East Mississippi finishes seventh in MACJC's third fall golf tournament held at Wolf Hollow in Wesson

WESSON – The East Mississippi Community College men's golf team finished seventh in this weekend's Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges tournament held at Wolf Hollow Golf Club.  The two-day event hosted by Copiah-Lincoln Community College concluded Sunday afternoon.

Coach Benji Williams' EMCC Lions shaved two strokes off Saturday's team score to finish the MACJC's third fall golf event with a 654 total (328-326).  Meridian Community College (285-289—574) claimed the team title with a 10-stroke victory over runner-up Mississippi Gulf Coast (298-286—584).  Host Co-Lin (307-287—594) placed third, followed by East Central (308-306—614), Hinds (316-321—637) and Itawamba (331-322—653).  Northwest Mississippi (347-320—667) finished eighth.

Co-Lin's Philip Heine collected individual medalist honors Sunday by adding a 4-under-par 68 to Saturday's 2-under 70 to earn the 2-stroke victory over Meridian's Lance Strickland (67-73—140).  MCC teammate Grant Renegar finished third with a two-day score of 143 (72-71).

Individually for EMCC, lone sophomore Daniel Schroder earned team honors by tying for 19^th place with a 154 (76-78) total.  Freshmen Trae Reeves (83-81—164), Michael McGill (89-77—166) and Kent Vaughn (86-82—168) placed 34^th, 38^th and 41^st, respectively.  Fellow Lion newcomers Cason Collins (83-87—170) and Jace Hobart (88-85—173) rounded out the EMCC scorecard.

East Mississippi will close out the fall golf campaign by competing in the Mississippi Gulf Coast Fall Invitational, Oct. 26-27, at Grand Bear Golf Course in Saucier.