Ohio Dominican won the event with a two-day total of 597 to edge both Otterbein and Cedarville University (607) by 10 strokes. Walsh University was fourth at 619, while MVNU finished fifth at 623. After the first day of action, the Cougars were in second place at 301 - 10 strokes behind Ohio Dominican, but a team total of 322 on the second day took MVNU out of title contention.

Danny Sorgini and Kurtis Goff of Ohio Dominican and Heath Trabue of Otterbein all tied individually with a 147 with Sorgini winning medalist honors in a playoff. Sophomore Jay Ruffner (left) paced the Cougars with a 149 with an even-par 72 on the first day to finish in a tie for sixth place overall. Senior Tyler Tinch shot a 154, while sophomore Alex Carroll finished with a 155. Freshman Mitch Justice carded a 165 in his first collegiate tournament, and freshman Adam Nichols registered a 181 to round out the scoring.

"This is the first year where I am not quite sure what to expect from our team,” said MVNU coach Mark Stiverson. "We have two veteran players (Tinch and senior Jared Schlabach), but the rest of the team is made up of sophomores and freshmen with little or no collegiate tournament experience. Heading into our first tournament, there was even less predictability as Jared was injured and could not play. To my delight, the team handled the rainy first day very well. A 301 was a great score for the conditions and our team. Obviously, that gave the team some high hopes as they were in second place after day one.”

"We were all looking forward to day two as the weather was much nicer and it is a good feeling knowing that you are in second place and playing in the last group,” said Stiverson. "By playing in the last group, you can tell how well you are doing by the end of the tournament. We knew that if we beat one of the teams in our group more than likely we would hold on to second place. Unfortunately, day two of the tournament was not very friendly to our team. Execution is always critical around the green, but we could not seem to find the hole in a reasonable amount of strokes. We squandered our second place by not capitalizing on our strengths. In the end, teams came out of nowhere and passed us.”

MVNU will return to action this Friday and Saturday at the Malone College Fall Invitational held at Tannenhauf Golf Course. The team’s performance in this event will help decide whether the Cougars qualify for the National Christian College Athletic Association National Tournament in Panama City Beach, Florida, on October 13-14.

"While our tournament result was disappointing this weekend, it did show us where we could be with more practice and focus,” said Stiverson. "We only have one more match before the final selection is made for the NCCAA’s. If we can shoot in the low 600s this weekend, we will have a good shot in making it.”