Mercer University
UNF/Georgia Southern Intercollegiate
Men's Golf Takes Third at Osprey/Eagle Intercollegiate
11/5/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After firing a final round team score of 297, the Mercer men's golf team took home a third-place finish in the Osprey/Eagle Intercollegiate on Tuesday afternoon at the Deerwood Country Club.
Mercer, which came into the event ranked No. 30 in the Golfstat NCAA Division I relative rankings, recorded a 54-hole score of 889 to finish the event in third-place behind No. 24 Vanderbilt (876) and Tulsa (884).
Senior Hans Reimers paced the Bears, firing a four-under-par 68 to tie for fourth place individually at 217. On Monday, Reimers booked rounds of 75 and 74. The effort marked his second top-five placement this fall and ninth top-10 placement in his collegiate career.
Junior Trey Rule and senior James Beale each finished with 54-hole scores of 223 to finish the event tied for 14th. Rule followed scores of 67 and 75 on Monday with an 81 on Tuesday while Beale carded a 2-under 70 on Tuesday to follow Monday totals of 74 and 79.
Freshmen Sean Smothers and Emmanuel Kountakis signed for 54-hole totals of 230 and 233 to finish in a tie for 46th and 59th in the tournament, respectively. Smothers shot 76-73 on Monday while Kountakis shot 75-80.
Mercer has now concluded its five-event fall schedule and will return to the links in February of 2014 at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. The Bears finished sixth or better in all five fall events, including a first place finish at the Brickyard Collegiate.
