Event Results
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan won its 16th College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) men’s golf title on Saturday at The Rail Golf Course.
The win was the 11th in the last 14th seasons for the Titans, all under coach Jim Ott who was named the CCIW Men’s Golf Coach of the Year.
With the win, the Titans earned the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championship May 13-16 and Grandover Resort in Greensboro, N.C.
Illinois Wesleyan won the four-round event with an overall score of 1150 (296-281-285-288), followed by Millikin (297-293-297-289-1176), Carthage (298-286-306-290-1180), Wheaton (311-306-295-304-1216), Augustana (311-302-304-303-1220), Elmhurst (311-321-315-304-1251), North Central (317-321-312-306-1256) and North Park (325-322-325-334-1306).
Gabe Aprati won individual medalist honors for the Titans with a four-round score of 286 (74-70-70-72). Aprati became Illinois Wesleyan’s first individual conference medalist since Ryan Dorner in 2011.
The top 10 individuals were designated as “all-conference” golfers as Illinois Wesleyan’s
Tony Albano (75-71-70-72-288), Millikin’s
Austin Havens (78-69-72-69-288) and Illinois Wesleyan’s
Kenny Wienckowski (75-71-70-72-288) all tied for second.
Illinois Wesleyan’s
Spencer Groessl (72-69-75-73-289) and Carthage’s
Brad Hyland (75-72-74-68-289) both tied for fifth, while Carthage’s
Riley Bauman (72-71-72-76-291) was seventh and Wheaton’s
Noah Anthony (75-74-72-73-294) was eighth.
Millikin’s
Alex Koulos (75-73-72-75-295) and
Mike Bubenicek (72-75-76-73-296) were ninth and 10th respectively.
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services eight member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2012-13 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,400 academic all-conference recipients, 15 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans, 30 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, 68 all-Americans and one national championship team.