Alder paces BU to 3rd place finish at Ashford Invite

Final Results

RIVERSIDE, Iowa -- Freshman Tanner Alder finished in a tie for second place to lead the Bellevue University men's golf team to a third-place finish at the 11-team Ashford University Spring Invitational Saturday afternoon at the Blue Top Ridge Golf Course. 

Alder recorded a 1-over par two-day total of 145 (73-72) to finish in a tie for second in the 60-player field. John Milne was the tournament medalist with a 3-under total of 141 (66-75).

The Bruins' team total of 603 was 15 strokes behind tournament champion Mount Mercy University's total of 588. Kirkwood Community College finished in second with a team total of 592.

Junior John Matthews finished in a tie for 12th with a total of 151 (74 -77). 

Bellevue Scores
T-2. - Tanner Alder - 73 -72 - 145
T-12.  - John Matthews - 74 - 77 - 151
T-16. - Jose Vega - 75 -78 - 153
21. - Jeff Shermoen - 76 -78 - 154
T-24.   - Josh Larrison - 76 - 80 - 156 
T-32 - Javier Franco - 79 -80 -159
48 - Warren Martin - 86 - 81 - 167

Team Scores
1. Mount Mercy  - 291 -297 - 588
2. Kirkwood CC - 291 -301 - 592
3. Bellevue - 298 -305 - 603
4. Hannibal-LaGrange - 304 - 303 - 607
5. Ashford - 302 - 315 - 617
6. St. Ambrose - 305 - 315 - 620
7. William Penn - 311 - 327 - 638
8.Purdue-Calumet - 324 - 325 - 649
9. Iowa Wesleyan - 324 - 336 - 660
10. Culver Stockton - 329 -336 - 665
11. Cornell 347 - 358 - 705

The Bruins return to action on Monday-Tuesday, April 9-10, when they travel to Oklahoma City, Okla. to compete in the Southwestern Christian Invitational.