The third and final round of the Ashland Spring Invitational was played at the Ashland Golf Club on Sunday, March 30 where the Ashland University men’s golf team jumped up one spot to finish in third place in the nine-team field.

The Eagles finished behind only team medalist Wayne State and second-place Missouri S&T.

Freshman Charlie Fish paced the AU “A” team on the weekend placing in a tie for 18th individually at 76 first 18 holes –75 second 18 holes –72 third 18 holes—223, score overall.  Fish had an eagle and eight birdies over 54 holes.

Both junior Carter Mishler and senior Matthew McMullen finished tied for 20th. Mishler finished 74-74 76 —224 and had eight birdies, while McMullen was 78-73-73—224 and ended with an eagle and seven birdies. 

“This was the first time in my career that we played at home, and it was a cool expirence to play here,” said Junior Carter Mishler. “As a team we did not play as well as we would’ve liked but we gained valuable experience playing Wayne State and Missouri”.
Freshman Shaun Mazzalupi tied for 23rd at 76-77-72—225 (one eagle, one birdie), and fellow rookie Mark Pillar tied for 33rd at 76-74-78—228 (two eagles, four birdies).

While Ashland’s “B” team placed fifth at 306-293-298—897, two Eagles were the program’s top individual finishers on the weekend – junior Scott Armstrong (tied for 11th, 75-76-69—220, one eagle, 11 total birdies) and freshman Sam Sutton (tied for 16th, 77-71-74—222, 12 total birdies).

Up next for the Eagles is April 6-8 at Indianapolis’ Ken Partridge Invitational.