BLUFFTON, SC – Toledo concluded play at the Colleton River Collegiate in 12th place on Tuesday. The tournament took place on a Pete Dye Course at the Colleton River Plantation Club (Par-72, 7,166 Yards) and was hosted by Michigan State University.
The Rockets posted a team-score of 81-over par 945 (313-319-313) during the course of the last two days.
Senior
Otto Black (76-74-74) paced UT at eight-over par 224 and tied for 12th place. Sophomore
Stephen Watts (74-82-77) finished nine strokes behind Black at 17-over par 233 and tied for 44th spot, followed by freshmen
Jamie Knipe (80-83-82) and
Spencer Shoemaker at 29-over par 245 to tie for 73rd spot. Rounding out Toledo's lineup was sophomore
Colin Joseph (84-81-89), who posted a three-round score of 38-over par 254 and finished in 88th place.
In addition, freshman
Cameron Mills (78-80-89) competing as an individual in this week's event and tallied a mark of 31-over par to finish tied for79th spot.
The College of Charleston (297-292-302) secured the team title at 27-over par 891 and held a two-stroke advantage over runner-up Memphis (300-301-292) at 29-over par 893.
Individually, Memphis' Thomas Perrot (73-70-74) captured medalist honors at one-over par 217, one stroke ahead of Xavier's Jose Montano (74-71-73) at two-over par 218.
The Rockets will return to the links on Saturday-Sunday, March 12-13 when they take part in the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular in Howey in the Hills, FL.
TEAM STANDINGS1. College of Charleston 297-292-302=891 (+27); 2. Memphis 300-301-292=893 (+29); 3. Michigan State 297-304-294=895 (+31); 4. North Texas 298-302-297=897 (+33); 5. Cincinnati 307-302-298=907 (+43); 6. Connecticut 301-297-312=910 (+46); 7. Miami 299-310-306=915 (+51); 8. Xavier 298-307-312=917 (+53); 9. Bowling Green 306-306-311=923 (+59); 10. Ball State 311-304-317=932 (+68); 11. Rutgers 313-306-319=938 (+74);
12. TOLEDO 313-319-313=945 (+81)TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS1. Thomas Perrot (UM) 73-70-74=217 (+1); 2. Jose Montano (XU) 74-71-73=218 (+2); 3. Phillip Oweida (CoC) 75-71-73=219 (+3); T4. Michael Sharp (MSU)* 75-73-72=220 (+4); T4. Parker Derby (CoC) 70-76-74=220 (+4); T4. Patrick Flavin (MU) 72-74-74=220 (+4)
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALST12.
Otto Black 76-74-74=224 (+8); T44.
Stephen Watts 74-82-77=233 (+17); T73.
Jamie Knipe 80-83-82=245 (+29); T73.
Spencer Shoemaker 83-82-80=245 (+29); 88.
Colin Joseph 84-81-89=254 (+38)
ROCKETS THAT COMPETED AS INDIVIDUALST79.
Cameron Mills 78-80-89=247 (+31)
* - Competed as Individual