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DePauw (Ind.) Women and Otterbein Men win 2007 Purple & White Golf Invitationals
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—
Nationally ranked teams DePauw (Ind.) University women and Otterbein College men claimed team titles at the Capital University Purple & White Golf Invitationals this weekend at the Foxfire Golf Club in Lockbourne, Ohio.

DePauw's Sarah Gates needed two playoff holes to win Medalist honors on the women's side, while Shawnee State University's Koby Vogler was two over par for the weekend to win men's Medalist honors.

In the eighth year for the women's event, No. 3 in the nation DePauw (Ind.) University followed up a record-setting 319 in the first round with the second-best team score on the Foxfire course posting a 335 for a 654 that won the team title by a commanding 45 strokes.

Nationally ranked Olivet (Mich.) College and Otterbein College finished tied for second each with 699.

DePauw's Sarah Gates (80-82=162) sunk a 25-foot putt on the second playoff hole to beat teammate Ali Murtaugh (77-85=162) for Medalist honors.

On the men's side, No. 17 in the nation Otterbein College won the event with a 606 (297-309), while Muskingum College placed second with a 638 (315-323).

After shooting even par on the Foxfire course Friday, Shawnee State's Koby Vogler fired a two-over 74 on the Players Club course to take Medalist honors with a 146.  That was two shots better than Otterbein's Andy Miller (73-75=148).


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Take Interstate 71 to Stringtown Rd./Grove City exit, Take Stringtown Rd. East 2 miles to Rt. 104. Turn right, the course 7 miles on the right.
Women's Tournament Records
Past Champions
Wilmington College (2000)
University of Findlay (2001)
Mount Union College (2002)
Tiffin University (2003)
Wilmington College (2004)*
St. Mary's, Ind. (2005)#
St. Mary's, Ind. (2006)
DePauw, Ind. (2007)

Past Medalists
Meghann Glass
Mount Union (2000)

Beth Reichenbach
Wilmington (2001)

Meghann Glass
Mount Union (2002)

Angie Hill
Tiffin (2003)

Colleen Groomes
Otterbein (2004)

Colleen Groomes
Otterbein (2005)

Megan Mattia
St. Mary's (2006)

Sarah Gates ~
DePauw (2007)

# - Tournament 18-holes in 2005 due to weather
~ - Won on second playoff hole
Low Individual Rounds
Foxfire Course
77-Megan Mattia, St. Mary's (2006)
79-Meghann Glass, Mount Union (2002)
79-Angie Hill, Tiffin (2003)
80-Rustie Anderson, Otterbein (2006)
80-Colleen Groomes, Otterbein (2004)
80-Julie Huffman, Capital (2004)
80-Tangy Shell, Wilmington (2004)
81-Katie Johnson, Otterbein (2006)
81-Christina Haver, Walsh (2004)
81-Meagan Rimmel, Ohio Northern (2007)

Players Club Course
77-Ali Murtaugh, DePauw (2007)
78-Kristen Kriegshauser, DePauw (2007)
80-Sarah Gates, DePauw (2007)

83-Katie O'Brien, St. Mary's (2006)
83-Colleen Groomes, Otterbein (2005)
83-Stefanie Simmerman, St. Mary's, Ind. (2005)
84-Erin Kielty, DePauw (2007)
84-Julia Adams, St. Mary's, Ind. (2005)
85-M. Brooke Ferguson, Otterbein (2003)
85-Alexis Crowell, Ohio Northern (2003)
86-Julie Huffman, Capital (2005)
86-Beth Reichenbach, Wilmington (2001)

Low Team Rounds
Foxfire Course
334-St. Mary's (2006)
335-DePauw, Ind.  (2007)
345-Otterbein (2006)
346-Olivet, Mich. (2007)
347-Wilmington (2004)
349-Wilmington (2004)
351-Otterbein (2007)
353-Otterbein (2004)
353-Baldwin-Wallace (2004)
359-Ohio Northern (2007)

Players Club Course
319-DePauw, Ind. (2007)
348-Otterbein (2007)
351-Ohio Northern (2007)
353-Olivet, Mich. (2007)

357-St. Mary's, Ind. (2005)
360-St. Mary's, Ind. (2006)
360-Ohio Northern (2005)
361-Tiffin (2003)
364-John Carroll (2007)
373-Otterbein (2005)
373-Otterbein (2003)

* 2004 Both rounds on Foxfire course

     

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