1995 Golf

Gettysburg Defends Golf Title With 49-Stroke Win

Bullet Senior Rick Gesseck Captures Individual Honors with 230

BERLIN, Md. -- Gettysburg took the first four individual places on its way to defending its title at the 1995 Centennial Conference Golf Championship at Eagles Landing Golf Club.

The 54-hole tournament was played over the par-72, 6,700-yard Eagles Landing layout. Thirty-six holes were played on Saturday, April 22, while the final 18 were played on Sunday, April 23.

Senior Rick Gesseck won the individual title with a 14-over-par 230 over the 54 -hole tournament. Gesseck, who finished third here in 1994, fired rounds of 78-77-75 to take a four-shot victory over sophomore Jeff Forbes. Forbes posted the low round of the tourney, firing a one-over-par 73 in the final round to overtake teammates J.P. Scanlon and Guillermo Nakada. Scanlon, who was ninth a year ago, took third with a 235, while Nakada repeated his fourth-place finish of a year ago with a 238.

Dickinson's Dave Meade was fifth with a 243, while Franklin & Marshall's Ryan Neff was next at 245. A pair of Western Maryland freshmen - Mike Diehl and Tony Worm tied for seventh at 246, while Ursinus' Gary Knittel and WMC's Brian Gallizzo rounded out the top 10 with 247 and 249 scores. The top five finishers earned first-team All-Conference honors, while the next five are named to the second team.

Western Maryland was second in the team standings with a 982, while Dickinson took the bronze medal with a 1,007. Ursinus (1,024), Franklin & Marshall (1,033), Muhlenberg (1,046) and Swarthmore (incomplete) rounded out the field.

The results follow:

Team Standings

Gettysburg            311-320-302    933
Western Maryland      327-335-320    982
Dickinson             326-341-340   1007
Ursinus               344-347-333   1024
Franklin & Marshall   335-348-350   1033
Muhlenberg            350-356-340   1046
Swarthmore                           inc

Individual Standings

1.  Rick Gesseck, G *       78-77-75--230
2.  Jeff Forbes, G          80-81-83--234
3.  J.P. Scanlon, G  #      77-79-79--235
4.  Guillermo Nakada, G *   80-83-75--238
5.  Dave Meade, D           81-78-84--243
6.  Ryan Neff, FM           81-83-81--245
7.  Mike Diehl, WM          82-88-76--246
    Tony Worm, WM           84-81-81--246
9.  Gary Knittel, U         85-83-79--247
10. Brian Gallizzo, WM      77-88-84--249
11. Chris Stein, U #        85-83-82--250
    Greg Hebding, WM        86-85-79--250
    Matt Harding, WM        84-81-85--250
14. Kris George, G          76-88-87--251
15. Seth Jacobson, D        81-82-89--252
16. Dave Warnke, D          81-90-82--253
17. Scott Olex, M           92-84-80--256
    Mike Spangler, U        86-83-87--256
19. Erik Lenyk, D           83-93-85--261
    David Forman, FM        83-86-92--261
    Rob Lobel, M            88-89-84--261
22. Jon Koteski, FM *       86-89-87--262
23. Kris Lehman, M          89-91-84--264
24. James Nam, FM           85-90-90--265
25. Paul Volovich, M        86-92-95--273
    Drew Bonekamper, U      90-98-85--273
27. Shawn Bundy, S          92-91-91--274
28. James Tulli, M          87-99-92--278
29. Matt Metcalf, S         89-94-103--286
    Brian Katits, U         88-105-93--286
31. Anthony Kahn, FM        97-99-97 --293
32. Travis Elliott, S       96-95-103--294
33. Mike Test, D            89-91-DNS--DNF

* 1st team All-Conference in 1994
# 2nd team All-Conference in 1994