Fourth-Ranked Tigers Place 5th at Parkside Invite

The Wittenberg University Men’s Golf team, which is currently tied for fourth with Methodist in the Bushnell Golfweek Div. III Top-25, finished fifth out of 12 teams over the past two days of competition at the Parkside Spring Invitational, played at the par-72, 6,903-yard Otter Creek Golf Club in Indiana.

Senior Isaac Hartley was Wittenberg's top individual finisher over the last two days of competition at the Parkside Spring Invitational in Columbus, Indiana

April 1, 2019

Columbus, Indiana – The Wittenberg University Men's Golf team, which is currently tied for fourth with Methodist in the Bushnell Golfweek Div. III Top-25, finished fifth out of 12 teams over the past two days of competition at the Parkside Spring Invitational, played at the par-72, 6,903-yard Otter Creek Golf Club in Indiana.

Competing as the lone Div. III team in the Div. II-heavy field, the Tigers finished fifth overall in the team standings after posting a two-day score of 607 (305-302). Bellarmine brought home the team title at the event after carding a team score of 587 (295-292).

All 11 Wittenberg men's golfers competed at the event, with five members playing as part of the team score and the other six competing as individuals in the 83-golfer field.

Two of the 11 golfers finished inside the top-20 in the final individual standings, led by senior Isaac Hartley finishing as part of a five-way tie for 12^th with a 36-hole score of 149. Hartley played a pair of consistent rounds, opening with a three-over 75 on Sunday and concluding with a two-over 74 on Monday. In addition to Hartley, junior Ryan Mallette also cracked the top-20 as part of a four-way tie for 17^th with a two-day total of 150 (74-76).

Wrapping up the team-scoring aspect of the tournament, senior Colin Laszlo finished as part of an eight-way tie for 21^st with a 151 (76-75), senior Cooper Taylor tied for 29^th with a 152 (78-74), sophomore Christopher Dunne tied for 43^rd with a 154 (77-77) and junior Cameron Willis tied for 57^th with a 158 (81-77).

On the individual side of things, sophomore Daniel Castleberry and freshman Will Birkholz finished as part of a nine-way tie for 34^th in the individual standings with 153 strokes each, followed by freshman Cameron Lloyd in a tie for 52^nd with a 157, senior Chris Eigner in a tie for 64^th with a 163 and junior Curtis Salmans in 79^th with a 169.

The nationally-ranked Tigers will now return to competition this weekend at the highly competitive Hershey Cup, played at the historic Hershey C.C. in central Pennsylvania.