TOLEDO, OH – Toledo moved up one spot in Tuesday's final round to register a ninth-place showing at the Inverness Intercollegiate. The 10th-annual tourney was held at the renowned Inverness Club (Par 71, 7,300 Yards).
The Rockets fired a team score of 299 in today's third round to finish ahead of Austin Peay (308-301-309=918), Memphis (309-316-298=923) and Liberty (317-307-314=938). UT's final round score of 299 tied for the third-best tally of the day.
East Tennessee State won the 12-team field with a three-round score of 878 (+26) and held a two-stroke advantage over runner-up South Florida (880, +28. The Rockets finished 37 shots back of ETSU with a score of 63-over par 915 (316-300-299).
Individually, ETSU's Adrian Meronk captured medalist accolades at even-par 213 (73-70-70). Meronk was the only golfer to shoot in the red in today's final 18 holes.
Freshman Stephen Watts (Larne, Northern Ireland) (77-73-76) paced UT at 13-over par 226 and tied for 20th place. Senior Chris Selfridge (Castledawson, Northern Ireland) (76-78-75) was three strokes behind Watts at 16-over par 229 to finish tied for 27th, followed by junior Otto Black (Pinckney, MI) (84-76-73) at 20-over par 233 to end up tied for 36th place. Rounding out Toledo's lineup was freshman Colin Joseph (Loveland, OH) (89-73-75) and junior Thomas Shindler (Dublin, OH) (79-83-81), who tied for 48th place at 24-over par 237 and tied for 55th place at 30-over par 243, respectively.
The Rockets will return to the links on Sunday-Tuesday, Sept. 28-30 when they participate in the Badger Invitational in Madison, WI.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. East Tennessee State 285-294-299=878 (+26); 2. South Florida 293-286-301=880 (+28); 3. Alabama-Birmingham 295-296-293=884 (+32); 4. Yale 297-294-300=891 (+39); 5. Mercer 303-294-300=897 (+45); 6. Kent State 307-293-303=903 (+51); 7. Charlotte 301-294-310=905 (+53); 8. Michigan State 310-287-312=909 (+57); 9. TOLEDO 316-300-299=915 (+63); 10. Austin Peay 308-301-309=918 (+66); 11. Memphis 309-316-298=923 (+71); 12. Liberty 317-307-314=938 (+86)
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Adrian Meronk (ETSU) 73-70-70=213 (E); 2. Lee Hodges (UAB) 75-69-72=216 (+3); 3. Claudio Correa Black (USF) 70-72-75=217 (+4); T4. Trey Rule (MU) 73-72-73=218 (+5); T4. Trey Valentine (USF) 73-71-74=218 (+5); T4. Martin Rohwer (UAB) 70-77-71=218 (+5)
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T20. Stephen Watts 77-73-76=226 (+13); T27. Chris Selfridge 76-78-75=229 (+16); T36. Otto Black 84-76-73=233 (+20); T48. Colin Joseph 88-73-75=237 (+24); T56. Thomas Shindler 79-83-81=243 (+30)
