4th place | NJCAA Dll National Tournament

Posted: May 24, 2019

KCC golfers take 4th at NJCAA DII National Tournament

Friday, 24 May 2019 19:53 Metro Sports Report

PLYMOUTH, Ind. - The Kirkwood men's golf team slipped a notch Friday and finished fourth at the NJCAA Division II national tournament at Swan Lake Resort.

South Mountain Community College won the 72-hole tournament with a four-man total of 15-over-par 1,167. Kirkwood finished with an aggregate score of 1,213, which was 61-over par and 46 shots behind the champion.

Ryan Morrison of Kirkwood placed 15th at 11-over-par 299 with rounds of 76, 75, 74 and 74. Leon D'Souza of South Mountain claimed medalist honors at 4-under 284 for a two-shot victory.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. South Mountain 1167, 2. Walters State 1186, 3. Mississippi Gulf Coast 1203, 4. Kirkwood 1213, 5. Parkland 1221, 6. Black Hawk 1227, 7. Rend Lake 1231, 8. Murray State 1236, 9. Meridian 1237, 10. Abraham Baldwin 1242, 11. DMACC 1246, 12. (tie) Scottsdale 1254, Tyler 1254, 14. Grand Rapids 1271, 15. Southwestern 1272, 16. Oakland 1282, 17. Mott 1299, 18. Lake County 1322, 19. Southeast 1331, 20. Bucks County 1407, 21. Southern Maryland 1434.

KIRKWOOD: 15. Ryan Morrison 76-75-74-74=299, 30. Dawson Peters 81-78-72-76=307, 33. Will Babcock 79-75-77-77=308, 34. Ben Epperly 72-78-85-74=309, 46. James Morgan 81-71-82-78=312.