Eastern men’s golf team finished off the 54-hole Belmont Invitational in a disappointing 20th after having high hopes of a Top 10 finish.

Going into the 36-hole final round Tuesday the Panthers stood in 11th place and five strokes away from 10th place Tennessee Tech. However, at the conclusion of the day Eastern found itself in 20th, five strokes behind the University of Detroit Mercy.

The individual title hopes for Eastern freshman Dustin Sloat blew away in the 15 mph winds at the Legends Club of Tennessee.

Sloat followed up his opening career-low round of 71 with an 11-over-par 82 and a career high 84. The Charleston native’s place plummeted from tied for 15th place to 97th (Eastern’s lowest finisher).

Florida Atlantic’s Matt Anderson won the individual medal by shooting a total of 7-under-par 206. The Owls senior followed up his opening round 4-under-par 67 with a 68 and finished with a even-par 71 to take home the trophy.

Anderson and the rest of the field were behind Mercer junior Jason Henley after he fired a tournament low 5-under-par 66. Henley shot a 2-under-par 69 in the morning round and found himself tied for the lead with Anderson.

The morning round ended the hopes of many players at the top of the leader board as the high winds provided more difficult conditions than Monday.

Belmont’s Adam Wynia was one of those victims as even playing on his home course couldn’t keep him from following up his opening round 68 with a disappointing 77.

Southeast Missouri sophomore Matt Hillis was tied with Wynia, but also struggled to post an 8-over-par 79 and added salt to the wound by finishing with a 78.

The biggest mover in the morning was Robert Dinwiddie of Tennessee State who tied the event low with a 5-under-par 66 after a first round 73.

In the afternoon 18-hole round, Anderson played consistent par golf while Henley faltered with a closing 6-over-par 77.

Austin Peay went from starting the day in fourth to winning the tournament by being one of the two schools to shoot a final round under 290. The Governors found themselves two strokes down and one behind Jacksonville State. Both of those schools turned in their worst scores while Austin Peay shot the team-low round in the final 18 holes.

Jacksonville State finished as the runner-up, four strokes behind. The Gamecocks were looking to achieve back-to-back team wins.

Rounding out the top ten was Mercer, Florida Atlantic, Campbell, Belmont, Tennessee State, SEMO, Cleveland State and Tennessee Tech.