RESULTS
WEST OLIVE, Mich. – The Calvin men's golf team lost ground with its performance Monday afternoon at an MIAA Jamboree hosted by Hope at the Wuskowhan Players Club.
Calvin recorded a team score of 302 on Monday to finish fourth in the round and slipped 15 strokes behind league-leading Trine in the overall MIAA standings through three rounds of league play. Calvin entered Monday just four stroke behind Trine.
Trine took first place on Monday with a sizzling one-under par team score of 291. Host Hope was second at 298 and Albion third at 300.
Calvin remains in second place in the overall team standings but is now just six strokes ahead of Albion.
Calvin sat in sixth or seventh place through the first half of Monday's round but rallied late to move up to fourth in the final 18-hole team scores.
Senior
Ethan Tiller (Kalamazoo, Mich./Portage Central HS) led Calvin's five-man scoring lineup with a two-over par round of 74 to finish in a six-way tie for seventh place individually.
Sophomore
Ian Tuin (Kalamazoo, Mich./Kalamazoo Christian HS) was close behind with a three-over par round of 75 to finish in a tie for 13
th place.
Junior
Reuben Kok (Redlands, Ca./Arrowhead Christian Academy) had a four-over par round of 76. Junior
Ford Erickson (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) had a five-over par round of 77 with freshman
Brogan Sherd (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) closing out the lineup with a round of 81.
Junior
Josiah McClelland (Vicksburg, Mich./Vicksburg HS) competed individually and had an even par round of 72 to tie for fifth place.
Jaden Ducharme of Alma was the Monday medalist with a four-under par round of 68.
COACHES COMMENT: "A tough afternoon and we are a little disappointed to be frank," said Calvin head men's golf coach
Brian Bolt. "Also, hats off to Trine for playing a terrific round. Having said that, there is a lot of golf yet to be played, and we can't dwell on this outcome. The focus now shifts to our next outing and finishing strong. The goal is to give ourselves the best opportunity possible when the league resumes in the spring. We will learn from this, get back to work and come back focused to play again next week."
NEXT UP: Calvin will close out its fall schedule next Monday when it competes at MIAA Jamboree #4 with Kalamazoo set to host the round at the Gull Lake Country Club in Richland, Michigan.
