7th of 8 at NCAC tournament

Junior Gavin Stutz (Wooster/Triway) led Ohio Wesleyan at the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament, hosted by Wabash College on Sunday at Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus, Ind.

Wittenberg won the tournament with a 54-hole total of 858 to 862 for Kenyon.  DePauw was third with an 884, followed by Denison (890), Wabash (891), Wooster (912), Ohio Wesleyan (929), and Hiram (995).

Jaiden Koonar of Kenyon won medalist honors on the first hole of a playoff with Sean Bledsoe of Wabash after the pair tied at 210 atop the individual leaderboard.

Stutz finished in 21st place with a 228.

Freshman Daniel Golin (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) tied for 24th place with a 232, freshman Callahan Lawler (Hudson) tied for 29th place with a 235, senior Isaac Henry (Powell/Worthington Kilbourne) finished in 31st place at 236, and senior Chris Whelton (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Mount Carmel) tied for 32nd place at 238.