PERU, Ind. – Goshen College men's golfers fired ten rounds under their respective season averages, but a talented field ran away from the Leafs at the 2009 Mid-Central College Conference Championships this week.
Played in the spring for the first time, the MCC Championships were held at Hollow Rock Golf Club in Peru (Ind.). Forty-five players hit to the 6,944 yard par-72 course with two rounds on day one before a final third round on day two of the event.
For the five-man Goshen squad, consistency was hard to find as they competed in their first three-round event of the 2008-09 season.
"The course was playing tough in the wind and the guys really struggled at times," said first-year head coach Josh Hire.
While it was a lack of consistency that hurt most of the Leafs, it was a steady performance that led sophomore Ryan Hallman (Lancaster, Pa.) to the top of Goshen's leaderboard.
Coming in with a season scoring average of 94, Hallman fired all three of his MCC Tournament rounds under that mark, including a season low 88 in the final round. Hallman carded an 89, 91, and 88 on way to a team-low two-day total of 268.
Teammates on the basketball court as well, junior Shawn Martz (Garrett, Ind.) and sophomore Taylor TenHarmsel (Zeeland, Mich.) finished with identical 272 event totals. Martz's started strong with scores of 87 and 89 on the opening day, while TenHarmsel had the Maple Leafs best round of the tournament with an 84 in the third round.
Huntington University won the team title as they placed four players in the top 10 and carded a team total of just 913 strokes. Bethel's Jon Bonfiglio edged Indiana Wesleyan's Austin Conroy in a playoff after the pair both finished the 27-hole event with identical 222 scores.
Mid-Central College Conference Championships
Complete Results (Apr. 27-28)
Goshen Finisher's:
Ryan Hallman: 89, 91, 88 – 268
Shawn Martz: 87, 89, 96 – 272
Taylor TenHarmsel: 95, 93, 84 – 272
Phil Shenk: 101, 98, 87 – 286
Caleb Kitchell: 99, 123, 101 – 323
Team Score: 370, 371, 355 – 1096
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Sophomore Ryan Hallman