The Denison men's golf team enjoyed a strong final day of competition from the Hiram Invitational and the results shot DU up the standings and into third place in the final North Coast Athletic Conference Championship Series standings.  The Hiram Invitational consisted of two, 27-hole rounds and the Big Red close out play on Sunday at Fowlers Mill Golf Course with a pair of 1-over par rounds from Dylan Lee and Aaron Klimchuk to earn a tie for third at the tournament and a third-place finish, overall.

DU finished the 54-hole tournament with 927 strokes which tied with Allegheny for third.  In the Championship Series standings, which accounted for 100 holes of golf over the last two weekends, Denison amassed 1,555 strokes which landed them five shots in front of the Gators, who finished fourth in the standings.

The conference championship went to Wittenberg who finished with 1,497 shots.  Ohio Wesleyan was second with 1,526.

At Hiram, Klimchuk led Denison with rounds of 79, 78 and 72 to finish sixth in the field of 45 golfers.  Lee followed in a tie for eighth with rounds of 83, 75 and 72 while senior Kyle Bates closed out a strong career at Denison with rounds of 80, 76 and 77 to finish 12th.  Denison's scoring was closed out by Sam Kaiser and his three rounds of 82, 77 and 80. 

Wittenberg's Craig Osterbrock was the medalist after edging teammate Ben Hogencamp in a playoff.  Ohio Wesleyan's Nate Fridley was named the NCAC's Player of the Year and Wittenberg coach Jeff Roop was named the Coach of the Year.

The NCAC Championship Series Final Standings are below.