PHOENIX, Ariz. - Rocky Mountain College and Montana Tech made watching the 2019 Frontier Conference Men's Golf Championship an interesting and entertaining affair. The two teams were tied after the first round, but the Battlin' Bears slowly inched ahead and at the end, downed the Orediggers by eight strokes on the way to successfully defending their title.

With the win, Rocky receives the Frontier's automatic bid to the 68th Annual NAIA Men's Golf National Championships, May 21-24 at the Las Sendas Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz.

Lewis-Clark State finished third followed by the University of Providence, Carroll College and MSU-Northern.

Montana Tech's Sean Benson maintained his first round to claim medalist honors by six strokes over Rocky's Reece Nilsen. Benson was the only golfer in the field to finish the tournment under-par.

Jonny Cielak of the University of Providence finished third followed by Michael Tait of Rocky Mountain, Devin Bray of MSU-Northern and Samuel Berry of Carroll College finished in a fifth place tie, Colton Murphy of Rocky was seventh, HoTae Kim of Rocky and Carlos Davila of Lewis-Clark State tied for ninth and, Sean Ramsbacher and Trey Hoagland of Montana Tech tied for 10th.

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