Bradley University Athletics

Men’s Golf Wraps Up Fall Slate At Little Rock Invite

Duane Zehr

Live Scoring

Men's Golf 10/18/2019 12:00:00 PM

PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley Men's Golf closes out the 2019 Fall Schedule with a trip to Arkansas for the Little Rock Invitational, which will be held Monday and Tuesday at the Chenal Country Club's par-72 Bear Den Course in Little Rock, Ark.

The Braves have made just one other trip to the state of Arkansas with the previous venture to the Natural State just two years ago for the Little Rock Invite to wrap up the 2017 Fall slate. Bradley tied for sixth in the 10-team field in that 2017 event.

One of four Missouri Valley Conference teams in the 15-team field, Bradley will be joined by Valley rivals Illinois State, Missouri State and Southern Illinois. The tournament also includes Campbell, Central Arkansas, Eastern Michigan, Lamar, Little Rock, Middle Tennessee State, Oral Roberts, Southern Miss, Stephen F. Austin, Texas State and UT-Arlington.

Monday's opening two rounds will feature an 8:15 a.m. shotgun start, while Tuesday's final round will also feature an 8:15 a.m. shotgun start. BradleyBraves.com will provide links to live scoring for all three rounds.

Senior Alex Ciaramitaro has been Bradley's top finisher in each of the last three tournaments and leads the team with a 75.08 stroke average. Three of his last four rounds have been a 75 or better and he owns a 74.56 stroke average over his last nine rounds.

Freshman Josh Kirkham joins Ciaramitaro as the only individuals to place among Bradley's top three finishers in all four tournaments on the young season. Kirkham is coming off his lowest tournament score of the season (227) at the Flyer Invitational earlier this week, where he matched a season-low round with a three-over 74 in the opening round. He is third on the team with a 77.08 average, but has averaged 76.00 per round over the last five rounds.

Fellow freshman Nick Armbrust is also coming off the best outing of his young Bradley career and missed tying a season-low round by one stroke in Tuesday's final round at the Flyer Invite.

Junior Jalen Hodges had the low round of the day for Bradley in the final round of the Flyer Invitational and is second on the squad with a 76.92 stroke average.

Freshman John Stillman rounds out the lineup for the Braves and has shown a knack for improving as tournaments progress. His final-round average in tournaments is over four strokes better than his first-round average on the year.

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