Third round best sees Bruins finish second in Primm Battle
NIPTON, Calif. -- Entering the day four strokes back, the No. 3-ranked Bellevue University men's golf team made a charge to climb one spot in the team standings for a second place finish in The Primm Battle.
Bellevue shot 286 as a team, tied with No. 9 Houston-Victoria for the best round of the day, at the 6,945-yard Par 71 Primm Valley Golf Club.
No. 8 Ottawa (Ariz.), who entered the day one stroke ahead of (RV) Arizona Christian, saw their toughest challenge come from the Bruins. The Spirit carded a 288 round as a team to hold off BU for a two-stroke victory.
The final standings saw Ottawa (+6), Bellevue (+8), and Arizona Christian (+9) headline the pack with No. 14 Wayland Baptist (+12) and No. 1 Keiser (+13) rounding out the top five.
Leon Acikalin (Arizona Christian) cruised to individual medalist honors, finishing 12-under for a 10-stroke victory over co-runners up Isac Wallin (Keiser) and Easton Johnson (The Master's).
Bellevue's Rodrigo Navarrete and Baptiste Bonnet tied for third at 1-under apiece, each shooting 1-under rounds of 70 for the day.
Hugo Ronnberg, after firing a 1-over 72 on Tuesday, slipped to ninth place on the individual leaderboard with a score of 1-over.
Alex Zillig shot 3-over on the day and finished 10-over in a tie for 33rd overall. Floris-Jan Oosterhof tied for 48th at 18-over following a 7-over performance on the day.
Golfing as an individual, Hugo Brandt finished 47th overall at 17-over. He carded an 8-over third round 79.
Bellevue next competes at the William Woods Spring Invite at Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton, Mo. on Monday-Tuesday, Mar. 27-28.