Bears Claim Tie for Fourth at USF Invitational

Monday, March 12

Tampa, Fla.

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Mercer University

USF Invitational

Bears Claim Tie for Fourth at USF Invitational

3/13/2018 7:09:00 PM | Men's Golf

Team Results Individual Results

Schorr, Ball continue to shine with top-10 performances

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

TAMPA, Fla. – Stanton Schorr and Spencer Ball continued their impressive starts to the spring season with top-10 individual finishes to pace Mercer to a tie for fourth place as play concluded Tuesday at the USF Invitational at Tampa Palms Golf and Country Club.

Mercer jumped two spots into the fourth-place tie with a third-round 299, which was eight strokes better than their first round of 307 on Monday. The Bears finished 57-over-par (921) for the two-day tournament.

Mercer Scorecard

T-4.	Mercer	307	315	299	+57	921
T-3	Stanton Schorr	74	76	69	+3	219
6	Spencer Ball	75	72	74	+5	221
T-16	Tyler Copp (Individual)	77	78	73	+12	228
T-27	Nolan Miller (Individual)	81	77	77	+19	235
T-46	Brennan Bogdanovich	80	82	79	+25	241
T-46	Jerry Ren	78	86	77	+25	241
T-55	Kiko Rosete	80	85	84	+33	249

Mercer on the Team Leaderboard
Mercer made the largest jump of any team in the 11-team field on Tuesday, gaining two spots to earn a top-five finish. The Bears tied with FGCU, both of which were well off a top-three finish (15 strokes). The six teams Mercer placed ahead of included Cleveland State, Delaware, Murray State, George Mason, Stetson and Florida A&M.

Mercer on the Individual Leaderboard
Schorr was one of two players to shoot a field-low 69 on Tuesday, which helped him jump five spots into a three-way tie for third place in Tampa. The junior finished three-over-par (219) for the tournament. Meanwhile, Ball continued his steady play with a sixth-place finish at five-over-par. He was +2 Tuesday.

All seven Mercer golfers – including individual players Nolan Miller and Tyler Copp – gained spots individually in Tuesday's final round. Schorr and Ball also both placed ahead of nationally-ranked (No. 42) Cristian DiMarco of USF.

Coach Kayden's Take
"We were better team-wise today as Spencer [Ball] and Stanton [Schorr] carried us with top-10 finishes individually," said head coach Kirk Kayden. "I'm proud of those two for their efforts as they continue to play good golf this spring.

"We're so close to having some great finishes this spring; we just have to get more production out of our No. 3-5 players. There are plenty of guys on this team capable of producing those results, they just haven't been as consistent as we'd like them to. They will get there, and we'll be a team to beat down the stretch."

Up Next
Mercer will return to the Peach State and co-host the Linger Longer Invitational with Kennesaw State on March 18-20 at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Ga.

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