Purdue Fort Wayne
Summit League Championship
Mastodons Wrap Up Season at Conference Tournament
4/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After Monday's first round was shorten due to darkness, the IPFW men's golf team finished the final two rounds of play and their season on Tuesday in the Summit League Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri. The Mastodons finished in tenth place with a 916 team total.
IPFW ended the 54-hole stroke play event eight strokes behind Centenary (908) and 12 swings behind North Dakota State (904). Oral Roberts captured the tournament title in record fashion, firing a three-round total of 860 (-4). This is the Golden Eagles sixth tournament win in school history, and first since 2003. UMKC finished runner- up for the second time in as many years with an 869, and South Dakota State and Western Illinois tied for third place with an 870 total.
While the `Dons looked to move up the leaderboard on day two, the rest of the field had to same intention, as all but two schools made round three their best round of the tournament. IPFW put together rounds of 303-309-304, which is a 16 stroke improvement from last year's ninth place squad, who fired a 932.
IPFW senior Patrick Kelley played steady golf the past two days with rounds of 74-75-74. He finished the event in 20th place, his second top-20 finish this season.
Freshman Johnny McMillen put on a good performance in his first conference tournament with a three-round total of 227, good enough for a 27th place finish. McMillen ends the season with a 76.0 spring average.
The three remaining finishers for IPFW were Tyler Haire (77-79-77) with a 233 (77-79-77) and in 40th place; Ryan Olbin with a 234 (79-78-77) and 43th place finish; and senior Jon Balyeat with 235 (+19) and a 47th place finish.
After it's all said and done, this IPFW men's golf team will look back and remember the 2009 spring as a season of change and historic accomplishments. Most notably, the team won the school's first ever tournament back on April 6 at the Norm Bullock Collegiate in Celina, Ohio.
Final Results
1. Oral Roberts Univ. -4 287 293 280 860
2. UMKC +5 281 299 289 869
T3. South Dakota State U +6 296 292 282 870
T3. Western Illinois U. +6 296 293 281 870
5. Southern Utah Univ. +24 299 305 284 888
6. IU-Purdue U.-Indy +32 299 299 298 896
7. Oakland University +38 310 294 298 902
8. North Dakota St. U. +40 309 304 291 904
9. Centenary College +44 295 308 305 908
10. IPFW +52 303 309 304 916
Top Three Finishers
1. Scott Stiles Oral Roberts Univ. -9 F -3 68 70 69 207
2. Trent Peterson South Dakota State U -5 F -5 73 71 67 211
3. Kyle Peterman Western Illinois U. -4 F -4 72 72 68 212
IPFW Final Scores
T20. Patrick Kelley +7 F 74 75 74 223
T27. Johnny McMillen +11 F 74 77 76 227
T40. Tyler Haire +17 F 77 79 77 233
T43. Ryan Olbin +18 F 79 78 77 234
47. Jon Balyeat +19 F 78 80 77 235
FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Terence Begnel, Oral Roberts
Frank McAuliffe, Oakland
Geoff Mead, South Dakota State
Kyle Peterman, Western Illinois
Trent Peterson, South Dakota State
Michael Schnegelberger, UMKC
Scott Stiles, Oral Roberts
SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Alex Hogben, UMKC
Ben Moster, IUPUI
Josh Taylor, UMKC
CHAMPIONSHIP MVP
Scott Stiles, Oral Roberts
NEWCOMER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Jake Weeber, Western Illinois
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