Bears Place Fifth at Martin Downs Collegiate

Sunday, February 11

Palm City, Fla.

TBD

Mercer University

Martin Downs Intercollegiate

2/13/2018 4:58:00 PM | Men's Golf

Round 3 Results

Bears jump one spot as Bogdanovich shines individually

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

PALM CITY, Fla. – Mercer shot its second straight 2-under-par 286 in Tuesday's final round of the UNCG Martin Downs Collegiate to place fifth overall with an even 864 for the tournament.

The Bears had the fourth-best team score of the final round but were unable to make up any ground on the top four teams, including winner West Virginia (13-under-par 851). Stanton Schorr earned a top-10 finish with an even 72 Tuesday to finish the tournament 3-under-par overall.

Mercer Scorecard

5.	Mercer	292	286	286	E	864
T-10	Stanton Schorr	68	73	72	-3	213
T-18	Spencer Ball	70	73	74	+1	217
T-21	Brennan Bogdanovich	77	67	74	+2	218
T-28	Jerry Ren	77	75	68	+4	220
T-35	Kiko Rosete	78	73	72	+7	223
T-42	Nolan Miller (Individual)	80	75	70	+9	225
T-49	Tyler Copp (Individual)	77	74	75	+10	226

Mercer on the Team Leaderboard
Mercer proved steady once again with its second consecutive 2-under-par 286, but wasn't able to tighten the gap with West Virginia (13-under-par), Seton Hall (11-under-par), UNCG (9-under-par) and Elon (5-under-par).

Mercer on the Individual Leaderboard
Schorr finished tied for 10th place individually, notching three birdies and three bogeys throughout his final round. He recorded two of his three birdies on No. 1 and 3, but added one bogey in between on No. 2 for an eventful start to the round.

Spencer Ball and Brennan Bogdanovich both shot 2-over-par 74 to finish tied for 18th and 21st, respectively. Jerry Ren made Mercer's biggest jump of the day, moving 17 slots into a tie for 28th after tying his collegiate-best round of 68.

Coach Kayden's Take
"We had another solid day of shooting under par and claimed fifth place for the tournament," said head coach Kirk Kayden. "It was a decent performance and I was pleased to see Jerry [Ren] lead us today…he birdied No. 17 and 18.

"There were solid scores out of all of our starters throughout the three rounds. We're getting closer to putting together that one really solid round, which we'll have to do heading into the upcoming tournaments. We can get better and are capable of moving up the ladder. I'm encouraged by what we're seeing out here.

Up Next
Mercer will host Michigan in a one-day match play event on Feb. 17 at Greatwaters Golf Club in Greensboro, Ga.

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