INDEPENDENCE, Minn. – The Toledo men's golf team shot a one-under par 283 on Monday en route to finishing in an 11^th-place tie with Coastal Carolina at Minnesota's Gopher Invitational. The Rockets finished the 54-hole event with a one-under par 283 and were competing against a field that included five schools ranked in the Top 60 of last year's Golfstat rankings.

Junior Barend Botha topped the Rockets today at the par-71, 7,293-yard Windsong Farm Golf Club with a two-under 69. After carding a three-over 74 in his opening round, Botha played the final two rounds at six-under par to tie for 18^th place in the individual standings.

Senior NJ Botha also posted a red number today with a one-under par 70 to finish the tournament tied for 33^rd place with an even-par 213.

Rounding out the Rocket lineup were junior Jamie Tofte Nielsen (T-44^th/215), freshman Bence Kotel (T-49^th/216) and senior Palmer Yenrick (T-72^nd/222). Yenrick posted his best round of the tourney today with an even-par 71.

Georgia Southern captured the tournament title at 20-under par, five strokes in front of Kansas. The Eagles' Wilson Andress earned medalist honors with an impressive 11-under par 202 (69-67-66).

Toledo will be off the next two weeks before hosting the Inverness Intercollegiate on Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 26-27.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Georgia Southern 276-281-275=832 (-20); T2. Kansas 280-280-277=837 (-15); T2. Kent State 284-273-280=837 (-14); T4. Michigan State 275-281-285=841 (-11); T4. Minnesota 281-283-277=841 (-11); T6. Baylor 288-272-282=842 (-10); T6. Furman 283-276-283=842 (-10); 8. Rutgers 273-280-290=843 (-9); 9. Notre Dame 289-273-287=849 (-3); 10. Yale 279-287-284=850 (-2); T11. Toledo 283-285-283=851 (-1); T11. Coastal Carolina 287-281-283=851 (-1); 13. Arkansas State 282-286-284=852 (E); 14. West Virginia 287-284-290=861 (+9); 15. Iowa State 286-288-291=865 (+13)

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Wilson Andress (GSU) 69-67-66=202 (-11); 2. Garrett Cooper (CCU) 68-66-70=204 (-9); 3. Will Morlan (Furman) 66-68-71=205 (-8); T4. Cecil Belisle (KU) 72-68-67=207 (-6); T4. Jordan Gilkison (KSU) 72-68-67=207 (-6); T4. Gabriel Ruiz (Yale) 67-72-68=207 (-6); T4. Davis Cooper (KU) 67-71-69=207 (-6); T4. Chris Vandette (KSU) 71-66-70=207 (-6); T4. Rhett Sellers (Rutgers) 64-70-73=207 (-6)

TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T18. Barend Botha 74-67-69=210 (-3); T33. NJ Botha 69-74-70=213 (E); T44. Jamie Tofte Nielsen 69-73-73=215 (+2); T49. Bence Kotel 71-71-74=216 (+3); T72. Palmer Yenrick 75-76-71=222 (+9)