FERRIS STATE COMES UP SHORT AT GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

The play of freshman Kyle Mason was one of the individual highlights for Ferris State at the GLIAC Championships.

The Ferris State men's golf team finished runner up at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships Tuesday (Oct. 7) in Erie, Pa., as the Bulldogs lost a playoff to Wayne State.

Both teams completed regulation play with three-round 884 scores (+20) each, which forced a five-man one-hole playoff on the par 72, 6,634-yard Lake Shore Country Club course with all scores counting. Ferris State, the 17-time GLIAC Champions, totaled 25 strokes in the one-hole playoff while Wayne State registered two less strokes as the Warriors won their first-ever conference title. The Bulldogs started tourney play Monday (Oct. 6) with a 302 round followed by a 290 score. FSU carded a 292 final-round score to force a playoff. Grand Valley State wound up in third place (891, +27) while Findlay and Saginaw Valley State placed fourth (900, +36) and fifth (907, +43), respectively.

Leading the Bulldogs was senior Everett Leonard, who tied for second-place individual honors with a 217-stroke total (72-72-73--217, +1). Senior Jon Pazdera tied for eighth place as a result of firing a 221 score (79-70-72--221, +5).

Freshman Kyle Mason turned in a 224 (79-73-72--224, +8) to capture 12th place for head coach Brad Bedortha's squad while senior Pat Simmer tied for the 19th spot with a 227 total (76-76-75--227, +11). Frosh Jeff Carlson rounded out the Bulldogs' individual scorers with a 21st-place tying 228 score (75-75-78--228, +12). Grand Valley State's Kevin Kremer garnered medalist honors with a first-place 214-stroke total (73-73-68--214, -2).

Despite not winning the conference title, Ferris State showed improvement from last season's fourth-place 932-stroke total at the GLIAC Championships.