SALISBURY, N.C. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team finished with a two-day score of 598 including Tuesday's final round 298 to finish third at the Richard Rendleman Invitational. The two-day, 36-hole tournament was being held at the Country Club of Salisbury and hosted by Catawba College.
The Pioneers finished four strokes behind Catawba and Lenoir-Rhyne University who finished the event with team scores of 594. Lenoir-Rhyne won the team tournament crown in a playoff.
Tusculum senior Liam Sweeney was the low Pioneer for the week as he finished with 75-72=147 to tie for sixth place. Bennett Noe shaved nine shots off his opening round 80 and finished with a 71 to tie for 13th place with 151. Teammate Kyle Engelbert also finished 13th at 75-76=151. Nicholas Marchese placed 21st with 74-79=153 while Mark Healy rounded out the TU scoring with 76-79=155 to finish 30th.
In the team scoring, Livingstone College finished fourth with 600, followed by Belmont Abbey College (602), Fayetteville State (612), UVa-Wise (618), Belmont Abbey B (662) and Winston-Salem St. (922).
Catawba's Tanner Bibey won medalist honors with 68-71=139, winning by three strokes over runner-up Cole Sutherland (70-72=142) of Lenoir-Rhyne, who was playing as an individual competitor. Rounding out the All-Tournament Team are Georg Hartmann of Lenoir-Rhyne who finished third with 72-72=144, while Livingstone's Titus Okwong (74-71=145) and Catawba's Chase Clayton (70-75=145) tied for fourth.
Tusculum matches its best ever finish at the Rendleman Invitational, equaling its third-place showings in 2002, 2004 and 2006.
The Pioneers return to action Mar. 15-17 as they compete at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate in Sevierville, Tennessee.
Team Results
Pl |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
TOT |
T1 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
299 |
295 |
594 |
T1 |
Catawba |
295 |
299 |
594 |
3 |
TUSCULUM |
300 |
298 |
598 |
4 |
Livingstone |
304 |
296 |
600 |
5 |
Belmont Abbey |
307 |
295 |
602 |
6 |
Fayetteville St. |
295 |
317 |
612 |
7 |
UVa-Wise |
311 |
307 |
618 |
8 |
Belmont Abbey B |
341 |
321 |
662 |
9 |
Winston-Salem St. |
459 |
463 |
922 |
Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl |
Player |
1st |
2nd |
TOT |
T6 |
75 |
72 |
147 |
|
T13 |
80 |
71 |
151 |
|
T13 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
|
T21 |
74 |
79 |
153 |
|
30 |
76 |
79 |
155 |