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FINAL RESULTS
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. —
It is a tournament the Albion men’s golf team has been playing in since 1996.
Bedford Valley Golf Course’s long, 7,020-yard links boded well for the Britons’ A team on a sunny but slightly breezy day, as they placed second in Olivet’s two-day Lou Collins Memorial with a score of 624.
The total was just three strokes off Kalamazoo’s first-place effort and the Britons’ best team finish in their 29 years of playing in the tournament.
Albion’s B squad came in fifth with 638 strokes.
Leading the way throughout the entire tournament was Blake Wagner, who shot a 76 and finished third in the field (153).
Bradley Davis came in fourth (154) representing the B team’s best finisher by shooting a 76 on the final day as well.
Both Wagner and Davis were selected to the All-Tournament team.
Camden Paul (A) and Nolan Plasencia (B) both earned a top-10 finish by tying for ninth with scores of 157. Paul shot a 77, while Plasencia in his collegiate debut this weekend carded a 79 in the final round.
Nicholas Giannone for the A squad tied for 15th and finished with a 158 after shooting a 79. Brayden Goss, competing as an individual, also notched a 79 after shooting an 85 on Friday.
Charlie Dierkes and Matt Sypniewski each carded an 81 in their final round for the B team, while Vaughn Rogers shot an 82 for the A squad.
Xander Goss (87) and Ryan Knitter (99) rounded out the finishers for the Britons.
Up Next
Albion will travel to Legacy Golf Club in Ottawa Lake near the Ohio border for the Grey Wolves Invitational hosted by Lourdes on Tuesday, September 9. This course contains five lakes and has the area’s only island green.
