COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. – Mathias Lorentzen and Yannick Schütz each placed among the top 20 in the individual standings to help the University of South Alabama men's golf team post a top-five result at Middle Tennessee's Intercollegiate at the Grove on Tuesday.

The Jaguars carded a 289 group score in the final round — the second-lowest score on the final day of the event — to move from eighth to fifth place in the team standings with a 589 total over 36 holes.  Tennessee won the tournament with a 7-under-par 569 score, finishing 16 shots in front of Lamar while South was one stroke out of a tie for third place.

Both Lorentzen and Schütz shot par or better on the last day of play, with the former carding a 72 to end up tied for 13th with a 1-over-par 145 total and the latter tying for 17th one shot behind following a 2-under-par 70.  Rasmus Karlsson added a final-round 73 for a 148 total, tying for 24th place individually as well.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Intercollegiate at the Grove (Middle Tennessee)
Dates: 10/6-8
Course: The Grove Club (par 72, 7,368 yds)
Live scoring: http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=18619

TEAM SCORES
1) Tennessee 284-285—569 (-7); 2) Lamar 292-293—585; T3) Lipscomb 295-293—588; T3) Western Kentucky 298-290—588; 5) South Alabama 300-289—589; 6) Troy 292-300—592; 7) Middle Tennessee 296-298—594; T8) Louisiana Tech 302-298—600; T8) Tennessee Tech 304-296—600; T10) Mercer 304-298—602; T10) Francis Marion 299-303—602; 12) South Dakota State 304-303—607; 13) Eastern Kentucky 303-306—609; 14) Charleston Southern 309-314—623.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1) Tyler Johnson*, UT 70-68—138 (-6); T2) Hunter Wolcott, UT 68-72—140; T2) Nolan Ray, Lip 70-70—140; T4) Will Brooks, TTU 74-68—142; T4) Cody Banach, Lam 70-72—142; T4) Tanner Owens, MT 72-70—142; T4) Spencer Cross, UT 71-71—142; T8) Chip Thomas, UT 73-70—143; T8) Jack Poole, WKU 72-71—143; T10) three individuals with 144.

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
T13) Mathias Lorentzen 73-72—145 (+1); T17) Yannick Schütz 76-70—146; T24) Rasmus Karlsson 75-73—148; T33) Jacob LeCroy 76-74—150; T67) Jacob Hatter* 82-75—157; T71) Kyle Robinson 83-76—159.
*denotes competed as an individual

TEE SHOTS
-The tournament field included 14 schools and 88 individuals.
-The event was shortened to 36 holes after Monday's round was cancelled.
-It marked the second time in three outings this fall that the Jags have recorded a top-five finish as a team.
-In addition leading the tournament field in eagles (four) and scoring on par-three holes (+3), South was also among the top three teams with a 7-under-par figure on the course's par fives.
-The top-20 finish was Lorentzen's first as a Jaguar, and he also posted his first round at or below par on the final day of play.
-Schütz' final-round 70 was the best 18-hole score for the Jaguars at the event, helping the senior record his second top-20 result of the fall.
-Karlsson and LeCroy are the only two Jags to have their score count in the team total all eight rounds this year.
-Lorentzen was the lone individual in the field with multiple eagles and he tied for the lead with a 6-under-par total on par-five holes.
-Schütz shared the lead after going 2 under on par threes and he also ranked among the top 10 with a 4-under-par figure on par fives, while Karlsson was even par on both par-three and par-four holes to end up among the top 10 in the field in both categories.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Ben Hannan
On how the team improved its score on the final day of play: "After the second day was rained out, we had a little down time.  I think being able to sit back, evaluate a little bit and refocus on the third round got everybody in a good state of mind and ready to go from the start."
On the team's second-round performance: "We played day two very similar to Texas [where USA won the tournament to open the season], everybody was in the game but more importantly each guy was in the process.  On a hard golf course, we had multiple guys under par all round; unfortunately we had some issues on our last holes to take away from what was really a fantastic day of golf."
On the significance of moving up in the team standings in the next-to-last event of the fall: "The key thing to take from this event — and from the previous trip to Nebraska — is the value of a shot, the first shot is just as important as the last shot.  It is important to be very process-oriented to maximize what each individual does, if we can stay in that mode and stay disciplined this is a very talented team that has put together some nice rounds on hard golf courses throughout the fall."

Up next: The Jaguars close out the fall portion of the schedule when they play host to the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational at the Steelwood Country Club in Loxley, Ala.

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