Trio Inside Top 16 Leads To Second Place Finish at Northern Intercollegiate

Monday, October 10

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Indiana University

Northern Intercollegiate

Trio Inside Top 16 Leads To Second Place Finish at Northern Intercollegiate

10/10/2016 7:40:00 PM | Men's Golf

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CHICAGO – The Indiana men's golf team used a final round team score of 300 to overtake Marquette and finish second at the Northern Intercollegiate at Beverly Country Club in Chicago. It marks the Hoosiers best team finish since a second place finish at the Loyola Intercollegiate on March 1, 2016.

Junior Brendon Doyle led three Hoosiers inside the top 16 with a tie for eighth – matching the best finish of his career – while Andrew Havill (T14) and Brock Ochsenreiter (T16) joined him.

"I thought we had a pretty good team effort these last two days," Indiana head coach Mike Mayer said. "We got contributions from everyone in the lineup, and that's what you have to have to be successful in collegiate golf. The greens were as fast as any we have seen this year, so I liked that we were able to adjust to them and come away with a second place finish."

Speaking to that team effort, Doyle's final round 77 was the score that the Hoosiers dropped, but he was still able to post the best individual finish after a steady first 36 holes. His overall score of 220 (+7) matches his best tournament score in relation to par this season (Olympia Fields). The tie for eighth also match his career-best finish after he tied for eighth at the Loyola Intercollegiate last year, and is his second career top 10 finish.

Senior Andrew Havill finished tie for 14th after a final round 76 gave him a score of 224 (+11). It's his third top 20 finish through four tournaments this season and he has finished inside the top 30 in all four events so far.

Ochsenreiter earned the best finish of his young career with a tie for 16th after carding a 74 in the final round, the best score on the team in the final round. His score of 226 (+13) matches his best tournament score in relation to par on the year and is his first career top 20 finish.

Jake Brown regained a little bit of his form in Monday's final round, posting a 75 to move up the leaderboard and tie for 33rd with a total score of 232 (+19). Also posting a 75 in the final round was senior Keegan Vea, who ended up tied for 48th individually with an overall score of 236 (+23).

Senior Will Seger, playing in his first tournament of the year, competed as an individual used a final round 76 to finish in a tie for 38th with a total score of 233 while sophomore Trevor Ranton, also competing as an individual, was five shots behind him with a score of 238 and a tie for 55th.

Next up for Indiana will be the Quail Valley Collegiate in Vero Beach, Florida, at Quail Valley Golf Course on Oct. 24-25.

Notables…
As a team, Indiana played the Par 3s at 17-over par, the second-best team total for the tournament … The Hoosiers made 30 birdies as a team for the tournament, the third-best total out of the 12 teams … Brendon Doyle played the Par 3s at 1-over par for the tournament, tied for third-best out of the 71-player field … Doyle also made 35 pars in 54 holes, which tied for the third-most pars in the field.

Team Standings
Pos.	School	R1	R2	R3	Total	To Par
1	Illinois	277	281	287	845	-7
2	Indiana	299	299	300	898	46
3	Marquette	297	300	305	902	50
4	Drake	302	304	299	905	53
5	Northern Illinois	310	299	301	910	58
6	Bradley	317	293	303	913	61
7	Grand Canyon	304	308	302	914	62
8	SIU Edwardsville	307	302	312	921	69
9	Loyola-Chicago	318	308	306	932	80
10	Youngstown State	313	323	302	938	86
11	North Dakota	315	317	307	939	87
12	Western Illinois	314	317	312	943	91

Indiana Player Results
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	Total	To Par
T8	Brendon Doyle	71	72	77	220	7
T14	Andrew Havill	75	73	76	224	11
T16	Brock Ochsenreiter	75	77	74	226	13
T33	Jake Brown	80	77	75	232	19
T48	Keegan Vea	78	83	75	236	23
T38	Will Seger **	82	75	76	233	20
T55	Trevor Ranton **	78	76	84	238	25

** - competing as an individual