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BW Men’s Golfers Finish Sixth at Mt. Union Fall Tourney

Stephen Spalding
Stephen Spalding

ALLIANCE, OHIO--   The Baldwin Wallace University men's golf team finished Sixth today (Monday, October 1, 2012) at the annual University of Mount Union Fall Invitational Tournament at the Tannenhauf Golf Course in Alliance. This was the third of four fall events for the Yellow Jacket men.  

BW carded a first round score of 319 strokes on Sunday on the par -72 and 6694 -yard Tannenhauf G.C. layout and had a 322-stroke total today to finish with 641 total strokes to finish in sixth place.  Ohio Northern University  won the event with 591 strokes.

The Yellow Jacket men were led by senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference player Stephen Spalding (Stow/ Walsh Jesuit) who fired an 80 on day one carded a 76 today for a two day score of 156. Following Spalding, junior Augie Ward (Medina/ Walsh Jesuit) who carded a 76 came back and shot a 80 on day two for a total of 156, sophomore Andy Ingram (Vermilion) with a 81 yesterday came back and shot a 86 today for a total of 167 , sophomore Cody Lyon (Wadsworth/ Medina Highland) with a 82 one day one and a 79 today for a two day total of 161, and junior Chris Nader (Westlake) rounded it off for BW with an 83 on day one and an 90 today finishing the tournament with a 173.

In addition and playing as an individual, freshman Connor Duplin (North Canton / St. Thomas Aquinas) shot a 91 on day one and carded an 88 on day two, for a two day total of 179.  

The Yellow Jackets end the non-traditional fall portion of their schedule next weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7 when they travel to Springfield to compete at the Wittenberg University Rosecrans-Maurer Invitational Tournament at the Windy Knoll Golf Course.
 
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