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Men’s Golf Ties For Sixth At D.A. Weibring

Barathwaj Rudraboina

D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate Final Results

Men's Golf 4/1/2018 7:44:00 PM

NORMAL, Ill. – Senior Matthew Specht fired a season-best one-under par 70 Sunday to help the Bradley Men's Golf team card a seven-over 291 in the final round of the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate as the Braves tied IPFW for sixth in the 17-team field.

Specht had the low round of the tournament for Bradley, closing out play at the par-71 Weibring Golf Club with a one-under 70 on a cold Sunday, which featured snow showers midway through the round. Redshirt senior Zach Jewell finished three shots off the lead in a tie for seventh at seven-over par 220, turning in a three-over 74 to pace the Braves.

Bradley started the day tied for sixth and finished in that same spot, using a third-round 291 to match IPFW for sixth at 902 in the final team standings. Duke won the team title at 871, closing the tournament 15 shots better than second-place Wisconsin (886).

Tournament-host Illinois State was third overall at 895 to edge fourth-place Oakland (896) by one stroke. SIU Edwardsville earned a fifth-place finish at 901 with Bradley and IPFW close behind in a tie for sixth at 902. The Braves and IPFW had a two-shot advantage on eighth-place Northern Illinois (904).

Jewell's seventh-place finish was his second consecutive top-10 finish to lead Bradley. Junior Drake Bushong and senior Ethan Brue tied for 34^th overall at 228, finishing five shots out of the top 20. Bushong had his lowest round of the tournament with a four-over 75, while Brue improved his second round score by three strokes with a two-over 73 on the final day.

Specht's final round 70 was his lowest round since he fired a career-best 66 exactly one year to the day at last spring's Hoosier Invitational. He finished one shot behind Bushong and Brue in a tie for 39^th at 229. Redshirt junior Daniel Lensing rounded out the team scoring for the Braves with a three-over 74. He was four shots better than his second round score to tie for 47^th at 231.

Bradley will have its final outing before the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Championship, April 9 & 10 at the Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate in Nashville, Tenn.

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