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Falcons Finish T-Seventh at Rutherford Intercollegiate
September 02, 2008 | Men's Golf
Sept. 2, 2008
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Bowling Green State University men's golf team improved by 10 strokes on the final day of competition at the Rutherford Intercollegiate, but fell one spot to finish in a tie for seventh with a 54-hole score of 908 (306-306-296).
Purdue won the event with a score of 871. They were followed by VCU (886), Penn State (889) and Miami (891) to round out the top four.
The Falcons were led by freshman Drew Preston, who in his first career collegiate tournament, finished in a tie for third in the 66-person field with a score of 218 (75-72-71).
He was followed by John Powers (227, T-24th), Matt Schneider (231, T-39th), Bryan Mitchell (236, T-48th) and Parker Hewit (240, T-55).
Up next for the Orange and Brown will be the John Piper Intercollegiate, an annually hosted even by BGSU. The 54-hole event will take place on Sept. 8-9.
1 Purdue 298 288 285 871 2 VCU 301 296 289 886 3 Penn State 300 297 292 889 4 Miami 289 305 297 891 5 Missouri 303 297 298 898 6 Xavier 305 310 292 907 T7 Ball State 307 309 292 908 T7 Bowling Green 306 306 296 908 9 Cleveland State 307 307 297 911 10 Marshall 306 307 304 917 11 Toledo 312 305 301 918 12 Richmond 303 316 304 923
