LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson College men's golf team finished third at the 2009 Mid-South Conference Men's Golf Championships presented by the Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau today at Nevel Meade Golf Course.
The Blue Raiders shot a team-total of 610 (303-307) to finish 10 strokes behind tournament champion University of the Cumberlands (600). Campbellsville University finished second with a 608 (305-303). Georgetown College (629) ended in fourth and West Virginia University Tech (652) finished fifth over the two-day event.
Lindsey Wilson sophomore Joe Hood led the Blue Raiders with a seventh place finish. Hood shot a 153 (72-81) over the par 72, 6956 yard links style course. Freshman Levi Gordon earned a top-10 finish with a 154 (76-78) and senior Abraham Gali (82-73) and junior Travis Radford (77-78) ended tied for 12th with 155s. Senior Carlos Navarro rounds out the team with a tie for 15th following a 156 (78-78). Freshman Nicolas Navarro shot 157 (81-76) playing as an individual.
Campbellsville's Logan Griffin shot an even par 72 (32-40) to come from five strokes down to win medalist honors for the event with a two-day total of 149 (77-72). Griffin beat Cumberlands' teammates Joey Bussdieker (75-75) and Nick Simpson (73-77) by one shot after the pair finished with 150s.
Cumberlands' eight stroke win completed the season-long competition for the Mid-South Conference's automatic bid into the NAIA National Championships in May. The Patriots won the six-round competition over three tournaments with a final total of 1,786. Lindsey Wilson finished second with a score of 1,814 and Campbellsville finished third with 1,821.
Radford and Carlos Navarro earned all-conference honors. Cumberlands' Michael Burgan earned MSC Golfer of the Year -- for his performance over the three conference tournaments -- to join the Blue Raider duo on the all-conference team. Bussdieker, Campbellsville's Scott Webb and Cumberlands' Pierre Carlsson were also named to the all-conference team.
Following the tournament, sophomore Dustin Shearer was honored as one of 18 student-athletes to earn Academic All Mid-South Conference for being of sophomore standing or above and maintaining at least a 3.25 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Radford and Burgan are the Champions of Character recipients. The pair earned the award -- as voted on by the conference athletics director -- for their civic and servant leadership within the campus and community.
