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Billiken Invitational
Nathan Colson Wins Billiken Invitational
4/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 16, 2002
MADISON, Ill. - Freshman Nathan Colson (Plymouth, Wis.) survived a battle with Saint Louis freshman Evan Frederick to claim medalist honors at the 2002 Billiken Invitational in Madison, Ill. Colson scored a four-over, 217 to win by one stroke over Frederick.
Colson and Frederick were tied for second at the conclusion of 36 holes, one stroke off the leader, Dan Brown of Lindenwood. Through 12 holes, Colson was at three-over for the day and Frederick was three shots behind. With birdies on 15 and 18, Frederick was able to cut Colson's lead to one, but the MU freshman remained even over the final six holes for the victory.
Saint Louis did manage a team victory, thanks to the effort of Frederick. The Billikens shot a 40-over, 892, to win by 10 strokes over Wis.-Green Bay. marquette finished 12th in the 16 team event, shooting a 919.
Marquette's remaining four golfers tallied respectable totals. Junior Matt Hilton finished 29th, shooting a 229. Freshman Jason Gaare had a solid meet, carding a 232, finishing in 42nd. Junior Mike Everson tallied 242 to finish in 70th place and freshman Justin Christiansen logged a 251, placing 86th.
This meet concluded the Golden Eagles' regular season. MU travels to Navarre, Fla., to take part in the Conference USA Tournament, April 22-24.
BILLIKEN INVITATIONAL GATEWAY NATIONAL GOLF LINKS, MADISON, ILL. APRIL 15-16, 2002 6,647-YARD, PAR 71TEAM STANDINGS
1. Saint Louis 292-300-300--892 (+40) 2. Wis.-Green Bay 302-305-295--902 (+50) 3. Lindenwood 295-303-305--903 (+51) 4. Eastern Illinois 296-309-302--907 (+55) 5. Southeast Missouri State 303-302-303--908 (+56) 6. Missouri Baptist 299-296-314--909 (+57) 7. Evansville 293-310-307--910 (+58) 8. Cincinnati 305-302-306--913 (+61) 9. DePaul 305-302-307--914 (+62) 10. Loyola College 300-304-312--916 (+64) 11. Western Illinois 306-305-307--918 (+66) 12. Marquette 308-301-310--919 (+67) 13. Tenn.-Martin 310-305-310--925 (+73) 14. UMKC 302-309-318--929 (+77) 15. Murray State 303-318-309--930 (+78) 16. Creighton 314-321-317--952 (+100)
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1. Nathan Colson, Marquette 72-71-74--217 (+ 4) 2. Evan Frederick, Saint Louis 72-71-75--218 (+ 5) 3. Dan Brown, Lindenwood 71-71-77--219 (+ 6) 4. Brian Berggren, Wis.-G.B. 78-72-70--220 (+ 7) 5. Scott Fann, Saint Louis 74-73-74--221 (+ 8) Drew Mayhew, DePaul 72-74-75--221 Jimmy Blose, SE Mo. State 76-74-71--221 Rick Thompson, Mo. Baptist 74-72-75--221 9. Dan Emrick, Lindenwood 74-76-72--222 (+ 9) Brandon Henson, Murray State 74-75-73--222 11. Matt Hillis, SE Mo. State 74-74-75--223 (+10) Kraig Hunt, Western Ill. 78-73-72--223 13. Neil Lykins, Cincinnati 72-74-78--224 (+11) Joe Hermes, DePaul 74-75-75--224 Jason Reddington, Evansville 71-77-76--224 16. Dave Barse, Wis.-G.B. 72-79-74--225 (+12) 17. Ben Schubert, Loyola 75-75-76--226 (+13) Adam Trower, Saint Louis 74-74-78--226 19. Justin Beaston, Mo. Baptist 74-73-80--227 (+14) Kevin Kasprzyk, Wis.-G.B. 77-76-74--227 Matt Holmes, Eastern Ill. 75-80-72--227 Craig Smith, Cincinnati 76-76-75--227 Jeff O'Brien, Loyola 75-74-78--227 Steven Lugering, Lindenwood 73-73-81--227 Brent Kerns, Saint Louis 72-80-75--227 26. Ayron Corporon, Creighton 74-81-73--228 (+15) Matt Stark, Murray State 79-75-74--228 Jim Hamann, Eastern Ill. 74-77-77--228 29. Matt Hilton, Marquette 74-77-78--229 (+16) Andy Burris, Tenn.-Mart. 74-75-80--229 Kyle Awerkamp, Eastern Ill. 70-78-81--229 32. Bryan Kohlmeier, Evansville 80-75-75--230 (+17) J.W. VanDenborn, UMKC 77-75-78--230 Trent Tormoehlen, Evansville 75-80-75--230 Kyle Maxwell, Eastern Ill. 78-74-78--230 36. Josh Bradbury, Western Ill. 76-81-74--231 (+18) Brandon Hays, Mo. Baptist 77-73-81--231 Scott Carpenter, Tenn.-Mart. 79-75-77--231 Josh Henson, Mo. Baptist 74-78-79--231 Frank Morris II, Cincinnati 77-76-78--231 Chris Ichelson, UMKC 73-78-80--231 42. Matt Willmott, UMKC 75-77-80--232 (+19) Jamie Ball, Tenn.-Mart. 79-76-77--232 T.J. Shuart, Loyola 75-78-79--232 Jason Gaare, Marquette 81-76-75--232 Jason Hill, Wis.-G.B. 75-80-77--232 47. Eric Steinback, Evansville 73-79-81--233 (+20) Clint Rochelle, Tenn.-Mart. 78-79-76--233 Andy Poe, Saint Louis 72-82-79--233 Steve Bunt, Mo. Baptist 76-78-79--233 51. Mike Birkenfeld, Evansville 74-79-81--234 (+21) Lucas Law, Western Ill. 76-76-82--234 Michael Mulford, Creighton 81-74-79--234 Woody Hill, SE Mo. State 77-76-81--234 Justin Haupt, Saint Louis 79-82-73--234 Scott Yopchick, DePaul 80-76-78--234 57. Dave Rella, Eastern Ill. 77-83-75--235 (+22) Bryan Johnson, SE Mo. State 79-78-78--235 Chris Larbes, Cincinnati 83-76-76--235 Rich Thomas, Western Ill. 76-75-84--235 Nathan Ruth, DePaul 80-80-75--235 62. Brendan Hickham, Saint Louis 79-78-79--236 (+23) 63. Andy Hoffman, UMKC 77-79-81--237 (+24) Kent Phillips, SE Mo. State 76-82-79--237 Derek Wathke, Wis.-G.B. 79-78-80--237 Brett Eddy, Mo. Baptist 77-80-80--237 67. Scott Zielinski, Loyola 75-82-81--238 (+25) 68. Jason Micek, Lindenwood 77-88-75--240 (+27) 69. Mike Tanner, UMKC 80-81-80--241 (+28) 70. John Billiter, Western Ill. 82-81-79--242 (+29) Matt Hopkins, Lindenwood 78-83-81--242 Mike Everson, Marquette 81-77-84--242 Kyle Patterson, DePaul 79-77-86--242 Ryan Jamison, DePaul 82-81-79--242 75. Blake Darnell, Murray State 74-87-82--243 (+30) Alex Sundsten, Murray State 76-84-83--243 77. Scott Asbury, Saint Louis 79-82-83--244 (+31) 78. Donald Miller, Loyola 89-77-79--245 (+32) Ryan Detmer, Cincinnati 80-88-77--245 J.T. King, Murray State 81-84-80--245 81. Harry Hoch, Creighton 78-84-84--246 (+33) Aaron Tschuor, Creighton 81-83-82--246 Sean Normile, Saint Louis 84-82-80--246 84. Mike Higgason, Saint Louis 79-89-80--248 (+35) 85. John Gross, Creighton 83-83-83--249 (+36) 86. Justin Christensen, Marquette 81-87-83--251 (+38) 87. Ben Reed, Tenn.-Mart. 84-85-85--254 (+41)
