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Falcons Finish Sixth at Palmas Del Mar With 1-Under 287 on Final Day
March 11, 2009 | Men's Golf
March 11, 2009
Humacao, Puerto Rico -
The Bowling Green State University men's golf team improved for the second straight day, finishing the Palmas Del Mar Classic in sixth-place. After opening the 54-hole event with a team score of 310, they fired a 296 on Tuesday, followed by a 287 on the final day of competition.
The 1-under 287 was the lowest score of a 10-team field on Wednesday afternoon, and the third lowest score of the entire week.
Virginia Commonwealth won the event (870), followed by Notre Dame (876), UNC Greensboro (880), Johnson & Wales (995), Santa Clara (887) and the Falcons (893) to round out the top six scores.
Junior Matt Schneider finished in a tie for ninth in the 54-player field with a score of 218, including a 4-under 68 on the final day of competition, the second-lowest round of the day for the entire tournament field.
Close behind was fellow classmate John Powers who carded a 222. After opening the week with a 77 the Bowling Green, Ohio, native rebounded nicely, carding 71-74 in the final 36 holes. He finished in a tie for 15th.
Bryan Mitchell, much like Powers, got off to a rough start at the beginning of the week, opening with an 80, but rallied late, firing a 77 on Tuesday and a 1-under 71 this afternoon. Mitchell finished in a tie for 30th.
Rounding out the Falcon competitors were a pair of freshmen in Parker Hewit and Drew Preston. Hewit finished in a tie for 35th with a score of 229 (81-74-74), while Preston finished 45th (80-74-79--233).
Up next for the Orange and Brown is the Diet Pepsi Shocker Classic in Wichita, Kansas. The two-day event takes place on March 30-31.
Team Scores 1 VCU 299 280 291 870 +6 2 Notre Dame 299 284 293 876 +12 3 UNC Greensboro 284 297 299 880 +16 4 Johnson & Wales 294 294 297 885 +21 5 Santa Clara 309 289 289 887 +23 6 Bowling Green 310 296 287 893 +29 6 St. John's 296 294 303 893 +29 8 Old Dominion 307 295 298 900 +36 9 George Mason 314 296 302 912 +48 10 St. Thomas Aquinas 304 317 317 938 +74
