CINCINNATI – Florida Gulf Coast University men's golf finished fifth Tuesday to wrap up the Bearcat Invitational at Coldstream Country Club.
"I'm really proud of our team," head coach
Andrew Danna said. "They did a good job with being consistent throughout the day. We were able to get a good result in a top-five finish this week with a strong finish as well. We'll look to continue to get better before we head up to Wisconsin next weekend."
FGCU improved each round of the event, shaving three strokes for a season-low round of 283 to climb up the leaderboard. The Eagles (+4) placed four strokes back of tournament host and fourth-place Cincinnati. Chattanooga paced the 17-team field at 14-under to capture the team title.
FGCU finished seven strokes better than Virginia Tech and nine shots better than Nebraska. Louisville's Sebastian Moss secured the individual title at 12-under, shooting a final-round 65.
Sebastian Gamboa led the FGCU starting five with a career-best eighth-place performance on the player leaderboard. Gamboa carded back-to-back under-par rounds, 67 and 68, to enter the clubhouse three-under for the tournament. Gamboa etched just a single blemish into his round-two scorecard consisting of 12 pars, five birdies and just one bogey.
Matt Millar tied for 22nd, opening the event by tying a team-low, four-under round of 67.
Joseph Sullivan tied for 30th at three-over.
As a team, FGCU was dialed on the par-three hole opportunities, tying BYU for the tournament lead in combined scoring.
FGCU returns to the course Oct. 1-3 for the Wisconsin Badger Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin.
