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By Chad Hensley, NKU Sports Information NOBLESVILLE, Ind. – The Northern Kentucky University men’s golf team finished the two-day, 19-team Great Lakes Regional #3 at the Purgatory Golf Course in fifth place with a 22-over par. The Norse (294-304—598) finished twenty strokes behind event winner Grand Valley State (282-296—578). Individually for NKU, Jim Akerstrom tied a career low by finishing the par-144 event with a 3-over par score. Akerstrom (71-76—147) finished tied for sixth while GVSU’s Josh Orler (67-74—141) defeated Wayne State’s Joe Juszczyk (71-70—141) in a playoff for the individual crown. Danny Lewis finished the 95-golfer event tied for eighth place with a 4-over par 148 (76-72) while Eric Fuldner, Carl Hays, and Tyler Adkins rounded out the Norse results. Fuldner shot a 7-over par 151 (72-79) to tie for 31st place, Hays finished in a tie for 43rd with a 9-over par 153 (76-77), and Adkins’s 10-over par 154 (75-79) was good enough for a tie in 50th position. The Norse will be back in action on May 5-7 as they try to qualify for the national tournament by taking part in the NCAA Great Lakes/Central Super Regional at Red Hawk Run Golf Course in Findlay, Ohio. |
