Valpo Men Close Out HL Championship in Sixth Place
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Valpo Men Close Out HL Championship in Sixth Place
The team at the Horizon League Championship.

The Valparaiso University men’s golf team finished up the 2016 Horizon League Championship at Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. on Sunday, closing out the three-day league tournament in sixth position. Sunday also marked the final round of the Crusaders’ 2015-16 season.

Valpo shot a team round of 307 on Sunday to finish out the tournament at 920, just three strokes behind Detroit in fifth place. Cleveland State earned the team title with a 54-hole score of 882, while Wright State’s Ryan Wenzler took individual top honors.

Junior Peter Webb (Madison, Wis./James Madison Memorial) finished out the weekend atop the Crusaders’ team, finishing in a tie for 13th place at 227 following a final-round 76. Sophomore Zach Cutler (O’Fallon, Mo./Timberland) posted Valpo’s best round on Sunday, shooting a 75 to finish with a 54-hole score of 228, one stroke back of Webb and tied for 15th position.

Junior Nick Seitz (Xenia, Ohio/Carroll) recorded a final round of 78, finishing in 22nd place with a three-day score of 232. Freshman Mitchell Wittmann (Kaukauna, Wis./Kaukauna) tied for 30th place, closing out the tournament at 237 following a round of 79 on Sunday, while senior Jared Magoline (Fond du Lac, Wis./Fond du Lac [Marquette]) carded a 78 in his final collegiate round, finishing the tournament in 34th place.