WOODBURN, Ore. – Sophomore
Riley Lynch turned in a top-10 performance to lead the Linfield men's golf team at the Northwest Conference Spring Trilogy #1, hosted by Willamette at the OGA Golf Course.
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Lynch finished in a three-way tie for seventh place with George Fox's Dante Heitschmidt and Willamette's Jack McMullin with a final score of 2-over-par 74. The Wildcats finished fourth in the four-team field with a final team score of 315, one stroke back of third-place Lewis & Clark (314). Willamette took the team title at 3-under-par 285 while George Fox was second at 299.
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Sophomore
Trevor Price placed in the top 15, tying for 13
th place at 5-over-par 77. Fellow sophomore
Chris Cayford and freshman
Grant Moen both shot 10-over-par 82 to tie for 17
th place and round out the Linfield scoring players.
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All four of Willamette's scoring players placed in the top five. Paxton Jones led the way in first place at 3-under-par 69 with teammate Alex Weirth trailing close behind in second place at 1-under-par 71. Andrew Kibbee tied for third place with Lewis & Clark's Alex Hong at even-par 72 while Riley Lankford tied for fifth with Mason Rohleder of George Fox at 1-over-par 73.
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NEXT
Up next, the 'Cats will take on the Cal Lutheran Invite on March 12-15 at the Moorpark Country Club in Moorpark, California.
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