EMCC Lions finish eighth in ECCC Warrior Invitational at Dancing Rabbit

CHOCTAW – Putting together a pair of consistent rounds of golf, East Mississippi Community College placed eighth as a team in this week's ECCC Warrior Invitational played at Dancing Rabbit Golf Club. The two-day tournament, hosted by East Central Community College, concluded Tuesday afternoon.

Coming off their spring-opening, fourth-place team finish last month at the PRCC Wildcat Invitational in Pass Christian, the EMCC Lions carded rounds of 317 and 318 for a two-day total of 635 on The Oaks' 6,991-yard, par-72 layout at Dancing Rabbit.

Individually for East Mississippi, Matthew Phillips (77-77) and Carter Martin (76-78) finished among a six-way tie for 17^th place with scores of 154. EMCC's Spence Davis followed one stroke behind by tying for 23^rd place with rounds of 76 and 79.

Completing EMCC's scorecard this week were Daniel Martin (88-84—172) and Ben Boggan (94-89—183), who finished 54^th and 59^th, respectively.

Mississippi Gulf Coast (280-288—568) once again dominated the 11-team MACCC field by claiming a 43-stroke victory over team runner-up Hinds (308-303—611). Northeast Mississippi (304-310—614) and Meridian (304-311—615) followed in third and fourth place, respectively.

Gulf Coast's Chase Kaiser fired sub-par rounds of 68 and 69 to hold off runner-up Gage Miller of host East Central (74-65—139) for individual medalist honors. MGCCC teammates Kyle Davidson (70-71—141), Will Burnham (70-72—142) and Jackson Wise (68-74—142) rounded out the top five on the player leaderboard.

Head coach Ashton Maddaloni's EMCC Lions are slated to step out of conference play by participating in the Delta State University-hosted Derrall Foreman Invitational, March 13-14, on the Samuel T. Dunning Golf Course at the Cleveland Country Club.