Panthers finish eighth in Lemont

Bob Reynolds, Staff Reporter

The Eastern men’s golf team finished in eighth place out of 12 teams at the John Dallio Memorial hosted by DePaul University at Ruffled Feathers Golf Course in Lemont.

As a team the Panthers shot their best score in the 3rd round when they shot a 310. They also shot a 313 and a 314 in the other two rounds.

Oscar Borda continued to lead the Panthers as he finished in 14th. Borda shot a 74-74-81 for the three rounds for a total of 229 and plus-13 for the tournament.

Marcus Dahlin finished three strokes behind Borda as he tied for 21st overall. Dahlin shot a 77-79-76 for the tournament.

Twin brothers Ryan and Daniel Hughes finished in 39th and 55th place respectively with scores of 239 and 247.

Indiana-Purdue won the team title, after being in 5th place after round one.

In round two as a team, they shot a 296 and in the third round they shot a 294, giving them a total as plus-40 for the three rounds combined.

DePaul came in second place, finishing one stroke behind IUPUI. The Blue Demons shot a 311, 302 and a 292 for the three rounds, but could not get over that hump and take sole possession of first place.

Wisconsin-Green Bay finished in third place, just five strokes behind IUPUI. Rounding out the top five teams were Columbia University with a team total of  912 and Lewis University with a 924.

Leading Columbia was individual medalist Brandon Jowers. Jowers shot a total of 8-under, 208 for the tournament. His best round came in the first when he shot a 5-under, 167.

Jowers then followed his 67 with rounds of 70 and 71. The 67 was tied for the lowest round of the tournament with runner-up Jose Pablo Segurola with shooting his 67 in the second round of the tournament.

Before he shot his under-par rounds, Segurola shot an 8-over, 80.  In the third round, Segurola shot a 1-under, 71.

Segurola’s teammate Austin Winings finished three strokes behind Segurola with a total score of 221, good enough for third place.

Rounding out the top five were, Jonathan Hewett finished from DePaul finished tied for third with a score of 221 and Andrew Blackburn finished from Western Illinois finished with a 222.

Eastern will finish up the fall portion of the 2014-15 schedule at the Austin Peay Fall Invite on Oct. 19-21 at the Links of Novadell in Hopkinsville, Ky.

Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].