April 28, 2008

Men’s Golf: Penguins Poised to Make a Run in the Horizon League Championships

    The YSU men’s golf team will be looking to improve their sixth place finish from last year when they compete in the Horizon League Championships on Monday and Tuesday at Shaker Run Golf Club in Lebanon, Ohio.

    The Guins will be looking to rebound of their most recent ninth place finish at the Kent State First Energy Invitational.  The Penguins finished on a strong note at the event climbing up three spots after a 12th place finish in round one.

    Representing the Penguins at the event will be senior Ross Beal, junior Ryan Stocke, sophomore Tim Morrow and  freshmen Spenser Sulzener and Michael Turner.

    Beal will be making his fourth and final Horizon League Championship appearance as a Penguin.  In 2007, he placed in 27th with a three round total of 240.  Also in 2005, he finished in 29th shooting a 238.  His personal best finish was in 2004, when he placed in 21st with a 234.

    Stocke will compete in the Horizon League Championships for the third time in as many years.  He is coming off a team-best eighth place finish with a three-round score of 228 last year.  He also finished in 12th carding a 217 in 2006.

    Morrow is going back to the Horizon League Championships for his second time.  He will look to improve on his 13th place finish in 2007 after firing a 230.

    Sulzener, a freshman out of New Philadelphia High School, will be making his Horizon League Tournament debut after a solid first season with YSU.  His best finish this season was when he placed seventh at the Norm Bullock Invitational.

    Turner will be making his Horizon Championships debut on Monday.  He has only competed in four events this season and did not compete in the fall attending Miami (Ohio).

    The Horizon League Championships will start with two rounds on Monday, and conclude with one round on Tuesday.  If the Penguins win the event, they will then move on to the NCAA Regionals.