MASON, OHIO- The Penn State men's golf team tied for finished Xavier's Provident Invitational in fourth place after a strong performance on the final 18 holes.
Western Kentucky held on to take first place with a 854 final. Host Xavier finished in second, just three strokes behind them at 857. In fourth place was Marshall with a 859, followed by the Nittany Lions with a 860.
Individually, Ohio's Erik Herberth maintained the lead and claimed victory with a 202 (-11) final. In second was Xavier's Miles Mailet with a 206 (-7), followed by Eric Mason of Western Kentucky with a 207 (-6).
Freshman Mark Leon (Brampton, Ont.) shot a 71 (E) on the day to finish atop the Nittany Lions with a 215 (+2), to tie for eighth. Junior Jim Fuller (Muskogee, Okla.) finished with a 216 (+3) to tie for eleventh. Penn State senior Josh Dawes (Jacksonville, Fl.) shot a 3-under 68 in the final round to finish with a 217 (+4), tied for 17th with teammate Jeff Turton (Ithaca, N.Y.).
Next Penn State will play at The Tillinghast on Mon.-Tues., Oct. 22-23.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS:
| 1 | Western Kentucky U. | 286 276 292 854 |
| 2 | Xavier University | 280 287 290 857 |
| 3 | Marshall University | 281 283 295 859 |
| 4 | Penn State U. | 293 283 284 860 |
| 5 | Michigan, U. of | 285 284 294 863 |
| 6 | Ohio University | 282 284 305 871 |
| 7 | Indiana University | 291 292 289 872 |
| 8 | Ball State Univ. | 286 281 306 873 |
| Notre Dame, U. of | 283 286 304 873 |
| 10 | Wisconsin, U. of | 292 288 298 878 |
| Eastern Michigan U. | 288 290 300 878 |
| 12 | Wright State Univ. | 285 291 303 879 |
| 13 | Bowling Green State | 291 292 298 881 |
| 14 | Louisville, U. of | 295 287 300 882 |
| 15 | Kentucky, U. of | 295 288 301 884 |
| 16 | Miami of Ohio | 301 286 302 889 |
| 17 | Georgetown Univ. | 298 293 301 892 |
| 18 | Akron, U. of | 294 295 312 901 |
| 19 | Cincinnati, U. of | 299 292 312 903 |
PENN STATE SCORES:
| T8 Mark Leon | 75-69-71-215 (+2) |
| T11 Jim Fuller | 72-72-73-216 (+3) |
| T17 Josh Dawes | 73-76-68-217 (+4) |
| T17 Jeff Turton | 74-71-72-217 (+4) |
| T53 Andy Latowski | 74-72-77-223 (+10) |
