GOLDSBORO, N.C. -- After starting in 10th place after two rounds on Monday, Post University Men's Golf made a move up the standings at The Trojan Invitational in the final round on Tuesday morning, finishing in a tie for sixth place with Glenville State at 30-over-par, while 46th-ranked Lenoir Rhyne took the event with a one-under-par score, with Barton College finishing just behind them at four-over-par. Belmont Abbey's A Team rounded out the top three in the event with a 20-over-par finish.
THE BASICS
Team Results – 10th Out of 12 Teams (+30, 894)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Freshman
Luis Reina ended up finishing the highest among Post golfers at six-over-par in a tie for 12th place, moving up 23 spots following his two-under-par third round, while graduate student
Joe Ensign closed at eight-over-par, tied for 16th place after a five-over-par finish to the event. Tying his best round of the event was freshman
Gavin Giroux at two-over-par, giving himself a 12-over-par score, tying him for 32nd overall in the sixth-place tie for the Eagles.
Separated by just two strokes were freshman
Phillip Granum and junior
Braden Shea as Granum closed tied for 38th at 14-over-par following his two-over-par round, and Shea had his best round at three-over-par to snag a tie for 46th place at 16-over-par. The last of the golfers in the rotation for Post, junior
Flo Schimek, finished 58th place at 20-over-par.
Among the four independents for the Eagles, freshman
Dominic Giamei tied for 52nd at 18-over-par after an event-best four-over-par third round, followed by sophomore John O'Brien right behind him in a tie for 54th place at 19-over-par. Senior
Nathan Leonard closed round three at six-over-par, tying for 62nd place at 26-over-par, while freshman
Edward Grinvalsky was 55-over-par in 74th place.
FINAL TEAM SCORES
1. Lenoir-Rhyne (863)
2. Barton (868)
3. Belmont Abbey (A) (884)
4. Mount Olive (887)
5. Belmont Abbey (B) (891)
T6. Post University (894)
T6. Glenville State (894)
8. Chowan (910)
9. Wilmington (913)
10. Southern New Hampshire (918)
11. Ferrum (920)
12. Mars Hill (896)
WHAT'S NEXT
Post University takes on the AIC Yellow Jackets Spring Invitational in a couple of weeks, starting on Monday, April 13th.