Men's Golf | 2/9/2016 10:58:00 PM

Final Results

LAKELAND, Fla. – Faced with probably the most difficult field of teams of the season, St. Edward's ended Tuesday's final round in 12^th place in the Matlock Collegiate Classic at Lone Palm Golf Club. Hilltopper junior golfer ELIOTT AZOULAY continued his strong play, finishing tied for 20^th.
 
ELIOTT AZOULAY (71-76-74=221) led the Hilltoppers with that tie for 20^th place. Azoulay also had a team-best eight birdies during the tournament. He has now finished in at least the top-20 in three of the four tournaments he has appeared in for St. Edward's this season. That includes a win at the Newman Fall Invitational earlier this year.
 
Head Coach Todd Ohlmeyer had this to say about his junior golfer; "Eliott has done an outstanding job this year and continues to be a pivotal piece to our success."
 
With winds howling for the second-straight day, St. Edward's (299-303-310=912) had trouble adjusting as a team and dropped down to 12^th place. The Hilltoppers did get the best of Georgia College (312-311-307=930), who is ranked nationally ahead of St. Edward's.
 
"Today was rather disappointing," Ohlmeyer said. "We had a good opportunity to post a good finish but stumbled. That being said there are a number of positives to take out of the week for us to build on. We will continue to improve each week."
 
JAY HOGAN (75-74-79=228) finished the tournament with the eighth-most pars (35) in the field. He ended tied for 39^th place.
 
THOMAS HOLTZMAN (76-75-80=231) ended in a tie for 50^th place. DILLON VAN ESSEN (77-79-81=237) and ANDREW SPEAR (82-78-77=237) both tied for 63^rd place.
 
St. Leo (283-294-292=869) took home first-place honors, while Barry (283-297-297=877) and West Florida (293-295-289=877) tied for second place. St. Leo's Liam Ainsworth (70-70-75=215) hung on for the one-shot victory over three players finishing tied for second.
 
The Hilltoppers will be back in action Feb. 22-23 when they travel to compete in the Rattler Invitational. The two-day, 54-hole tournament will be hosted by St. Mary's at the Dominion Country Club. Live scoring will be available on the Rattler Athletic Website.