MEMPHIS --- The Tusculum University men's golf team earned runner-up honors at the 2021 Buccaneer Spring Classic, which was held at the par-72, 6,787-yard Irene Golf and Country Club. The two-day, 54-hole tournament was hosted by Christian Brothers University.

Tusculum posted a 54-hole tally 908 to finish 20 strokes behind tournament winner Christian Brothers as the Bucs had the top five finishers including medalist Daniel Montes (74-72-74=220).

The Pioneers completed its second round on Tuesday morning as TU finished with 302 and followed with a final round 295. Tusculum finished 22 shots ahead of third place Mississippi College (930). McKendree placed fourth with 932, followed by Miles College (935), William Jewell (938), Rhodes (943), Union, Tenn. (944) and Wisconsin-Parkside (985).

Two Pioneers posted top-10 performances in this week's event. Nicholas Marchese finished sixth with 76-75-73=224. Rookie Dominic Barron Holden finished ninth with 79-76-72=227. Holden posted the highlight of the tournament in Tuesday's final 18 as he scored a rare "albatross" on the par-5 fifth hole. He holed out from 205-yards on his second shot using a six-iron.

TU freshman Liam van Deventer and junior Kyle Engelbert tied for 16^th place. Van Deventer rebounded from Monday's opening round 85, closing out with 72-75 for 232.  Engelbert shot 76-79-77=232 for his 10^th top-20 performance of his collegiate career.

Senior Liam Sweeney, playing as an individual competitor, also had a top-20 performance as he tied for 19^th place with 78-77-78=233.

Bennett Noe rounded out the Tusculum scoring with his 80-80-75=235 to tie for 22^nd place.

Tusculum returns to action this Sunday as the Pioneers compete at the NCAA Division I Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at the Sevierville Golf Club. Tusculum will also have a team competing at next week's Hargett Memorial in Monroe, North Carolina, hosted by Wingate University.

Team Scores

Tusculum Individual Scores

* playing as an individual competitor