Bulldogs Finish Ninth at Mossy Oak Collegiate

Tuesday, April 16

West Point, MS

18 Holes

Louisiana Tech University

Mossy Oak Collegiate

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Bulldogs Finish Ninth at Mossy Oak Collegiate

4/16/2024 5:26:00 PM | Men's Golf

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Niilo Maki-Petaja recorded his fifth top-20 finish of the season

By: Kane McGuire

RUSTON – Louisiana Tech closed out its 12th event of the regular season on Tuesday, finishing ninth at the Mossy Oak Collegiate on the Mossy Oak Golf Course.

On the most challenging day of the tournament, LA Tech was not able to put a scorecard in the red shooting 299 (+11) for round three to finish with a team score of 292-288-299=879 (+15).

Four Bulldogs shot 37 or better on the front nine, but big numbers crept up on the back in particular the last four holes. Even so, Niilo Maki-Petaja managed to record his fifth top-20 finish of the season, tying for 15th after shooting 73 (+1) for round three and three under for the tournament.

Will Patrick had the second-best round of the day for LA Tech, shooting 74 (+2) to help the senior tie for 35th at three over which was his second-best finish of the season.

Thomas Henson and Gray Kingrea both shot 76 (+4) as the two other counted scores for the Bulldogs. Henson tied for 62nd at nine over while Kingrea and Jake Plumb both tied for 67th at 11 over.

No. 2-ranked Auburn ran away with the tournament title, shooting 34 strokes better than the 2nd-place Ole Miss.

NOTABLES

LA Tech picked up wins over Southern Miss (131), Little Rock (3), UL-Lafayette (135), Troy (133), and New Mexico State (153).
LA Tech had a scoring average 3.22 (+13) on the Par 3s, third best in the field.
LA Tech totaled 172 pars for the event, second most in the field.
The Bulldogs posted a combined 38 birdies/eagles, the fifth most in a single event this season.
Niilo Maki-Petaja defeated three top-100 players, including the No. 4 player in the country.
Niilo Maki-Petaja registered his fifth top-20 finish of the season (fourth in his last six events).
For the seventh time this season, Niilo Maki-Petaja recorded the top score for the Bulldogs.
Thomas Henson tallied a team-best 10 birdies/eagles for the event.

UP NEXT
LA Tech will take part in the 2024 Conference USA Men's Golf Championship on April 22-25. The event will take place in Texarkana, Arkansas at the Texarkana Country Club.

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