MU 6th Through 36 Holes at Marquette Intercollegiate

Oct. 2, 2016

Results/Tee Times

RIVER HILLS, Wis. - Garrett Loomis posted a 1-over-par 141 (70-71) in 36 holes on Sunday, finishing tied for ninth and leading Marquette into the sixth position at the Marquette Intercollegiate at Milwaukee Country Club.

The Golden Eagles (290-285-575) are just four strokes back of fourth-place Liberty and two behind fifth-place SMU - the threesome of teams will go off of hole No. 1 beginning at 8 a.m. CT on Monday.

Northwestern sits in first place at even par for the tournament (283-277-560) - second place UCLA trails the Wildcats by just two strokes.

DAY 1 NOTES

Loomis played a consistent 36 holes on Sunday, posting four birdies, five bogeys and 27 par makes.
Freshman Matthew Bachmann had the lowest round of the day for all MU players, shooting a 2-under-par second round 68 while playing as an individual.
He shot a 5-over-par 75 in the first round, but saved his best for the first half of his second round, posting four birdies on his first ten holes, teeing off No. 13.
Freshman Matt Murlick turned in the best low round in the starting lineup on Sunday for Marquette, shooting a 1-under-par 69 in the second round. He birdied three times in the second round, including twice on the back nine.
Murlick has been consistent in his first collegiate season - he entered the event second on MU in season scoring at 73.3 strokes per round.
The shotgun start first round began at 8:35 a.m. CT, and was played in steady rain coming from the east off of Lake Michigan for most of the first round.
Austin Kendziorski, playing as an individual, had Marquette's shot of the day in the first round when he chipped in his third shot on the par 5 No. 3 to eagle.
The first round average score was 74.26 in the first round, hampered in part by the rain - scores dropped in the second round to 72.85 on the par 70 course when the weather cleared.
Marquette made 21 birdies, tied for third most in the field.