PAWLEY'S ISLAND, S.C. --- Tusculum's Nicholas Taggart carded a 54-hole score of 210 to record a top-10 finish at the Spring Bulldog Clash.

The Pioneers finished 11^th in the team competition with a three-round tally of 871 including Tuesday's finale round 291.

The two-day, 54-hole tournament was held at the par-70, 6,526-yard Caledonia Golf Club and hosted by Barton College.

Taggart finished in a tie for seventh place as he finished even par with a 210 tally including a final round 71 which included two birdies, one bogey, one double bogey and 14 pars. His 210 score is the fourth-lowest 54-hole score in program history.

Barton led wire-to-wire as the Bulldogs finished with a four-under par total of 836 and won by nine shots over runner-up Belmont Abbey (845). USC Aiken finished third with 847, followed by Limestone (849), Davenport (853), Lander (854), Shorter (860), Newberry (860), Wingate (860), Rogers State (864), Tusculum (871), Mount Olive (886), Young Harris (887), Emmanuel (892), Fayetteville State (895), Ave Maria (897), Catawba (900), Livingstone (911), Southern New Hampshire (911), Northwood (918), Bridgewater (934) and Chowan (961).

Liam van Deventer finished with a three-round total of 71-71-72=214 to tie for 20^th place, his seventh top-20 performance of his career. For van Deventer, it was 54-hole career low for him and tied for the eighth-lowest in school history.

Riley Brown tied for 52^nd place with 73-75-74=222, Blake Williams was 67^th with 75-76-75=226 and Liam Hermansson shot 81-83-83=246 (T112th).

Barton's Daniel Adkins won medalist honors for the tournament as he posted 66-67-71=204, winning by two strokes over teammate Harrison Wierse (68-69-69=206).

Tusculum returns to action next week for the Bearcat Classic (Mar. 6-7) in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Spring Bulldog Clash

Tusculum Individual Scores