Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eastern Michigan University
FirstEnergy Intercollegiate
Men's Golf Closes Regular Season With Fifth-Place Finish
4/30/2006 9:04:23 PM | Men's Golf
Senior Korey Mahoney fires a 65 in tournament's final round to finish in second place
Complete Results.
AKRON, Ohio – Senior Korey Mahoney and freshman Chris Ross earned top-25 finishes as the Eastern Michigan University men’s golf team finished tied for fifth seventh place Sunday at the 2006 FirstEnergy Intercollegiate on the par 72, 7,125-yard Firestone Country Club North Course in Akron, Ohio.
The Eagles finished with a two-over 290 to finish with a weekend tally of 883 (295-298-290). Ball State took the team title with a score of 10-under 854, missing the tournament scoring record by six strokes (849). Eastern Kentucky (867) and Kent State (872) rounded out the top-three.
Mahoney and Ball State’s Patrick Wilkes-Krier tied the tournament record with a seven-under 65 on the final day, becoming the sixth and seventh players to card a 65 and the second and third to do so in two years. Wilkes-Krier set the tournament record with a 15-over 201.
Mahoney finished the weekend in second place with a eight-under 208 (71-72-65) while Ross finished in 21st place with a three-round total of seven-over 223 (77-73-73). Senior Peter Sauerbrei tied for 37th with a 228 (75-77-76), junior Bryan Haase carded a 229 (73-80-76) for 39th and sophomore Graham Hill tied for 48th with a 233 (76-76-81).
The Eagles return to action next weekend when they travel to Indianapolis, Ind., for the 2006 Mid-American Conference Men’s Golf Championships, May 4-6, on the par 72, 6,994-yard championship course at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course.
Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl. Player Scores
2. Korey Mahoney 71-72-65=208
21. Chris Ross 77-73-73=223
T37. Peter Sauerbrei 75-77-76=228
T39. Bryan Haase 73-80-76=229
T48. Graham Hill 76-76-81=233
Team Scores:
Pl. Team Scores
1. Ball State 284-285-285=854
2. Eastern Kentucky 298-284-285=867
3. Kent State 289-296-287=872
4. Austin Peay State 295-293-294=882
T5 Eastern Michigan 295-298-290=883
T5. Bowling Green 306-286-291=883
7. Akron 308-295-288=891
8. Western Kentucky 308-291-298=897
9. Northern Illinois 307-297-296=900
10. Ohio University 307-307-302=916
11. Cleveland State 305-321-299=925
12. Georgetown 303-312-312=927
13. St. Joseph’s 311-314-315=940
14. Univ. of Toronto 334-329-320=983
