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Day 2
Underclassmen Lead Herd at Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational
9/9/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A duo of underclassmen led Marshall men's golf to a seventh-place finish at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational, Tuesday, at Guyan Golf & Country Club.
Sophomore Will Evans (Charleston, W.Va.) and freshman Alex Weiss (Pickerington, Ohio) tied for 15th in the individual field with 1-over-par 214s to top the Herd. Evans shot a team-low final round of 1-under 70, followed by Weiss' even 71. Evans' 3-under 68 in the second round was a Marshall-low for the tournament.
After shooting a 4-over 288 in the final round, the Herd tied with Bowling Green at 20-over 872 for seventh in a 15-team field.
ON THE LEADERBOARD
Youngstown State came away with the team victory at 1-under 851, followed by Cincinnati (4-over 856) and William & Mary (8-over 860). Bowling Green's Jose Narro took individual honors at 7-under 206, with Bill Gaffney of Youngstown State at runner-up (4-under 209).
GABBING WITH GROBE
Quotes by Coach Matt Grobe:
On the performance of underclassmen Will Evans and Alex Weiss:
"I'm really happy with the way Alex [Weiss] and Will [Evans] performed. Will had a great summer, almost winning the West Virginia Open, so we expected him to come out and help us this year. Alex has been a pleasant surprise. I'm looking forward to watching him."
On his impressions of the team after its first outing:
"Once again, today we started badly and finished well. I'm very encouraged by the fact that we're finishing strong. But as a coach and a team, we need to figure out how to get off to a better start."
AMONG THE HERD
- T15: Will Evans (76-68-70=214, +1)
- T15: Alex Weiss (71-72-71=214, +1)
- T51: Logan Lagodich (79-71-73=223, +10)
- T51: Davey Jude (75-74-74=223, +10)
- T76: Tas Sipowski (77-76-76=229, +16)
- T19: Clark Robinson (75-70-70=215, +2) - individual
- T73: A.T. Cashwell (77-75-75=227, +14) - individual
- T73: Jacob Miller (75-76-76=227, +14) - individual
LET'S GET SOCIAL
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UP NEXT
Marshall will look to repeat as champion of the Patriot Intercollegiate, Sept. 28-29, in Lorton, Va. For all the latest information about Marshall men's golf, follow @HerdMWGolf on Twitter.
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