By Nicholas Huenefeld/OCCAC Sports Information
Cincinnati, OH---The Owens Community College men's golf team captured both OCCAC tournament championships Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday, Blaze Hogan shot a 3-under 69 to capture first place individually, while the Express also placed four golfers in the top five individual finishers. Darren Gessner and Brandon Hoelzer each shot a 2-under 70 to tie Columbus State's Ash Alstadt for second place, while Timothy Dawkins shot a 75 to tie for fifth.
Hogan, Gessner and Hoelzer combined to shoot seven under par.
As a team, Owens had a score of 284, which was 13 shots better than second place Columbus State (297). Lakeland (313), Cincinnati State (314) and Lorain County (344) rounded out the team scores.
Here's all the individual scores from Thursday's event:
| B. Hogan - Owens | 69 |
| A. Alstadt - Col. St. | 70 |
| D. Gessner - Owens | 70 |
| B. Hoelzer - Owens | 70 |
| T. Dawkins - Owens | 75 |
| J. Stasiulewicz - Col. St. | 75 |
| K. Kwiatkowski - Col St. | 75 |
| A. Kyle - Cin St. | 76 |
| S. Schuster - Lakeland | 76 |
| M. Nickoson - Cin St. | 77 |
| M. Maxwell - Col St. | 77 |
| R. Girona - Lakeland | 77 |
| L. Berger - Owens | 77 |
| F. Senghas- Lorain | 77 |
| T. Stanford - Lakeland | 79 |
| I. Sooy - Lorain | 79 |
| J. Hale - Col St. | 79 |
| E. Howard - Cin St. | 80 |
| J. Glass-Owens | 80 |
| R. Robinson - Owens | 81 |
| A. Dipaolo - Lakeland | 82 |
| P. Kaneekijpanukul -Lakeland | 82 |
| R. Dumont - Cin St. | 83 |
| R. King - Lorain | 83 |
| J. Ripberger - Cin. St. | 83 |
| D. Byas - Col St. | 88 |
| K. Gardner - Col St. | 90 |
| R.Thomas - Lorain | 105 |
On Friday, Owens posted a team score of 292, which was 20 shots better than second place Columbus State (312). Lakeland (324), Cincinnati State (33) and Lorain County (344) rounded out the team scores in day two.
Berger led the way on Friday with a 1-under par 71. Additionally, four of his teammates, Glass (73), Gessner (74), Boelzer (74) and Dawkins (75) combined to give Owens the top five places individually. Jacob Stasiulewicz of Columbus State tied Dawkins for fifth place with a 75.
Here's all the individual scores from Friday's event:
| D. Gessner - Owens | 70 | 74 |
| B. Hoelzer - Owens | 70 | 74 |
| B. Hogan - Owens | 69 | 77 |
| A. Alstadt - Col. St. | 70 | 78 |
| L. Berger - Owens | 77 | 71 |
| T.Dawkins - Owens | 75 | 75 |
| J. Stasiulewicz - Col. St. | 75 | 75 |
| M. Nickoson - Cin St. | 77 | 76 |
| J. Glass-Owens | 80 | 73 |
| R. Girona - Lakeland | 77 | 78 |
| A. Kyle - Cin St. | 76 | 81 |
| M. Maxwell - Col St. | 77 | 80 |
| T. Sanford - Lakeland | 79 | 79 |
| J. Hale - Col St. | 79 | 79 |
| K. Kwiatkowski - Col St. | 75 | 85 |
| I. Sooy - Lorain | 79 | 81 |
| P. Kaneekijpanukul -Lakeland | 82 | 78 |
| F. Senghas- Lorain | 77 | 84 |
| S. Schuster - Lakeland | 76 | 89 |
| E. Howard - Cin St. | 80 | 85 |
| R. King - Lorain | 83 | 84 |
| R. Robinson - Owens | 81 | 87 |
| D. Byas - Col St. | 88 | 82 |
| K. Gardner - Col St. | 90 | 80 |
| J. Ripberger - Cin. St. | 83 | 88 |
| A. Dipaolo - Lakeland | 82 | 90 |
| R. Dumont - Cin St. | 83 | 93 |
| Z. Kord - Lakeland | 98 | 94 |
| R.Thomas - Lorain | 105 | 102 |
As a team, Owens shot even par over the past two days. Gessner and Hoelzer's two-day averages of 72 lead the OCCAC, while Hogan's two-day average of 73 is third best. Berger and Columbus State's Alstadt are tied at 74, while Dawkins' 74 is tied for sixth.
Notes
In the OCCAC, teams are awarded points based on finish in each conference event starting with a high score of five and a low score of one. Thus, Owens has 10 points, while Columbus State has eight, Lakeland has six, Cincinnati State has four and Lorain County has two.
The event on Thursday was held at Weatherwax Golf Course - Woodside/Meadows, with a par of 72, while the event on Friday was also held at Weatherwax Golf Course - Valley View/Woodside - also a par of 72.
The next action OCCAC tournament will be April 21 in the Columbus State Invitational. The event will be held at North Star Golf Course/Bent Tree Golf Club in Columbus, OH.