Griffins Finish In Fourth At SLIAC Championship; Rapisardo Earns All-Conference Honors
STAUNTON, Ill.—The Fontbonne University men’s golf team closed out the SLIAC Championship in fourth place with a 102-over par 966 (321-324-321).
STAUNTON, Ill.—The Fontbonne University men's golf team closed out the SLIAC Championship in fourth place with a 102-over par 966 (321-324-321).
No. 44-ranked Webster University won its second straight title after hitting a 35-over par 899 (302-306-291). Iowa Wesleyan closed out in second at 52-over par 916 (308-313-295), while Blackburn College held down third at 74-over par 938 (316-311-311).
Individually, Will Hocker (Webster) won overall with an even-par 216 (74-73-69). He was one of four players to be under-par on the final round.
Matt Rapisardo, meanwhile earned SLIAC Second Team All-Conference after finishing in a tie for ninth at 19-over par 235 (74-82-79). Rapisardo finished with two birdies, four bogeys, a double-bogey and a triple-bogey on the afternoon.
Will Pruden also played a strong final round as he turned in his scorecard with a 20-over par 236 (80-77-79). Pruden started the day off with two straight birdies on holes one and two. From there, he compiled one birdie, four bogeys and three double-bogeys.
Sam Kaminski, though shot his way to a 32-over par 248 (84-81-83) for 21st place. Kaminski played well on the front nine, including hitting three birdies. However, on the back nine he finished 10-over to end the afternoon 11-over on the day.
Paul Henderson saved his best round for last with a 10-over par 82, finishing at 33-over par 249 (83-83-82) for 23rd place. Henderson rounded out the day with two birdies, eight bogeys and two double-bogeys.
Zach Tullock moved up the leaderboard by three spots after he improved yesterday's second round score by 11 strokes to finish at 42-over par 258 (85-92-81) for 26th.
Prior to today's round, Tullock hadn't collected a birdie, however he went on to drain two on the first five holes. He closed out his day six bogeys and two double-bogeys.
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