Ohio's Golf Magazine May 2009 : Page 12

Ohio’s Golf MAC Men Kent State Men Wrap up 17th MAC Title, Earn Regional Berth Hahn Claims Individual Medalist Honors Kent State shot a 72- hole total of 1136 (294-280-271-291) to claim its 17th Mid- American Conference championship April 30-May 2 at the Brickyard Crossing in Indianapolis. Sophomore John Hahn from Hudson earned individual medalist honors for the Golden Flashes, which won the team title by 19 strokes over Eastern Michigan. “This week was just a culmination of a great spring for Kent State golf,” said Head Coach Herb Page, who won his 14th title in 31 years at the helm. “We just kept getting better each week out and it all came together yesterday with our record-setting round. I am so proud of the way our guys played; they worked hard all season and really dominated this week.” Hahn won his first MAC title by shooting a 9-under 279 (71-68-66-74). Big Ten Women Ohio State Women Place Third in Big Ten Championship Buckeyes to play in, host regional championship at Scarlet The No. 25 Ohio State women’s golf team finished third at the Big Ten championship April 24-26 in West Lafayette, Ind. The Buckeyes will next be in action May 7-9 when they host the NCAA Central regional on their home Scarlet course. (The regional tournament was held after Ohio’s Golf went to print.) The Buckeyes shot a 103-over-par score of 1255 (317-310- 322-306) in the 72-hole Big Ten tournament. Host Purdue finished first with a +57 (1209), and Michigan State finished 12 MAY 2009 • WWW.OHIOSGOLF.COM second (+94). Purdue was lead by Maria Hernandez and Maude-Aimee LeBlanc who each tied for first with totals of 9-over-par (297). Leading the Buckeyes were junior co-captain Emma Jandel from Dayton and freshman Vicky Villanueva, who tied for 12th place at 315 (+27). Sophomore In Hong Lim shot a final round 81 to tie for 20th with a total of 320 (+32). A stroke back was Teammates Brett Cairns (-5), a sophomore, and freshman Mackenzie Hughes (-2) rounded out the top three. Kent State’s only senior, Nick Latimer, tied for fifth at even par, giving the Golden Flashes four of the top five finishers. Hahn is the 15th different Kent State player to win MAC medalist honors and the first since Marc Bourgeois and Tommy Wiegand shared the title in 2006, when Kent State won its last championship. “It feels great to fulfill my goal of becoming the MAC medalist, but it is even more rewarding to win it for Coach Page,” said Hahn, who was named the MAC Golfer of the Year for a second straight season. “To win the way we did taking 1-2-3 and 5 makes it even better, it just feels so good to be able to pay Coach Page back for all everything he does for us.” Latimer, Hahn, Cairns and Hughes made the All-Tournament team. Junior David Ludlow from Berkshire High School finished tied for 33rd overall after posting a 75 in Saturday’s final round. Toledo finished in third place at +15, Ohio University was fourth at +31, Miami of Ohio (+38) was seventh, Bowling Green (+45) eighth, and Akron finished ninth at +51. Kent State, which has won 13 of the last 18 MAC championships and is No. 51 in the most recent Golfweek rankings, will play in the NCAA regionals May 14-16 at Galloway National Golf Club in Galloway, N.J. The Golden Flashes are the seventh seed in the 14-team regional. The low five teams will advance from the regional to the NCAA championship on May 26-30 at the Inverness Club in Toledo.

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MAC Men Kent State Men Wrap up 17th MAC Title, Earn Regional Berth Hahn Claims Individual Medalist Honors Kent State shot a 72- hole total of 1136 (294-280-271-291) to claim its 17th Mid- American Conference championship April 30-May 2 at the Brickyard Crossing in Indianapolis. Sophomore John Hahn from Hudson earned individual medalist honors for the Golden Flashes, which won the team title by 19 strokes over Eastern Michigan. “This week was just a culmination of a great spring for Kent State golf,” said Head Coach Herb Page, who won his 14th title in 31 years at the helm. “We just kept getting better each week out and it all came together yesterday with our record-setting round. I am so proud of the way our guys played; they worked hard all season and really dominated this week.” Hahn won his first MAC title by shooting a 9-under 279 (71-68-66-74). Teammates Brett Cairns (-5), a sophomore, and freshman Mackenzie Hughes (-2) rounded out the top three. Kent State’s only senior, Nick Latimer, tied for fifth at even par, giving the Golden Flashes four of the top five finishers. Hahn is the 15th different Kent State player to win MAC medalist honors and the first since Marc Bourgeois and Tommy Wiegand shared the title in 2006, when Kent State won its last championship. “It feels great to fulfill my goal of becoming the MAC medalist, but it is even more rewarding to win it for Coach Page,” said Hahn, who was named the MAC Golfer of the Year for a second straight season. “To win the way we did taking 1-2-3 and 5 makes it even better, it just feels so good to be able to pay Coach Page back for all everything he does for us.” Latimer, Hahn, Cairns and Hughes made the All-Tournament team. Junior David Ludlow from Berkshire High School finished tied for 33rd overall after posting a 75 in Saturday’s final round. Toledo finished in third place at +15, Ohio University was fourth at +31, Miami of Ohio (+38) was seventh, Bowling Green (+45) eighth, and Akron finished ninth at +51. Kent State, which has won 13 of the last 18 MAC championships and is No. 51 in the most recent Golfweek rankings, will play in the NCAA regionals May 14-16 at Galloway National Golf Club in Galloway, N.J. The Golden Flashes are the seventh seed in the 14-team regional. The low five teams will advance from the regional to the NCAA championship on May 26-30 at the Inverness Club in Toledo. Big Ten Women Ohio State Women Place Third in Big Ten Championship Buckeyes to play in, host regional championship at Scarlet The No. 25 Ohio State women’s golf team finished third at the Big Ten championship April 24-26 in West Lafayette, Ind. The Buckeyes will next be in action May 7-9 when they host the NCAA Central regional on their home Scarlet course. (The regional tournament was held after Ohio’s Golf went to print.) The Buckeyes shot a 103-over-par score of 1255 (317-310- 322-306) in the 72-hole Big Ten tournament. Host Purdue finished first with a +57 (1209), and Michigan State finished second (+94). Purdue was lead by Maria Hernandez and Maude-Aimee LeBlanc who each tied for first with totals of 9-over-par (297). Leading the Buckeyes were junior co-captain Emma Jandel from Dayton and freshman Vicky Villanueva, who tied for 12th place at 315 (+27). Sophomore In Hong Lim shot a final round 81 to tie for 20th with a total of 320 (+32). A stroke back was Senior co-captain Gemma Webster, who had a final round of 79 to finish the event tied for 25th. Freshman Nara Shin tied for 36th at 324, while senior Jessica Hauser carded a final round of 76 to tie for 45th at 327. The NCAA regionals will be contested at three sites on May 7-9. Ohio State will host the Central regional at the Scarlet Course; the East regional will be played at the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla.; and the West regional will be played at the ASU Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Az. Twenty-one teams and three individuals will be competing at each site, with the top eight teams and top two individuals from each regional advancing to the 2009 NCAA Championships May 19-22 at the Caves Valley Golf Club. This is the 15th-consecutive NCAA regional for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes earned the eighth seed, two spots behind Kent State. Big Ten champs Purdue is seeded third in the Central region and Michigan state is seventh. The top seed is UCLA. Ohio State fell just short of advancing to the NCAA championship last season, tying for eighth and losing in a playoff. Big Ten Men Ohio State Places Fourth in Big Ten Tourney Upper Arlington’s Hoag leads Buckeyes with eighth place finish The Ohio State men’s team finished fourth in Coach Jim Brown’s final Big Ten championship May 1-3 in State College, Pa. The Buckeyes were led by sophomore Bo Hoag in eighth place – his fifth top-10 finish in the last six events – on the par-71, 7,202-yard Penn State Blue Course. The tournament marked the 36th Big Ten tournament for OSU head coach Jim Brown, who has won a record 17 league titles. Illinois claimed the championship at +13 over second-place Minnesota, which finished at 26-over par. Indiana came in third at 31-over and the Buckeyes (289-290-292-299—1170) tied with host school Penn State at 34- over. Eric Chun of Northwestern finished 1-under to earn medalist honors by a stroke. Indiana’s Alex Martin, the 2008 Ohio’s Golf Amateur Golfer of the year from Middletown, finished T10 at 7-over par. Hoag, a sophomore from Upper Arlington, had rounds of 72-72-71-74 (289) . He has a total of seven top-10 finishes this season and has now led the Buckeyes and finished in the top 10 in both of his Big Ten championships after tying for 10th as a freshman. Junior tri-captain Brad Wright from Cambridge tied for 15th at 10-over (294) . Three strokes back from Wright in 27th place were teammates Vaughn Snyder from Massillon and Michael Cress from Dublin. Rounding out the Buckeye lineup was junior Patrick Simard, who finished tied for 39th with 301 (+17). The Buckeyes, No. 50 in the most recent Golfweek rankings, received an invitation to the NCAA regionals May 14-16 at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky. The Buckeyes are the ninth seed in the 14-team regional. They will be joined in the regional by Cleveland State, the Horizon League champions who are seeded 13th, and Sebastian MacLean from Xavier, who will be participating as an individual. The low five teams and low individual will advance from each regional to the NCAA championship May 26-30 at the Inverness Club in Toledo. MAC Women Kent State Women Continue Dominance of MAC Head to regional at Scarlet after 11th straight tournament championship Kent State Head Coach Mike Morrow has achieved perfection in a sport in which perfect isn’t possible. A former All-American and fourtime letter winner (1971-1975) for the men’s program, Morrow has led the Golden Flashes women’s golf team to 11 Mid-American Conference championships in the 11 years that the program has been in existence. In that time he has been named MAC Coach of the Year nine times, and 10 of his players have earned MAC medalist honors. The Golden Flashes kept the streak alive at the MAC championship April 24-26 at Longaberger Golf Club. Kent State (+65) won going away by 39 strokes over second-place Central Michigan (+104) in the 72-hole tournament. Freshman Mercedes Germino (73-75-80-72—300) edged senior teammate Kirby Dreher (79-76- 75-71—301) by one stroke to capture medalist honors. The championship earned Kent State a ninth-straight invitation to the NCAA regionals May 7-9 at Ohio State’s Scarlet course. “This never gets old,” Morrow said. “Each year presents a new challenge, and to our credit the players were never out there scoreboard watching. They were focused right up to the end of the 72nd hole.” Since the 1998-99 inaugural season, Morrow has coached 10 MAC Players of the Year, eight Freshmen of the Year and 46 All-MAC honorees, including 34 All- MAC First Team selections. Four Kent State golfers have earned National Golf Coaches Association All-America honors, while garnering NGCA All- Scholar accolades 21 times. The Golden Flashes have advanced to the NCAA championship three times (2001, 2003 and 2006) After guiding Kent State to its first appearance in both the NCAA Central regional and the NCAA championship in 2001, Morrow was named the Central Region Coach of the Year by the National Golf Coaches Association of America and the National Coach of the Year by Golfweek magazine. It was just the third year of existence for the program. Morrow cites patience and strong recruiting for the program’s early success, which has snowballed over the past decade. “We started with all freshmen the first year and were patient in recruiting,” Morrow recalls. “That game plan has helped a lot. Success breeds success. There are some upper classmen that teach the younger ones. That helps. We teach quite a bit, and that is good because a majority of the kids really improve when they get here.” Morrow’s blueprint for success was put to the test this season when he had to replace All-MAC first-team selections Tara Delaney and Kira Meixner, who combined to play in 87 tournaments in their careers, ranking first and fourth, respectively, in scoring average at Kent State. The 2007-2008 team finished 15th in the Golfweek rankings, the highest in the program’s history. The Golden Flashes (No. 19 in the most recent Golfweek rankings) have responded thanks to the strong play and senior leadership of Dreher and Marietta native Maddi Swaney. After that, the squad is loaded with young talent, including Argentineans Germino and sophomore Martina Gavier, and freshman Mandi Morrow, the coach’s daughter. Swaney finished fourth, while Morrow was seventh and Gavier 10th at the MAC championship. “Mercedes really filled a big void with the loss of two outstanding seniors from last year’s team,” Morrow said. “She didn’t play like a freshman at all this year. That coupled with the senior leadership from Kirby and Maddi and I couldn’t be more pleased with how we’re playing right now.” Morrow hopes the strong play carries over to the regionals and into the NCAA tournament. “Ideally, we’d like to peak during the MAC Cham-pionships and NCAA play,” Morrow continued.” This team has the desire and work ethic to go along with a tremendous amount of talent. I’m excited to see how things turn out in May.” Women’s Golf: Penguins are Champs! Formeck Takes Medalist Honors Lexington, Ky. -- In what was a complete team effort by the Penguins, the Youngstown State women's golf team is the 2009 Horizon League Champions after winning the league title by 17 strokes on Sunday at Kearney Hills Golf Course. As a team, the Penguins carded a three-round total of 968 (331-319- 318) to take the crown. The Penguins led after every round of the tournament and the round of 318 was a tournament low. Leading the way for the Penguins was freshman Samantha Formeck, who took medalist honors following a three-round total of 239 (78-82-79). Formeck follows up Katie Rogner's impressive freshman performance from a year ago to make it back-to-back freshman medalist for the Penguins at the league championship. In addition, Formeck was named both Horizon League Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. Formeck was also named to the All-Tournament Team and the All-Horizon Team. Junior Brittany Stillwagon finished in second place after firing a 241 (84-79-78). Rogner was one stroke behind shooting a 242 (83-75-84) to claim fifth place. Both Stillwagon and Rogner joined Formeck on being named to the All-Tournament Team and Rogner also earned All- Horizon League Team honors. Junior Ann Ciavarella was the next finisher for the Penguins as she shot a 249 (86-83-80) to finish in 12th. Senior Molle Boney rounded it out for the Penguins, carding a 256 (90-85- 81 to finish in 19th. Head coach Roseann Schwartz was named the Horizon League Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season for her work. The Penguins overcame a second place finish from a year ago to claim their second conference title. The Penguins won their first title in 2003 and have finished second three times. Individually, this is the third time a Penguin has taken an individual crown.

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