Oct. 1, 2002
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CONTACT: J.R. Belew (417) 625-9359

Men's golf team fifth at Southwest Baptist Fall Invitational

The Missouri Southern men's golf team finished in fifth place this afternoon at the Southwest Baptist Invitational, the second and final Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association sanctioned event of the fall.

The Lions carded a two-day total of 617 on the par-72, 6,840-yard Silo Ridge Country Club course in Bolivar, Mo. Southern shot 308 on Monday for fourth place, but slid to fifth on Tuesday with a second-round 309. Host Southwest Baptist won the tournament with a 600 (305-295). Washburn (Kan.) finished second with 603 (307-296), followed by Central Missouri State with 604 (303-301). Missouri Western tallied 611 (309-302) to finish six strokes ahead of the Lions.

Sophomore Danny Sinksen (Sioux Falls, S.D.) led the Southern contingent with a 150 (74-76), good enough for a tie for eighth place. Freshman Kellen Bollinger (Cassville, Mo.) added a 153 (79-74) to tie for 14th and senior Kyle Long (Joplin, Mo.) tallied 154 (76-78) to tie for 17th.

Sophomore Andrew Koehler (Superior, Wis.) (160) and senior Mickey Carpenter (Neodesha, Kan.) (163) rounded out the Lions' competitors, finishing 29th and 31st, respectively.

Southern's fifth-place finish drops the team from first into a tie for second in the MIAA standings with Washburn taking over the lead. Conference events will continue in the spring 2003 portion of the schedule.

Up next, the Lions will take part in the Drury University Invitational on Oct. 14-15 at Hickory Hills and Highland Springs golf courses in Springfield.

FINAL TEAM SCORING 
2002 Southwest Baptist Fall Invitational 
Silo Ridge CC, Bolivar, Mo. 
Par 72, 6840 Yards 1. Southwest Baptist 305-295 600 2. Washburn 307-296 603 3. Central Missouri 303-301 604 4. Missouri Western 309-302 611 5. Missouri Southern 308-309 617 6. Missouri-Rolla 312-307 619 7. Pittsburg State 320-308 628 8. Truman 321-326 647 

MSSC INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 
2002 Southwest Baptist Fall Invitational 
Silo Ridge CC, Bolivar, Mo. 
Par 72, 6840 Yards 
T-8 Danny Sinksen 74-76 150 
T-14 Kellen Bollinger 79-74 153 
T-17 Kyle Long 76-78 154 
29 Andrew Koehler 79-81 160 
T-31 Mickey Carpenter 79-84 163