MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (April 17, 2007) --- The Milligan College golf team pulled away in the final round on Tuesday to capture the program’s first ever NAIA Region XII Championship. Milligan won the championship by 12 shots over Brescia (Ky.) University, 947-to-959. The Buffs entered the final 18 holes with a seven-shot advantage over Brescia and Milligan posted a 316 while Brescia could not cut into the lead with their 321 on Tuesday.

The Buffs also captured the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) championship at the event. Milligan’s 22-shot advantage, 947-to-969, over Covenant (Ga.) College gave the Buffs their third AAC championship in the last four years. The championships were contested at the par-72 Elizabethton Golf Club in Elizabethton, Tenn.

UVA-Wise and Union (Ky.) College rounded out the top five in the Regional standings.

Milligan’s Terrance Evans (Galax, Va.) fired a final round 75 to claim the NAIA Region XII and AAC individual medalist honors. For the championship, Evans posted a three-round total of 233. To go along with Evans’ medalist honors, two Buffs, Matt Ongie (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Grayson Patton (Fries, Va.), earned All-Region XII and All-AAC honors by virtue of their top-five finishes. Ongie finished tied for second at 235 while Patton was tied for fifth, one stroke behind Ongie. 

Seniors Ryan Morris (Frankfort, Ind.) and Matt Barefoot (Kingsport, Tenn.) fired final rounds of 81 and 83 respectively to round out the Buffs’ scoring.

Milligan head coach Tony Wallingford was named NAIA Region XII Coach of the Year.

The Buffs earn a birth for the 56^th annual NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship at the Indiana National Golf Club in Plymouth, Ind. The championship is set to begin on May 22.

Appalachian Athletic Conference
AAC/NAIA Region XII Championship
At Elizabethton Golf Course
Par 72
Monday’s scores
Team results
x-Competing only in NAIA Region XII Tournament
Milligan (Tenn.) College              319-312-316--947
x-Brescia (Ky.) University           329-309-321--959
Covenant (Ga.) College               330-320-319--969
UVA-Wise                                 334-319-323--976
Union (Ky.) College                    335-335-310--977
Bluefield (Va.) College                337-326-325--988
Virginia Intermont College          341-338-321--1000
Tennessee Wesleyan College     348-329-327--1004
King (Tenn.) College                   351-333-327--1011
x-Spalding (Ky.) University          357-358-359--1073
x-Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College          386-374-355--1115
x-Berea (Ky.) College                 399-376-377--1152

Individual Results (Top 5 All-Region, Top 10 All-AAC)

 

All-Region XII All-AAC in Italics
(Medalist) *Terrance Evans, Milligan        78-80-75--233
*Matt Ongie, Milligan                              78-76-81--235
*Adam LaTulippe, Union                         78-84-73--235
Clay Williams, Brescia                           81-76-78--235
*Bryan Bentley, UVa-Wise                      81-78-77--236
*Grayson Patton, Milligan                        81-76-79--236

*John Blake Graham, UVa-Wise             80-80-79--239
*Trevor Potts, Covenant                          81-79-80--240
Ty Whitler, Brescia                                81-78-81--240
*Tim Mahla, Covenant                            83-82-76--241
Adam Young, Brescia                            81-80-80--241
*Sam Lee, Union                                    85-83-74--242
*Zach Gulmire, Tenn. Wesleyan              84-78-81--243
Kevin Waldie, Brescia                            86-75-82--243
John Wilkinson, Covenant                       80-78-86--244
Mike Dinwiddie, Covenant                       86-81-77--244
Matt Barefoot, Milligan                            82-80-83--245
Ryan Morris, Milligan                              84-81-81--246
Brandon Evans, Union                            84-80-82--246
Brandon Hammond, Bluefield                  85-78-83--246
Tyler Blankenship, Bluefield                    84-81-81--246
Bret Commerford, Tenn. Wesleyan          87-78-82--247
Ryan Munas, VI                                     82-84-81--247
J. Cantrell, UVa-Wise                             86-80-81--247
Ben Carter, Spalding                              78-87-83--248
Greyson Rossi, VI                                  89-82-78--249
Pace Snow, Bluefield                             82-85-82--249
Micha Chappell, King                             81-81-87--249
Chance Foley, VI                                   87-80-84--251
Daniel Schroeder, Bluefield                     86-86-79--251
Jeremy Page, VI                                    83-92-78--253
Andy Cooper, Tenn. Wesleyan                88-85-81--254
Shane McDavid, UVa-Wise                     87-81-86--254
David Goscombe, Union                         85-88-81--254
Chris Browder, King                               92-83-82--257
Matt Hillman, King                                 90-79-89--258
Brad Weaver, King                                 92-90-77—259
Leif Nethery, Brescia                              90-86-84--260
Mark Riden, Tenn. Wesleyan                  89-88-83--260
Richard Gatewood, Spalding                   89-82-89--260
Wes Bays, King                                    88-94-81--263
Chad Arnold, Bluefield                            90-82-92--264
Zack Meadows, Alice Lloyd                    87-97-81--265
Casey Carr, VI                                       92-92-86--270
Dameon Adams, Berea                          92-91-93—276
Adam Herberich, Covenant                      98-86-93--277
Leyton Childers, Alice Lloyd                    99-84-95--278
Matt Faircloth, UVa-Wise                       92-88-98--278
Camden Campbell, Alice Lloyd                98-93-88--279
Tyler Webb, Tenn. Wesleyan                  99-95-86--280
Chris Renn, Spalding                              92-96-92--280
Stephen Miller, Berea                             96-92-96--284
Casey Watson, Spalding                        98-93-94--285
Cameron Ryals, Berea                           98-100-88--286
Brooks Napier, Union                             97-100-99--289
Thomas Nicholson, Montreat                   104-97-99--298
Catilin Llester, Alice Lloyd                      102-104-96--302
Justin Zinn, Montreat                              104-99-102--305
Derrik Miller, Alice Lloyd                         108-100-99--307
Tanner Jones, Berea                              113-94-100--307
Michael Cable, Berea                             114-99-101--314
Ryan Harvey, Montreat                           112-108-106--326