YAKIMA, Wash. - Following a script the Whitworth University men's golf team had used all season, the Pirates rallied from fourth place after the first day of competition at the Northwest Conference Tournament to second place by the time the tournament was complete. Trailing Linfield College by 19 strokes after the first round, Whitworth posted the best second round total of the tournament but fell short of the Wildcats at Apple Tree Golf Course.

Carter earned All-NWC Honors

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After today's results, Linfield win's the Northwest Conference championship and Whitworth finishes as NWC runner up.

Whitworth was in fourth place after posting a score of 307 on Saturday. Linfield led the tournament after shooting even par 288, followed by Pacific (299) and Puget Sound (305). But the Pirates were the only school to break 300 on Sunday with a round of 298. It was enough to overtake UPS and Pacific, but not the Wildcats. The final team scores were: Linfield 288-303 - 591, Whitworth 307-298 - 605, Pacific 299-310 - 609, Puget Sound 305-313 - 618, Pacific Lutheran 314-311 - 625, Willamette 321-330 - 651, George Fox 341-353 - 694, Lewis & Clark 344-358 - 702, Whitman 359-346 - 705.

Three Pirates earned All-Northwest Conference honors in the tournament. Senior Jordan Carter shot 78-71 for a two round total of 149 and senior Andrew Parrot posted 76-74 - 150. Freshman Connor McCracken tied Parrott for sixth place with a total of 75-75 - 150. Max Bonk of Pacific was medalist with a final tally of 68-73 - 141.

Whitworth followed the same pattern it had used in the two other tournaments the NWC uses to determine the conference championship. At the NWC Fall Classic in Spokane, Whitworth was in fourth place after the first day, but rallied to finish second. At the NWC Spring Classic near Portland, the Pirates were in third place after the opening round, but rallied to finish second.

Whitworth came into the season-ending tournament tied with Linfield and Pacific for the conference lead, each with 14 points based on finishes in the NWC Fall Classic and NWC Spring Classic. Linfield had won the Fall Classic, Pacific the Spring Classic, with Whitworth second in both. The final conference standing and point totals finish like this: Linfield 30; Whitworth 28; Pacific 26; Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran 18 (tie); Willamette 12; George Fox 5; Lewis & Clark 4; and Whitman 3.

Since reinstating golf as a varsity sports in 2003-04, Whitworth has never finished lower than second place in the final NWC standings, winning three straight titles from 2005 through 2007.

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