The Aurora University Spartan men's golf team won their first Northern Athletics Conference championship at Whistling Straits Irish Course in Kohler, Wisconsin on Tuesday afternoon.
The Spartans won the title with a team score of 620, 44-over par. AU concluded the opening round on Monday with a 305, which was the best team round at the two-day championship, while their 315 reigned best of Tuesday's scores.
The Spartans had three individuals place in the top five of the championship, sophomore Brandon Vicory (Aurora, Ill./West Aurora), junior Cameron Parker (Muncie, Ind./Delta) and senior Shane Roland (Knightstown, Ind./Knightstown) placed second, third and fifth, respectively.
Vicory finished at 6-over and tied with Edgewood College's Aaron Gavin (South Milwaukee, Wis.) after 36 holes. A one hole playoff gave Gavin an advantage for medalist honors at the
championship.
The 150 total shot by Gavin (75-75) and Vicory (74-76) ties a NAC championship record set at the 2008 championship by Benedictine University's R.J. Schwalbach (New Berlin, Wis./West). Schwalbach finished sixth this year at 13-over (77-80--157).
Edgewood, winner of the 2006 championship, finished second at 630 (311-319) posting the second best round each day.
Alex Kline-Wedeen, senior, finished the tournament in a tie for 13th, shooting a 162 (80/82), while junior Dave Pecorella shot an 89 on Monday and junior John Dudley shot an 86 on Tuesday.
NAC Championship
Whistling Straits, Irish Course
Kohler, Wis.
Dates: Oct. 12-13, 2009
Par 72, 6750 yards
Fin. Top 20 teams Scores Total Par
1 Aurora University.............. 305 315 620 +44
2 Edgewood College............... 311 319 630 +54
3 Benedictine University......... 312 323 635 +59
4 MSOE........................... 321 328 649 +73
5 Lakeland College............... 339 340 679 +103
6 Concordia University Wisconsin. 351 334 685 +109
7 Marian University.............. 337 355 692 +116
8 Wisconsin Lutheran College..... 356 347 703 +127
9 Rockford College............... 402 382 784 +208
Fin. Top 20 Players Team Scores Total Par
1 *Aaron Gavin.......... Edgewood College............... 75 75 150 +6
2 Brandon Vicory....... Aurora University.............. 74 76 150 +6
3 Cameron Parker....... Aurora University.............. 77 76 153 +9
4 Dane Zachman......... MSOE........................... 78 76 154 +10
5 Shane Roland......... Aurora University.............. 74 81 155 +11
6 R.J. Schwalbach...... Benedictine University......... 77 80 157 +13
7 Gary Petit........... Lakeland College............... 78 80 158 +14
t 8 Ryan Feldman......... Benedictine University......... 81 78 159 +15
t 8 Jake Kuper........... Benedictine University......... 78 81 159 +15
t 8 Brent Quade.......... Edgewood College............... 77 82 159 +15
11 Dan Lagerstrom....... Benedictine University......... 76 84 160 +16
12 Phil Waara........... Concordia University Wisconsin. 83 78 161 +17
t 13 Peter Eich........... MSOE........................... 78 84 162 +18
t 13 Alex Kline-Wedeen.... Aurora University.............. 80 82 162 +18
15 Mark Fields.......... Edgewood College............... 81 82 163 +19
t 16 Mike Battista........ Edgewood College............... 78 87 165 +21
t 16 Logan Kranz.......... Edgewood College............... 85 80 165 +21
t 18 Ryan Hitchcock....... Marian University.............. 79 88 167 +23
t 18 Eric Jones........... Benedictine University......... 82 85 167 +23
t 18 Elias Macias Simeon.. MSOE........................... 83 84 167 +23
t 18 Sam Meyers........... MSOE........................... 82 85 167 +23
* Aaron Gavin won on the 1st playoff hole.