Men close strong, finish 6th

Even though par was hard to come by at the Gopher Invitational this past weekend, the IU men's golf team closed strong with a sixth place finish. \nOnly nine of 66 players finished in red numbers Sunday while the rest of the field succumbed to the challenges Spring Hills Golf Course had to offer. None of the Hoosier golfers were able to finish under par to close out the tournament, but freshman Jorge Campillo put forth a strong effort, posting a 1-over-par 73. Campillo finished tied for 14th with a total of 221. Campillo's finish marks his second top 15 finish in only his second start.\nThe Hoosiers, as a team, combined for 902 strokes. The University of Washington finished tied with Minnesota, whose totals were 883 strokes. Niall Turner of Minnesota, who was the only player in the tournament to finish under par with a one-under 71, was the tournament's individual winner. \nFollowing Campillo for the Hoosiers was sophomore Santiago Quirarte, who finished 19th and shot six over par for the tournament (222). Quirarte had a strong front nine in his final round but had three bogeys on the back nine to put him at two over par for \nthe day.\nGoing into Sunday, the Hoosiers were in seventh place, but were able to move up with solid performances from Campillo, Quirarte and an even par round by freshman Drew Allenspach. Allenspach was one under through the first 13 holes but fell into trouble and bogeyed holes No. 14 and 15. He rebounded to get back to even par by birdieing the par five No. 15.\nAllenspach also shot a four over par Saturday, but faltered during the second round and finished at ten over par. However, his round of even par on the final day moved him up 21 positions to finish 28th. Seniors Scott Seibert and Brad Marek rounded out the IU scoring, finishing in 30th and 54th place, respectively.