LEXINGTON, Ky. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team posted a season-best team score of 869 to finish third at the 2023 Findlay Spring Invitational which was held at the University Club of Kentucky.
The Pioneers' +5 team score was four shots behind tournament winner and 31st ranked Missouri S&T as the Miners finished with a 54-hole total of 865 (+1).
Tusculum was led by senior Thomas Kollberg, who finished third individually with a six-under par 210 including a final round 70 (-2). Kollberg record one eagle, five birdies, eight pars, three bogeys and one double bogey for his final round on Tuesday.
Missouri S&T's Carl Miltun won the tournament medal with a 10-under par total 206 including a final day 66 (-6).
Kollberg's 210 was a career-best and the fourth-lowest 54-hole total by a Pioneer. TU's tournament total of 869 is the second lowest 54-hole score in school history.
Missouri S&T rallied to the victory as the Miners posted a final round score of 284 and win by two shots over runner-up McKendree (867). Tusculum was third, followed by host Findlay (871), Wayne State (879), Maryville University (881), Saginaw Valley State (887), Ferris State (887), Davenport (889), Ashland (889), Tiffin (891), Cedarville (892), Northwood (893), Indianapolis (894), Ohio Dominican (901), Findlay B (901), Trevecca Nazarene (905), Walsh (921) and Northern Michigan (923).
For Tusculum, Liam van Deventer and Isak Holter tied for 16th place at 218. Van Deventer shot 72-71-75=218, while Holter went 72-76-70=218. Riley Brown tied for 37th place with 72-75-76=223 and Nicholas Taggart carded 76-80-77=233 to finish 81st.
Tusculum returns to action Apr. 16-18 as the Pioneers travels to Hickory, North Carolina for the 2023 South Atlantic Conference Championship at Lake Hickory Country Club.
