Oct. 20, 2009

Complete Results

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The University of Maryland men's golf team finished in a 10th-place tie at the Memphis Intercollegiate, shooting 13 over par in the final round Tuesday afternoon at Colonial Country Club for a final score of 908.

Andrew Kay shot an even-par 72 in the final round to lead all Maryland scorers, finishing in a tie for 17th place with an 8-over-par 224. Kay improved every round, carding scores of 78, 74 and 72.

John Popeck finished 10 over par, shooting rounds of 75, 74 and 77 to finish tied for 26th place. Tom Hanna III was one shot back of Popeck, finishing at 227 with rounds of 78, 74 and 75. Joey Rice posted his first counted score of the season, shooting 233 (80-76-77). Sean Brannan posted a 239 (78-82-79).

South Alabama shot 882, 18 over par, to win the team title. South Alabama's Marc-Ettienne Bussieres easily won the individual medal, shooting 9 under par to win by 10 strokes.

The Terps finish the fall season next week in Chattanooga, Tenn., for the Aldila Intercollegiate.

TEAM SCORES

   1 South Alabama, U. of     296  293  293    882   +18
   2 UALR                     302  302  283    887   +23
   3 Southern Mississippi     301  292  301    894   +30
   4 Iowa State               304  299  296    899   +35
   5 Denver, U. of            309  292  299    900   +36
   6 Ohio State Univ.         316  298  291    905   +41
T  7 Memphis, U. of           312  302  292    906   +42
T  7 Mississippi St. U.       307  302  297    906   +42
T  7 Wisconsin, U. of         314  293  299    906   +42
T 10 Louisville, U. of        309  305  294    908   +44
T 10 Maryland, U. of          309  298  301    908   +44
  12 Penn State U.            314  290  307    911   +47
T 13 Louisiana Tech Univ.     314  303  295    912   +48
T 13 Xavier University        301  310  301    912   +48
  15 Arkansas State U.        309  305  307    921   +57
  16 Louisiana-Lafayette      316  303  303    922   +58 

MARYLAND SCORES

T 17  Andrew Kay            Maryland     78   74   72    224    +8
T 26  John Popeck           Maryland     75   74   77    226   +10
T 32  Tom Hanna III         Maryland     78   74   75    227   +11
T 57  Joey Rice             Maryland     80   76   77    233   +17
T 78  Sean Brannan          Maryland     78   82   79    239   +23 

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