BURLINGTON, Iowa --- Chattanooga Mocs senior Stephan Jaeger (Munich, Germany) claimed his second collegiate title in exciting fashion winning the Golfweek Conference Challenge at Spirit Hollow Golf Course. Jaeger's win paced Chattanooga to a second-place finish behind hard-charging Arkansas.

Jaeger entered the final round at eight-under par with a one-stroke lead over Sean Einhaus (Oklahoma State and two shots over Josh Eure (Arkansas). The trio played their final rounds together. While Einhaus struggled with a 78, Jaeger and Eure dueled their way around the 7,010-yard tract.

Eure got within a shot of Jaeger's lead after the latter's bogey on the par three seventh. His bogey on 100 followed by back-to back birdies on 10 and 11 for the Mocs standout had Jaeger up by four with seven holes remaining.

Jaeger bogeyed 12 and 16 around a double bogey on 15 to knot the duo at six under. Matching pars on 17 pushed the match-up to the brink.

Jaeger's drove his ball in the hazard opening the door for Eure. Jaeger decided to play out of the hazard from a difficult lie and "chopped" it to 190 yards from the hole on the par five. He laced a five iron to 30 feet, while Eure had around 12 feet with a difficult downhill putt ahead.

It was Jaeger's day. He drained his putt from 30 feet, and then watched as Eure missed his for the win.

Jaeger's seven-under par total of 209 is the same he won with at the LSU National Invitational last spring. He fired rounds of 67, 69 and 73.

The Mocs as a team shot 296 today to end up second at two-over par 866. They finished second to Arkansas at 859 (-5). The Razorbacks put together the round of the day at 285 (-3), seven shots less than any other team on a windy, cool day.

Perennial power Oklahoma State was third, one shot behind Chattanooga at 867 (+3). New Mexico was fourth at 875 (+11), while Cal came in fifth at 878 (+14).

Benni Weilguni (Langelois, Austria) just missed his second top 10 in as many events tying for 11th with a one-over par 217. He was plus three but birdies at 16 and 17 helped UTC cement its second-place finish. He shot 75, 69 and 73 over the three days.

Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) tied for 31st at 223 (+7), while Steven Fox (Hendersonville, Tenn.) was a stroke back tied for 37th at 224 (+8). Both birdied 18 as the counting cards played the final three holes today at minus four. Liam Johnston (Dumfries, Scotland) tied for 46th at 227 (+11).

The Mocs have a quick turnaround leaving Saturday for the Rees Jones Invitational on Daufuskie Island, S.C., in the Hilton Head area. The event, hosted by the University of South Carolina, is a two-day, 54-hole event on Monday and Tuesday, October 3-4. Click the links above for notes, quotes and final results.

Golfweek Conference Challenge
Sept. 25-27 • Spirit Hollow Golf Course • Burlington, Iowa
1) Arkansas 280-294-285 859 (-5)
2) Chattanooga 279-291-296 866 (+2)
3) Oklahoma State 283-289-295 867 (+3)
4) New Mexico 289-291-295 875 (+11)
5) Cal 288-296-294 878 (+14)
6) Iowa 283-294-302 879 (+15)
7) Ball State 295-291-297 883 (+19)
8) Georgia Tech 294-301-294 889 (+25)
9) New Mexico State 301-296-293 890 (+26)
10) Tulsa 294-306-292 892 (+28)
11) Kennesaw State 293-302-299 894 (+30)
12) SE Louisiana 293-310-293 896 (+32)
13) North Texas 297-305-303 905 (+41)
14) Xavier 299-314-295 908 (+44)
15) UC Irvine 298-314-303 915 (+51)

MOCS:
1) Stephan Jaeger
67-69-73 209 (-7)
T11) Benni Weilguni
75-69-73 217 (+1)
T31) Chris Robb
69-78-76 223 (+7)
T37) Steven Fox
70-80-74 224 (+8)
T46) Liam Johnston
73-75-79 227 (+11)

Men's Golf finishes strong at VCU Shootout

MANAKIN-SABOT, Va.-After enduring an up-and-down day on Monday, UNCG men's golf team finished strong on Tuesday at the VCU Shootout, using a 2-under par 286 to finish in a three-way tie for seventh at Hermitage Country Club.

During Monday's two rounds of action, the Spartans followed the tournament's best morning round (280) with second round's worst score (297), falling from a tie for first to ninth. But Tuesday's effort helped the Spartans complete tournament play with an overall score of 1-under 863 (280-297-286), tying with Charlotte and Richmond. UNCG finished ahead of Maryland, North Carolina, VCU, UNC Wilmington, Old Dominion and James Madison.

Virginia won the overall team championship by shooting 837. The Cavaliers were followed by East Carolina (844), Wichita State (852), Iowa State (854), Virginia Tech (855) and Wake Forest (856).

Colin Chapman was UNCG's top finisher, shooting 3-under par 213 (71-72-70) to finish 16th overall. Iowa State's Scott Fernandez (-11) won individual medalist honors.

Freshman Alex Ehlert finished in a tie for 27th after shooting 217 (70-77-70) for the tournament, while Andy Knox's 71 on Tuesday left him in a tie for 33rd at 218 (71-76-71).

Freshman Roy Dixon tied for 47th overall at 220 (68-73-79), while Robert Hoadley finished 67th (73-76-75),

Up next for the Spartans is the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, Oct. 3-4 at Lonnie Poole Golf Club in Raleigh, N.C.