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Butler Finishes Second At Bradley Fall Invitational
Oct. 8, 2002
Butler shot three solid rounds and wound up placing second in the 10-team Bradley Fall Invitational, held at Arrowhead Country Club on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 7-8. The Bulldogs, who were in third place after 36 holes, shot a final round 295 to move ahead of Southern Illinois and finish 10 strokes behind team champ Northern Illinois. Senior Mitch Foss led Butler's scoring team with rounds of 74, two-under-par 70 and 73. His one-over-par score of 217 gave him a tie for third place with teammate Jonathan Novak, who was playing as a non-scoring individual, Ethan Roush of Northern Illinois and Dustin Stewart of Southern Illinois. Novak carded rounds of 72, 73 and 72. Scott Alwes of Northern Illinois took medalist honors with rounds of 70, 71, and 66 for a nine-under-par 207, while Bradley's Andy Mickelson finished second at four-under-par 212. Also finishing among the "Top 20" individuals for the Bulldogs were junior Colin Christie, who placed seventh with a two-over-par 218, senior Chris Cirimotich, who came in 13th with a 54-hole score of 224, and seniors Michael Heston and Jeff Chapman, who tied for 18th at 227. Christie had the team's best 18-hole score in the tournament with an opening round, three-under-par 69. Joining Foss, Christie, Cirimotich and Heston on Butler's scoring team was senior Brian Couzens, who tied for 50th at 240. Butler's other non-scoring individuals were sophomore Scott Luc, who tied for 31st at 231; junior Dan Neal, who wound up 53rd at 241; and senior Kevin Klausing, who came in 54th at 242. Paced by Christie, who was the tournament's individual leader after 18 holes, the Bulldogs shot an opening round 292, before coming back with a 299 in the second round. Butler trailed Southern Illinois by two strokes heading into the final day, but out-shot the Salukis by seven strokes in the last round. The runner-up finish at Bradley follows Butler's team championship at the Butler Fall Invitational on Sept. 23-24. FINAL TEAM SCORES: Northern Illinois 876, Butler 886, Southern Illinois 891, UW-Green Bay 900, Evansville 906, UMKC 906, Bradley 917, S. E. Missouri State 921, Creighton 931, Chicago State 992. BUTLER INDIVIDUAL SCORES: 3-T. Mitch Foss 217 (74-70-73), 3-T. Jonathan Novak* 217 (72-73-72), 7. Colin Christie 218 (69-74-75), 13. Chris Cirimotich 224 (74-76-74), 18-T. Michael Heston 227 (75-79-73), 18-T. Jeff Chapman* 227 (76-72-79), 31-T. Scott Luc 231 (76-73-82), 50. Brian Couzens 240 (79-83-78), 53. Dan Neal* 241 (81-84-76), 54. Kevin Klausing* 242 (82-79-81). *--Non-scoring team member. |
