Sept. 16, 2003

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Marquette held on to its sixth place standing after two rounds following the conclusion of the John Piper Intercollegiate in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Golden Eagles shot a 302, matching the second round score, finishing at 39-over, 903. Oakland ran away from the field to win the tournament by 14 strokes.

MU sophomore Steve Sass was the Golden Eagles' highest finisher. He placed 15th, shooting a final round 74. He finished at six-over, 222, for the tournament. Butler's Colin Christie won the event, nine strokes the better of Sass.

MU junior Nathan Colson also had a top-20 finish for the Golden Eagles. His three-round 224 (eight-over) was good enough for an 18th place tie.

Sophomore Joe Weber fell out of the top 20, shooting a final round 78. He finished a respectable 25th place with a 12-over, 228. Freshman Michael Bielawski completed play in his collegiate debut, with a 15-over, 231. He placed 37th. Sophomore Kyle Weber rounded out the Marquette scoring. He finished 48th with a 19-over, 235.

The Golden Eagles return to action on September 27-28 in the Hoosier Invitational in Bloomington, Ind.

John Piper Intercollegiate
Stone Ridge G. C.; Bowling Green, Ohio
6,920-yard, par 72
Sept. 15-16, 2003

Team Standings

 1. Oakland              292-282-296 -- 870   +6
 2. Bowling Green        295-297-292 -- 884  +20
 3. Butler               293-298-297 -- 888  +24
 4. Ohio                 293-296-307 -- 896  +32
 5. Detroit              300-294-304 -- 898  +34
 6. Marquette            299-302-302 -- 903  +39
 7. Cincinnati           316-298-296 -- 910  +46
 8. Dayton               301-314-298 -- 913  +49
    Wright State         311-303-299 -- 913
10. Wis.-Green Bay       306-308-300 -- 914  +50
11. Youngstown State     313-317-291 -- 921  +57
12. Cleveland State      315-308-304 -- 927  +63

Individual Standings


 1. Colin Christie, Butler          70-72-71 -- 213    -3


 2. Brian Stuard, Oakland           73-69-72 -- 214    -2

 3. Adam Balls, Bowling Green       74-71-72 -- 217    +1

    Tommy Lopez, Bowling Green      72-76-69 -- 217

    Rob Tate, Oakland               71-72-74 -- 217


 6. Brandon Judy, Wright State      71-73-74 -- 218    -2

    Kyler Murphy, Detroit           72-71-75 -- 218


 8. Jeff Chapman, Butler            72-73-73 -- 219    +3


 9. Marty Miller, Wright State      76-74-70 -- 220    +4

    Ryan Yelen, Oakland             73-70-77 -- 220

    Jonathan Pauli, Oakland         75-72-73 -- 220


12. John Clodfelder, Cincinnati     75-75-71 -- 221    +5
    Jesse Maytham, Detroit          73-74-74 -- 221
    Chris Larbes, Cincinnati        77-72-72 -- 221

15. Steve Sass, Marquette           75-73-74 -- 222    +6

16. Brian Bickle, Ohio              74-73-78 -- 223    +7
    Ryan Siekmann, Ohio             72-74-77 -- 223


18. Josh Zarlenga, Youngstown St.   76-79-69 -- 224    +8
    Nathan Colson, Marquette        71-79-74 -- 224
    Jon Johasky, Ohio               76-73-75 -- 224

21. Jonathan Novak, Butler          74-74-77 -- 225    +9


22. Billy Houle, Cleveland State    74-74-78 -- 226   +10

23. Brian Elsea, Ohio               73-76-78 -- 227   +11
    Craig Pickerell, Bowling Green  79-71-77 -- 227


25. Heath Ziglar, Bowling Green     74-79-75 -- 228   +12
    Mike Rutgers, Cleveland State   82-72-74 -- 228
    Joe Weber, Marquette            76-74-78 -- 228
    Justin Bratkovich, Detroit      80-71-77 -- 228

29. Adam Myers, Dayton              73-79-77 -- 229   +13
    David Barse, UWGB               75-80-74 -- 229

    Justin Meyer, Cincinnati        83-73-73 -- 229


32. Derek Knepper, Youngstown St.   78-77-75 -- 230   +14
    Kevin Kaspryzyk, UWGB           78-71-81 -- 230
    Travis Meyer, UWGB              78-81-71 -- 230
    Christopher Leake, Bowling Gr.  75-79-76 -- 230
    Charlie Kluesner, Oakland       79-71-80 -- 230


37. Matt Savage, Dayton             80-79-72 -- 231   +15
    A.J. Quintner, Dayton           77-80-74 -- 231
    Michael Bielawski, Marquette    77-76-78 -- 231

40. Brett Gould, Dayton             73-76-83 -- 232   +16
    Ryan Schafer, UWGB              75-81-76 -- 232


42. Brent Mrozinski, Detroit        77-78-78 -- 233   +17
    Luke Korner, Ohio               77-79-77 -- 233
    Jason Hill, UWGB                78-76-79 -- 233
    Ryan Schultheiss, Oakland       76-79-78 -- 233

46. Carmen DiPenti, Youngstown St.  82-78-74 -- 234   +18
    Sam Morton, Dayton              78-81-75 -- 234

48. Kyle Murphy, Marquette          80-79-76 -- 235   +19
    Bill Schaefer, Cleveland State  77-80-78 -- 235
    Will Turner, Butler             76-79-80 -- 235


51. Ross Beal, Youngstown St.       80-83-73 -- 236   +20
    Adam Cordes, Bowling Green      79-77-80 -- 236

53. Rick Blair, Wright State        82-78-77 -- 237   +21
    J.K. Keach, Butler              76-85-76 -- 237

55. Mike Bognar, Cleveland State    82-82-74 -- 238   +22
    Brent McClung, Detroit          78-80-80 -- 238
    Brandon Knutson, Wright State   82-78-78 -- 238

58. Grant Christman, Ohio           83-78-79 -- 240   +24

59. Ryan Hamilton, Wright State     83-83-78 -- 244   +28
    Joe Young, Cincinnati           81-78-85 -- 244
    Eric Lauterbach, Bowling Green  81-82-81 -- 244
    Brad Dearsman, Bowling Green    87-77-80 -- 244

63. Patrick Heekan, Cincinnati      84-82-80 -- 246   +30

64. Jim Weikamp, Cleveland State    82-87-85 -- 254   +38

WD  Todd Brown, Youngstown State    79-WD-WD