State Golfers Take Second Place Honors At Carter Plantation Intercollegiate
SPRINGFIELD, La. - Mississippi State's men's golf team held on to its second place spot on Tuesday in the final round of the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate. As a team, MSU fired a 300 on the closing day with junior Josh Oller and freshman Carlos Sainz, Jr. recording even-par 72 rounds.
With the finish, the Maroon and White have posted three straight top-5 placements, including seven consecutive top-10 finishes overall. The runner up spot is also a season-best finish for State this season.
Oller finished the 54-hole event in fourth place, a new career-best for the Brandon, Miss. native. Sainz, Jr. posted 8-over par for the two days to finish sixth in the individual field. MSU's Matt Fast was the third Bulldog competitor to post a top-20 finish. Fast fired a final-round 79 to close in a tie for 17th-place. Noah Goldman rounded out the MState scorecard with a 77.
"We played pretty well," said MSU head coach Clay Homan. "We played hard and did some good things on a very tough course to play. This was a good test for us going in to next week at Auburn and the SEC Championship in a couple of weeks."
Host-Southeastern Louisiana claimed team honors with a final-round score of 296. South Alabama finished fourth, while in-state foe Southern Mississippi finished out the top-five squads.
Clubhouse leader after 36 holes, Julian Colmenares of Jacksonville State took home medalist honors at even-par for the two-day event.
MState returns to competition on April 7-9 taking part in the 19th-Annual Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate, hosted by Auburn University at the AU Club.
MSU Individuals
T 4 Josh Oller 75-76-72=223T 6 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 77-75-72=224T 17 Matt Fast 73-77-79=229T 24 Noah Goldman 75-78-77=230T 53 Jared Jimenez 75-86-82=243
Carter Plantation Intercollegiate
1. Southeastern La. 297-303-296=896 +32 2. Mississippi State 298-306-300=904 +40 Jacksonville State 293-313-298=904 +40 4. South Alabama 306-301-301=908 +44 5. Southern Mississippi 316-295-298=909 +45 6. Memphis 313-301-297=911 +47 7. South Florida 304-312-307=923 +59 8. Louisville 310-304-311=925 +61 9. S.E. La. green 308-314-305=927 +6310. Texas-San Antonio 307-316-307=930 +6611. Louisiana-Lafayette 317-320-304=941 +7712. Tulane University 332-333-313=978 +114