Ross Posts First Career Top-20 Finish at FAU Invitational

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LAKE WORTH, Fla. (EMUEagles.com) - Eastern Michigan University's men's golfer Nicholas Ross (Dundas, Ontario, Canada-Highland Secondary) turned in a 17th-place finish in a field of 104 players at the FAU Slomin Autism Championship, March 27-29, on the par 71, 6,876 yard Fountains Country Club North course.

The freshman carded scores of 77, 71 and 71 for a 219 to become one of only eight players in the field to have two rounds of par-or-better. The finish was also his first career top-20 showing, while the 54-hole total is the second-best tally of his young collegiate career.

The Eagles tied with Georgetown for 12th in the field of 20 teams with a cumulative total of 890 (299-296-295) . EMU placed ahead of Middle Tennessee State (892), Xavier (894), Rhode Island (902), Bethune-Cookman (907) and Morehead State (915). The Eagles trailed 11th-place Florida Atlantic by just two strokes at 888.

Other Eastern Michigan scores included: senior Michael Blair (Ancaster, Ontario, Canada-Nelson-Pfeiffer) in 26th place with rounds of 78-72-70=220 and junior Jared Multer (Battle Creek, Mich.-Lakeview-Grand Rapids C.C.) with rounds of 72-79-76=227 for a spot in 65th-place. Brett White (Caledonia, Mich.-East Kentwood) and Kyle Rodes (Plymouth, Mich.-Plymouth) both tied for 83rd with a 231.

Ryan Stowash was the medalist at 208 to lead Central Florida to the title with a score of 863. Connecticut (876), DePaul (877), Florida Gulf Coast (880), Hartford and Jacksonville State (882) rounded out the top-6.

Head Coach Bruce Cunningham and crew return to action at the Hoosier Invitational, April 11-12, in Bloomington, Ind.

Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl.     Player           Scores
t-17.   Nicholas Ross   77-71-71=219
t-26.   Michael Blair   78-72-70=220
t-65.   Jared Multer   72-79-76=227
t-83.   Brett White   76-77-78=231
t-83.   Kyle Rodes   74-76-81=231

Team Scores:
Pl.   Team           Scores
1.   UCF            279-293-291=863
2.   Connecticut        294-289-293=876
3.   DePaul            296-292-289=877
4.   Florida Gulf Coast    295-288-297=880
t-5.   Hartford        293-291-298=882
t-5.   Jacksonville State    299-298-285=882
t-5.   Northern Illinois    291-292-299=882
t-8.   East Carolina        295-288-302=885
t-8.   Stetson        292-298-295=885
10.   Arkansas State        292-298-296=886
11.   Florida Atlantic    293-290-305=888
t-12.   Eastern Michigan    299-296-295=890
t-12.   Georgetown        294-298-298=890
14.   Middle Tennessee St.    307-299-286=892
15.   Xavier            292-305-297=894
16.   Murray State        296-308-296=900
17.   Rhode Island        294-307-301=902
18.   Bethune-Cookman    303-296-308=907
19.   Morehead State       306-309-300=915
20.   St. John's        303-312-308=923

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Michael Blair

Jared Multer

Kyle Rodes

Nic Ross

Brett White

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