Falcons Wrap Up Play At Border Olympics

Tuesday, March 12

Laredo, TX

All Day

Bowling Green State University

Border Olympics

Photo by: Todd Drexler, sesportsmedia.com

March 12, 2019 | Men's Golf

Falcons depart the south after playing in Texas this week

By: by Brad Bohlke, BGSU Athletic Communications

Laredo, Texas – The BGSU Men's Golf team wrapped up the final day of the Border Olympics, finishing in 14th place at a team score of +26. Trey Walker led the Falcons scoring at +2 for the tournament (66-72-80- 218) Walker finished T31 overall. The Falcons moved up the leaderboard on the final day of the competition.

Nick Hofland finished T53 with a total score of +7 (75-71-77- 223). Ward Kyle played as an individual and finished T63 with a score of +9 (76-69-80- 225). Rounding out the Falcons included Pablo Heredia Iglesias, who scored +12 and finished T73 (81-73-74- 228), Rodrigue Vie scoring +13 and finishing T77 (76 77-76- 229) and Noah Firestone scoring +14 and finishing T82 (81-75-74- 230).

Arkansas State won the tournament with a team score of -29, followed by Sam Houston State at -14 and UT-Rio Grande Valley, which finished with a team score of -11.

Coach Powers Quote:
"It was a much different golf course today with the conditions - I thought we played our best team round of the tournament. We still need to improve around the greens to be ready for April, but have a few weeks to get to work."

Falcon Leaderboard
T31. Trey Walker +2 (66-72-80- 218)
T53. Nick Hofland +7 (75-71-77- 223)
T63. Ward Kyle* +9 (76-69-80- 225)
T73. Pablo Heredia Iglesias +12 (81-73-74- 228)
T77. Rodrigue Vie +13 (76-77-76- 229)
T82. Noah Firestone +14 (81-75-74- 230)
*played as an individual

Team Leaderboard
1. Arkansas State -29 (275-270-290- 835)
2. Sam Houston State -14 (280-278-292- 850)
3. UT- Rio Grande Valley -11 (272-284-297- 853)
4. Campbell -10 (278-282-294- 854)
5. UTSA -7 (287-284-286- 857)
6. Louisiana-Monroe -7 (283-286-290- 859)
7. Houston E (277-281-306- 864)
8. Little Rock +1 (289-283-293- 865)
9. Oral Roberts +3 (283-288-296- 867)
10. UMKC +5 (282-292-295- 869)
11. Lamar +7 (289-285-297- 871)
12. New Mexico State +12 (291-285-300- 876)
13. Stephen F. Austin +22 (284-295-307- 886)
14. Bowling Green +26 (298-291--301- 890)
15. Houston Baptist +42 (300-287-319- 906)
16. Southern Mississippi +43 (294-299-314- 907)

Up Next:
The Falcons will travel to Nashville, Tennessee and compete in the Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Lipscomb over April 8-9.