Ball, Schorr shine as Mercer Finishes Fourth at APSU Invitational

Monday, October 16

Dickson, Tenn.

TBD

Mercer University

APSU Intercollegiate

Ball, Schorr shine as Mercer Finishes Fourth at APSU Invitational

10/17/2017 9:27:00 PM | Men's Golf

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Bears gain one spot with two-over-par 290 in third round

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

DICKSON, Tenn. – Mercer jumped one spot to finish fourth overall at the F&M Bank APSU Invitational with a two-over-par 290 in the third round at Greystone Golf Club on Tuesday.

Spencer Ball (three-under par 69) and Stanton Schorr (two-under-par 70) led the Bears individually in the third round while both notched top-20 finishes; Ball tied for fourth while Stanton tied for 19th. The Bears' collective 290 was the third-best round of the 11-team field.

Mercer Scorecard

4.	Mercer	294	297	290	+17	881
T-4	Spencer Ball	73	72	69	-2	214
T-11	Jerry Ren (Individual)	77	71	70	+2	218
T-19	Stanton Schorr	72	80	70	+6	222
T-39	Brennan Bogdanovich (Individual)	79	74	73	+10	226
T-39	Tyler Copp	76	77	73	+10	226
T-48	Nolan Miller	73	78	78	+13	229
T-53	Lino Galdin	84	70	78	+16	232

Mercer on the Team Leaderboard
Mercer passed host Austin Peay State – which carded a six-over-par 294 on Tuesday – to claim sole possession of fourth place, its best finish of the fall season so far. UT Martin (+9) defeated Missouri State (+9) in a one-hole playoff to claim the tournament title. The Bears also bested Southern Conference foe Samford (+26), which placed sixth.

Mercer on the Individual Leaderboard
Ball matched his collegiate-best score of 69 with birdies on No. 1, 2, 11, 16 and 18. The sophomore's fourth-place finish is his best this fall after placing 15th and 20th in Mercer's past two tournaments. Schorr played nearly error-free golf with only one bogey on No. 15 to move into the tie for 19th place.

Jerry Ren (+11) finished tied for 11th place as one of Mercer's two individual players after a two-under-par 70 in the third round. He was the tournament's third-highest individual finisher.

Coach Kayden's Take
"We played well overall today as we took fourth place here at Greystone Golf Club," said head coach Kirk Kayden. "We're still looking for the entire group to excel over a full round but I'm confident that will come as we continue to progress. It was encouraging to see Spencer [Ball] finish out a strong tournament as well as Stanton [Schorr] rebound from an unusual second round yesterday. Jerry [Ren] did well as an individual too.

"It is always good to finish ahead of a SoCon team and we did that this week versus Samford. We'll take the lessons we've learned into the Pinetree Intercollegiate at Kennesaw State next weekend."

Up Next
Mercer will conclude its 2017 fall season with a short trip to Kennesaw, Ga., where it will participate in the Pinetree Intercollegiate, hosted by Kennesaw State. The two-day tournament will be held at the Pinetree Country Club on Oct. 23-24.

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