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The Capital University men's golf team clinched third place in the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season standings Tuesday with an identical finish at the OAC Spring Invitational at Rattlesnake Ridge in Sunbury, Ohio.
The Crusaders scored a 790 (327-309-154) in the rain-shortened, 45-hole tournament. Capital improved its standing as the tournament went on – the team was in sixth after the first, fourth after the second and third after the final round.
Junior Clay Rice (Hilliard, Ohio) and freshman Daniel Shafer (Hilliard, Ohio) finished in a tie for 10th placed to lead a balanced Crusader effort. Both players carded a 196, with Rice shooting 80-76-40 and Shafer going 84-74-38.
Sophomore Parker McComb (Gahanna, Ohio) was next, placing tied for 17th overall with a steady 81-79-40 for a total of 200. Senior Wes Holler (Marion, Ohio) also showed consistency with a 82-80-42=204, good for a tie for 26th place.
Junior Mark Williams (Carroll, Ohio) saved his best for last, firing a final-round 36, the team's best score of the day, for a total of 209. Williams recovered from a first-round 90 to shoot 83 in the second round.
Otterbein won the tournament and the conference regular season title with a team score of 736 for the week.
Capital resumes play and seeks the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament at the four-round OAC Championship from April 26-28 at River Greens Golf Course in Coshocton, Ohio.
See below for the complete regular season conference standings. The totals were compiled by combining scores from the OAC Fall and OAC Spring Invitationals.
- Otterbein: 1,393 strokes
- John Carroll: 1,402
- Capital: 1,419
- Ohio Northern: 1,423
- Mount Union: 1,439
- Muskingum: 1,458
- Baldwin Wallace: 1,476
- Heidelberg: 1,612
