Eastern Michigan Athletics

Saturday, April 16
University Park, Pa.
All Day

Eastern Michigan University

at

Rutherford Invitational

Brett White and Bruce Cunningham

White In the Top 10 at Rutherford Intercollegiate

4/16/2016 9:13:00 PM | Men's Golf

As a team, EMU improved by nine strokes in the second round

Complete Results.

UNIVERSITY Park, Pa. (EMUEagles.com) –
After firing an opening round 297 at the Rutherford Intercollegiate, the Eastern Michigan University men's golf team turned in a 288 to finish the opening day with a cumulative score of 585 in seventh place. The tournament is being hosted by Penn State University at the par-71, 7,202-yard PSU Blue Course.

Senior Brett White (Caledonia, Mich.-East Kentwood) led the Eagles with a score of even-par 142 (72-70). White, who is in 10th, shot a 72 in round one and a 70 in round two. Freshman Beau Breault (Howell, Mich.-Hartland) is tied for 24th with a 146 (71-75). Junior Kyle Rodes (Plymouth, Mich.-Plymouth) finished the day with a 147 (76-71) while Nic Ross (Dundas, Ontario, Canada-Highland Secondary) notched scores of 78 and 72 for 42nd-place at 150. Rounding out the lineup, Nick Park (Howell, Mich.-Howell-Oakland) is tied for 55th with a 36-hole tally of 155 (78-77).

Playing as an individual, junior Philippe Weppernig (Lucerne, Switzerland-Kantonsschule Alpenquai Luzern-Owens C.C.) resides in a tie for 37th after an opening day 149 (77-72).

Penn State sits atop the leader board with a two-round score of six-under 562 (279-283). West Virginia is in second place with a 568 (284-284) followed by Xavier (572), Connecticut (575), and Rutgers (576). Jose Montano of Xavier leads the tournament with a score of six-under par 136. Montano used a tournament-low round of 66 in round one and followed it up with a 70 to close the day.

Tomorrow's final round will begin with tees times for EMU beginning at at 9:24 a.m.

Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl.    Player    Scores

10.    Brett White     72-70=142
t-24.    Beau Breault     71-75=146
t-29.    Kyle Rodes    76-71=147
t-42.    Nicholas Ross    78-72=150
t-55.    Nick Park    78-77=155
* t-37.    Philippe Weppernig    77-72=149
* - playing as an individual

Team Scores:
Pl.    Team    Scores

1.    Penn State    279-283=562
2.    West Virginia    284-284=568
3.    Xavier     283-289=572
4.    Connecticut    288-287=575
5.    Rutgers     289-287=576
6.    Seton Hall    289-289=578
7.    Eastern Michigan     297-288=585
8.    Georgetown     300-293= 593
9.    Virginia Tech    298-299=597
t-10.    Youngstown State    303-304=607
t-10.    Binghamton    312-295=607
 
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