HILTON HEAD, S.C. - The University of Dayton men's golf team tied for ninth place among a field of 17 teams at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate Tuesday. The two-day event hosted by Francis Marion was contested on the 6,913-yard, par-72 Wexford course.

Francis Marion captured the team title with a score of 289-294-283=866 (+2) and Mercer's Tobias Jonsson took medalist honors with his three-round score of 71-71-70=212 (-4). Dayton turned in a team score of 303-294-292=889 (+25) and tied with Western Carolina in ninth place.

DAYTON RESULTS
t-15th  Kyle Schmidt  73-74-72=219 (+3)
t-21st  Blake Solomon  76-72-72=220 (+4)
t-37th  Ryan Clements  79-71-73=223 (+7)
t-51st  Henry May  75-77-75=227 (+11)
83rd  Colin O'Rourke  87-82-75=244 (+28)

KEY STATS
• 39 - junior Kyle Schmidt carded 39 parred holes, third most among the field of 89 players
• 2.75 - sophomore Henry May averaged a score of 2.75 on par three holes, tied for lowest par three scoring average among the field

COACH'S QUOTE
"I'm very pleased with our performance this week. Wexford is a very difficult course and we fought hard all three rounds. One of our goals is always to get better each round, which we accomplished this week.We did a lot of really good things and we are continuing to grow as a team. We still have a few things to clean up but that comes with more repetitions outside.

"It's always great to come to this event and see so many University of Dayton alumni out following us on the course." - head coach Gip Hoagland

UP NEXT
Dayton will return to action March 4-5 with a trip to Georgia for the Sea Palms Invitational. The three-round event hosted by Western Carolina will be played at Sea Palms Resort in St. Simons Island.

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