Georgia Southern ties for seventh at SunTrust Gator Invite

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Scott Wolfes fired a 3-under-par 67 in the final round of the SunTrust Gator Invitational at the Mark Bostick Golf Club on Sunday, and the Eagles tied for seventh in their first tournament of the spring.

The lone blemish on Wolfes’ card was a bogey on the first hole. The junior birdied hole 7 to finish the front nine even-par and birdied the first three holes after the turn. He finished the day with six straight pars to move up from 15th into a tie for sixth in the individual standings.

Georgia Southern (+34) fell two spots into a tie for seventh with Liberty, six shots behind Mercer (+28) and UAB, which tied for fifth. Arkansas (+9) held onto the top spot, Florida State (+15) moved into second, Vanderbilt (+18) jumped into third and UCF (+23) slid into fourth. The field of 14 featured eight teams in the top 50, according to the GolfStat rankings.

Will Evans shot a 73 to tie for 30th. The senior struggled on the front nine, playing it 3-over, and was even-par on the back with two bogeys and two birdies.

Charlie Martin carded a 74 and finished in a tie for 30th. The junior was 2-over on the front and 2-over on the back. Kim Koivu shot a 77, and Hayden Anderson finished with a 79.

Matthew Mierzejewski notched his best finish as an Eagle, tying for 14th after firing a 68 Sunday. The junior birdied hole 10 to start the day and logged birdies on holes 14 and 17 to make the turn at 3-under. He added another birdie on hole 3 to drop to 4-under but bogeyed holes 6 and 9 in the home stretch.

The Eagles are back in action at the Samford Intercollegiate on March 3-4 before hosting the Schenkel Invitational from March 14-16 at Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga.