ENID – The Northwestern men's golf team claimed the 2016 Ranger invite with a team total of 589 at Meadlowlake Golf Course in Enid on Monday afternoon.
The Ranger's Black team completed a two-stroke comeback on the University of the Southwest to win their first team title as an official NCAA Division II school.
Northwestern's Red team also played a solid round of golf today, finishing in fifth place with a two-day total of 622.
Consistency was the key for the Rangers as the top four players on the Black team finished just two strokes apart for the tournament. Freshman Cody Hixon and Parker Rehorn both earned Top 5 medalists honors for their efforts.
Hixon fired rounds of 72-74 to total 146 to finish in third place while Rehorn posted numbers of 74-73 to finish in fifth place at 147. The Rangers also produced two other Top 10 finishers in Cole Ward and Tyler Miller, who finished with a two-day total of 148, good enough for sixth place.
Altus native Collin Stork rounded out the Black team with a two-day total of 157 (81-76).
Senior Drew Sims led the way for the Red team with a career-low round of one-under par 70 on Monday afternoon. Sims had a chance to challenge the school record round of 68, which was tied by Hixon earlier in the semester, but bogeyed two out of the last three holes.
The rest of the Red team followed up Sims' stellar round with positive efforts themselves. Freshman Joah Mitchell shot a 75 to finish with a two-day total of 153 in his first ever collegiate event.
Junior Clayton Davison and sophomore Aaron Dobbs followed up Mitchell with totals of 156 and 164 respectively.
The Rangers will celebrate the victory over the break and will then return to action in early March for their spring semester of golf, which will include the Great American Conference championship at the end of the semester.
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