COMPLETE RESULTS SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Capital men's golf team fielded the youngest team in Tuesday's Wittenberg Fall Invitational with six freshmen in action and placed 14th in its final fall competition of 2009.
The Crusaders were paced by Brandon Lortz (Worthington, Ohio/Thomas Worthington HS) who shot a 78 followed by an 83 in Tuesday's two rounds for a combined score of 161. He was tied for 32nd out of 82 golfers.
Wes Holler (Marion, Ohio/Marion Pleasant HS) was 10 strokes back of Lortz with a 171 to tie for 60th place. Holler improved from a 90 to an 81 throughout the day.
Sean Malone (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield Shawnee HS) tied for 69th after a two-round total of 174 and was followed closely by Scott Partika (Lowellville, Ohio/Lowellville HS) was three strokes back at 177 for a 74th place finish.
Derrick Ward (Hamilton, Ohio/Hamilton HS) and Dillion Thomakos (New Philadelphia, Ohio/New Philadelphia HS) tallied scores of 182 and 183 respectively to finish in 78th and 79th positions.