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Men’s Golf Finishes 11th at UK Bluegrass Invitational
April 11, 2010 | Men's Golf
The Bowling Green State University men's golf team finished 11th at the UK Bluegrass Invitational with a 54-hole score of 878 (290-287-301). The two-day event took place at the Big Blue Course at the University Club of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.
After round two was suspended due to darkness the Falcons' shot a three-over 287 in round two, but slipped a bit in the final round, carding a 301.
Murray State (850) won the tournament, followed by Memphis (851) and Auburn (851). Fellow Mid-American Conference schools Miami (853), Toledo (868), Ohio (876) and Akron (879) finished fourth, eighth, tenth and 13th. A total of 24 schools participated in the 54-hole event.
Matt Schnedier led the Falcons with a 3-over par, 216, to finish in a tie for 25th. The senior opened with a 72 and finished with a 70-74 on Sunday.
Fellow classmate John Powers was not far off, finishing with a 218. The Bowling Green, Ohio, native carded rounds of 70-74-74 to finish in a tie for 34th.
Parker Hewit had the Falcons' lowest round of the tournament, carding a 68 in round two. The sophomore finished in a tie for 39th with a score of 219 (73-68-78).
Also competing for BGSU were Wes Gates (226, T-87th) and Drew Preston (228, T-96th).
Up next for the Orange and Brown will be the Rutherford Intercollegiate in State College, Pa., on Apr. 24-25.
TEAM SCORES
1 Murray State 284 278 288 850 -2
T2 Memphis 287 280 284 851 -1
T2 Auburn 285 287 279 851 -1
4 Miami of Ohio 281 277 295 853 +1
5 Kentucky 285 279 290 854 +2
6 South Alabama 291 287 278 856 +4
7 N. Car.- Greensboro 282 278 298 858 +6
8 Toledo 291 285 292 868 +16
9 Morehead State 293 280 298 871 +19
10 Ohio University 292 300 284 876 +24
11 Bowling Green 290 287 301 878 +26
12 Akron 298 286 295 879 +27
13 Western Kentucky 291 290 302 883 +31
14 Eastern Kentucky 291 289 304 884 +32
15 Jacksonville 298 296 292 886 +34
16 Gardner-Webb 296 290 301 887 +35
17 Western Carolina 299 295 295 889 +37
18 Dayton 293 296 304 893 +19
19 Loyola U.- Chicago 309 294 293 896 +44
T20 Cincinnati 305 290 305 900 +48
T20 Marshall University 303 291 306 900 +48
22 Youngstown State U. 298 298 313 909 +57
23 Lipscomb Univ. 300 306 311 917 +65
24 Canisius College 312 303 310 925 +73
