Balanced second round sees Bruins secure second place finish
Andre Becerra finished a stroke off the lead as Bellevue had three golfers post top five scores at the NAIA Fall Preview.
SILVIS, Ill. -- Four Bruin golfers shot within four strokes of par in Tuesday's second round as the Bellevue University men's golf team closed out a second place finish at the NAIA Fall Preview played at TPC Deere Run.
NAIA Fall Preview:
Location: Silvis, Ill.
Host: St. Ambrose University
Course: TPC Deere Run
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,538 yards
Teams: 15 (1 DNF)
Golfers: 75
Team Recap:
Bellevue (+22) shaved four strokes off their first round total to shoot a 9-over 293 as a team on Tuesday.
The Bruins posted a two-round score of 590, six shots off the pace of team champion Point University (+16). The Skyhawks matched their 8-over first round with an identical second round to shoot 584 as a team.
Point had a pair of golfers finished third and fourth, respectively, while two others finished in a five-way tie for fifth.
Bellevue had the second place finisher, two tied for fifth, and another who finished in a tie for 11th place.
Indiana Wesleyan University (601, +33) held onto their third place position while Grand View University (613, +45) and Mount Mercy University (624, +56) rounded out the top five.
Individual Recap:
Indiana Wesleyan's Cameron Luczka entered the day in ninth place, six shots behind Point's Ruan Pretorius, but carded a tournament-best 68 (-3) to take home individual medalist honors with a 36-hole total of 143.
Luczka (+1) defeated BU's Andre Becerra (+2) by a single stroke after Becerra followed up yesterday's even par performance with a 2-over round. Becerra notched three birdies on the day
Pretorius (+3), who began the day with a two-stroke lead over Becerra, finished third with a score of 145.
Rodrigo Navarette (+5) and Floris-Jan Oosterhof (+5) registered rounds of 75 and 71, respectively, as they were among the conglomerate to shoot 147 and tie for fifth. Oosterhof registered a team-best four birdies, including three-straight (16-18) on the day and Navarette birdied hole 2.
Baptiste Bonnet (+10) trimmed four strokes of his round one score to shoot 3-over (74) on the day and climb from 22nd to tie for 11th on the leaderboard. He birdied 14 and 17.
BU's fifth golfer, Alex Zillig (+21), slipped from a 79 in the first round to shoot 84 on Tuesday to finished tied for 37th in the 75-golfer field.
Up Next:
Bellevue ventures to Norfolk, Neb. to take part in the Nebraska Intercollegiate on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 9-10 at the Norfolk Country Club.