Posted by - Tue, Apr 17, 2007 - [Men's Golf] - Viewed 884 times
MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (April 17, 2007) --- The Milligan College golf team pulled away in the final round on Tuesday to capture the program’s first ever NAIA Region XII Championship. Milligan won the championship by 12 shots over Brescia (Ky.) University, 947-to-959. The Buffs entered the final 18 holes with a seven-shot advantage over Brescia and Milligan posted a 316 while Brescia could not cut into the lead with their 321 on Tuesday.
The Buffs also captured the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) championship at the event. Milligan’s 22-shot advantage, 947-to-969, over Covenant (Ga.) College gave the Buffs their third AAC championship in the last four years. The championships were contested at the par-72 Elizabethton Golf Club in Elizabethton, Tenn.
UVA-Wise and Union (Ky.) College rounded out the top five in the Regional standings.
Milligan’s Terrance Evans (Galax, Va.) fired a final round 75 to claim the NAIA Region XII and AAC individual medalist honors. For the championship, Evans posted a three-round total of 233. To go along with Evans’ medalist honors, two Buffs, Matt Ongie (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Grayson Patton (Fries, Va.), earned All-Region XII and All-AAC honors by virtue of their top-five finishes. Ongie finished tied for second at 235 while Patton was tied for fifth, one stroke behind Ongie.
Seniors Ryan Morris (Frankfort, Ind.) and Matt Barefoot (Kingsport, Tenn.) fired final rounds of 81 and 83 respectively to round out the Buffs’ scoring.
Milligan head coach Tony Wallingford was named NAIA Region XII Coach of the Year.
The Buffs earn a birth for the 56th annual NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship at the Indiana National Golf Club in Plymouth, Ind. The championship is set to begin on May 22.
Appalachian Athletic Conference AAC/NAIA Region XII Championship At Elizabethton Golf Course Par 72 Monday’s scores Team results x-Competing only in NAIA Region XII Tournament Milligan (Tenn.) College 319-312-316--947 x-Brescia (Ky.) University 329-309-321--959 Covenant (Ga.) College 330-320-319--969 UVA-Wise 334-319-323--976 Union (Ky.) College 335-335-310--977 Bluefield (Va.) College 337-326-325--988 Virginia Intermont College 341-338-321--1000 Tennessee Wesleyan College 348-329-327--1004 King (Tenn.) College 351-333-327--1011 x-Spalding (Ky.) University 357-358-359--1073 x-Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College 386-374-355--1115 x-Berea (Ky.) College 399-376-377--1152
Individual Results (Top 5 All-Region, Top 10 All-AAC)
All-Region XII All-AAC in Italics (Medalist) *Terrance Evans, Milligan 78-80-75--233 *Matt Ongie, Milligan 78-76-81--235 *Adam LaTulippe, Union 78-84-73--235 Clay Williams, Brescia 81-76-78--235 *Bryan Bentley, UVa-Wise 81-78-77--236 *Grayson Patton, Milligan 81-76-79--236
*John Blake Graham, UVa-Wise 80-80-79--239 *Trevor Potts, Covenant 81-79-80--240 Ty Whitler, Brescia 81-78-81--240 *Tim Mahla, Covenant 83-82-76--241 Adam Young, Brescia 81-80-80--241 *Sam Lee, Union 85-83-74--242 *Zach Gulmire, Tenn. Wesleyan 84-78-81--243 Kevin Waldie, Brescia 86-75-82--243 John Wilkinson, Covenant 80-78-86--244 Mike Dinwiddie, Covenant 86-81-77--244 Matt Barefoot, Milligan 82-80-83--245 Ryan Morris, Milligan 84-81-81--246 Brandon Evans, Union 84-80-82--246 Brandon Hammond, Bluefield 85-78-83--246 Tyler Blankenship, Bluefield 84-81-81--246 Bret Commerford, Tenn. Wesleyan 87-78-82--247 Ryan Munas, VI 82-84-81--247 J. Cantrell, UVa-Wise 86-80-81--247 Ben Carter, Spalding 78-87-83--248 Greyson Rossi, VI 89-82-78--249 Pace Snow, Bluefield 82-85-82--249 Micha Chappell, King 81-81-87--249 Chance Foley, VI 87-80-84--251 Daniel Schroeder, Bluefield 86-86-79--251 Jeremy Page, VI 83-92-78--253 Andy Cooper, Tenn. Wesleyan 88-85-81--254 Shane McDavid, UVa-Wise 87-81-86--254 David Goscombe, Union 85-88-81--254 Chris Browder, King 92-83-82--257 Matt Hillman, King 90-79-89--258 Brad Weaver, King 92-90-77—259 Leif Nethery, Brescia 90-86-84--260 Mark Riden, Tenn. Wesleyan 89-88-83--260 Richard Gatewood, Spalding 89-82-89--260 Wes Bays, King 88-94-81--263 Chad Arnold, Bluefield 90-82-92--264 Zack Meadows, Alice Lloyd 87-97-81--265 Casey Carr, VI 92-92-86--270 Dameon Adams, Berea 92-91-93—276 Adam Herberich, Covenant 98-86-93--277 Leyton Childers, Alice Lloyd 99-84-95--278 Matt Faircloth, UVa-Wise 92-88-98--278 Camden Campbell, Alice Lloyd 98-93-88--279 Tyler Webb, Tenn. Wesleyan 99-95-86--280 Chris Renn, Spalding 92-96-92--280 Stephen Miller, Berea 96-92-96--284 Casey Watson, Spalding 98-93-94--285 Cameron Ryals, Berea 98-100-88--286 Brooks Napier, Union 97-100-99--289 Thomas Nicholson, Montreat 104-97-99--298 Catilin Llester, Alice Lloyd 102-104-96--302 Justin Zinn, Montreat 104-99-102--305 Derrik Miller, Alice Lloyd 108-100-99--307 Tanner Jones, Berea 113-94-100--307 Michael Cable, Berea 114-99-101--314 Ryan Harvey, Montreat 112-108-106--326
