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FAU Spring Break Championship
Jeppesen Tied for Fifth at the Spring Break Championship
3/26/2010 9:53:13 PM | Men's Golf
As a team, the Eagles are tied for seventh place
Complete Results (PDF).
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (EMUEagles.com) – With two golfers at par-or-better, the Eastern Michigan University men's golf team is tied for seventh place along with the University of Minnesota here Friday, March 26, following the opening round of the Spring Break Championship at Gleneagles Country Club in Delray Beach, Fla.
Senior Marty Jeppesen (Saline, Mich.-Saline) is tied for fifth place with a one-under 70 while classmate Cam Burke (Baden, Ontario-Waterloo Secondary) is just one shot back in a tie for 11th place. Junior Brad Larente (Cambridge, Ontario-Hespeler Secondary) notched a 73 to sit in 25th followed by Brandon Lemons (Portage, Mich.-Portage Central) and Nick Carbary (Kalamazoo, Mich.-Mattawan) with a 79 and 82, respectively.
The University of Illinois leads the 16-team field with a two-under-par 282 team score. The No. 10-ranked Illini, the defending tournament champions, stand six strokes ahead of University of Notre Dame (288). Penn State University and the University of Michigan are tied in third place with a four-over-par 290 over the first 18 holes of the event.
Notre Dame's Doug Fortner leads the individual race with an impressive seven-under-par 64 score - heading a total 10 players posting below-par scores on Gleneagles' 6,777-yard, par-71 layout. Chris DeForest of Illinois is three strokes behind after a first-round 67 score, while Nick Newcomb of Murray State and Kelly Kretz of Marquette are tied in third place with 68 scores.
Saturday's play will begin on the first hole between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., in descending order according to the first-round results.
Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl. Player Scores
t-5. Marty Jeppesen 70
t-11. Cam Burke 71
t-25. Brad Larente 73
t-76. Brandon Lemons 79
t-86. Nick Carbary 82
Team Scores:
Pl. Team Scores
1. Illinois 282 -2
2. Notre Dame 288 +4
t-3 Penn State 290 +6
t-3. Michigan 290 +6
t-5. Florida Atlantic 291 +7
t-5. Florida Gulf Coast 291 +7
t-7. Minnesota 293 +9
t-7. Eastern Michigan 293 +9
9. Iowa 295 +11
t-10. St. Mary's 298 +14
t-10. South Florida 298 +14
t-10. Murray State 298 +14
t-10. Marquette 298 +14
14. Northern Illinois 301 +17
15. Ohio State 302 +18
16. Wisconsin 306 +22
