HILTON HEAD, S.C. - The University of Dayton men's golf team finished tied for ninth place at the Pinnacle Bank Intercollegiate hosted by Francis Marion. The two-day event was played at Palmetto Hall Golf and Country Club Feb. 22-23, the Flyers' first competition since early March 2020. UD posted a three-round team score of 297-300-296=893 (+29).

Palmetto Hall's Arthur Course was played at par 72 and 6,918 yards.

Charleston Southern took the top team honors with a score of 284-293-294=871 (+7) while High Point's Brandon Einstein (70-70-72=212) and Furman's Keller Harper (74-71-67=212) tied for first place at four under par.

DAYTON PARTICIPANTS
t-11th  Hayden Zimmerer  74-72-73=219 (+3)
t-34th  Connor Quigley  76-75-74=225 (+9)
t-34th  Kyle Schmidt  71-81-73=225 (+9)
t-53rd  Henry May  76-77-76=229 (+13)
t-64th  Ryan Clements  79-76-78=233 (+17)

COACH'S COMMENT
"Overall I am very pleased with our performance. The guys played extremely well for the lack of practice we've been able to have outside. I saw many more positive things from the guys than bad. As a team, we learned a lot about where we are and what we need to work on going forward. I am very pleased with Hayden and his performance over all three rounds. It was also nice to see Kyle put up two really good rounds with a lot of birdies on the card. Again, we did a lot of really good things but, as always, there is a lot of work to do to get better and to be prepared for Pinehurst in the middle of March.

"Palmetto Hall did an excellent job of hosting the event and the course was in great shape. We would also like to thank Francis Marion for hosting the event and giving us the opportunity to come down and play."  - Dayton head coach Gip Hoagland

KEY STAT
• 35 - as a team, Dayton carded 35 birdies led by Zimmerer with 11 for the tournament

UP NEXT
Dayton is set to return to action March 12-14 at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate. The three-day event will be played at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C.