May 4, 2008
NASHPORT, Ohio--Three RedHawks each fired a 73 in the in the fourth round on Sunday to spearhead Miami's University's golf team to its best round at the Mid-American Conference Golf Championships held at Longaberger Golf Club. The RedHawks shot 301-303-306-296=1206 to place sixth at the MAC Championships hosted by Eastern Michigan University. Three strokes separated fourth and sixth place, and a disqualification dropped the RedHawks from fourth to sixth.
Freshman Michael Drobnick paced the RedHawks, finishing in 17th place at 11-over-par 299. Drobnick shot 73-78-75-73=299 for the tournament.
Junior Ben Bastel also shot a 73 in the fourth round, his best round of the tournament. Bastel shot 78-75-77-73=303 to finish in 20th place at 15-over. Junior Ben Wood also carded a 73 in the final round for his is best round of the tournament. Wood shot 77-82-76-73=308 to finish in 28th place at 20-over.
Junior Mark Robinson also posted his best round of the tournament, carding a 77 in the fourth round for the RedHawks. For the tournament, Robinson shot 78-78-80-77=313 to tie for 37th place at 25-over.
Freshman Nathan Sutherland, who had shot a 70 in the final round and led the RedHawks through the entire tournament, was disqualified in the final round for inadvertently turning in a scorecard that had not been signed by his playing partner. Had his score counted, the RedHawks would have shot 289 in the fourth round and finished in fourth place with a four-round score of 1199.
17 Michael Drobnick 73-78-75-73=299 20 Ben Bastel 78-75-77-73=303 28 Ben Wood 77-82-76-73=308 t-37 Mark Robinson 78-78-80-77=313 -- Nathan Sutherland 73-72-78-D=D1 Eastern Michigan 296-288-299-288=1171 2 Kent State 302-284-293-293=1172 3 Ball State 297-301-296-300=1194 4 Toledo 306-310-294-293=1203 5 Akron 299-305-299-301=1204 6 Miami 301-303-306-296=1206 7 Ohio 294-299-308-306=1207 8 Bowling Green 303-304-305-298=1210 9 Northern Illinois 299-305-305-307=1216
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