Mercer Finishes Fifth at Wexford Intercollegiate

Monday, February 26

Hilton Head, S.C.

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Mercer University

Wexford Intercollegiate

Mercer Finishes Fifth at Wexford Intercollegiate

2/27/2018 3:59:00 PM | Men's Golf

Team Results Individual Results

Bears make largest jump of the day with final-round 303

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Mercer jumped a field-best three spots with a third-round 303 to finish tied for fifth place at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate on Tuesday.

The Bears finished the 54-hole tournament 26-over-par (890) to best 13 of the 18 teams included in the field. Two Bears – Spencer Ball and Stanton Schorr – finished inside the top 20 individually to pace Mercer while Brennan Bogdanovich claimed a top-30 finish as well.

Mercer Scorecard

T-5.	Mercer	300	287	303	+26	890
T-14	Spencer Ball	70	73	76	+3	219
T-18	Stanton Schorr	77	72	72	+5	221
T-29	Brennan Bogdanovich	76	71	77	+8	224
T-42	Jerry Ren	77	71	80	+12	228
T-64	Kiko Rosete	80	77	78	+19	235

Mercer on the Team Leaderboard
The Bears' three-spot climb on the final day of action carried over from an impressive second round (287) on Monday. Mercer was tied for 12th following the opening round, but steady play from all five Bears in the final two rounds propelled them to the top-five finish.

Mercer placed well ahead of Southern Conference foe Wofford (+43), but finished 13 shots off of third-place finisher Furman (+13).

Mercer on the Individual Leaderboard
Stanton Schorr jumped 21 spots individually with a third-round 72 (even) to claim a tie for 18th. The junior was Mercer's brightest performance Tuesday. Spencer Ball tied for 14th with a third-round 76.

Coach Kayden's Take
"It was great to see our team finish strong while battling through difficult conditions – it was a very cold, windy day on Hilton Head Island," said Mercer assistant coach Chris Murman. "Only three teams played better than us today, which showed a lot of maturity by our guys to come out and perform well under the conditions.

"To bring out a top-five finish in this talented field is impressive. Despite our rough start, the final two rounds in Hilton Head proved our guys know what it takes to have a great spring ahead."

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