Bruins place 11th at OBU Fall Invite

SHAWNEE, Okla. - Sophomore Nicolas Handal (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) and junior Enrique Jaramillo (Cali, Colombia) co-led the team with second round scores of 77 as the Bellevue University men's golf team placed 11^th of 14 teams at the Oklahoma Baptist University Fall Invitational at the Shawnee Country Club.

After leading all Bruins with a score of 74 yesterday, Handal held on to pace the team with a two-day score of 151, good enough to tie for 16^th in the 77-player field. Jaramillo shot 83 yesterday and finished fourth on the team – tied for 52^nd overall – with a score of 160.

Senior Jose Vega (Medellin, Colombia) also shot under 80 for BU, posting a second round score of 78 to match his total from round one and place in a tie for 34^th overall in the tournament. Junior Tomas Ovejero (Salta, Argentina) and sophomore Diego Gudino (Queretaro, Mexico) each shot 81 in the final round to place in a tie for 47^th and 61^st, respectively.

Oklahoma Baptist's Zach Oliver shot a tournament-record 64 on his way to a first place finish overall. Oklahoma Baptist won the team title with a score of 584, nine strokes ahead of second place Bethany College. Bellevue's score of 624 placed the Bruins 11^th, just two strokes behind ninth-place Seminole State Community College and one behind 10^th-place finisher Bethany College "B".

The team will return to action when they take part in the Mid-South Classic Invitational at Sand Creek Station in Newton, Kan. on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 29-30.