Final Results

LOVELAND, Ohio – Eastern Kentucky captured its second title of the fall, finishing off a wire-to-wire win Tuesday at the Xavier Invitational. The Colonels’ final round, 2-under, 286 was enough to extend the final margin to five shots over second place Marquette University. Eastern’s Trey Bowling's final round 4-under 68 propelled the senior from 18th to a tie for third.

Eastern Kentucky finished with a three round total of 846, 18 shots under par.

Campbell University was the closest challenger to the Colonels at the end of the second round, three shots back. However, the Camels’ 6-over final round 294 dropped the team back to third place at 7-under for the tournament. Marquette, which was tied with EKU at the end of the first round, carded the best round of the day at 283 to finish second at 13-under.

Other teams competing in the event included Austin Peay (858), Winthrop (865), Ball State (866), Marshall (872), Maryland (878), Cincinnati (889) and Georgetown (893).

Bowling finished with a three round total of 209, seven shots under par and 10 shots behind the individual leader. EKU’s Jesse Massie turned in a top-10 finish, placing tied for seventh at six under. Senior Shaun McConnell (216) tied for 24th at even-par.

The Xavier Invitational was contested at the Oasis Golf Club, a par-72, 6,921-yard course in Loveland, Ohio.

The Colonels will close out the fall season at the Columbia Invitational on Oct. 24-26.

1. EASTERN KENTUCKY 282-278-286—846 (-18)
T3. Trey Bowling 68-73-68—209 (-7)
T7. Jesse Massie 67-67-76—210 (-6)
T24. Shaun McConnell 75-72-69—216 (E)
T29. Brian Fister 72-68-77—217 (+1)
T64. Brandon Berry 80-71-73—224 (+8)