AURORA, Ill. (WLCSports.com) – Derick Disch (Greenfield, Wis.) carded a season-low 72 (E) on the final day of the 2018-2019 NACC Championship to lead the Wisconsin Lutheran College men's golf team to a third-place finish at Stonebridge Country Club. The Warriors shot a 298 (+10) in Monday's final round, their second-lowest round of the season and program history. Disch moved up five spots over the final two rounds to place eighth overall and earn All-NACC honors for the first time in his career.
- Tournament: 2018-2019 NACC Championship (Rounds 3 & 4)
- Location: Stonebridge Country Club, Aurora, Ill.
- Course Info: Par 72, 6,815 yards
- WLC Team: 3rd of 9 (+86)
- Top WLC Individual: Derick Disch (+21), 8th of 45
- Disch, who sat in a tie for 13th place through the first two rounds, carded rounds of 77 and 72 over the final two rounds to move into eighth place, earning All-NACC honors. Disch's 72 was his lowest round of the season relative to par.
- Johnny Kositzky Jr. (Escanaba, Mich.) carded rounds of 76 and 73 for a 149 (+5) over the final two rounds to tie for 13th place. The sophomore's final round 73 was the lowest of his career.
- After an opening two-round total of 170, Ben Landvatter (Watertown, Wis.) used rounds of 75 and 73 for a total of 148 (+4) to leap into a tie for 17th place. Landvatter's 73 was the lowest round of his career.
- Damon Gnewikow (Warrens, Wis.) shot a two-round 158 (+14) to place 21st, while James Michaelson (Crystal Lake, Ill.) also registered a 158 (+14) as a replacement for the final two rounds.
- The Warriors' final round of 298 (+10) was their second-lowest of the season and tied for the second-lowest program history.
- WLC's four-round total of 1,238 was its second-lowest four-round score at the NACC Championship since the format began in 2011-2012.
- Aurora earned the NACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship for the second straight year, shooting a four-round total of 1,196 (+44). The Spartans topped runner-up Edgewood by 20 strokes thanks to their championship-record round 284 Monday afternoon.
- AU's JT Hudson was named the Roger Fleming NACC Player of the Year after firing a four-round 295 (+7) to earn medalist honors by just one shot.
- The Warriors conclude their season with a third-place finish at the 2018-2019 NACC Championship. Wisconsin Lutheran posted a scoring average of 321.7, good for sixth in program history.
