April 19, 2008

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.--After two rounds at the Rutherford Intercollegiate, Miami University's golf team stands in second place among the 12-team field. The RedHawks trail only host Penn State, who sits at four-over par 572 on its home course. Miami fired rounds of 294 and 289 on Saturday and is 15-over par 583 as a team. Four RedHawks stand among the top 20 heading into Sunday's final round.

Freshman Nathan Sutherland is tied for second place with Richmond's Robert Lindstrom at one-under par 141. The two trail Penn State's Robert Rohanna by one stroke. Sutherland fired a 68 in the first round, which led the field after the first 18 holes. He carded a 73 in the second round, while Rohanna shot rounds of 72 and 68 to overtake Sutherland by one stroke.

After shooting a 79 in the first round, junior Ben Wood bounced back with a 69 in the second round to catapult himself into a tie for 15th place at six-over par 148. Junior Ben Bastel is tied for 17th place at seven-over par 149, while junior Aaron Crist is tied for 20th place at eight-over par 150. Freshman Michael Drobnick rounds out the Miami five tied for 44th place at 13-over par 155.

2 	Miami (Ohio)            294     289     583
T 2 	Nathan Sutherland       68      73      141
T 15 	Ben Wood                79      69      148
T 17 	Ben Bastel              76      73      149
T 20 	Aaron Crist             76      74      150
T 44 	Michael Drobnick        74      81      155

Fin. 	School 	Scores
1 	Penn State	286 	286 	572 	+4
2 	Miami	         294 	289 	583 	+15
3 	Ball State	293 	297 	590 	+22
	Hartford	       300 	290 	590 	+22
5 	Ohio	         297 	298 	595 	+27
	Akron	         295 	300 	595 	+27
7 	Francis Marion	290 	306 	596 	+28
8 	Bowling Green	302 	295 	597 	+29
	St. Bonaventure	286 	311 	597 	+29
10 	Richmond	303 	296 	599 	+31
11 	Binghamton	304 	311 	615 	+47
12 	Wright State	307 	312 	619 	+51