Sept. 12, 2001

Jackson, Mich. - The Bowling Green State University men's golf team began its 2001 fall season with a fourth-place finish on Tuesday evening at the EDS/Detroit Titans Invite in Jackson, Mich. Wis.-Green Bay captured the 11-team Invite with a score of 860 in the three rounds, followed by Butler (864), host Detroit (865) and BGSU (867). Northern Illinois was behind the Falcons in fifth place with a score of 871.

Bowling Green recorded the best opening, 36-hole performance as a team in school history when it carded a 283 and 286 on the first day of the Invite for seven under par. The 283, 18-hole performance tied a school record for the best round of 18 holes in school history. BGSU shot 298 in its final round.

Junior Adam Balls was the highest finisher for coach Garry Winger, tying for ninth place with a score of 215. Balls carded a 71 in his first two rounds and finished with a 73 in his third round. Senior Justin Gillum tied for 12th with a score of 218, while Brian Gerken (219) finished tied for 16th, and Craig Pickerel and Austin Chase tied for 22nd (220).

The Falcons return to action in two weeks when they travel to the Ball State Invitational in Yorktown, Ind. (Sept. 22-23).

RESULTS                 1st    2nd    3rd    Final
1) Wis.-Green Bay	      287    282    291    860
2) Butler			            294	   284    286    864
3) Detroit Mercy		      290	   281	   294	   865
4) BGSU		               283	   286	   298	   867
5) Northern Illinois	   287	   293	   291	   871
6) Grand Valley St.	    289	   291	   292    872
7) Youngstown State	    292	   288	   294  	 874
    Cleveland State		   287	   296	   291	   874
9) Oakland		            295	   288	   304   	887
10) Drexel		            298	   297	   313	   908
11) Loyola-Chicago	     302	   313	   307	   922