FINAL RESULTS (PDF)
SPRINGFIELD – Southeastern Louisiana's
Philipp Westermann fired a 1-under par 71 to claim his school-record tying fourth individual tournament championship and the Lions' golf team battled through windy conditions to finish second overall at the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate that concluded Tuesday at Carter Plantation.
Southeastern, which was looking for its first team championship since claiming the 2010 Southland Conference title on its home course, battled the 20-30 mile per hour winds and fired a team score of 306 to finish at 883 for the 54-hole event – four shots behind first-day co-leader Central Arkansas.
UCA (879) and Southeastern were joined in the top five by Jacksonville State (889), Stephen F. Austin (896) and Arkansas-Little Rock (911). Louisiana-Monroe (917), Oakland (925), Jackson State (942), McNeese State (946) and Nicholls State (946) rounded out the 10-team field.
Westermann, who tied former Lion
Cedric Scotto with his fourth career victory, earned medalist honors for the first time since claiming the Jim West Invitational on April 10-12, 2011. The German native, who was the lone player in the field to score below par in each round, finished at 7-under 209 (70-68-71) for the tournament and was three shots ahead of second-place finisher Alfred Kerstis of Arkansas-Little Rock.
Southeastern's
Santiago Mejia struggled on the final day after recording rounds of 72 and 69 on Monday. The freshman fired an 83 to finish 13th overall at 224 with
Rhys West (76-75-76) finishing tied for 18th at 227,
Daniel Zuluaga (72-77-79) 20th at 228 and freshman
Grady Brame (74-80-80) tied for 33rd at 234.
Freshman
Baptiste Courtachon, one of three Lions competing as individuals, finished tied for 14th at 226 (73-76-77) while freshman
Charlie Sault finished 46th (79-79-83-241) and
Sebastian Garcia was 54th (86-82-86-254).
Southeastern will return to action beginning Monday when it competes in the UALR First Tee Collegiate Classic at Chenal Country Club.
2012 CARTER PLANTATION INTERCOLLEGIATE
March 19-20, 2012
Springfield, La. (Carter Plantation)
Par 72, 7,104 yards
TEAM SCORING
1. Central Arkansas 288-289-302-879
2. Southeastern Louisiana 288-289-306-883
3. Jacksonville State 295-292-302-889
4. Stephen F. Austin 291-303-302-896
5. UALR 309-298-304-911
6. ULM 300-308-309-917
7. Oakland University 309-304-312-925
8. Jackson State 313-314-315-942
T9. McNeese State 314-314-318-946
T9. Nicholls State 310-312-324-946
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS (top seven named All-Tournament)
1.
Philipp Westermann, Southeastern Louisiana 70-68-71-209
2. Alfred Kerstis, UALR, 69-75-68-212
3. Antonio Costa, Central Arkansas, 70-72-75-217
4. Mitchell McLeroy, Stephen F. Austin, 71-72-76-219
T5. Tom Robson, Jacksonville State, 73-73-74-220
T5. Andres Schonbaum, Jacksonville State, 71-75-74-220
T5. Austen Moix, Central Arkansas, 68-75-77-220
T8. Pep Angles, Central Arkansas, 79-68-75-222
T8. Austin DeWitt, Stephen F. Austin, 74-78-70-222
T10. Kristjan Einarsson, Nicholls State, 70-75-78-223
T10. Tomasz Anderson, Jacksonville State, 78-69-76-223
T10. Mason Seaborn, ULM, 70-75-78-223
SOUTHEASTERN INDIVIDUALS
1.
Philipp Westermann 70-68-71-209
13.
Santiago Mejia 72-69-83-224
T14.
Baptiste Courtachon (I) 73-76-77-226
T18.
Rhys West 76-75-76-227
20.
Daniel Zuluaga 72-77-79-228
T33.
Grady Brame 74-80-80-234
46.
Charlie Sault (I) 79-79-83-241
54.
Sebastian Garcia (I) 86-82-86-254
(I) - competing as an individual
