UMSL Men’s Golf Places Fifth in Opening Spring Tournament
The No. 6 ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis men’s golf team posted a fifth place finish at the Newberry College Invitational, held Monday and Tuesday, to open the spring portion of its schedule.
The Tritons turned in a team score of 901 (292-300-309) in the field of 16 teams. UMSL held a one-stroke lead after yesterday’s opening round, but fell to fourth after the second round. Only two teams shot under 300 in the final round.
UMSL returns to action March 5-6, when they host the Las Vegas Desert Classic.
Team Scoreboard (top five)
1.Newberry (293-288-292 – 873)
2.Clayton State (293-290-305 – 888)
- Lenior-Rhyne College (299-298-301 – 898)
- South Carolina-Aiken (295-292-312 – 899)
- UMSL (292-300-309 – 901)
Medalist
Spencer Skiff, Newberry (74-69-65 – 608)
Next Three
- Andrew Smith, Emmanuel College (68-71-73 – 212)
- Andres Caballero, Clayton State (67-73-74 – 214)
UMSL Results
T8. Julien de Poyen (70-74-77 – 221)
- Jose Acevedo (73-73-77 – 223)
T23. Markus Lindberg (72-78-78 – 228)
T28. Matt Barry (77-75-77 – 229)
- Chris Ferris (87-83-84 – 254)
