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Wildcats Top Badgers in Big Ten Match Play First Round
2/12/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Feb. 12, 2010
Big Ten Match Play Championship Opening Round Results (PDF Format) 
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- Northwestern recorded victories in the second-through-sixth positions Friday morning against Wisconsin in the opening round of the Big Ten Match Play Championship to defeat the Badgers, 5-1, and move on to face No. 3 seed Michigan on Friday afternoon with a berth in the semifinals on the line.
Sophomore Eric Chun (Ansung City, South Korea/International Christian School) led the way with a resounding 6-and-5 win at the No. 4 position, matching his best margin of victory in the event set twice last year when he was a perfect 4-0. Classmate Sam Chien (San Diego, Calif./Mt. Carmel) also picked up solid 3-and-2 win at the No. 5 spot.
Wisconsin won at the No. 1 position, 5-and-4, and the contest was not decided until the final three matches finished the 18th hole. Freshman Nick Losole (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Notre Dame) won the 18th against Brady Keegan in the No. 6 spot to take a 2-up win for the Wildcats, while junior David Lipsky (La Canada, Calif./La Canada) and senior Jonathan Bowers (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) held off their Badger foes for 1-up victories.
The first round was altered slightly after Penn State failed to make it to Florida with all of the recent weather to hit the east coast. Instead, No. 1 seed Illinois played and defeated Purdue to advance to the semifinals. The Boilermakers and Nittany Lions had been scheduled for an opening round bout for the right to play Illinois.
No. 4 seed Minnesota also advanced to the semis with a win over Indiana. No. 7 seed Ohio State defeated Michigan State, and now plays Iowa this afternoon for a berth in the semifinals.
