MOBILE, Ala. – After the final round of the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate was cancelled Tuesday due to inclement weather and an unplayable golf course, the University of South Alabama men's golf team finished the 36-hole event in fourth place.

Three Jaguars ended up among the top 20 in the individual standings, led by Yannick Schütz who carded a 5-under-par 139 total Monday on the first day of play.  Peter Staalbo tied for 13th place two strokes behind the junior with Kyle Robinson tying for 17th after posting a two-round score of 142.

Florida State won the team title for the second year in a row after recording a 23-under-par 553 group score as the Seminoles finished five shots in front of Louisville.  Western Kentucky ended up third in the field of 15 schools with a 563 total, with the Jaguars fourth and fellow Sun Belt Conference member Texas State rounding out the top five.  FSU's John Pak was the medalist after firing an 11-under-par 133, which included a 9-under-par 63 in the afternoon that tied the tournament 18-hole record.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate (South Alabama)
Date: 2/12
Course: Magnolia Grove Crossings Golf Course (par 72, 7,212 yds)
Live scoring: http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=16837

TEAM SCORES
1) Florida State 282-271—553 (-23); 2) Louisville 278--280—558; 3) Western Kentucky 282-281—563; 4) South Alabama 289-277—566; 5) Texas State 288-285—573; 6) Nicholls 287-287—574; T7) Louisiana 288-291—579; T7) Illinois State 296-283—579; T7) Richmond 291-288—579; T7) Oral Roberts 292-287—579; 11) Jacksonville State 292-288—580; 12) Kennesaw State 290-291—581; 13) Southern Mississippi 301-286—587; 14) North Alabama 293-299—592; 15) Abilene Christian 298-300—598.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1) John Pak, FSU 70-63—133 (-11); T2) Cody Burrows, ORU 71-66—137; T2) Devin Morley, UofL 67-70—137; T4) Stuart Easton, WKU 70-68—138; T4) Quim Vidal Mora, JSU 70-68—138; T6) Yannick Schütz, USA 69-70—139; T6) Calvin Sierota, FSU 70-69—139; T6) Pablo Rodriguez-Tabernero, KSU 70-69—139; T9) four individuals with 140.

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
T6) Yannick Schütz 69-70—139 (-5); T13) Peter Staalbo 71-70—141; T17) Kyle Robinson 76-66—142; T35) Jordan Plunkett 74-71—145; T50) Jacob Hatter* 74-74—148; T70) Rasmus Karlsson 75-78—153; T74) Dawson Atkinson* 80-74—154.
*denotes competed as an individual

TEE SHOTS
-It marked the first time since the event's inception in 2008 that all 54 holes were not completed.
-It also was the second time so far this season that South has had a tournament shortened to 36 holes due to poor weather.
-Florida State is the third school to repeat as tournament champions, joining Middle Tennessee (2011-12) and Auburn (2013-16).
-South recorded its first top-five result of the 2018-19 campaign.
-It's the fourth time in the last five years — including the third season in a row — that the Jaguars have placed in the top five of the final team standings of the event.
-It also marked the first occasion since the All-American Intercollegiate, held on Feb. 16-18 last spring, that USA has finished a tournament below par as a team.
-Schütz now has four top-20 finishes this season and 10 in his career.
-Staalbo recorded his first top-20 result since tying for 20th individually at the season-opening Lone Star Invitational Sept. 10-11.
-It was the first time since joining the program this year that Robinson has finished among the top 20 in the individual standings.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Ben Hannan
On the final round of the tournament being cancelled: "Coming off of shooting 11 under in the afternoon yesterday, the guys were excited to get back out there.  Obviously they are playing very well and wanted the opportunity to compete, unfortunately Mother Nature wasn't so kind and we weren't able to play."
On preparing for the next event: "There are a lot of positives we can take from this week, both individually and as a team.  We've got Auburn coming up next, which we've played before, so we will take a day break and then get back to it.  We'll make some adjustments and keep working to get better to prepare for the next tournament."

Up next: South returns to action when play begins at Auburn's Tiger Invitational on Sunday, Feb. 24.

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