MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (April 16, 2007) --- The Milligan College golf team fought against strong winds and cold temperatures Monday to hold a 36-hole lead in the 2007 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC)/NAIA Region XII Championship. The championship is being contested at the par-72, 6,339 yard Elizabethton Golf Club in Elizabethton, Tenn.

The Buffs held a ten-shot lead over Brescia (Ky.) University after the first 18 holes of play. Milligan finished the first round with a total of 319 while Brescia fired a 329 followed by third-place Covenant (Ga.) College’s 330. In the second round, Brescia cut in the Milligan lead with a 309 while the Buffs posted a 312 and Covenant finished with a 320.

Entering the final round on Tuesday, Milligan holds a seven-shot advantage over Bresica, 631-to-638 while Covenant is 12 shots behind Brescia in third.

AAC foes UVA-Wise and Bluefield (Va.) College rounded out the top five after the first two rounds of play.

In the individual competition, Milligan’s Matt Ongie (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Grayson Patton (Fries, Va.) lead the way with scores of 154 and 157 respectively. Clay Williams of Brescia is tied with Patton in second place with his 157. Terrence Evans (Galax, Va.) of Milligan is tied for fourth with John Wilkinson from Covenant with two-round totals of 158.

The final score for the Milligan squad came from Matt Barefoot (Kingsport, Tenn.) with his 162 to finish tied for 12^th place in the individual standings.

The final round will begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, with a birth in the NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship on the line for the Region XII champion.  

AAC/NAIA Region XII Tournament
At Elizabethton Golf Course
Par 72
Monday’s scores
Team results
x-Competing only in NAIA Region XII
Milligan College                         319-312--631
x-Brescia (Ky.) University           329-309--638
Covenant (Ga.) College               330-320--650
UVA-Wise                                 334-319--653
Bluefield (Va.) College                337-326--663
Union (Ky.) College                    335-337--672
Tennessee Wesleyan College     348-329--677
Virginia Intermont College           341-338--679
King (Tenn.) College                   351-333--684
x-Spalding (Ky.) University          357-358--715
x-Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College          386-374--760
x-Berea (Ky.) College                 399-376--775

Individual results
Matt Ongie, Milligan                               78-76--154
Grayson Patton, Milligan                        81-76--157
Clay Williams, Brescia                           81-76--157
Terrance Evans, Milligan                         78-80--158
John Wilkinson, Covenant                       80-78--158
Bryan Bentley, UVa-Wise                       81-78--159
Ty Whitler, Brescia                                81-78--159
John Blake Graham, UVa-Wise               80-80--160
Trevor Potts, Covenant                            81-79--160
Kevin Waldie, Brescia                            86-75--161
Adam Young, Brescia                            81-80--161
Zach Gulmire, Tenn. Wesleyan               84-78--162
Adam LaTulippe, Union                           78-84--162
Matt Barefoot, Milligan                            82-80--162
Micha Chappell, King                             81-81--162
Brandon Hammond, Bluefield                  85-78--163
Brandon Evans, Union                            84-80--164
Tim Mahla, Covenant                              83-82--165
Bret Commerford, Tenn. Wesleyan          87-78--165
Tyler Blankenship, Bluefield                    84-81--165
Ben Carter, Spalding                              78-87--165
Ryan Morris, Milligan                              84-81--165
J. Cantrell, UVa-Wise                             86-80--166
Ryan Munas, VI                                     82-84--166
Chance Foley, VI                                   87-80--167
Pace Snow, Bluefield                             82-85--167
Mike Dinwiddie, Covenant                       86-81--167
Shane McDavid, UVa-Wise                     87-81--168
Sam Lee, Union                                     85-83--168
Matt Hillman, King                                 90-79--169
Greyson Rossi, VI                                  89-82--171
Richard Gatewood, Spalding                   89-82--171
Chad Arnold, Bluefield                            90-82--172
Daniel Schroeder, Bluefield                     86-86--172
Andy Cooper, Tenn. Wesleyan                88-85--173
Chris Browder, King                               92-83--175
Jeremy Page, VI                                    83-92--175
Leif Nethery, Brescia                              90-86--176
Mark Riden, Tenn. Wesleyan                  89-88--177
David Goscombe, Union                         88-90--178
Matt Faircloth, UVa-Wise                       92-88--180
Wes Bays, King                                    88-94--182
Brad Weaver, King                                 92-90--182
Dameon Adams, Berea                          92-91--183
Leyton Childers, Alice Lloyd                    99-84--183
Casey Carr, VI                                       92-92--184
Adam Herberich, Covenant                      98-86--184
Zack Meadows, Alice Lloyd                    87-97--184
Chris Renn, Spalding                              92-96--188
Stephen Miller, Berea                             96-92--188
Casey Watson, Spalding                        98-93--191
Camden Campbell, Alice Lloyd                98-93--191
Tyler Webb, Tenn. Wesleyan                  99-95--194
Brooks Napier, Union                             97-100--197
Cameron Ryals, Berea                           98-100--198
Thomas Nicholson, Montreat                   104-97--199
Justin Zinn, Montreat                              104-99--203
Catilin Llester, Alice Lloyd                      102-104--206
Tanner Jones, Berea                              113-94--207
Derrik Miller, Alice Lloyd                         108-100--208
Michael Cable, Berea                             114-99--213
Ryan Harvey, Montreat                           112-108--220