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WARRIORS SURGE TO PLACE THIRD AT LINDENWOOD INVITE

WARRIORS SURGE TO PLACE THIRD AT LINDENWOOD INVITE
Posted: Mar 23, 2022

St. Charles, MO – The Indian Hills Men's Golf team made a push in the final round at the Lindenwood Invitational to secure a third-place finish on Tuesday. The Warriors finished with a team total of 891 in the three-round event, just seven strokes off the first-place finish.

The Warriors opened up play on Monday with a 19-over 303 before posting a 293 in the second round, tied for the second lowest round at the invite. Indian Hills fired a 295 over the final 18 holes on Tuesday, the second-best mark of the day to jump three spots in the team standings and finish third overall.

Indian Hills finished behind Missouri Science & Technical College and tournament host Lindenwood University while placing ahead of junior college opponents Iowa Western Community College, Kirkwood Community College, and Southwestern Community College in the 13 team field.

The Warriors were led by the No. 1 ranked golfer in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) in freshman Frank Vucic (Adelaide, Australia/Seaford Secondary College) who placed second overall with a 2-over 215. Vucic carded back-to-back rounds of 71 on Monday before shooting a 73 in the final round to place just one stroke behind Webster University's Will Hocker.

Vucic, who was tapped as the top-ranked golfer at the NJCAA DI level entering the spring season, recorded his fourth second-place finish of the year.

Ryan Thomas (Launceston, AU/Rowville Secondary) carded a 223 to tie for 12th place overall for the Warriors. Thomas improved in each round and tallied a 73 over the final 18 holes, tied for the second-best mark of the round.

Max T. Hartmann (Oslo, Norway/Wang Toppidrett) tied for 28th overall while Mitchell Revie (Queensland, Australia/Robina State) tied for 30th overall. Cole Davis (Marshalltown, IA/Marshalltown) bounced back in the final round with a 73 to help the Warriors surge to their third-place finish.

Indian Hills is back in action at the Butler Spring Invitational in Indianapolis, IN on March 28-29 at the Highland Country Club.