Marquette Golf Fourth at Hoosier Collegiate

April 10, 2016

COLUMBUS, Indiana - Senior Nick Nelson posted a final round 1-under-par 71 to finish tied for seventh (73-71-144; even par), leading Marquette in its fourth-place finish (293-294-587) at the weather-shortened Hoosier Collegiate at Otter Creek G.C.

Saturday's weather caused the 54-hole event to be shortened to a 36-hole competition. Purdue finished atop the team leaderboard at 578 (2-over-par) on the par 72, 7,199-yard layout.

MARQUETTE QUICK HITS

Nelson jumped seven spots on the leaderboard on Sunday. He went out at 1-over-par with bogeys at No. 4 and No. 6 before finishing the day with three birdies on his final 12 holes, coming in at 2-under-par.

Nelson had 28 par makes over the 36-hole event, second-best in the field.
After opening with a 1-under-par 71 on Saturday, freshman Charlie Maleki finished with MU's second-lowest score of the weekend, tied for 10th with a 1-over-par 145 (71-74).
For the Mequon native, his 1-under-par opening round score of 71 was his career low in a 54-hole scheduled collegiate event.
Freshman Oliver Farrell had MU's other top-25 finish, going 4-over-par for the weekend (73-75-148) to finish tied for 23rd.

Average scoring for players in the event was 75.38 per round.

Marquette returns to the course beginning on Friday at the 54-hole El Macero Classic, hosted by UC Davis, April 15-17 in El Macero, California.

Marquette Team Scoring: 293-294 - 587 (fourth of 13, 75 players)
T7 - Nick Nelson - 73-71-144
T10 - Charlie Maleki - 71-74-145
T23 - Oliver Farrell - 73-75-148
T48 - CJ Swift - 76-77-153
T48 - Zach Gaugert - 79-74-153
T48 - Austin Kendziorski (ind.) - 80-73--153