Saturday, March 3, 2012

METHODIST ESCAPES WITH NCAA CROWN.(SPORTS)

Byline: PETE DOUGHERTY Staff writer

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- They didn't wear masks and they weren't toting guns. After all, they call themselves Methodist. Yet when the 22nd annual NCAA Division III golf championships were over Friday, Skidmore College felt like its home had been burglarized.

The golfers from Methodist, a college in Fayetteville, N.C., slightly smaller than Skidmore, won its sixth national title in seven years in virtual obscurity.

While the large crowds at Saratoga Spa State Park followed the top four schools, Methodist rose from fifth place to pass everyone, shooting a final-round 287 -- one under par -- to beat second-place Skidmore …

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