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For Immediate Release
May 10, 2006
Host Prairie Wolves take lead into NCAA
final round
Nebraska Wesleyan University used its depth on Wednesday
and finished with the lowest third-round score (292) to take a four-shot
lead heading into the fourth and final round at the NCAA Division
III Men's Golf Championships being played at Firethorn Golf Club.
All five Prairie Wolves shot between 72 and 75,
and four of NWU’s players are among the top 20 individuals.
Meanwhile the University of Redlands held onto second place with
a 297 and Guilford College, the team leader after day one and two,
stumbled on the back nine and fell to third place in the standings
with a 302.
The individual leader is Stephen Goodridge from
the University of Rochester. Goodridge (216) shot a 68 on Wednesday
and is +3 for the tournament. He leads Nick Obie from Redlands by
one stroke, and Oglethorpe University's Danny Swanick, who led after
the first two rounds, is another shot back at 218.
Alex Balog from Huntingdon College is fourth at
+6, while John Jennison from Rhodes College and Josh Werland from
Texas Lutheran University are tied for fifth at +7. Nick Bova from
Methodist College is seventh at 221 followed by a logjam of eight
players tied for eighth at 223.
Ohio Wesleyan University shot 301 and vaulted from
10th place into a tie for sixth, while Allegheny College leapfrogged
five teams into a tie for eighth place with a score of 299 on Wednesday.
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