The Carthage College men’s golf team (7-2-1) opened the fall portion of its 2009-10 season by tying for third place at the Friday-Saturday, Sept. 18-19 Robert Morris University (Ill.) “Fall Classic” at the Midlane Golf Course in Wadsworth, Ill. The University of St. Francis (Ill.) won the 15-team event with a 309-305-614 team score, six strokes ahead of second-place Bethel College (Ind.) at 318-302-620. Carthage at 320-305-625 tied with Viterbo University at 314-311-625 for third place, followed by Olivet Nazarene University fifth at 316-316-628, the Carthage junior varsity team sixth at 325-310-635, Parkland Community College seventh at 327-309-636, the University of St. Francis (Ind.) eighth at 330-312-642, North Park University ninth at 334-309-643, Holy Cross College (Ind.) 10th at 331-315-646, the Olivet junior varsity team 11th at 331-322-653, Robert Morris (Ill.) 12th at 347-315-662, Judson University (Ill.) 13th at 331-338-669, Calumet College of St. Joseph 14th at 342-349-691 and the Judson (Ill.) junior varsity team 15th with a 414-426-840 mark.
North Park University’s Blake Blumenstock at 80-66-146 shared medalist honors at the Sept. 18-19 Robert Morris University “Fall Classic” with Olivet Nazarene’s Seth Doran at 74-72-146. Carthage’s Kyle Bahnick (Fr., Inverness, Ill./Palatine-Fremd) tied for 10th at 81-73-154, Billy Stone (So., Libertyville, Ill.) tied for 12th at 81-74-155, Donnie Langland (Fr., Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs) tied for 18th at 80-77-157, Bobby O’Neill (Jr., Mokena, Ill./Frankfort—Lincoln-Way East) tied for 25th ay 78-81-159, and Anthony Milano (Sr., Geneva, Ill.) tied for 38th place with an81-82-163. For the Red Men’s junior varsity squad, Andy Wojciechowicz (Jr., Racine, Wis./Kenosha-Bradford) tied for 12th at 77-78-155, Matt Gates (Fr., Black River Falls, Wis.) tied for 30th at 79-82-161, Dan Parks (So., Mount Prospect, Ill./Arlington Heights-Hersey) finished 37th at 84-78-162, Scott Shiple (So., Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) tied for 38th at 85-78-163, and Joe Torasco (Jr., Kenosha, Wis./Tremper) tied for 48th place with an 89-76-165. Four other Red Men played as individuals. Ben Schroeder (Fr., Ivanhoe, Ill./Mundelein) finished fifth at 76-74-150, Nate Moore (Fr., Moline, Ill.) tied for 15th place with a 76-80-156, Nick Vranes (Jr., Greendale, Wis.) tied for 38th with an 89-74-163, and Brendon Jones (So., St. Charles, Ill./West Chicago) tied for 43rd place with an 86-78-164.