ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The second day of the MWSU Holiday Inn Express Classic concluded with the Missouri Western men’s golf team finishing in 12th place and shooting a team score of 914 in the three rounds of golf. The finish is the Griffons lowest of the fall season.

Ryan Hand continued his impressive performance into day two as he finished in fourth place overall. Hand, a senior from Savannah, had rounds of 70, 74 and 73 throughout the tournament for a total score of 217. The round of 70 was Hand’s lowest score of the fall season so far. Jakob Rudosky finished in a tie for 27th place as he fired 226 in three rounds of golf. The Griffons were rounded out with Corey Knight scoring a 235, Drew Lagan reporting a 240 and Dylan Queen firing a 244.

Missouri Western finished three strokes behind Minnesota State Mankato and seven strokes behind Missouri Southern for 10th place. Central Missouri was the team champions as they had three individuals in the top-5. They beat Central Oklahoma by three strokes and Northeastern State by 12 strokes.

Brent Williamson was the individual winner of the tournament from Northeastern State as he finished with a 210 in his three rounds of golf. Michael Schmitz of Winona State finished in second with a 211.

The Griffon men’s golf team will be in Florence, Alabama next week which will be hosted by the University of North Alabama. They will tee-off on Monday and conclude on Tuesday afternoon.

— MWSU Athletics —