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Three Eagles Inside the Top-20 at Rutherford Intercollegiate

4/15/2017 11:34:00 PM | Men's Golf

Senior Kyle Rodes is tied for 10th headed into the final round

Complete Results.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (EMUEagles.com) –  After firing an opening round 298 at the Rutherford Intercollegiate, the Eastern Michigan University men's golf team turned in a 283 to finish the opening day with a cumulative score of 581 in a tie for third-place. The tournament is being hosted by Penn State University at the par-71, 7,183-yard PSU Blue Course.

Senior Kyle Rodes (Plymouth, Mich.-Plymouth) is one of three Eagles to reside inside the top-20 spots after firing a 144 (75-69) that included his 15th round at par-or-better this season to sit in a 10th-place tie.  Sophomore Beau Breault (Howell, Mich.-Hartland) followed with a 145 (73--72) in a tie for 13th, while junior Nic Ross (Dundas, Ontario, Canada-Highland Secondary) is 16th after a 146 (75-71).

Senior Jared Multer (Battle Creek, Mich.-Lakeview-Grand Rapids C.C.) posted a 147 (76-71) and is tied for 23rd as classmate Philippe Weppernig (Lucerne, Switzerland-Kantonsschule Alpenquai Luzern-Owens C.C.) rounded out the scoring with a 153 (75-74) in 67th. Playing as an individual, junior Tyler Lewis (Ortonville, Mich.-Brandon-Mott CC) notched rounds of 78 and 75 for 55th-place.

Georgetown sits atop the leader board with a two-round score of one-over 569 (285-284). Ohio is in second place followed by EMU (581), Penn State (581) and Oakland (583). Peyton White of Ohio is tied for the lead with a score of five-under par 137 (69-68).

Tee times for the final round of play will begin at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 16. No live scoring is available for the tournament, but round results will be posted on EMUEagles.com.

Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl.    Player    Scores

t-10.    Kyle Rodes     75-69=144
t-13.    Beau Breault     73-72=145
t-16.    Nic Ross     75-71=146
t-23.    Jared Multer     76-71=147
t-34.    Philippe Weppernig     75-74=149
*t-55.    Tyler Lewis    78-75=153
* - playing as an individual

Team Scores:
Pl.    Team    Scores

1.    Georgetown     285- 284=569
2.    Ohio     294-286=580 
t-3.    Eastern Michigan     298-283=581 
t-3.    Penn State     293-288=581 
5.    Oakland     299-284=583 
t-6.    West Virginia     297-290=587 
t-6.    Columbia     294-293=587 
8.    Rutgers     297-293=590 
9.    Binghamton     296-297=593 
10.    Seton Hall     304-291=595 
11.    VCU     296-302=598 
12.    Xavier     298-301=599 
13.    Towson     297-307=604
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