TOLEDO, OH - Toledo moved up one spot into a ninth-place tie with Michigan in Tuesday's final round at the Inverness Intercollegiate. The tournament was at the historic par-71, 7,255-yard Inverness Club.
Freshman Otto Black paced the Rockets with a 54-hole score of four-over 217 (72-72-73) to tie for 11th place. Sophomore Chris Selfridge matched Black for the Rockets' best round of the day with a two-over 73 to tie for 25th place at 10-over par 223 (76-74-73). Sophomore Mike Lancaster finished alone in 39th place with his second straight four-over par 75 to finish tied for 39th place at 14-over par 227 (77-75-75=227). Rounding out the Rocket lineup were junior Oliver Holtsberry (55th/75-80-80=235) and sophomore Nate Gonring (T-61st/79-78-89=246).
Freshman Bobby Thomas led four Rocket individuals tying for 48th place with a 54-hole score of 232 (78-76-78). He was followed by sophomore Jamie Richardson (58th/76-83-83=242), sophomore Pat Cermak (60th/82-80-83=245) and freshman Thomas Shindler (T-61st/85-82-79=246).
"I thought we grinded out a solid round today in some tough conditions," said Toledo Head Coach Jamie Broce after the Rockets tied for the fifth-best score of the day. "We were disappointed in our performance yesterday, and it was good to see us perform much better today
Northwestern captured the team title at 16-over par 868 (285-288-295), finishing 11 strokes ahead of Florida State (289-289-301=879), Kent State (289-292-298=879) and North Texas (284-284-311=879).
Sharing medalist honors at two-over par 215 were the Wildcats' Jack Perry (70-72-73) and Golden Flashes' Kevin Miller (66-75-74).
Toledo will return to action this weekend when it heads to the Windy City to take part in Northwestern's Windon Memorial Classic on Sunday-Monday, Sept. 23-24.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Northwestern 285-288-295=868 (+16); T2. Florida State 289-289-301=879 (+27); T2. Kent State 289-292-298=879 (+27); T2. North Texas 284-284-311=879 (+27); 5. Liberty 294-289-300=883 (+31); 6. South Florida 293-286-308=887 (+35); 6. Michigan State 299-291-297=887 (+35); 8. Penn State 296-292-306=894 (+42); T9. Michigan 297-291-312=900 (+48); 10. Toledo 300-299-301=900 (+48)
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
T1. Jack Perry (NU) 70-72-73=215 (+2); T1. Kevin Miller (KSU) 66-75-74=215 (+2); T3. Nicholas Losole (NU) 71-72-73=216 (+3); T3. Andrew Whalen 69-73-743=216 (+3); T3. Chase Koepka (USF) 71-68-77=216 (+3); T3. Jason Roets (UNT) 71-70-75=216 (+3); T3. Taylor Pendrith (KSU) 75-72-69=216 (+3); T3. Niklas Lindstrom (LU) 72-72-72=216 (+3); T3. Brett McIntosh (UM) 71-70-75=216 (+3)
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T11. Otto Black 72-72-73=217 (+4); T25. Chris Selfridge 76-74-73=223 (+10); 39. Mike Lancaster 77-75-75=227 (+14); Ind.-T48. Bobby Thomas 78-76-78=232 (+19); 55. Oliver Holtsberry 75-80-80=235 (+22); 58. Jamie Richardson 76-83-83=242 (+29); 60. Pat Cermak 82-80-83=245 (+32); T61. Nate Gonring 79-78-89=246 (+33); T61. Thomas Shindler 85-82-79=246 (+33)
