Final Results

COLUMBIA, Mo. – EKU fired its second-best round of the season – a 4-under 284 – on the final day of the Tiger Intercollegiate and moved up the leaderboard four spots to finish tied for fifth.
 
Only No. 50 ranked Missouri shot a better round than the Colonels on Tuesday.  The host Tigers (826) came in at 6-under for the day and won the tournament by 34 shots.
 
Eastern Kentucky carded back-to-back rounds of 292 on Monday and finished with a 54-hole total of 868, the third-best by the team this season.  The Colonels finished tied with Austin Peay (868) and three shots behind fourth place Bellarmine.
 
Wichita State (852) was second and Oral Roberts (857) was third.  EKU finished in front of such teams as Morehead State (t-8th), North Alabama (12th), Boston College (13th), Central Arkansas (14th), DePaul (16th) and Missouri State (17th).
 
The 17 teams competed on the par 72, 7,221-yard course at The Club at Old Hawthorne.
 
Willis Gaer led the Colonels.  After beginning play with consecutive rounds of even-par on Monday, he shot a final round 3-under 69, the best by a Colonel at the tournament, and moved from a tie for 23rd to a tie for 11th with a 54-hole total of 213 (-3).
 
Playing in his hometown, Lake Leroux finished play with a 1-under 71 on Tuesday for a total of 220 (+4).  He tied for 28th overall.  Freshman Wil Griffin (220) also tied for 28th at 4-over.
 
Reese Sexton (224) started off with rounds of even-par 72 on Monday and tied for 53rd overall.  Matt Jordan (231) shot a 1-under 71 on Tuesday and tied for 75th.
 
Eastern Kentucky will play at the ASUN Conference Championship on April 24-26 in Athens, Georgia.
 
T5.  Eastern Kentucky                         292-292-284 – 868
T11. Willis Gaer                                     72-72-69 – 213 (-3)
T28. Lake Leroux                                  74-75-71 – 220 (+4)
T28. Wil Griffin                                     74-73-73 – 220 (+4)
T53. Reese Sexton                                  72-72-80 – 224 (+8)
T75. Matt Jordan                                   84-76-71 – 231 (+15)
 
Playing As An Individual
89. Joe Benton                                       83-83-82 – 248 (+32)