JONESBORO, Ark, – Behind four top-20 showings, the Southeastern Louisiana University men's golf team finished third place at the Arkansas State Spring Invitational, which wrapped up Tuesday at Ridgepointe Country Club.
Southeastern carded a two-over par 290 in Tuesday's final round – the second-lowest round of the day among the 11-team field – to finish +15 for the tournament. Host Arkansas State finished 25-under par for the weekend to win by 38 strokes.
Griffin Dorr and
Landen East each carded final rounds of 70 to finish two-under par for the tournament – good for a tie for fifth place. Dorr and East were joined in the top 20 by teammates
David Marsh (+3, 18
th) and
Noah Bumgarner (+4, 19
th).
Gavin Ingram (+12, 40
th),
Patrick Blaum (+13, 44
th) and
Ethan Dial (+15, T52nd) rounded out the Southeastern participants. East and Dial competed as individuals for SLU. Arkansas State's Thomas Schmidt (-6) claimed individual medalist honors.
With back-to-back third-place finishes, Southeastern will head into next week's Southland Conference Championships with positive momentum. The tournament is scheduled for April 20-22 at Comanche Trace in Kerrville, Texas.
Team Standings
1. Arkansas State – 277-279-283=839 (-25)
2. HCU – 284-289-304=877 (+13)
3. Southeastern – 296-293-290=879 (+15)
4. Bradley – 288-301-296=885 (+21)
5. Omaha – 293-296-297=886 (+22)
6. Lindenwood – 291-300-296=887 (+23)
7. New Orleans – 289-300-300=889 (+25)
8. Oral Roberts – 298-299-293=890 (+26)
9. Utah Valley – 304-295-296=895 (+31)
10. Missouri State – 310-301-300=911 (+47)
11. Nicholls – 305-305-303=913 (+49)
Individual Standings (Southeastern players only)
T5.
Griffin Dorr – 69-75-70=214 (-2)
T5.
Landen East (I) – 72-72-70=214 (-2)
18.
David Marsh – 76-71-72=219 (+3)
19.
Noah Bumgarner – 76-72-72=220 (+4)
40.
Gavin Ingram – 77-75-76=228 (+12)
44.
Patrick Blaum – 75-76-78=229 (+13)
T52.
Ethan Dial (I) – 77-75-79=231 (+15)
(I) – Competed as an individual
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