--305; 16. Gary Scanlon, Salem St., 69-76-88-73--306; 17. (tie) Matt Major, Skidmore, 74-81-77-76--308; and Steve Voinovich, John Carroll, 76-71-81-80--308; 19. (tie) Arnie Campbell, UC San Diego, 72-74-83-80--309; Mike Gasper, Allegheny, 74-77-84-74--309; Patrick Kelly, Greensboro, 73-80-79-77--309; Mark Watson, La Verne, 76-73-87-73--309; and Brad Wuhs, Central (Iowa), 78-77-79-75--309.

24. (tie) Brian Bazzel, UC San Diego, 79-77-77-77--310; Kyle Landon, Gust. Adolphus, 75-72-78-85--310; Fraser MacKechnie, Emory, 84-76-80-70--310; Jeff Nimeh, Wooster, 78-81-79-72--310; Mark Raven, Olivet, 72-74-85-79--310; E. P. Scherer, DePauw, 75-75-84-76--310; and Greg Uberuaga, UC San Diego, 73-81-80-76--310; 31. (tie) David Horne, Greensboro, 79-71-84-77--311; Kelly Karmazin, Neb. Wesleyan, 78-73-86-74--311; and Hank Sullivan, Greensboro, 77-75-83-76--311.

34. (tie) Jason Bowie, Binghamton, 78-80-80-74--312; John Gudauskas, Methodist, 74-81-82-75--312; and Eric Rolland, Augsburg, 78-75-81-78--312; 37. (tie) James Brandon, Otterbein, 74-79-78-82--313; Erik Hardenbergh, Amherst 78-75-82-78--313; Tory Hart, Luther, 75-74-85-79--313; and Brett Lindberg, Carthage, 70-82-83-78--313; 41. (tie) Magnus Hellmark, Luther, 79-70-81-84--314; and Jon Thornton, York (Pa.), 75-74-84-81--314.

43. (tie) Matt Sanderson, Gust. Adolphus, 82-75-82-76--315; Jeff Bors, John Carroll, 81-75-84-75--315; Steve Davey, Emory, 78-75-84-78--315; and Jay Kautt, Luther, 79-78-82-76--315; 47. Rob Aker, Central (Iowa), 84-75-83-74--316; 48. (tie) Jeremy Byrd, UC San Diego, 76-78-88-76--318; Andy Fisher, Otterbein, 75-83-78-82--318; and Ben Wilkins, John Carroll, 80-79-81-78--318; 51. (tie) Jeff Berthiaume, Luther, 79-76-84-80--319; Steve Erickson, Gust. Adolphus, 74-81-84-80--319; John Kieber, Gust. Adolphus, 79-78-83-79--319; and Nick Mahramas, Allegheny, 77-80-84-78--319.

55. (tie) Matt Jones, Central (Iowa), 83-78-79-80--320; Ty Saloma, Guilford, 74-76-90-80--320; Matt Smith, Otterbein, 76-81-85-78--320; Jared Tendler, Skidmore, 77-78-84-81--320; and Bob Wellman, Neb. Wesleyan, 76-80-87-77--320; 60. Jeff Sawitke, John Carroll, 78-85-76-82--321; 61. (tie) Chris Braaten, Augsburg, 85-76-85-76--322; Eddie Lipski, Greensboro, 86-79-79-78--322; Tony McCutcheon, Williams, 80-74-88-80--322; and David Wronowski, Skidmore, 84-78-83-77--322.

65. (tie) Jeremy Hopple, DePauw, 78-78-85-82--323; and Josh Kilmek, Augsburg, 76-81-86-80--323; 67. (tie) John Caruso, Guilford, 76-85-82-81--324; Matt Caruso, Guilford, 81-80-86-77--324; Scott Causby, Chris. Newport, 79-77-89-79--324; Mike Diehl, Western Md., 80-81-85-78--324; Ryan Foote, Binghamton, 80-78-86-80--324; Tom Gilbert, Skidmore, 79-80-87-78--324; Jim Hauman, John Carroll, 78-76-88-82--324; and Chris Susott, DePauw, 81-85-82-76--324.

75. (tie) Devin Redmond, Williams, 76-82-88-79--325; Hal Jacobs, Binghamton, 81-77-89-78--325; and Dennis Rogers, Neb. Wesleyan, 81-82-84-78--325; 78. (tie) Clint Elsemore, Cal Lutheran, 84-79-84-79--326; and Jim O'Reilly, Salem St., 82-81-83-80--326; 80. (tie) Charles Frost, Emory, 80-83-87-77--327; Steve Rozalowsky, Olivet, 82-81-83-81--327; and Todd Unikel, Emory, 75-82-81-89--327; 83. James Donahoe, UC San Diego, 78-85-88-77--328; Brad Dutler, Central (Iowa), 80-85-86-77--328; Tony Keim, Olivet, 85-80-85-78--328; and Mike Szkodzinski, Williams, 86-79-81-82--328.

87. (tie) Max Addler, Gust. Adolphus, 80-80-86-83--329; and Todd Tourand, Augsburg, 84-80-86-79--329; 89. Ryan Opeka, DePauw, 83-77-91-79--330; 90. Gary Occhino, Allegheny, 80-84-88-79--331; 91. Kevin DeCollibus, Salem St., 83-81-88-80--332; 92. Stephen Brandt, Amherst, 87-80-83-83--333; 93. (tie) Shawn Kint, York (Pa.), 82-80-88-84--334; Evan Kurtz, Williams, 76-88-91-79--334; and Ryan Reid, Western Md., 84-76-92-82--334; 96. (tie) David Millward, Olivet, 87-75-90-83--335; and Mark Still, Amherst, 88-75-94-78--335.

98. (tie) Corey Burstad, Luther, 82-81-86-88--337; Sam Garthune, Augsburg, 84-81-88-84--337; Kevin Marsh, Western Md., 85-81-84-87--337; and David Richardson, Cal Lutheran, 83-81-93-80--337; 102. (tie) Scott Gregg, Western Md., 87-77-91-83--338; and Matt Simpson, Neb. Wesleyan, 82-78-92-86--338; 104. Neal Goldsmith, Binghamton, 85-87-83-84--339; 105. Tony Santillo, Western Md., 84-88-89-80--341; 106. (tie) Drew Nevin, Williams, 82-83-93-84--342; and Jason Potty, Salem St., 79-86-90-87--342; and Jeremy White, Cal Lutheran, 84-86-82-90--342.

109. Rick Brown, Cal Lutheran, 84-82-92-85--343; 110. Ryan Szczepanik, Amherst, 80-89-90-85--344; 111. (tie) David Fiorentino, Amherst, 89-88-91-79--347; and Adam Leon, Binghamton, 90-77-95-85--347; 113. Bill Brennan, York (Pa.), 83-84-94-89--350; 114. Damien Lynch, York (Pa.), 85-78-106-83--352; 115. Jay LaChance, Salem St., 90-86-95-83--354; 116. Jon Manning, Cal Lutheran, 82-87-95-94--358; 117. Judd Knispel, Neb. Wesleyan, 89-95-83-94--361; 118. Todd Slowinski, DePauw, 88-83-97-97--365; 119. Chris Epp, York (Pa.), 99-86-113-93--391; 120. Darren Straniero, Olivet, 77-84-DQ--DQ.