CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio – The Capital University golf teams hit their home course on Sunday and Monday, hosting the Capital Fall Classic for Morgan's Message. Morgan's Message in an organization that works to raise awareness for student-athlete mental health.
The men's team finished second in their four-team field, shooting 619 overall. The women's team would finish third of three teams, shooting 710.
MEN
The men got out to a good start on day one, shooting the lowest team score of 305, just one ahead of Ohio Dominican who shot 306.
Ben Satterthwaite led the team with a 72, followed by
Jack Curtis (73),
Keegan Billingham (75), and
Adam Czerniakowski (85).
Cam Donahue rounded out the scorecard with a 86 but was not included in the team's official score.
Satterthwaite and Curtis led the Comets on day two, each shooting 76. Satterthwaite finished second overall with a 148. Curtis was just behind with a 149. Billingham and Czerniakowski made up the rest of the team's score, each shooting 81. Billingham finished with a 156, Czerniakowski with a 166. Donahue shot 85 on the second day for a final score of 171.
Cap finished second as a team, shooting 314 on day two for a total of 619. Ohio Dominican took first place with a score of 604.
WOMEN
The women shot 356 as a team on day one. Mariah Costamire led the Comets with an 82.
Emma Konopa was close behind with an 86.
Hannah Frey (92) and
Avery Fish (96) finished off the team's score. Abbie Crisler concluded the scorecard with a 101.
Konopa would have quite the round on day two, shooting the third lowest 18-hole score in Capital history at 79. She finished with a 165 overall. Costamire shot 91 to finish with a 173. Frey finished her outing with a 90 for a total of 182. Fish's 94 finalized the team's day two total of 354. She had a final score of 190. Crisler came in with a 110 on her second round, giving her a total of 211.
CU scored a two-day total of 710, finishing third. Ohio Northern (627) took first place, Wheeling (649) took second.
QUOTES FROM COACH GARCIA
ABOUT THE MEN: "The boys battled hard just lost to a great Ohio Dominican team down the stretch. We have a few things to clean up the next few weeks of practice before the OAC Fall preview but I know the boys will work hard and rectify the minor early season mistakes.
Ben Satterthwaite is having a monster start to his senior year and I couldn't be more proud of the example he's setting for the younger guys."
ABOUT THE WOMEN: "Emma just keeps getting better and better and I'm so happy for her shooting the 79 and getting on the all-time scoring list as a freshmen. I'm happy with how Mariah and Hannah battled all weekend -- and really all the ladies -- seeing how much we have grown since last May. I am so excited to see how they keep growing over the next few months. We have a tall task at the OAC Preview this weekend but I know they are ready for it."
UP NEXT
The Comets will be competing in their respective OAC Fall Previews in the coming weeks. The women's tournament will take place on September 30th and October 1st. The men's tournament will be October 7th and 8th. Both tournaments will take place at River Greens Golf Club in West Lafayette, Ohio.
