Simmons Posts 13th Place Finish At Big Blue

Monday, April 13

Nashville, Tenn.

Murray State

Tennessee State

Photo by: Murray State Sports Information

4/14/2015 1:53:00 PM | Men's Golf

Results

Murray State's Brock Simmons posted his highest collegiate finish Tuesday with a 13^th place showing at the Blig Blue intercollegiate at Hermitage Golf Club in Nashville, Tennessee.

Simmons fired rounds of 70-73-71 for a 2-under-par 214. He tied for fourth in the field of 75 competitors with a 2.92 scoring average on the par-3 holes.

In their final event before next week's Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, the Racers placed eighth with scores of 284-291-296=871.

Other scores from the Racers included Jordan Smith in 27^th place with rounds of 68-74-76=218 and Preston French in 34^th place after rounds of 74-74-72=220. Jared Gosser placed 38^th with scores of 72-73-77=225, while Duncan McCormick placed 43^rd with scores of 76-71-77=224.

Murray State's Matthew Zakutney and Myles Morrissey finished 53^rd and 58^th overall playing the event as one of 15 individuals. Morrissey had scores of 76-77-74=227 and was sixth among the solo players, while Zakutney was seventh with rounds of 75-76-77=228.

Tennessee Tech (834) came from 11 shots down to nip Belmont (841) for the title. West Georgia (855), North Greenville and UT Martin (865), Morehead State and Northern Kentucky (867) and the Racers (871) made up the top-8.

The rest of the field included Green Bay (872), Tennessee State (887), John A. Logan (891), Trevecca-Nazarene (893) and West Alabama (905).

Belmont's Ashton Van Horne was the medalist with rounds of 65-65-71=201.

The Hermitage course played to a par-72 and 7,157 yards.

The OVC Golf Championship will be played April 24-26) in Muscle Shoals, Ala., at The Shoals Golf Club.