Brown Earns Co-Medalist Honors at Hoosier Invitational

Sunday, April 3

Bloomington, Ind.

10:00 AM

Indiana University

Hoosier Invitational

Jake Brown and Assistant Athletic Director Kris Fowler

Brown Earns Co-Medalist Honors at Hoosier Invitational

4/3/2016 9:30:00 PM | Men's Golf

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana – After windy conditions on Saturday caused the 2016 Hoosier Invitational to be shortened to 36 holes at the IU Golf Course, the Indiana men's golf team posted a team score of 297 on Sunday and took home third place honors with an overall score of 588 (+20).

The top individual performance for Indiana came from redshirt freshman Jake Brown, who closed with a 72 on Sunday to finish at Even par for the tournament and tie for co-medalist honors with four other players. Brown is the first medalist for Indiana since Andrew Fogg won the NYX Hoosier Invitational in April of 2013.

"I thought Jake had a tremendous tournament," Indiana head coach Mike Mayer. "He had a tough stretch in the middle of his round today but he righted the ship as best he could and posted the best score possible. It's always a positive to have someone at the top of the leaderboard so that's exciting for Jake."

This third place team finish is coming on the heels of a second place finish at the Loyola Intercollegiate in Arizona (April 28-March 1). The last time Indiana posted back-to-back top three finishes was the spring of 2013 when they won the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular (March 16-17) and the NYX Hoosier Invitational (April 6-7).

"I didn't think we responded as well as we needed to to some tough conditions out here the last two days," Mayer said. "Jake played great and we just needed a couple other guys to follow his lead and that didn't happen for us this week."

In the final round, Brown carded three birdies and six pars on his front nine. On the back side, he posted four consecutive bogeys on holes 11 through 14 to put him at one over par for the day.

Junior Andrew Havill had a steady round on Sunday, mainly on his final nine holes where he played them in 2-under par after her was 2-over par after his first seven holes. His final round score of 71 gave him a total score of 144 for the tournament and a tie for sixth place, his best career finish.

Senior Max Kollin, playing in his final tournament in Bloomington, finished in a tie for 16th place, his best finish of the season.

Keegan Vea posted a final round 78 to give him a total score of 157 and a tie for 52nd while Brendon Doyle finished in a tie for 56th.

The second team of five that represented Indiana registered a team score 320 on Sunday to give them a total score of 634 and 15th place. They were led by Jack Sparrow's overall score of 156 to put him 51st place.

Freshman Trevor Ranton tied for 59thwith his score of 159 over the two day swhile Christian Fairbanks and Will Seger both tied for 64th and Matthew Weber came in 75th.

Indiana will host the Hoosier Collegiate at Otter Creek Golf Course next Saturday and Sunday in Columbus Indiana. The tournament will have teams play 36 holes on Saturday followed by 18 holes on Sunday.

Indiana Player Results
Pos.	Player	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Total	To Par
T1	Jake Brown	70	72	142	E
T6	Andrew Havill	73	71	144	2
T16	Max Kollin	72	76	148	6
T52	Keegan Vea	79	78	157	15
T56	Brendon Doyle	76	82	158	16

Indiana "B" Team
51	Jack Sparrow	76	80	156	14
T59	Trevor Ranton	79	80	159	17
T64	Christian Fairbanks	77	83	161	19
T64	Will Seger	82	78	160	19
75	Matthew Weber	82	82	164	23


Team Standings
Pos.	School	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Total	To Par
1	Western Illinois	287	291	578	10
2	Illinois State	299	286	585	17
3	Indiana	291	297	588	20
4	Ohio	290	300	590	22
5	Evansville	303	293	596	28
6	Youngstown State	303	296	599	31
T7	Oakland	311	291	602	34
T7	Bradley	294	308	602	34
T9	Eastern Kentucky	302	302	604	36
T9	Detroit	302	302	604	36
T11	Drake	312	298	610	42
T11	George Washington	310	300	610	42
13	IPFW	316	301	617	49
14	IUPUI	308	312	620	52