Liljeberg's strong finish powers Missouri to team crown in Westbrook Invitational

 

   Behind a sizzling 7-under-par 65 in the final round from Ebba Liljeberg, a freshman from Sweden, Missouri overtook Arizona to capture the team title in the Westbrook Invitational, which wrapped up Feb. 23^rd at the Vistas Course at Westbrook Village Golf Club in Peoria, Ariz.

   It was the third tournament win of the wraparound 2025-2026 season for Missouri, a Southeastern Conference representative playing in its spring opener.

   The Tigers had opened with a sparkling 11-under 277 over the 6,293-yard, par-72 Vistas Course layout at Westbrook Village and added a 9-under 279 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round Feb. 22^nd.

   That left them just two shots behind Big 12 power Arizona, which had opened with a 12-under 276 and added a 10-under 278 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round.

   But with Liljeberg going off, Missouri closed with the tournament’s low team round, a sizzling 17-under 271, for a 37-under 827 total. The Tigers had begun the weekend at No. 35 in the Scoreboard, powered by clippd, rankings and the team title in the Westbrook Invitational enabled them to move up three spots to No. 32.

   Arizona, which maintained its No. 23 spot in the Scoreboard rankings in the aftermath of its runnerup finish in the Westbrook Invitational, closed with a 13-under 275 to finish two shots behind Missouri with a 35-under 829 total.

   Liljeberg led the way for Missouri as she added a 2-under 70 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round to her opening-round 69 before unleashing that 7-under closing kick that left her alone in third place in the individual standings with a 12-under 204 total.

   Nobody was ever able to quite catch Kansas State’s Noa van Beek, a senior from The Netherlands who blistered the Vistas Course with an 8-under 64 in the opening round, for the individual title. That 64 was the low individual round of the tournament.

   Noa van Beek added a 1-under 71 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round and closed with a 5-under 67 for a 14-under 202 that was a program record for the Plains Wildcats. It was her first career individual title.

   The Missouri program seems to be going places. Overshadowed in the ultra-competitive SEC, the Tigers were unable to land a berth in an NCAA regional last spring. Looks like that is going to change this spring.

   Arizona was led by Nena Wongthanavimok, a senior from Thailand who finished a shot behind Missouri’s Liljeberg in a tie for fourth place in the individual standings with Minnesota’s Luismariana Mesones, a senior from Peru, each landing on 11-under 205.

   Wongthanavimok ripped off a pair of 4-under 68s in the opening-day double round before closing with a 3-under 69.

   Kinsley Ni, a freshman for the Desert Wildcats from Los Angeles, Calif., competed as an individual and earned a top-10 finish with an 8-under 208 total. Ni recorded back-to-back 3-under 69s in the opening-day double round before closing with a 2-under 70. Might have earned some consideration for a spot in the first five for Arizona.

   Arizona failed to advance to last spring’s NCAA Championship at the La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. as a three seed in the Lubbock Regional. That counts as a disappointing spring for the Desert Wildcats, who won the most recent of their three national championships in 2018.

   Kansas State, behind Noa van Beek, was another eight shots behind Big 12 rival Arizona in third place with a 27-under 837 total, a program record for 54 holes on a par-72 course.

   The Plains Wildcats opened with an 11-under 277 and added a 3-under 285 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with their best round of the tournament, a 13-under 275.

   Kansas State reached the NCAA Championship for the first time in program history last spring by finishing in third place as a five seed in the Lexington Regional, although the Plains Wildcats were unable to earn a spot in the match-play bracket at La Costa.

   Kansas State dropped three spots in the Scoreboard rankings from No. 26 to No. 29 following its third-place finish in the Westbrook.

   Nebraska, a Big Ten representative, finished a shot behind Kansas State in fourth place with a 26-under 838 total. Breanne Hall is in her first year as the head coach at Nebraska.

   The Cornhuskers, No. 75 in the Scoreboard rankings following the Westbrook Invitational, closed with a sizzling 16-under 272 to charge up the leaderboard. They had opened with a 4-under 284 and added a 6-under 282 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round.

   Two Nebraska freshmen cracked the top 10 as Kaleigh Babineaux from Austin, Texas, and Ailis Tribolet from Chandler, Ariz. finished among a foursome tied for sixth place at 9-under 207 that also included UNLV’s Amber Chen, a sophomore from Taiwan, and Rutgers’ Grace Lu, a redshirt senior from Edison, N.J.

   Babineaux registered a pair of 2-under 70s in the opening-day’s double round before closing with a sparkling 5-under 67. Tribolet got off to a fast start with a 5-under 67 and added a 1-under 71 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a 3-under 69.

   Kansas, another Big 12 entry, finished two shots behind Nebraska in fifth place with a 24-under 240 total. The Jayhawks were really steady, posting back-to-back 8-under 280s in the opening-day’s double round before closing with a 10-under 278.

   Kansas was led by Layla Louderbaugh, a junior from Buffalo, Mo. who finished a shot behind Kansas State’s Noa van Beek in second place with a 13-under 203 total.

   Louderbaugh, who made an impressive march to the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur at the Bandon Dunes Resort on Oregon’s rugged coastline last summer, opened with a 3-under 67 at the Vistas Course and added a 2-under 70 in the second round before nearly catching Noa van Beek with a sizzling 6-under 66 in the final round.

   Louderbaugh was the runaway individual champion in the Columbus Regional at The Ohio State University’s tough Scarlet Course last spring, leading the Jayhawks to the first regional team title in program history.

   Kansas was unable to earn a spot in the match-play bracket in the NCAA Championship at La Costa.

   The Jayhawks dropped a spot in the Scoreboard rankings from No. 37 to No. 38 with its fifth-place finish in the Westbrook Invitational.

   Georgia, a rival of Missouri in the SEC, finished nine shots behind Kansas in sixth place with a 15-under 849 total as the Bulldogs opened with a 2-under 278 and added a 1-under 287 in the afternoon of the opening day’s double round before closing with a 4-under 284.

   Georgia is No. 58 in the Scoreboard rankings following its sixth-place finish in the Westbrook Invitational.

   Little bit of a disappointing 12^th-place finish in the 15-team field for Big Ten entry Penn State as the Nittany Lions ended up with a 9-over 873 total. After opening with a 7-over 295, Penn State carded a 4-over 292 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with an encouraging 2-under 286.

   Penn State is No. 68 in the Scoreboard rankings following its trip to the Westbrook Invitational.

   Backing up Liljeberg for Missouri was Jade Zimora, a senior from San Clemente, Calif. who finished just outside the top 10 in the group tied for 11^th place at 7-under 209.

   Fleur van Beek, a junior from The Netherlands, and the sister of Noa, the Westbrook Invitational individual champion from Kansas State, finished among the trio tied for 16^th place with a 6-under 210 total.

   Fleur van Beek contributed a 5-under 67 to the Tigers’ fast start and added a 1-over 73 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a 2-under 70.

   Melanie Walker, a senior from Burke, Va., finished just outside the top 20 for Missouri in the group tied for 21^st place with a 4-under 212 total. Walker struggled to a 3-over 75 in the opening round, but bounced back with a 5-under 67 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a 2-under 70.

   Rounding out the Missouri lineup was Addie Dobson, a senior from Jacksonville, Ill. who finished among the group tied for 31^st place. Dobson matched par with a 72 in the opening round, but struggled to a 4-over 76 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round.

   Dobson, however, came up huge for the Tigers with a sizzling 6-under 66 in the final round that was a big reason, along with Liljeberg’s 65, that they were able to overtake Arizona for the team title.

   Missouri head coach Caroline Westrup Gaeta brought along Addie Surber, a freshman from Montgomery, Texas, to compete as an individual and Surber joined her teammate Fleur van Beek in the group tied for 16^th place at 6-under.

   Surber sandwiched an even-par 72 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round with a pair of 3-under 69s.

   Minnesota’s Mesonas added a sparkling 5-under 67 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round to her opening-round 68 and closed with a 2-under 70 to join Arizona’s Wongthanavimok in the tie fourth place at 11-under.

   Minnesota, another Big Ten representative, finished in ninth place with a 7-under 857.

   UNLV’s Chen closed with a sparkling 6-under 66 to join the quartet tied for sixth place at 9-under. Chen had opened with a 3-under 69 before matching par in the afternoon of the opening-day double round with a 72.

   UNLV, the reigning Mountain West Conference champion, finished in a tie for seventh place in the team standings with the Big Ten’s Rutgers, each landing on 14-under 850.

   Lu led the way for Rutgers as she joined Chen and Nebraska’s Babineaux and Tribolet in the foursome tied for sixth place at 9-under. Lu added back-to-back 2-under 70s in the final two rounds to the sparkling 5-under 67 she fired in the opening round.

   Leading the way for Penn State was Audrey Lam, a freshman from Belgium who finished among the group tied for 31^st place with a 2-under 214 total. Lam, who was the Lions’ best player in the fall, added a 1-over 73 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round to her opening-round 74 before finishing strong with a 5-under 67.

   Sophomore Hannah Rabb, the PIAA Class AA champion in 2022 as a junior at Warrior Run and the reigning Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur champion, finished in the group tied for 50^th place with a 3-over 219 total for Penn State. Rabb matched par with a 72 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round after opening with a 2-over 74 before closing with a 73.

   Penn State’s Lillian Guleserian, a freshman from Westwood, Mass., and Yaya Jiratthitinun, a sophomore from Thailand, both landed in the group tied for 54^th place at 4-over 220.

   Guleserian sandwiched a 2-over 74 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round with a pair of 73s. After opening with a 2-over 74, Jiratthitinun tallied back-to-back 73s in the final two rounds.

   Rounding out the Penn State lineup was Myranda Quinton, a senior from Canada who finished alone in 83^rd place with a 237 total. Quinton opened with a 3-over 75 and added a 5-over 77 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round, but struggled to an 85 in the final round.

   Penn State head coach Kristen Simpson brought along Zeyep Sualp, a sophomore from Turkiye, to complete as an individual and Zualp opened with a 2-over 74, struggled to an 80 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round and closed with a solid 73 to finish in the group tied for 73^rd place with a 227 total.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taylor helps Drexel finish fifth in Oldfield Classic; Georgia Southwestern captures team crown

 

   Drexel opened the spring portion of its schedule for the wraparound 2025-2026 season this week with a trip to Okatie, S.C. and ended up in fifth place in the Oldfield Classic at the Oldfield Golf Club.

   Looks the start of a scheduled double round Monday was delayed by weather, probably the passing of the bottom end of the bomb cyclone that just hammered the New England coast with feet of snow and hurricane-force winds.

   As a result, the second round had to be completed Tuesday morning followed by the third round.

   Pretty sure the Drexel guys have been limited to simulator sessions in the awful winter we’re having in the Philadelphia area.

   The Dragons, playing out of the Coastal Athletic Association, opened with a 17-over-par 305 over the par-72 Oldfield layout in difficult conditions. They completed a 9-over 297 when second-round play resumed Tuesday morning and matched par in the final round with a 288 for a 26-over 890 total.

   Drexel was led by Caleb Taylor, a senior from Woodbine, Md. who closed with a sparkling 3-under 69 to finish among a group of four players tied for eighth place at 1-over 217. Taylor had opened with a 3-over 75 before adding a 73 in the second round.

   The field for the Oldfield Classic, hosted by South Carolina Beaufort, was largely comprised of Division II schools, although the four teams that finished ahead of Drexel are all among the top 12 teams in the latest Scoreboard, powered by clippd, D-II rankings.

   Speaking of hurricanes, it was the Hurricanes of Georgia Southwestern State, getting a tie for second place from Sam Brown, a junior from Bulgaria, who finished strong in the final two rounds to claim a two-shot victory in the team chase with a 5-over 869 total.

   Georgia Southwestern, a Peach Belt Conference representative and No. 8 in Scoreboard’s D-II rankings, opened with a 12-over 300 and added a 4-under 284 in the second round before closing with a 3-under 285 to hold off Catawba, No. 9 in Scoreboard’s D-II rankings.

   Brown led the way for Georgia Southwestern as he added back-to-back 2-under 70s in the final two rounds to his opening round of 1-over 73 to end up in a tie for second place with Catawba’s Paul Esnault, a senior from France, and Anderson’s Sam McMillan, a junior from Mount Pleasant, S.C., each landing on 3-under 213.

  Emmanuel’s Gabriel Hull, a freshman from South Daytona, Fla., captured the individual title in the Oldfield Classic as he matched par in the opening round with a 72, seized control with a sparkling 4-under 68 in the second round and closed with a 1-under 71 for a 5-under 211 total that was two shots clear of the trio tied for second place.

   Jordan Jones, a sophomore from New Zealand, gave Georgia Southwestern another top-10 finisher as he was part of the foursome tied for eighth place at 1-over 217. Jones struggled in the difficult conditions of the opening round with a 6-over 78, but bounced right back with a 4-under 68 in the second round before closing with a 1-under 71.

   Catawba, a South Atlantic Conference representative, struggled to an opening-round 305, but bounced back with a 2-under 286 in the second round and made a run at Georgia Southwestern with a final round of 8-under 280, the best team round of the tournament, but came up just short with a 7-over 871 total.

    Esnault led the way for the Indians as he bounced back from an opening round of 4-over 76 with a 2-under 70 in the second round before fueling Catawba’s final-round surge with a sparkling 5-under 67, the low individual round of the tournament, that earned him a share of runnerup honors with a 3-under total.

   Catawba had another strong showing from Ilia Antoniadis, a sophomore from Germany who finished in a tie for sixth place with Wingate’s Lewis Beeden, a senior from England, as they both landed on 1-under 215.

   Antoniadis opened with a solid 2-under 70 in some difficult conditions and added a 2-over 74 in the second round before closing with a 3-under 69.

   Wingate, No. 6 in Scoreboard’s D-II rankings, finished a shot behind Catawba with an 8-over 872 total.

   The Bulldogs, who reached the NCAA Division II semifinals last spring at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., held the lead following a solid opening round of 6-over 294 in Monday’s difficult conditions. Wingate added an 8-over 296 in the second round before closing with a 6-under 282.

   Breeden led the way for Wingate as he added a pair of 1-under 71s in the final two rounds to get his share of sixth place with Catawba’s Atoniadis at 1-under.

   The Bulldogs had another top-10 finisher in Mattia D’Errico, a sophomore from New Zealand who was part of the foursome tied for eighth place at 1-over. D’Errico added back-to-back 1-under 71s in the final two rounds to his opening round of 3-over 75.

   Columbus State, a rival of Georgia Southwestern in the Peach Belt Conference, finished 11 shots behind Wingate in fourth place with a 19-over 883 total as the Cougars opened with a 304 and added a 4-over 292 in the second round before closing with a 1-under 287.

   Leading the way for Columbus State, No. 12 in Scoreboard’s D-II rankings, was William Partner, a freshman from England who finished alone in fifth place in the individual standings with a 2-under 214 total. After opening with a 1-over 73, Partner matched par in the second round with a 72 before closing with a 3-under 69.

   Drexel was another seven shots behind Columbus State in fifth place with its 26-over 890 total. The Dragons came up just short of a CAA title last spring when they lost in a playoff to Elon in the conference championship at Union League National Golf Club at the Jersey Shore.

   Backing up Brown and Jones for Georgia Southwestern was Stefan Rojas, a redshirt freshman from Luxembourg who finished among the group tied for 12^th place at 2-over 218. Rojas bounced back from an opening round of 5-over 77 with a 2-under 70 in the second round before closing with a 71.

   Sacha Corlouer, a freshman from France, finished in the group tied for 25^th place at 9-over 225 for the Hurricanes. Corlouer matched par with a 72 in the tough conditions of the opening round, but struggled to an 80 in the second round before closing with a 1-over 73.

   Rounding out the Georgia Southwestern lineup was Joao Costa, a senior from Portugal who finished among the group tied for 58^th place at 233. Costa added a 4-over 76 in the second round to his opening-round 78 before closing with a 79.

   Oscar Hammar, a senior from Sweden, competed as an individual for Georgia Southwestern and had a decent showing, ending up among the trio tied for 35^th place at 228. Hammar struggled in the opening round with an 82, but rebounded with a 3-over 75 in the second round before closing with a solid 1-under 71.

   Anderson’s McMillan added back-to-back 2-under 70s to his opening round of 1-over 73 to join Georgia Southwestern’s Brown and Catawba’s Esnault in the trio tied for second place at 3-under.

   Host USC Beaufort’s Octavio Laurent, a freshman from France, rounded out the foursome tied for eighth place at 1-over as he bounced back from an opening round of 4-over 76 with a 1-under 71 in the second round before closing with a 70.

   Backing up Taylor for Drexel was senior Kevin Lydon, who was a scholastic standout at Central Bucks West and earned a trip to the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club last summer.

   Lydon matched par in the second round with a 72 after opening with a 3-over 75 before closing with a 71 to finish among the group tied for 12^th place at 2-over 218.

   Junior John Keba, who starred scholastically at Allentown Central Catholic, was also solid in the Oldfield Classic for Drexel as he finished in a tie for 23^rd place with a 6-over 222 total. After shaking off the rust in an opening round of 5-over 77, Keba added a 1-over 73 in the second round before closing with a 1-under 71.

   Sophomore John Stevenson, a La Salle High standout and the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Junior Player of the Year in 2024, finished among a trio of players tied for 70^th place at 238 for Drexel. Stevenson bounced back from an opening-round 83 with a 6-over 78 in the second round before closing with a 77.

   Rounding out the Drexel lineup was Isaiah Marseille, a redshirt freshman from Linden, N.J. who played his scholastic golf at Blair Academy and Mercersburg Academy, as he finished among a trio of players tied for 78^th place at 242. After opening with a 6-over 78, Marseille added an 81 in the second round before closing with an 83.

   Sophomores Matt Normand and Nathan Guertler, scholastic rivals at Rancocas Valley and Haddon Heights, respectively, and pals as junior golfers, competed as individuals for Drexel at Oldfield.

   Both showed some rust from a long winter in the Philadelphia area.

   After opening with an 83, Normand added an 86 in the second round before closing with an 84 to finish in 87^th place with a 253 total. Guertler struggled to an opening-round 94 and added an 86 in the second round before closing with an 81 to finish in 89^th place with a 261 total.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lefevre, Glaudas finish 1-2 to lead Stetson to team crown in Dorado Beach Collegiate

 

   With its two Frenchmen, graduate student Matthis Lefevre and senior Gaspar Glaudas, battling it out for the individual title, Stetson claimed an eight-shot victory in the Dorado Beach Collegiate, which wrapped up Tuesday at the Dorado Beach Resort & Club’s East Course in Puerto Rico.

   Stetson, which plays out of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN), had carded a 2-over 290 over Dorado Beach’s 7,192-yard, par-72 East Course layout in Sunday’s opening round, but surged into the lead with a 9-under 279 in Monday’s second round before closing with an 8-under 280 for a 15-under 849 total that gave the Hatters their second win in the wraparound 2025-2026 season.

   And Lefevre, who joined his countryman Glaudas at Stetson after Lefevre transferred from Arkansas, and Glaudas led the way.

   The Frenchmen put on quite a show in last summer’s Royal & Ancient Amateur Championship at The Royal St. George’s Golf Club as both reached the round of 16 with Lefevre winning in that round to advance to the quarterfinals.

   Lefevre had matched par in the opening round at Dorado Beach’s East Course with a 72 and surged into the lead with a 4-under 68 in Monday’s second round. Glaudas, who represented Stetson while competing as an individual in last spring’s NCAA Tallahassee Regional after claiming the ASUN’s individual crown, had also matched par in the opening round with a 72, but began the final round three shots behind his teammate after adding a 1-under 71 in Monday’s second round.

   Glaudas made a run at Lefevre in the final round, recording a 4-under 68 that matched the low round of the day in the final round. But Lefevre responded with a steady 2-under 70 for a 6-under 210 total that was one shot better than Glaudas.

   Temple escaped winter’s latest salvo in the Philadelphia area with its trip to Dorado Beach for its second tournament of the spring. The Owls, who play out of the American Athletic Conference, finished in 13^th place in the 15-team field.

   I’ll recap the individual breakdown for the Temple players and take a brief look back at the Owls’ spring opener, the Wexford Intercollegiate on Hilton Head Island, S.C., a week earlier later in this post.

   Southern Mississippi, a Sun Belt Conference entry, was right on Stetson’s heels throughout the tournament. After adding an 8-under 280 in Monday’s second round to their opening round of 5-over 293, the Golden Eagles trailed the Hatters by just four shots going into the final round.

   Southern Miss closed with a solid 4-under 284 to end up eight shots behind Stetson in second place with a 7-under 857 total.

   The Golden Eagles had a trio of players who finished among the top 10.

   Benjamin Fernandez, a junior from Paraguay, shared third place with Elon’s Dylan Lewis, a freshman from Wilmington, N.C., each ending up a shot behind Stetson’s Glaudas at 4-under 212.

   Fernandez matched the best score of the final round with a 4-under 68 after he had matched par with a pair of 72s in the first two rounds.

   Southern Miss’ Jake Moffitt, a freshman from Ripley, Mass, finished in a tie for fifth place with Butler’s Derek Tabor, a sophomore from New Castle, Ind., each landing on 3-under 213.

   Moffitt added a 2-under 70 in Monday’s second round to his opening-round 71 before matching par with a 72 in the final round.

   Matthew Javier, a sophomore from Canada, gave the Golden Eagles a third top-10 finisher as he landed in a tie for seventh place at 2-under 214 with Elon’s Jack Wieler, a junior from Bluffton, S.C., George Mason sophomore David Fuhrer II, who starred scholastically at Fox Chapel and is a member of one of the first families of amateur golf in the Pittsburgh area, and host North Carolina Greensboro’s Kelvin Hernandez, a junior playing in his native Puerto Rico.

   Javier got it going in Monday’s second round with a 4-under 68 in between a pair of 1-over 73s in the first and final rounds.

   Host UNCG, a Southern Conference representative, finished three shots behind Southern Miss in third place with a 4-under 860 total. After opening with a 1-over 289, the Spartans added a 2-under 286 in Monday’s second round and a 3-under 285 in the final round.

   Hernandez led the way for the Spartans as he bounced back from an opening round of 2-over 74 with back-to-back 2-under 70s in the final two rounds that left him among the foursome tied for seventh place at 2-under.

   Reigning Coastal Athletic Association champion Elon finished two shots behind UNCG in fourth place with a 2-under 862 total. The Phoenix matched par in the opening round with a 288 and added a 1-over 289 in Monday’s second round before closing with a 6-under 282.

   Elon edged Drexel in a playoff to claim the CAA Championship crown at Union League National at the Jersey Shore last spring. The Phoenix represented the CAA in the Bremerton Regional.

   Lewis led the way for Elon at Dorado Beach as he added a sparkling 4-under 68 in Monday’s second round to his opening round of 2-over 74 before closing with a 2-under 70 to join Southern Miss’ Fernandez in the tie for third place at 4-under.

   Wieler gave the Phoenix a second top-10 finisher as he closed with a 3-under 69 to join the foursome tied for seventh place at 2-under. Wieler had opened with a solid 2-under 70, but backed off a little in Monday’s second round with a 3-over 75 before finishing strong.

   George Mason, a rival of Temple in the A-10, finished a shot behind Elon in fifth place with a 1-under 863 total. The Patriots opened with a 2-over 290 and added a 4-over 292 in Monday’s second round before finishing strong with a 7-under 281 to move up the leaderboard.

   Fuhrer, who finished in a tie for 10^th place in the PIAA Class AAA Championship as a senior at Fox Chapel in 2023, led the way for George Mason as he sandwiched a 2-over 74 with a pair of 2-under 70s to join the quartet tied for seventh place at 2-under.

   Butler, out of the Big East, was another two shots behind George Mason in sixth place with a 1-over 865. After opening with a 5-over 293, the Bulldogs added a 3-under 285 in Monday’s second round before closing with a 1-under 287.

   Butler was led by Tabor as he opened with a 2-under 70, matched par in Monday’s second round with a 72 and closed with a 1-under 71 to join Southern Miss’ Moffitt in the tie for fifth place at 3-under.

   Temple opened with a 306 at Dorado Beach and added a 311 in Monday’s second round before closing with its best round of the tournament, an 8-over 296, to finish in 13^th place with a 49-over 913 total.

   Backing up Lefevre and Glaudas for Stetson was the pair of Jackson Hicks, a senior from Roswell, N.M., and Simon Engman, a junior from Sweden, both of whom landed in a large group tied for 13^th place at even-par 216.

   After opening with a 3-over 75, Hicks contributed a 2-under 70 to the second-round surge by the Hatters before closing with a 1-under 71. Engman sandwiched a 2-under 70 in Monday’s second round with a pair of 1-over 73s.

   Rounding out the Stetson lineup was Rasmus Ronnberg, a senior from Sweden who finished among a trio of players tied for 31^st place with a 4-over 220. After opening with a 1-over 73, Ronnberg struggled a little in Monday’s second round with a 4-over 76 before contributing a counting 1-under 71 as the Hatters were fighting off Southern Miss in the final round.

   Gabriel Lindahl, a junior from Sweden, competed as an individual for Stetson and also delivered a solid performance, finishing in the group tied for 34^th place with a 5-over 221 total. Lindahl added a 2-over 74 in Monday’s second round to his opening-round 75 before matching par in the final round with a 72.

   Leading the way for Temple was Nicholas Pisarski, a freshman from Orlando, Fla. who finished among the group tied for 39^th place with a 6-over 222 total. Pisarski sandwiched a 4-over 76 in Monday’s second round with a pair of solid 1-over 73s.

   Mason Tome, a sophomore from West Palm Beach, Fla., backed up Pisarski as he finished in the group tied for 44^th place with a 7-over 223 total. After opening with a 2-over 74, Tome struggled a little in the second round with a 77 before matching par in the final round with a 72.

   William Jun, a sophomore from Jupiter, Fla., finished among a trio tied for 77^th place for the Owls with a 233 total as he closed with a 3-over 75 after signing for back-to-back 79s in the first two rounds.

   Jake Naese, a graduate student from Bradenton, Fla., finished in a tie for 82^nd place at 235 as he added a 7-over 79 in Monday’s second round to his opening-round 80 before closing with a 76.

   Rounding out the Temple lineup was junior Drew Clark, an Archmere Academy product from Kennett Square who finished in 90^th place with a 251 total. Clark struggled mightily in Monday’s second round with a 93 after opening with an 82, but bounced back with a final round of 4-over 76.

   Junior Ben Saggers, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a senior at Bishop Shanahan in 2021, teed it up as an individual at Dorado Beach and finished in a tie for 60^th place with a 228 total. After opening with a 4-over 76, Saggers added a 79 in Monday’s second round before closing with a solid 73.

   Pisarski was the low Owl as Temple opened its spring season a week before the Dorado Beach Collegiate in the Wexford Intercollegiate at Wexford Golf Club’s Arnold Palmer Signature Course on Hilton Head Island, S.C.

   Looks like the Owls caught some decent weather at Hilton Head and Pisarski opened with a solid 2-under 70, added a 4-over 76 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round and closed with a 74 for a 4-over 220 that left him in the group tied for 17^th place.

   Temple finished in 11^th place in the team standings with a 36-over 900 total.

   Saint Joseph’s, which plays out of the A-10, also opened its spring campaign in the Wexford Intercollegiate and finished in 16^th place in the 18-team field with a 45-over 909 total.

   The Hawks were led by senior Christian Matt, a two-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier at Wissahickon, and George Williamson Jr., a freshman from Sykesville, Md., both of whom landed among the group tied for 38^th place at 9-over 225.

   Matt added a 2-over 74 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round to his opening-round 76 before finishing up with a 75.

   After opening with a 2-over 74, Williamson added a 75 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a 76.