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The Capital University men's golf team placed three players in the top 15 Sunday on its way to a fifth-place finish out of seven teams at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship at River Greens Golf Course in Coshocton, Ohio.
The Crusaders totaled 1,239 strokes over the course of the three-day, four-round tournament, posting a final-round 314 on Sunday. Freshman Daniel Shafer (Hilliard, Ohio) earned All-OAC honors to lead Capital, firing a team-best 77 on Sunday to finish with a 307 (78-78-74-77) for the championship.
The Crusaders finished just four strokes behind fourth-place Ohio Northern and 10 shy of third place, where the team finished in 2012. Conference regular season champion Otterbein took the tournament championship with a 1,213 and has earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
Junior Clay Rice (Hilliard, Ohio), an all-conference finisher in 2012, tied for 12th with a 310 (76-77-78-79). Playing in his final collegiate tournament, senior Wes Holler (Marion, Ohio) carded a 312 (78-80-75-79) to finish tied for 15th.
Junior Mark Williams (Carroll, Ohio), who also earned All-OAC accolades a season ago, placed 25th with a 320 (80-78-74-88), while sophomore Parker McComb (Gahanna, Ohio) rounded out Capital scoring with a 322 (84-79-80-79), good for a tie for 26th.
John Carroll's Alex DiPalma earned medalist honors with a 299.
