Nobody broke 70, but nobody went above 80, either. That was the key for a consistent Nebraska Wesleyan squad that won its first Division III Men’s Golf Championships team title May 8-11 at the par-71 Firethorn Golf Club in Lincoln, Nebraska.

All five Nebraska Wesleyan golfers finished among the top 20 individually. Senior Jon Deines and junior Aaron Stockton tied for fifth at 298, 14 over par, while seniors Travis Davis and Jeff Holm joined sophomore Tyler Lawson in a tie for 16th place at 303.

The Prairie Wolves compiled a field-best 303 in the final round to stretch its victory margin to 10 strokes over Redlands, which finished second for a third straight year. Methodist was 17 back, followed by Oglethorpe and 2005 champion Guilford.

Guilford, which held a two-shot lead after the second round, had won its first team title on the same course in 2002, but Nebraska Wesleyan used the home course to its advantage this year, especially during the final round when the wind-swept course posed problems for competitors.

Nebraska Wesleyan fired the lowest third-round score (292) to take a four-shot lead heading into the final round. All five Prairie Wolves shot between 72 and 75.

The best scoring day for the field came in Round 2, when six schools beat 300. Redlands’ 286 was the best that day.

Rochester’s Stephen Goodridge won the individual title by posting a 5-over-par 289 for four rounds over the 6,770-yard course. Goodridge finished two strokes ahead of John Jennison from Rhodes and three ahead of Redlands’ Nick Obie. Oglethorpe’s Danny Swanick was fourth at plus 12.

Goodridge, who was competing as an individual and not as a member of the Rochester team, fired one of the low rounds of the tournament on Day 3 when he shot a 3-under-par 68 that included six birdies. That came after Rochester coach Rich Johnson challenged his sophomore golfer who opened with a 77-71 start.

“I told him, ‘You’re going to have to be even par to win this,’ ” Johnson said. “He was six over coming into the third round and he made up half of it right away.”

Alex Balog of Huntingdon posted the low round of the tournament with a 66 on Day 2, but that was sandwiched between a first-round 79 and a final-round 85. Other low rounds came from Redlands’ Obie, who shot a 67 on Day 2, and Oglethorpe’s Swanick, who carded a second-round 68.

Team results

1. Neb. Wesleyan, 309-289-292-303 — 1,193; 2. Redlands, 311-286-297-309 — 1,203; 3. Methodist, 303-300-302-305 — 1,210; 4. Oglethorpe, 307-293-304-307 — 1,211; 5. Guilford, 299-296-302-318 — 1,215; 6. (tie) Otterbein, 308-300-310-306 — 1,224; and Ohio Wesleyan, 312-304-301-307 — 1,224; 8. Rhodes, 308-304-305-311 — 1,228; 9. Emory, 312-309-300-317 — 1,238; 10. (tie) Allegheny, 322-297-299-322 — 1,240; and Skidmore, 309-301-313-317 — 1,240; 12. Texas Lutheran, 312-301-307-324 — 1,244; 13. La Verne, 314-303-309-323 — 1,249; 14. Gust. Adolphus, 320-308-313-313 — 1,254; 15. Huntingdon, 321-297-309-328 — 1,255; 16. Salem St., 312-305-323-317 — 1,257; 17. Hope, 319-304-313-323 — 1,259; 18. St. John’s (Minn.), 312-309-307-332 — 1,260; 19. Wash. & Jeff., 319-309-306-337 — 1,271; 20. Claremont-M-S, 327-305-320-324 — 1,276; 21. New York U., 310-310-312-347 — 1,279; 22. Cal Lutheran, 320-300-326-344 — 1,290; 23. St. John Fisher, 323-318-328-334 — 1,303.

Individual results

1. Stephen Goodridge, Rochester, 77-71-68-73 — 289; 2. John Jennison, Rhodes, 76-70-74-71 — 291; 3. Nick Obie, Redlands, 77-67-73-75 — 292; 4. Danny Swanick, Oglethorpe, 75-68-75-78 — 296; 5. (tie) Nick Bova, Methodist, 76-73-72-77 — 298; Jon Deines, Neb. Wesleyan, 73-76-74-75 — 298; Adam Horton, Methodist, 75-75-74-74 — 298; Mike Lebow, Emory, 78-78-70-72 — 298; and Aaron Stockton, Neb. Wesleyan, 79-71-75-73 — 298; 10. (tie) RJ Scholl, Redlands, 75-75-73-76 — 299; and Zach Sebert, Otterbein, 76-73-76-74 — 299.

Team results

1. Neb. Wesleyan, 309-289-292-303 — 1,193; 2. Redlands, 311-286-297-309 — 1,203; 3. Methodist, 303-300-302-305 — 1,210; 4. Oglethorpe, 307-293-304-307 — 1,211; 5. Guilford, 299-296-302-318 — 1,215; 6. (tie) Otterbein, 308-300-310-306 — 1,224; and Ohio Wesleyan, 312-304-301-307 — 1,224; 8. Rhodes, 308-304-305-311 — 1,228; 9. Emory, 312-309-300-317 — 1,238; 10. (tie) Allegheny, 322-297-299-322 — 1,240; and Skidmore, 309-301-313-317 — 1,240; 12. Texas Lutheran, 312-301-307-324 — 1,244; 13. La Verne, 314-303-309-323 — 1,249; 14. Gust. Adolphus, 320-308-313-313 — 1,254; 15. Huntingdon, 321-297-309-328 — 1,255; 16. Salem St., 312-305-323-317 — 1,257; 17. Hope, 319-304-313-323 — 1,259; 18. St. John’s (Minn.), 312-309-307-332 — 1,260; 19. Wash. & Jeff., 319-309-306-337 — 1,271; 20. Claremont-M-S, 327-305-320-324 — 1,276; 21. New York U., 310-310-312-347 — 1,279; 22. Cal Lutheran, 320-300-326-344 — 1,290; 23. St. John Fisher, 323-318-328-334 — 1,303.

Individual results

1. Stephen Goodridge, Rochester, 77-71-68-73 — 289; 2. John Jennison, Rhodes, 76-70-74-71 — 291; 3. Nick Obie, Redlands, 77-67-73-75 — 292; 4. Danny Swanick, Oglethorpe, 75-68-75-78 — 296; 5. (tie) Nick Bova, Methodist, 76-73-72-77 — 298; Jon Deines, Neb. Wesleyan, 73-76-74-75 — 298; Adam Horton, Methodist, 75-75-74-74 — 298; Mike Lebow, Emory, 78-78-70-72 — 298; and Aaron Stockton, Neb. Wesleyan, 79-71-75-73 — 298; 10 (tie) RJ Scholl, Redlands, 75-75-73-76 — 299; and Zach Sebert, Otterbein, 76-73-76-74 — 299; 12. Josh Werland, Texas Lutheran, 75-74-71-81 — 301; 13. (tie) Kyle Martin, Ohio Wesleyan, 75-77-77-73 — 302; Andy Miller, Otterbein, 73-73-77-79 — 302; Joseph Poplin, Guilford, 76-74-77-75 — 302; Travis Davis, Neb. Wesleyan,  79-72-72-80 — 303; Jeff Holm, Neb. Wesleyan, 78-77-73-75 — 303; Tyler Lawson, Neb. Wesleyan, 80-70-73-80 — 303; Nathan Logan, La Verne, 72-79-74-78 — 303; Jeff Osberg, Guilford, 74-74-75-80 — 303; and Cory Schneider, Methodist, 77-75-76-75 — 303; 22. (tie) Alex Balog, Huntingdon, 79-66-74-85 — 304; Mike Grasso, Wash. & Jeff., 76-78-75-75 — 304; Chris Lowman, Guilford, 75-74-75-80 — 304; Joseph Lyda, Oglethorpe, 74-73-76-81 — 304; and Jeff Nieman, Ohio Wesleyan, 76-74-73-81 — 304; 27. (tie) Matt Baran, Salem St., 78-73-80-74 — 305; Drew Denton, Allegheny, 81-75-70-79 — 305; Justin Schroeder, Ohio Wesleyan, 78-75-75-77 — 305; and Mike Stiller, Skidmore, 73-73-80-79 — 305; 31. Joe Green, Oglethorpe, 81-72-77-76 — 306; 32. (tie) Jerre Maynor, Sewanee, 81-74-76-76 — 307; and Chris Moore, Allegheny, 80-75-73-79 — 307; 34. (tie) Nathaniel James, Wash. & Lee, 80-78-72-78 — 308; and Trevor Young, Redlands, 83-68-75-82 — 308; 36. (tie) Colin Clark, Guilford, 74-77-75-83 — 309; Tim Fish, Franklin, 74-77-77-81 — 309; Drew Harker, Emory, 78-77-75-79 — 309; Wes Stafford, Otterbein, 80-73-79-77 — 309; and Tommy Yamaoka, Hope, 80-75-74-80 — 309; 41. (tie) Stuart Drahota, Skidmore, 81-76-74-79 — 310; Josh Kinsey, Oglethorpe, 77-80-76-77 — 310; Carter Lawnin, Rhodes, 75-78-78-79 — 310; and Westy Rose, Claremont-M-S, 83-76-79-72 — 310; 45. (tie) Ryan Byk, Rhodes, 78-78-77-78 — 311; Kyle Jastromb, Allegheny, 82-72-77-80 — 311; Joe Schoolmeesters, St. John’s (Minn.), 75-80-75-81 — 311; and Toby Spector, Skidmore, 75-75-84-77 — 311; 49. (tie) Clayton Johnson, Gust. Adolphus, 77-78-78-79 — 312; and Erik Tone, Gust. Adolphus, 80-77-78-77 — 312; 51. (tie) Brian Cawley, Salem St., 78-78-78-79 — 313; Matt Lapham, Hope, 81-72-80-80 — 313; Andrew Longbella, St. John’s (Minn.), 78-73-78-84 — 313; and E.J. Stenftenagel, Redlands, 81-76-76-80 — 313; 55. (tie) Chris Davis, La Verne, 78-72-78-86 — 314; and Jeremy Evans, Emory, 78-75-80-81 — 314; 57. (tie) Bobby Gillespie, Huntingdon, 79-76-82-78 — 315; Rode McElreath, McMurry, 81-79-78-77 — 315; and Jonathan Swisher, Texas Lutheran, 77-74-76-88 — 315; 60. (tie) Michael Faterkowski, Texas Lutheran, 87-73-79-77 — 316; John Pharr, New York U., 78-77-80-81 — 316; Mike Stackus, St. John Fisher, 82-77-79-78 — 316; and Taylor Urbanski, Oglethorpe, 82-80-78-76 — 316; 64. (tie) Nate Golomb, Hope, 77-78-81-81 — 317; and Riley Toldstedt, Redlands, 78-78-83-78 — 317; 66. (tie) Matt Bova, Methodist, 75-77-82-84 — 318; Zach Fuller, St. John Fisher, 73-83-81-81 — 318; Jordan Hawkinson, Gust. Adolphus, 83-76-79-80 — 318; and Scott Newell, Skidmore, 80-77-79-82 — 318; 70. (tie) Matt Collins, Otterbein, 81-81-80-77 — 319; Jacob Collinsworth, Huntingdon, 83-78-76-82 — 319; Jon Hagedorn, Gust. Adolphus, 85-79-78-77 — 319; and Tyler Priest, Otterbein, 79-84-78-78 — 319; 74. (tie) Josh Beck, La Verne, 80-75-78-87 — 320; Keith Mattingly, Claremont-M-S, 80-73-79-88 — 320; Chad Michelson, St. John’s (Minn.), 77-83-77-83 — 320; Josh Moore, Huntingdon, 83-77-77-83 — 320; Ryan Sheets, Hope, 81-79-78-82 — 320; and AJ Vesey, Texas Lutheran, 80-80-81-79 — 320; 80. (tie) Joe Daly, St. John’s (Minn.), 82-76-79-84 — 321; Tyler Doyle, Cal Lutheran, 80-72-77-92 — 321; Marc Fillari, Wash. & Jeff., 81-74-76-90 — 321; Chad Kosanovic, Allegheny, 79-77-81-84 — 321; Sean LaBelle, Salem St., 75-82-82-82 — 321; Rod Olivero, Emory, 82-79-75-85 — 321; and Kunal Rawal, New York U., 79-77-76-89 — 321; 87. (tie) Charles Kerecz, New York U., 77-74-77-94 — 322; and Doug McCullough, Ohio Wesleyan, 83-78-82-79 — 322; 89. (tie) Matthew Frame, New York U., 76-83-79-85 — 323; Rory Hotaling, Ohio Wesleyan, 84-85-76-78 — 323; A.J. Mastrullo, Salem St., 81-75-85-82 — 323; Luke Redfern, Claremont-M-S, 83-80-79-81 — 323; and Mike Wolfe, Allegheny, 84-75-79-85 — 323; 94. (tie) Tristan Sanders, Emory, 78-79-82-85 — 324; Mark Stuckey, Gust. Adolphus, 80-77-80-87 — 324; Jordan Talah, La Verne, 84-77-83-80 — 324; and Steve Walton, Guilford, 80-74-82-88 — 324; 98. Erek Bylinowski, Wash. & Jeff., 83-79-79-84 — 325; 99. (tie) Matt Becker, Rhodes, 79-78-81-89 — 327; and Doug Green, La Verne, 88-81-79-79 — 327; 101. (tie) Brant Dixon, Methodist, 86-83-80-79 — 328; Colin Read, Claremont-M-S, 85-76-83-84 — 328; and Dave Richards, Wash. &Jeff., 79-82-79-88 — 328; 104. (tie) Peder Nyhus, Cal Lutheran, 77-80-87-85 — 329; and Sean Quinn, Rhodes, 87-83-76-83 — 329; 106. (tie) Dave Delary, St. John Fisher, 85-77-83-86 — 331; and Kyle Fredrickson, St. John’s (Minn.), 88-80-77-86 — 331; 108. (tie) Christian Colunga, Cal. Lutheran, 83-80-77-92 — 332; Steve Martindale, Hope, 81-83-82-86 — 332; and Matt Rayman, Wash. & Jeff., 84-78-76-94 — 332; 111. (tie) Mills Ligon, Texas Lutheran, 80-81-85-87 — 333; and Nick Shannahan, Claremont-M-S, 81-82-83-87 — 333; 113. Ken Haskell, Salem St., 84-79-83-88 — 334; 114. (tie) Nick Caldwell, Skidmore, 85-83-80-87 — 335; Adam Krainson, New York U., 80-82-81-92 — 335; and Lee Nalley, Huntingdon, 80-84-82-89 — 335; 117. Brian Stanley, Cal Lutheran, 86-73-85-93 — 337; 118. Justin Magee, St. John Fisher, 90-81-85-89 — 345; 119. Nick Velasco, St. John Fisher, 83-88-87-97 — 355.