Final Results

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – EKU's men's golf team carded its best round on Sunday and moved up two spots to finish tied for 10th at the Rutherford Intercollegiate hosted by Penn State.
 
EKU's final round 294 was its best of the two-day, 54-hole event.  The Colonels opened with scores of 306 and 295 on Saturday.  With a three-round total of 895, Eastern finished tied with Bowling Green State.
 
Penn State (852) captured the team title on its home course by seven shots over Kent State (859) and Loyola Maryland (859).
 
The 14 teams competed on the Blue Course at Penn State.  The course had a par of 71 and played to 7,202 yards.
 
Billy Basham led Eastern Kentucky and tied for 30th overall with a total of 220.  He shot rounds of 76, 73 and even-par 71.
 
Pablo Carrascosa Vivas tied for 43rd with a total of 223.  He followed back-to-back rounds of 74 on Saturday with a final round 75.
 
Andreas Nielsen capped the event with a 1-under 70 on Sunday, the best round by a Colonel.  He tied for 51st with a total of 225.
 
The Colonels begin play at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship next Sunday.  The league championship will be contested on the Fighting Joe Course at the Shoals in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.  
 
T10.  Eastern Kentucky            306-295-294 – 895 (+43)
T30. Billy Basham                      76-73-71 – 220  (+7)
T43. Pablo Carrascosa Vivas       74-74-75 – 223  (+10)
T51. Andreas Nielsen                 80-75-70 – 225  (+12)
T59. Willis Gaer                         77-73-78 – 228  (+15)
72. Markus Lindgren                  79-75-83 – 237  (+24)