Sept. 2, 2008

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Bowling Green State University men's golf team improved by 10 strokes on the final day of competition at the Rutherford Intercollegiate, but fell one spot to finish in a tie for seventh with a 54-hole score of 908 (306-306-296).

Purdue won the event with a score of 871. They were followed by VCU (886), Penn State (889) and Miami (891) to round out the top four.

The Falcons were led by freshman Drew Preston, who in his first career collegiate tournament, finished in a tie for third in the 66-person field with a score of 218 (75-72-71).

He was followed by John Powers (227, T-24th), Matt Schneider (231, T-39th), Bryan Mitchell (236, T-48th) and Parker Hewit (240, T-55).

Up next for the Orange and Brown will be the John Piper Intercollegiate, an annually hosted even by BGSU. The 54-hole event will take place on Sept. 8-9.

1 Purdue          298   288   285   871
2 VCU             301   296   289   886
3 Penn State      300   297   292   889
4 Miami           289   305   297   891
5 Missouri        303   297   298   898
6 Xavier          305   310   292   907
T7 Ball State     307   309   292   908
T7 Bowling Green  306   306   296   908
9 Cleveland State 307   307   297   911
10 Marshall       306   307   304   917
11 Toledo         312   305   301   918
12 Richmond       303   316   304   923