RALEIGH, N.C. – Sophomore
Barend Botha tied for eighth place to lead Toledo to an eighth-place finish on Saturday at North Carolina State's Stitch Intercollegiate. The tournament was played at the par-72, 7,287-yard Lonnie Pool Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C.
Botha finished at one-over par 217 (71-74-72) and was just five strokes behind medalist Quinn Riley of Duke (70-71-71). Riley's play propelled the No. 46 Blue Devils to the tournament title with a 54-hole total of three-under par 861.
Junior
NJ Botha carded Toledo's best round of the day with a two-under 70. For the tournament, he tied for 47
th place at 11-over par 227 along with senior
Lukas Clark (74-80-73) and
David Amm (72-82-73).
Rounding out the Rocket lineup was sophomore
Jamie Tofte Nielsen, who tied for 55
th place at 13-over par 229 (74-79-76).
Junior
Palmer Yenrick competed as an individual and tied for 63
rd place at 16-over par 232 (75-76-81).
The Rockets return to action in two weeks with a trip to Columbus, Ohio for the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate on Saturday-Sunday, April 23-24.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Duke 285-291-285=861 (-3); T2. Notre Dame 284-291-289=864 (E); 3. North Carolina State 292-287-285=864 (E); 4. Georgia Southern 290-286-299=875 (+11); 5. College of Charleston 287-299-295=881 (+17); 6.
UNC-Greensboro 289-293-300=882 (+18); 7. East Tennessee State 294-298-297=889 (+25);
8. Toledo 291-311-288=890 (+26); 9. Nebraska 296-302-299=897 (+33); 10. Davidson 293-309-297=899 (+35); 11. Campbell 299-297-306=902 (+38); 12. Jacksonville State 296-316-299=911 (+47); 13. Air Force 329-319-335=983 (+119)
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Quinn Riley (Duke) 70-71-71=212 (-4); T2. Maximilian
Steinlechner (
NCSU) 70-70-73=213 (-3); T2. Easton Paxton (NCSU) 71-71-71=213 (-3); T2.
Taichi Kho (UND) 69-72-72=213 (-3); T2. Davis Chatfield (UND) 71-70-72=213 (-3)
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T8.
Barend Botha 71-74-72=217 (+1); T47.
Lukas Clark 74-80-73=227 (+11); T47.
NJ Botha 79-78-70=227 (+11); T47.
David Amm 72-82-73=227 (+11); T55.
Jamie Tofte Nielsen 74-79-76=229 (+13); Ind.-T63.
Palmer Yenrick 75-76-81=232 (+16)